Pioneering female prehistorians in the central Mediterranean before the Second World War,
workshop organised by the Accordia Research Institute and the University of Nottingham
Institute of Classical Studies, University of London, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HU
Saturday 8 June 2024, starting at 10 am. Registration fee (includes welcome coffee, lunch and wine reception) £25 (book by 23 May)
Confirmed speakers:
Margaret Murray and others in Malta: pioneer women archaeologists in the inter-war period in a British colony (Nicholas C. Vella)
Margaret Murray in Menorca: pushing the boundaries (Ruth Whitehouse)
Jole Bovio Marconi: la prima archeologa al potere (Giuliana Sarà)
Paola Zancani Montuoro and Eleonora Bracco: two pioneers from the Italian Archaeological School at Athens to fieldwork in Magna Graecia (Marco Bettelli)
Struggles and adversities of a pioneering female prehistorian: the unpublished correspondence of Johanna Mestorf (1828-1909) held at the Archiginnasio of Bologna (Fabio Saccoccio)
Elisa Baumgärtel, a life at the intersection (Mark Pearce & Giulia Recchia)
There is space for one or two further speakers. If you would be interested in presenting a paper, please contact me as soon as possible.
If you wish to attend the workshop, please let me know by 23 May.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Ruth D. Whitehouse
Accordia Research Institute
