Women in Science in the Archives
Admission is free, but places must be booked through the ‘Booking’ link provided on the Bodleian What’s On page.
Programme
9:00 Arrivals and coffee
9:20 Welcome and introduction Susan Thomas
9:30 Women in science in the archives
Mary Somerville (1780-1872) – Ruth Boreham
Mabel FitzGerald (1872-1973) – Martha Tissot van Patot, Svenja Kunze Dorothy Hodgkin (1910-1994) – Georgina Ferry
11:30 Being a female scientist Frances Ashcroft in conversation with Gayle Peterson
12:10 Representing 21st century women in science panel discussion with Karolina Chocian, Natalie Connor-Robson, Fiona Larner, Sanne Peters and Sana Suri, moderator: Gayle Peterson
12:50 Closing remarks Peter Robbins
13:00 End
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Optional 13:15 – 14:30 Mary Somerville, Mabel FitzGerald and Dorothy Hodgkin… close-up! Show & tell with selected items from the Bodleian’s archives collections Weston Library, Horton Room
Limited capacity, please book a place separately.
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Admission free. All welcome.
So secure a place, please complete our bookings form via
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whatson/whats-on
Date:
8 September 2016, 9:00 (Thursday, 20th week, Trinity 2016)
Venue:
Weston Library, Broad Street OX1 3BG
Venue Details:
Lecture Theatre
Speakers:
Susan Thomas (University of Oxford),
Ruth Boreham,
Martha Tissot van Patot,
Svenja Kunze (University of Oxford),
Georgina Ferry (Author),
Frances Ashcroft (University of Oxford),
Gayle Peterson (Saïd Business School),
Karolina Chocian (DPhil student, University of Oxford),
Dr Natalie Connor-Robson (Oxford Parkinson's Disease Centre (OPDC), DPAG, University of Oxford),
Fiona Larner (University of Oxford),
Sanne Peters (University of Oxford),
Professor Peter Robbins (DPAG, University of Oxford)
Organising department:
Bodleian Libraries
Organiser:
Svenja Kunze (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address:
svenja.kunze@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Host:
Susan Thomas (University of Oxford)
Booking required?:
Required
Booking url:
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/whatson/whats-on/upcoming-events/2016/sep/women-in-science
Booking email:
svenja.kunze@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Cost:
Free
Audience:
Public
Editor:
Donna Seymour
