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SUMMARY:Public Seminar: Professor Pragya Agarwal and Professor Diane Watt\
 , 'Why Medieval Women's Lives Are Still Relevant' - Diane Watt (Professor 
 of Medieval Literature\, University of Surrey)\, Pragya Agarwal
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DESCRIPTION:With the British Library’s Medieval Women: In Their Own Word
 s exhibition making the headlines\, medieval women are currently in the sp
 otlight. However\, stereotypes about medieval women\, especially their lac
 k of independence and agency\, abound. This seminar asks\,\n\nHow can we o
 verturn mistaken assumptions that medieval women were entirely subservient
  to men or that their situation was far worse than for modern day women?\n
 \nSuch assumptions about medieval women's lives have their roots in the re
 ligious and scientific discourse of the time. Yet\, as is the case today\,
  there was some disconnect between the misogyny of the wider culture and s
 ociety and women’s everyday experience. Some medieval women did have mor
 e options than we may realise. \n\nIn this session\, Pragya Agarwal and Di
 ane Watt will lead a discussion on the challenges of uncovering the lives 
 of medieval women and their relevance to the present day.\n\nPreparatory R
 eading:\n\nIn advance of the session\, please read the following short art
 icles:\n\nPragya Agarwal\, "Medieval Women Used Informal Social Networks T
 o Share Health Problems and Medieval Advice Just As We Do Today." The Conv
 ersation\, 11 Oct. 2023.\nDiane Watt\, "In Pursuit of Margaret Paston." Un
 seen Histories\, 25 Sept. 2023.\n\nSpeaker Details:\n\nPragya Agarwal is c
 urrently Visiting Professor of Social Inequities and Injustice at Loughbor
 ough University and a Royal Literary Fund Fellow at Newnham College\, Univ
 ersity of Cambridge. She is also a Visiting Scholar at the Oxford Centre o
 f Life Writing\, a Fulbright Fellow at City University of New York\, and t
 he Vartan Gregorian Centre for Humanities Fellow at the New York Public Li
 brary. She is the author of widely acclaimed non-fiction books including S
 way (2020)\, (M)otherhood (2021)\, and Hysterical (2022).\n\nDiane Watt is
  Professor of English Literature at the University of Surrey and a Visitin
 g Scholar at the Oxford Centre of Life Writing. She is the author of sever
 al books on medieval women's writing and\, most recently\, of God's Own Ge
 ntlewoman: The Life of Margaret Paston (2024).\n\nFurther Details and Cont
 acts:\n\nThis hybrid event is free and open to all\; however\, registratio
 n is required.\nThis event will not be recorded.\nSpeakers:\nDiane Watt (P
 rofessor of Medieval Literature\, University of Surrey)\, Pragya Agarwal
LOCATION:Wolfson College (The Buttery\; accessibility information availabl
 e here: https://www.wolfson.ox.ac.uk/accessibility-wolfson-college)\, Lint
 on Road OX2 6UD
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URL:https://talks.ox.ac.uk/talks/id/b0af2018-a3c1-4584-9fd3-856073ea87e5/
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