WORKSHOP: Collectors, Curators and Cataloguers: Hidden Women in Archaeology in the 19th and 20th Centuries
12 June 2019, University of Reading
Funded by the Heritage and Creativity Institute for Collections (HCIC) @UniRdg_HCIC
Workshop Twitter Hashtag: #collcurcat
Ure Museum website: https://www.reading.ac.uk/Ure/index.php @UreMuseum
Ure Routes blog: https://research.reading.ac.uk/curiosi/ure-routes/
HCIC website: https://research.reading.ac.uk/hcic/ @UniRdg_HCIC
Register for the workshop: https://uremuseum_juneworkshop.eventbrite.co.uk
Programme
| Time | Session/Paper Title |
| 9.30-10.00 | Registration at Museum of English Rural Life
Tea & Coffee (provided) |
| 10.00-10.10 | Introduction & Welcome
Amara Thornton and Amy Smith (Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology, University of Reading) |
| 10.10-10.25 | The Soane Museum Inspectresses 1837-1945
Sue Palmer (Soane Museum) |
| 10.30-10.45 | Pioneers or colonial looters? addressing the ethics of celebrating Victorian women collectors
Heba abd el Gawad (Durham University) |
| 10.50-11.05 | Alice Geldart and Egyptology in Norfolk
Faye Kalloniatis (Norwich Castle Museum) |
| 11.10-11.20 | Lady Valerie Meux
Stacey Anne Bagdi (Museum of Enfield) |
| 11.20-11.25 | Questions |
| 11.25-11.45 | Themed Discussion: Beyond ‘Great Women’ – Promoting/Presenting new narratives |
| 11.45-12.00 | Winifred Lamb: Collector, Curator and Cataloguer
David Gill (University of Suffolk) |
| 12.05-12.20 | Assembling Experts: Curating the Lawrence Room at Girton College, Cambridge
Imogen Gunn (Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Cambridge) |
| 12.25-12.40 | Tracing women in early history of archaeology and anthropology at Oxford
Jaanika Vider (University of Oxford) |
| 12.45-13.55 | Researching the lives and work of Margot Eates and Hartley Ramsden: how Eates’ career was shaped by her passions
Ellie Miles (London Transport Museum) |
| 13.55-13.00 | Questions |
| 13.00-13.50 | Lunch (provided) |
| 13.50-14.05 | Identifying Impact: Richborough as a case study
Kathryn Bedford (English Heritage) |
| 14.10-14.25 | Gisela Richter and Edith Porada on Achaemenid Persia: Curating the Old World in 20th Century New York City
Alexander Nagel (Fashion Institute of Technology/Smithsonian Institution) |
| 14.30-14.45 | Women Curating in Britain during WWII: The Case of Jacqueline Dawson Chittenden
Lenia Kouneni (University of St Andrews) |
| 14.50-15.00 | A Portrait of Helen Farquhar
Mary Hinton (Independent Scholar) |
| 15.00-15.05 | Questions |
| 15.05-15.25 | Themed Discussion: Source Material |
| 15.25-15.45 | Walk to Classics Department, Edith Morley Building, Whiteknights Campus |
| 15.45-16.05 | Tea & Coffee (provided) |
| 16.05-16.35 | Archive Handling Session (Ure Museum) |
| 16.40-17.40 | KEYNOTE – ‘Unsuited to museum work’: hidden women and how to find them
Kate Hill (University of Lincoln) |
| 17.40-17.50 | Wrap Up
Amara Thornton and Amy Smith (Ure Museum) |