Slightly chilly train journey today would be beautifully enhanced if I were wearing a late c18th cosy red wool cloak, quilted petticoats and a hand warming muff. Sadly I am not so sensibly clothed so will have to make do with train coffee @metmuseum#FashionHistory
ALT Partial view of the back of a red wool hooded cloak which shows the circular gathering at the back of the head and a tufted collar section falling to the pleats around the shoulders
ALT Full length view of the late c18th red wool hooded cloak worn over a pale blue silk satin quilted petticoat and with a matching red silk muff for warming the hands
Anne Damer (1748- 1828), English sculptor. Described as a "female genius", one of the 1st recognised women sculptors, who lived with her lover, Irish actress Elizabeth Farren #WomensArt
Our seminar season starts soon! If you're interested in the history of women, why not come along? Join us at the Foundling Museum, London, on Saturday 17 October. We have 4 great papers lined up, and you'll receive a warm welcome. Image courtesy Met Museum (Item 17.3.257) /1
ALT An engraving of a woman in profile. She stands on a ship's deck, leaning to the right over the railing and looking out to sea. Behind her we can see the ship's heavy rigging and beyond, on the shoreline in the distance, there's mountain scenery. Sea birds fly behind her. She is dressed in a bonnet and shawl, with a melancholy appearance.
Our final two speakers are:
Angela Escott, ‘I swung and walked a great deal upon deck’; women at sea;
Peter Radford, A rediscovered, but untitled, anonymous, and old (but undated) engraving of women playing cricket – the search for its ‘meaning’. /3
Full details of our 17 October seminar can be found here: womensstudiesgroup.org/semin…
Please share details with anyone you think might be interested. We'd love to see you there!
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We're back! Our seminar programme kicks off in October and we have some amazing events lined up. We're excited to share them with you. Keep your eyes out for news, events, and funding opportunities in the next few weeks.
Join the Team!
We are recruiting for a Learning Officer and Collections Engagement and Access Officer, two new roles at an exciting time in the development of this Grade I listed, literary house museum in the historic heart of London.
drjohnsonshouse.org/jobs
Interested in music? If you're looking for something entertaining to listen to this weekend, we highly recommend this fascinating episode of The Essay (Radio 3) featuring WSG member Brianna Robertson-Kirkland.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002s3n…
Calling all members! Our AGM is this Thursday 11 June, 7pm (BST). All members are invited to attend. This an opportunity for you to share your feedback and suggestions for the year to come. We very much hope to see you there. (See your inbox for invite and details)
ALT Black and white engraved image of Richard Samuel's Portraits in the Characters of the Muses in the Temple of Apollo from The Ladies New and Polite Pocket Memorandum Book. Courtesy LUNA, Folger Digital Image Collection.
CNCSI's Early Career Committee is hosting the *Emerging Research and New Directions: An Online Mini-Conference* on Saturday, 13 June 2026, 2:00–5:00 p.m. BST.
Keynote by Dr. Sebastian Egholm Lund, followed by flash talks on AI in #19thC studies.
Registration required.
Congratulations to WSG member @TudorQueenship on this fascinating new collection co-edited with Bill Robison. We were lucky to have Valerie host a roundtable with some of the contributors a little while ago, and it was excellent! It's such an interesting topic.
Hi, folks! Keep an eye out for my editorial collaboration with prolific Tudor scholar Bill Robison, "The Tudors, Myth, and Mystery: Embroidered Tales, Outright Falsehoods, and Popular Belief," coming from Palgrave Macmillan (Springer Nature) just in time for Christmas 2026!
We're delighted to be hosting Paterson Joseph @ignatius_sancho at a special Zoom event next Thursday 14 May, 7pm - 8.30pm (BST). He'll be in conversation with Karen Lipsedge talking about Charles Ignatius Sancho. Would you like to join us? /1
ALT Portrait of Sancho, c. 1768, by Thomas Gainsborough; Sancho is painted against a plain brown background, gazing to his right with a dignified pose. He is wearing a bright red waistcoat with gold trimming and a black coat.
We're delighted to be hosting Paterson Joseph @ignatius_sancho at a special Zoom event next Thursday 14 May, 7pm - 8.30pm (BST). He'll be in conversation with Karen Lipsedge talking about Charles Ignatius Sancho. Would you like to join us? /1
ALT Portrait of Sancho, c. 1768, by Thomas Gainsborough; Sancho is painted against a plain brown background, gazing to his right with a dignified pose. He is wearing a bright red waistcoat with gold trimming and a black coat.
Paterson will be talking about the public and domestic life of Sancho and reading from his latest book 'The Secret Diaries of Charles Ignatius Sancho'. If you're not a WSG member and would like to come, please DM or reply below to be added to the guest list /2
We are excited to announce the publication of a new collection of essays by WSG members, Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange, 1550–1850, edited by
Brianna Robertson-Kirkland and @LouiseDuckling
Congratulations to everyone involved! womensstudiesgroup.org/2026/…