Félag um átjándu aldar fræði (the Icelandic Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies) is holding a symposium under the title
The lives of women in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
in Þjóðarbókhlaða, the library building at Arngrímsgata 3, in the lecture hall on the 2nd floor
on Saturday 15 February 2014.
The symposium begins at 13:30 and ends no later than 16:30.
There will be four talks, as follows:
A cook and a sweetheart in town
Guðný Hallgrímsdóttir, doctoral student in history
Women convicted in the Natan case
Eggert Þór Bernharðsson, Professor of Applied Studies in Culture and Communication
COFFEE BREAK
On the honourable moderation of upper-class women
Margrét Gunnarsdóttir, doctoral student in history
Sigurlaug, a rich man’s mistress
Ragnhildur Bragadóttir, historian
Chair: Kristín Svava Tómasdóttir, historian and poet
Each talk takes about 20 minutes.
About 10 minutes are set aside for questions and discussion after each talk.
During the break, refreshments will be served outside the lecture hall.
Abstracts of the talks will be available at the symposium.
They will later be published on the society’s website, http://fraedi.is/18.oldin/
The Board
Annual general meeting 2014
The 2014 annual general meeting of Félag um átjándu aldar fræði
will be held in Þjóðarbókhlaða, in the lecture hall on the 2nd floor,
on Saturday 15 February, starting at 12:00.