Research on women
- Location
- Gisbert Kapp, Room 225
- Dates
- Wednesday 11 March 2015 (12:00-16:00)
- Contact
All welcome, feel free to bring your lunch!
The School of History and Cultures are celebrating research on women in recognition of international women's day. An informal afternoon of short papers celebrating research on women – interspersed with refreshments and discussions. Programme includes:
12:20: Kate Smith, 'Caressing Goods, Marking Distinction: Female Hands in Georgian Britain'.
12:35: Libby Gill, "Congratulations, it's a Miracle!": Medieval Childbirth and Saintly Intercession
13:05: Nicola Gould, ‘Fight for the Right; The Birmingham Suffragettes.’
13:20: Kate Iles, ‘Hot Wax and Pistol Shots: Fifty Shades of the Enlightenment".
13:35: Sue Thomas, '’Mummy what did you do in the strike?' the midlands miner's wives groups in the 1984-5 strike.’
13:50: Laura Beers, ‘Defining peace and freedom: the women's international league in interwar Britain’
14:45: Sian Roberts; ‘From Birmingham to Benidorm: Women and relief in the Spanish Civil War’
15:00: Miriam Muller: ‘All downtrodden and without rights? Peasant Women in Medieval England’
15:30: Questions and Concluding Discussion, refreshments