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Thursday 16th February 2023 Chawton House |
Trowelblazer or iconoclast? Lady Hester Stanhope and women in archaeologyIn April 1815, just shy of her 40th birthday, Lady Hester Stanhope led an expedition to Ashkelon (an ancient town on the coast of Palestine) in search of buried treasure. |
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Thursday 2nd February 2023
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The War Reporter: Helen Maria Williams and the French RevolutionFor the next in our series of Trailblazers events, Associate Professor Gillian Dow and journalist Bethan Mckernan explore the story of Helen Maria Williams (1759 – 1827), who made it her life’s work to report on the unfolding events of the French Revolution. |
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