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THE WOMEN’S LIBRARY, LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY SYMPOSIUM THATCHER AND THE END OF THE COLD WAR FRIDAY 26TH NOVEMBER PROGRAMME 10.00 Registration 10.30 Opening Remarks 10.35 -11.15 Dr Harriet Jones, Freelance historian of contemporary British politics and Curator of Iron Ladies, Women in Thatcher’s Britain, talks about her research for the exhibition 11.15-11.30 Coffee 11.30-12.30 Thatcher’s Foreign Policy Lord Powell, Former Adviser to Margaret Thatcher, in discussion with Dr Harriet Jones, A World Transformed: How the Cold War was Won 12.30-1.30 Lunch 1.30-2.30.1 Women against Thatcher's Britain: Women's involvement in the protests against nuclear weapons Dr Holger Nehring, Pembroke College, University of Oxford and Greenham Revisited: some reflections on Greenham, feminism and the end of the Cold War Sasha Roseneil, Director, Centre for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies 2.30-2.45 Tea 2.45-3.45 The Iron Maiden at War: Thatcher as a war leader Professor Sir Lawrence Freedman, Professor of War Studies, King’s College London, followed by discussion led by Professor Kathleen Burk, Professor of Rhetoric, University College London 3.45 -4.00 Closing Remarks Tickets: £30, £25 concs inc. lunch Speaker biographies and session abstracts will be given on booking. BOOKING INFORMATION By phone Book instantly by credit or debit card on 020 7320 2222. £1 fee per transaction, including postage. By post Send details of the tickets you would like including talk, date and any concession details, and a cheque payable to The Women's Library to: The Women's Library London Metropolitan University Old Castle Street London E1 7NT