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Songs of suffrage: a feast for the eyes and ears

Songs of suffrage: a feast for the eyes and ears

by Talking Humanities | Oct 23, 2018 | Archives & Libraries, Events, Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Music, Politics & Law, Republished

What was the music of the women’s suffrage campaign? Who were the leading female composers and musicians of the 1910s and 20s? What was their contribution to the suffrage cause? On 1 November, the Institute of Historical Research and Senate House Library will co-host...
Jill Craigie’s 1951 film, To Be a Woman, is ‘of, and ahead of, its time’

Jill Craigie’s 1951 film, To Be a Woman, is ‘of, and ahead of, its time’

by Talking Humanities | Sep 18, 2018 | Features, History & Classics, Human Rights, Libraries & Publications, Politics & Law

Professor Jo Fox, director of the Institute of Historical Research at the School of Advanced Study, explores ‘To Be a Woman’, Jill Craigie’s 1951 documentary examining the role of women in the workplace. Equal pay has long been at the heart of feminist activism. The...
#PoTW:  Public commemoration and women’s history

#PoTW: Public commemoration and women’s history

by Talking Humanities | Apr 23, 2018 | History & Classics, Human Rights, Politics & Law, PotW

When: 1 May 2018, 6–8.30pm Who: Institute of Historical Research Where: IHR Wolfson Conference Suite, NB01/NB02, Basement, IHR, Senate House, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU How are women remembered, commemorated and celebrated in public? How is this different from...
Nightingale of India: a Sarojini Naidu biopic

Nightingale of India: a Sarojini Naidu biopic

by Talking Humanities | Nov 1, 2016 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Events, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Music, Politics & Law, Public Engagement

As part of this year’s Being Human humanities festival, academics from the Institute of Commonwealth Studies (ICWS) and the University of Bristol, have joined forces to form the Archive to Blockbuster four (A2BFour). During an evening event at Senate House on 21...

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