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
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 …
Alys Russell: A Life in Education and Public Service
Alys Russell (1867-1951): A Life in Education and Public Service …
Publications
Internationalism, Empire and Peace in The Woman Teacher
Internationalism, Empire and Peace in the Woman Teacher, 1920-1939 points …
Suzanne Karpelès: The Width and Thickness of Time
"Suzanne Karpelès: Thinking Through The Width and Thickness of Time” explores questions …
Social Change in the History of British Education
Social Change in the History of British Education (co-edited with …
Presentations
Working For Displaced Persons and Refugees
Edith Morley was appointed Professor of English Language at Reading University …
Suzanne Karpelès: Entangling the Human and the Non-human
Suzanne Karpelès (1890-1969): Entangling the Human and the Non-human in …
Suzanne Karpelès and Multiple Femininities
Encountering Suzanne Karpelès: Multiple Femininities, Buddhism and the French “Civilising …
Resources
Laundry Work 1898
My copy of The Theory and Practice of Laundry Work …
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 …