Writing a new history of women and power
Mon 9 Nov · 18:15
Shilling Building Auditorium
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The event 'Writing a new history of women and power' will occur on 9 November 2026 at the Shilling Building Auditorium in Windsor. This annual Bedford Lecture, presented by Professor Kate Williams, will explore the history of powerful women. Entry is free.
Annual Bedford Lecture by Professor Kate Williams
Professor Williams will reflect on her remarkable career as a historian of powerful women from Hatshepsut and Cleopatra, through to Tudor queens Catherine of Aragon and Lady Jane Grey, via Queen Victoria's contemporaries Yaa Asentewaa of Ghana and Queen Lili'oukulani of Hawaii, and the powerful women of our own day.
Historian and novelist Kate Williams is Professor of Public Engagement with History at the University of Reading. She specialises in social, constitutional, and royal history, and is widely acclaimed for her engaging biographies and media work, including Rival Queens, a study of Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots, and Regina: A New History of Women and Power (Orion, 2026).
The University is required by law to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018. Details submitted via this form will be handled in line with our Data Protection and Privacy Statement. (https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/our-alumni/for-alumni/data-protection-and-privacy/) feel free to contact us.
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Writing a new history of women and power takes place on Monday, 9 November 2026 at 18:15.
Writing a new history of women and power is held at Shilling Building Auditorium in Windsor (Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX).
Entry to Writing a new history of women and power is free.
The forecast for Writing a new history of women and power is Overcast · 7°C.
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The event 'Writing a new history of women and power' will occur on 9 November 2026 at the Shilling Building Auditorium in Windsor. This annual Bedford Lecture, presented by Professor Kate Williams, will explore the history of powerful women. Entry is free.
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Annual Bedford Lecture by Professor Kate Williams
Professor Williams will reflect on her remarkable career as a historian of powerful women from Hatshepsut and Cleopatra, through to Tudor queens Catherine of Aragon and Lady Jane Grey, via Queen Victoria's contemporaries Yaa Asentewaa of Ghana and Queen Lili'oukulani of Hawaii, and the powerful women of our own day.
Historian and novelist Kate Williams is Professor of Public Engagement with History at the University of Reading. She specialises in social, constitutional, and royal history, and is widely acclaimed for her engaging biographies and media work, including Rival Queens, a study of Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots, and Regina: A New History of Women and Power (Orion, 2026).
The University is required by law to comply with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018. Details submitted via this form will be handled in line with our Data Protection and Privacy Statement. (https://www.royalholloway.ac.uk/about-us/our-alumni/for-alumni/data-protection-and-privacy/) feel free to contact us.
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Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX
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Writing a new history of women and power takes place on Monday, 9 November 2026 at 18:15.
Where is Writing a new history of women and power taking place?
Writing a new history of women and power is held at Shilling Building Auditorium in Windsor (Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, TW20 0EX).
How much are tickets for Writing a new history of women and power?
Entry to Writing a new history of women and power is free.
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The forecast for Writing a new history of women and power is Overcast · 7°C.
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