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Multi-disciplinary international group promoting the study of women and gender in the early modern period and long eighteenth century. https://womensstudiesgroup.org/ Seminars | Workshops | Outings | Bursary Scheme | Mentoring | Newsletter | Reading Group

Portrait of Sancho, c. 1768, by Thomas Gainsborough; Sancho is painted against a plain brown background, gazing to his right with a dignified pose. He is wearing a bright red waistcoat with gold trimming and a black coat.

Cover of the Broadview Press edition of The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, edited by Christine Blouch. The black and white cover shows two ladies (circa early twentieth century) dressed in white, seated next to each other, and looking into the distance.

Poster advertising Claudia Marín Berttolini's appearance on the Puebla de Nuestros Amores podcast (Episode 11) discussing ‘Los Conventos Femeninos en la Puebla de los Ángeles’. Appearing on 26 April 2025 on Spotify and YouTube. Features a photo of a smiling Claudia in a convent courtyard, with a decorative fountain behind her.

Full programme details for the Aphra Behn International Conference, Fondazione Teatro Due / Università di Parma, 20-21 March. Speakers include: Janet Todd, Diego Saglia, Ros Ballaster, Francesca Saggini, Liliana Rampelo, Elaine Hobby, Maria Chiara Barbieri, Masolino D'Ammico and Luca Scarlini

Book cover - Women and the Reformations: A Global History by Merry Wiesner-Hanks. Set in a brightly covered geometric frame resembling a stained glass window, in orange, red, and blue.

Cover image of essay collection edited by Julie Peakman, entitled 'Travellers in Eighteenth Century Europe: The Sexes Abroad'. The title appears in a large serif front at the top of the page, in a decorative frame set against a blue sky. Below, there is a group of travellers in eighteenth-century dress. On the right, a woman in a blue and yellow dress sits upon a horse, facing the viewer. She is greeting another rider, who is wearing a striking red jacket. The second rider has their back to us. The two riders are framed by their servants, who appear on the right and left of the composition.

Cover image of 'The Edinburgh Companion to Jane Austen and the Arts' edited by Joe Bray and Hannah Moss. Set against a pale cream background, the central image is a delicate pastel-coloured image of two young ladies. One is seated at a piano and is playing from sheet music; her companion stands next to her, looking on.

Portraits in the Characters of the Muses in the Temple of Apollo by Richard Samuel, courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery, London. The NPG describe the painting as follows: "Britain's artistic and intellectual women were triumphantly celebrated by Richard Samuel in this unusual group portrait exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1779. It depicts nine contemporary creative women dressed in classical-style robes in 'the Characters of the Muses'."

A colourised version of the engraving 'A lady telling a gripping story to young women and children' by John Opie. Credit: Wellcome Collection. The image shows a group of five women, huddled together and deep in concentration. A woman on the right is the focus of attention: she has raised her arm to command attention as she tells the gripping story.