Recent Blog Posts
The Girl At The Piano
Sitting at the piano accompanying the choir at my girls’ …
Household and Domestic Science: The Personal and The Professional
Winifred Egan’s testimonial in 1961 from the headmistress of Wellington …
Empire, Internationalism and Peace in The Woman Teacher
Editorials, articles, and conference accounts in the Woman Teacher illustrate the …
Projects
Alys Russell: A Life in Education and Public Service
Alys Russell (1867-1951): A Life in Education and Public Service …
Women and Comparative Education, 1800-1980
Amélie Arató’s (1934) study, L’Enseignement secondaries des jeunes filles en …
Educational Cinema, Empire and Internationalism
In 1931 Suzanne Karpelès, founding director of the Royal Library …
Publications
Gender, Colonialism and Education: The Politics of Experience
Gender, Colonialism and Education (co-edited with Jane Martin) examines the ways …
Social Change in the History of British Education
Social Change in the History of British Education (co-edited with …
Internationalism, Empire and Peace in The Woman Teacher
Internationalism, Empire and Peace in the Woman Teacher, 1920-1939 points …
Presentations
Suzanne Karpelès and Multiple Femininities
Encountering Suzanne Karpelès: Multiple Femininities, Buddhism and the French “Civilising …
Suzanne Karpelès: Entangling the Human and the Non-human
Suzanne Karpelès (1890-1969): Entangling the Human and the Non-human in …
‘Though We Have the Vote We Still Have to Fight Every Point of Equal Opportunity and Equal Status’:
Alys Russell, Suffrage Campaigning and Work for Graduate Women, 1888-1930. …
Resources
St Felix School Southwold: Play Summer 1930
This image comes from an album of photographs and cards …
Bahá’ís and Modern Education in Iran
As part of ongoing work for the project, Educational Cinematography, …
Plain Class Cookery
This notebook from the course of Plain Class Cookery at …