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Dr. Jharna Gourlay (University of Lucknow) – Forceps, Stethoscopes and Sisterhood: British Female Doctors in 19th Century India

At the end of the nineteenth century a very special group of British women went to India. They were the doctors and nurses. Most of them were missionaries, but a significant number…

17 September 2018
Songs from behind the curtain: the influence of palace women on Hindustani music

On 20 October we were delighted to host a lecture by Dr Richard Williams, Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. Dr Williams’ lecture, part of…

23 October 2015

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