Author Archives: Christine Plastow

By Peg Katritzky Among all our other reasons for remembering 2020 as The Lost Year, those of us who enjoy presenting at conferences are enduring unprecedented upheaval. Finally, academic meetings are re-appearing. However, much like metropolitan buses, they seem awkwardly … Continue reading →

We’re very pleased to be able to congratulate Dr Clare Taylor, Senior Lecturer in Art History and a member of the GOTH Steering Committee, on her receipt of a prestigious Paul Mellon Centre Mid-Career Fellowship to work on her project ‘Gilt … Continue reading →

To celebrate International Women’s Day 2020 (8th March), our director Dr Peg Katritzky appeared in this video discussing ShAC, ‘Shakespeare AND Cavendish’, a research strand within GOTH that seeks to restore female dramatists of the early modern period to their … Continue reading →

by Clare Taylor **Please note that this blog post was written before the current global outbreak of COVID-19. Please check with individual museums and galleries before attempting to visit any of the exhibitions below** GOTH holds an annual awayday. Last … Continue reading →

On 30th January 2020, GOTH held its first critical reading group and networking workshop in collaboration with the OU’s Health and Wellbeing PRA (Priority Research Area). The purpose of the day was to give members of GOTH and Health and … Continue reading →

On Thursday 24th October, GOTH held its official launch event at Walton Hall. The event celebrated the foundation of GOTH with an afternoon of dramatic performances followed by a wine reception. The GOTH Launch opened with comments from GOTH Director … Continue reading →

We are delighted to invite applications for an Open University PhD Studentship in Gender and Otherness in the Humanities. Applicants are invited to propose a research project which relates to any area of gender and/or otherness in the humanities, but … Continue reading →

On 15th May 2019, a group of GOTH members visited Hardwick Hall in Derbyshire for the first GOTH away day. Hardwick Hall is a distinctive Elizabethan country house created by Elizabeth, Countess of Shrewsbury, usually known as Bess of Hardwick, … Continue reading →

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