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Harriet Martineau and the Birth of the Disciplines: reviews

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:August 4, 2017
  • Post category:News and Events

A new collection on Harriet Martineau entitled Harriet Martineau and the Birth of the Disciplines  and edited by two Martineau Society members, Valerie Sanders and Gaby Weiner, was published by Routledge in 2016.  Many of…

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Martineau Society Conference 2017: final programme

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:June 22, 2017
  • Post category:News and Events

Martineau Society Annual Meeting 2017  24th – 27th July   The Mercure Royal Hotel, Hull. Conference Programme Monday 24th July From 14.00      Arrival and Registration 17.00 – 18.00   Committee Meeting 18.30  …

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Harriet Martineau Lecture, 26 May 2017, Norwich

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:February 23, 2017
  • Post category:News and Events

The Harriet Martineau Lecture is held in Norwich annually, celebrating the legacy of this remarkable, world-changing woman by inviting globally-renowned radical writers to respond to her life and work. This…

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Encounters with Harriet Martineau, seminar, March 8th 2017, Birmingham

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:February 19, 2017
  • Post category:News and Events

This is a Cadbury Research Library event for International Women's Day. Our very own Stuart Hobday will look at the personal side of Martineau's life and her influence on other Victorian…

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Harriet Martineau Dreams of Dancing: script now available

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:February 4, 2017
  • Post category:News and Events

The script of Shelagh Stephenson's play Harriet Martineau Dreams of Dancing can now be purchased online for £9.89.  For details please click here

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Martineau Society Conference 2017

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:January 26, 2017
  • Post category:News and Events

This year we shall be going to Hull, a place which doesn’t have any direct Martineau connections, but which does have a fascinating eighteenth and nineteenth-century history, and important links with…

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Radio 4 Programme on Harriet Martineau

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:September 27, 2016
  • Post category:News and Events

Martineau Society member, (prof) Valerie Sanders  appeared on Melvyn Braggs'  Radio 4 programme In Our Time on 8th December 2016 to take part in a discussion about Harriet Martineau. To listen…

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Dogs and Society: new book by Mary Jo Deegan and Michael Hill

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:September 27, 2016
  • Post category:News and Events

Mary Jo Deegan and Michael Hill have edited a small book  "Dogs and Society" that includes Harriet Martineau's essay on dogs.  The book is available as a free download from Zea…

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Through the Looking Glass: Life in Chance’s Glassworks

  • Post author:Gaby Weiner
  • Post published:August 1, 2016
  • Post category:News and Events

Click here for a new paper on a visit by Harriet Martineau to Chance's Glassworks in Smethwick in 1852, by Tom Gidlow, currently a postgraduate student inPublic Humanities at the…

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