Tag: Talk
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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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Women and Power in the Kingdom of Heaven: Melisende and Sybil Lecture by Professor Helen Nicholson and Hayley Bassett
Earlier this week I attended the fantastic Eileen Younghusband Memorial Lecture Women and Power in the Kingdom of Heaven: Melisende and Sybil hosted by the Centre for Lifelong Learning at Cardiff University. I’ve been interested in the queens of Jerusalem since picking up a copy of Queens of Jerusalem: The Women Who Dared to Rule…
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Flirting and Fainting: A Cultural History of the Corset
Recently I went to a brilliant talk at York Explore called ‘Flirting and Fainting: A Cultural History of the Corset’ which was led by Dr Anne-Marie Evans from York St John University. I have admittedly never been the biggest partaker in fashion or its trends, however, the corset is one of history’s most significant fashion…
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