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Professor Devoney Looser (Arizona State University)

March 21, 2023

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FREE ONLINE EVENT
5 PM EDT

Time and the Heavens in Regency Life 
with Chris Clemens

Between the adoption of the Gregorian Calendar by England in 1752, and the formation of the Royal Astronomical Society by William Herschel in 1820, technologies for the measurement of time and the heavens became increasingly accessible to professionals and amateurs alike. In this talk, astrophysicist Chris Clemens (UNC Chapel Hill) will describe these developments and how they entered into everyday life in England.Show less

April 18, 2023

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FREE ZOOM EVENT
5 PM EDT

Portrait of a Woman in Silk: London Designer Anna Maria Garthwaite
with Zara Anishanslin

In this talk, Zara Anishanslin (University of Delaware) explores the life, labors, and designs of one of London's most fascinating eighteenth-century women, a woman who against all odds achieved success in the male-dominated field of silk production. Enigmatic Anna Maria Garthwaite (1688-1763) was one of early modern Britain’s few women silk designers.

May 9, 2023

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FREE ONLINE EVENT
5 PM EDT


Jane Austen and the Science of Seabathing
with Jane Darcy 

No person could be really well,’ claims Sanditon’s Mr Parker, ‘without spending at least six weeks by the sea every year’. Emma’s Mr Woodhouse disagrees: ‘the sea is very rarely of use to any body.  I am sure it almost killed me once’. This talk by Jane Darcy explores Jane Austen’s knowing use of the science behind the Georgian and Regency craze for sea bathing.

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