Tag: Lecture
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Shakespeare’s First Folio: from London to the world -and Leeds! Lecture by Professor Emma Smith
Earlier this week I attended a brilliant lecture at the University of Leeds about Shakespeare’s First Folio, the first printed collection of his many works. 2023 marks marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of the first folio, so an apt time to learn more about it and how it arrived in Leeds’ Special Collections.…
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Queens: Mothers, Warriors, Icons Lecture by Dr Estelle Paranque
I attended Dr Estelle Paranque’s talk Queens: Mothers, Warriors, Icons which was hosted by the New College of the Humanities for Women’s History Month. Queenship is something I have always had an interest in, so from the title I knew this talk was definitely going to be up my street! The lecture was in two…