Programme: Martineau Society Conference 23-26 July 2019
THE MARTINEAU SOCIETY ANNUAL CONFERENCE MANCHESTER, 23rd -26th July 2019, The Chancellor’s Hotel PROGRAMME Tuesday 23rd July 15.00 Arrival and registration 15.00-16.00 Martineau Society Committee Meeting 17.15 Welcome:
2019 Harriet Martineau lecture
The Harriet Martineau Lecture celebrates the legacy of a remarkable, world-changing woman by inviting globally-renowned radical writers to respond to her life and work. This year the speaker will be Sarah Perry, the Norwich-based author of After Me Comes the
Book launch: new book on Unitarian women by Ann Peart
For details of a forthcoming launch of an exciting new book entitled Unitarian Women, written by one of our members, Ann Peart, please click here. The book includes a chapter on Harriet Martineau. If you plan to attend, please email
Now out in paperback: Harriet Martineau and the Birth of the Disciplines
In case you haven’t yet purchased a copy of Harriet Martineau and the Birth of the Disciplines by Martineau-Society members, Valerie Sanders and Gaby Weiner, it is now out in paperback. For information on how to purchase a copy – in
Harriet Martineau and the Lake District: Cumbria University MA
The University of Cumbria is launching an exciting new master’s programme entitled Literature, Romanticism, and the English Lake District at its Ambleside campus, with Harriet Martineau featuring several modules. For example, the module on British Romanticism and the Lake District module
Report from Tennessee on last year’s Martineau Society conference
Click here for report from from Josie and Kinsey about last year’s conference