Prodigies of learning: Academy women in the nineteenth century
During November 2018, the Library held a series of Lunchtime Lectures looking into the lives and works of Academy women in the nineteenth century.
This series was accompanied by an online exhibition, which can be viewed by clicking here.
To listen to the lectures click here.
Wednesday 7 November
‘Learned societies and the problem of women’ – Clare O’Hallorhan
Wednesday 14 November
‘‘A woman in an august sanctuary’: Princess Ekaterina Dashkova, director of the Russian academies’ – Angela Byrne.
Wednesday 21 November
‘Maria Edgeworth’s Measured Prose’ – Claire Connolly
Wednesday 28 November
‘Margaret Stokes (1832–1900): antiquarian, artist, writer — pioneer’ – Marie Bourke