The Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies is holding a symposium entitled

Women's rights in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries

in the National Library, lecture hall on the 2nd floor
Saturday, February 15, 2014.

The symposium begins at 1:30 PM and ends no later than 4:30 PM.

Four talks will be given as follows:

A chef and his girlfriend in a market town
Guðný Hallgrímsdóttir , doctoral student in history

Convicted women in the Nathan case
Eggert Þór Bernharðsson , professor of applied cultural communication

COFFEE BREAK

On the honorable moderation of virtuous women
Margaret Gunnarsdottir, doctoral student in history

Sigurlaug, the mistress of a wealthy man
Ragnhildur Bragadóttir , historian

Moderator: Kristín Svava Tómasdóttir, historian and poet 

The presentation of each talk takes about 20 minutes.

About 10 minutes will be given for questions and discussion after each presentation. 

During the break, refreshments will be served in front of the lecture hall. 

Excerpts from the presentations will be available at the symposium.

They will later be available on the company's website, http://fraedi.is/18.oldin /

 

The board

 

Annual General Meeting 2014

General Meeting of the Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies 2014
will be held in the National Library, lecture hall on the 2nd floor,
Saturday, February 15th, starting at 12:00.