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Author: Julia Pascal

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MARY SOMERVILLE: A MATHEMATICIAN IN REGENCY LONDON: A TALK BY BRIGITTE STENHOUSE

Julia Pascal / September 24, 2024

Pascal Theatre Company announces a free talk: Mary Somerville: A Mathematician in Regency London by Brigitte Stenhouse on 12 November (6-7.30pm) at Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre. Amongst the accomplished society ladies of early 19th-century London – with their…

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Mary Brodrick: Pioneer Egyptologist: A talk by Rosalind Janssen

Julia Pascal / September 24, 2024

Pascal Theatre Company announces a free talk on Egyptologist Mary Brodrick (1858-1933) by Rosalind Janssen. 4 November (6-7.15pm) at Senate House Library: Brodrick, a pioneer Egyptologist and keen geographer, spent most of her life in Egypt associating with the likes of…

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Registration now open for seminar ‘Sayers in the 21st Century

Geraldine Perriam / September 19, 2024

Registration is now open for the one day seminar ‘Sayers in the 21st Century’ Programme: Sayers in the 21st Century – One-Day Seminar Friday, 11th October, 2024 Institute of Advanced Studies, UCL  IAS Common Ground G11, Ground Floor, South Wing…

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12 0ctober: Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Opening of the London School of Medicine for Women: 3 talks and document display

Julia Pascal / September 6, 2024

Pascal Theatre Company announces 3 talks and document display on Saturday 12 0ctober 10-1.00pm: Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the Opening of the London School of Medicine for Women: Talks by Claire Brock, Mary Chapman and Victoria Rea at The…

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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: a modern woman 100 years ahead of her time: an online talk by Lucy Havard

Julia Pascal / September 6, 2024

Pascal Theatre Company announces an online talk: Monday 7 October: Elizabeth Garrett Anderson: a modern woman 100 years ahead of her time: by Lucy Havard Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917) is widely known as the first British woman who qualified as a…

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The Petticoat Peril: Exploring women in Pharmacy History: A talk by Briony Hudson

Julia Pascal / September 6, 2024

Pascal Theatre Company announces A free talk on Friday 4 October 2024 at 4.00pm at Senate House Library ‘The Petticoat Peril’ exploring women in pharmacy history Today, over 60% of British pharmacists are women, and women’s involvement in pharmacy has…

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Talk: MEDICAL SCIENCE IN THE WORKS OF MARY SHELLEY: BEYOND FRANKENSTEIN, INSIDE LONDON, BELOW THE SURFACE OF NINETEENTH-CENTURY SOCIETY’ BY BETHANY BRIGHAM

Julia Pascal / September 6, 2024

Pascal Theatre Company announces a free talk on TUESDAY 1 OCTOBER 6.00pm-7.00pm at Camden Local Studies and Archives Centre Bethany Brigham will take a broad look at Shelley’s body of work, particularly emphasising her novels beyond ‘Frankenstein’ and the way in…

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Calls for Papers

Sayers in the 21st Century

Geraldine Perriam / June 3, 2024

CALL FOR PAPERS Sayers in the 21st Century 11 October, 2024 Proposals are invited for this one-day seminar to be held at the Institute of Advanced Studies (UCL) London, on the above date. The seminar aims to bring together early…

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Events

The first annual Maud Sulter lecture

Deborah Cherry / May 9, 2024

Presented by Glasgow Women’s Library, Street Level Photoworks & Glasgow School of Art, the first annual Maud Sulter lecture will be given by poet and former Scottish Makar Jackie Kay.June 20 2024, 3pm Glasgow School of Art, Reid lecture theatre,…

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