{"title": "Untold Tales: Women Pioneers in British and Irish Architectural History", "start": "2026-11-13T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Courtauld Institute of Art", "address": "Strand, WC2R 0RN London", "price": "£35.00 (including sandwich lunch), concessions available", "price_from": "35.00", "price_to": "35.00", "tickets_url": "https://myaccount.courtauld.ac.uk/packages/fixed/71", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["art/architecture"], "description": "The Third Annual Mark Girouard Symposium, a two-day academic symposium titled 'Untold Tales: Women Pioneers in British and Irish Architectural History', held at the Courtauld's Vernon Square campus. Organised by Dr Kyle Leyden of the Courtauld, Dr Manolo Guerci of the University of Kent and Prof. Elizabeth McKellar, President of SAHGB, and supported by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and The Institute of Historic Building Conservation. It looks back to the earliest generations of women involved in writing and promoting architectural history from the nineteenth century onwards, as academics, curators, journalists, photographers, writers and in conservation and heritage spheres, since almost no accounts of female architectural historians exist alongside growing studies of female architects. Speakers include Dana Arnold, David Barber and Louise Campbell, among others.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/untold-tales-women-pioneers-in-british-and-irish-architectur-35442/", "official_url": "https://courtauld.ac.uk/whats-on/untold-tales-women-pioneers-in-british-and-irish-architectural-history/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/bd57a765c594ee45433a66c36897c227ade8ed521a3f085dd8ef223f5bc7f60a-2000.webp", "dates": [{"start": "2026-11-13T00:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-14T00:00:00Z", "place": "The Courtauld Institute of Art", "address": "Strand, WC2R 0RN London", "tickets": ""}], "similar": [{"title": "RAI Research Seminar: Aleksandar Bošković", "start": "2026-11-04T16:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-04T18:00:00Z", "place": "Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland", "address": "Fitzroy Street 50, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["society"], "description": "A research seminar at the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, held as a hybrid event that can be attended in person in London or online via Zoom. 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He examines how female scholars such as Winifred Hoernlé, Zora Neale Hurston, Ruth Landes and Germaine Tillion were long omitted from narratives of anthropology's past, and how the discipline's history is shaped by political narratives, including examples like the renaming of Kroeber Hall at Berkeley.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/rai-research-seminar-aleksandar-boskovic-64971/", "official_url": "https://therai.org.uk/events/rai-research-seminar-aleksandar-boskovic/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1131521929b954268541377ba0d2333bc5cc09a82287ea87c38e75ef34699374-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Uncovering the Queer Roots of British Arts and Crafts", "start": "2026-11-12T18:45:00Z", "end": null, "place": "William Morris Gallery", "address": "Forest Road, E17 4PP London", "price": "Pay what you can by donation (suggested £10)", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uncovering-the-queer-roots-of-british-arts-and-crafts-tickets-2003053359519?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history"], "description": "An 'In Conversation' talk at the William Morris Gallery, part of the Earthly Paradise programme of talks. Neal Shasore, an architectural historian and founder of the School of Building, joins Michael Hall, author of A Queer Inheritance: Alternative Histories in the The National Trust. They explore the importance of queer community in history and how homes served as a private haven against public norms, discussing how mainstream culture has co-opted these expressions.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/uncovering-the-queer-roots-of-british-arts-and-crafts-40319/", "official_url": "https://www.wmgallery.org.uk/event/uncovering-the-queer-roots-of-british-arts-and-crafts/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/b08c449ebf9740ebc8022d0049941305997081d399ec36eb57f9e2dd68ff0abc-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Conference - Maritime Histories from the Margins: People, Places, and Practices, 1500–Present", "start": "2026-11-11T09:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-11T17:00:00Z", "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Adult: £60 | Member: £55 | Early Career Researcher/Student: £30", "price_from": "60.00", "price_to": "60.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.rmg.co.uk/webstore/shop/viewItems.aspx?cg=RMGCON&c=MHCON", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/maritime"], "description": "A two-day interdisciplinary conference on maritime histories from around 1500 to the present. It is co-convened by Royal Museums Greenwich and the Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures at the University of Portsmouth. The conference brings new research on marginalised maritime communities and individuals to the forefront, including workers, makers, families, travellers, navigators and knowledge-keepers overlooked in archives and scholarship. People from all backgrounds, academic and non-academic, are warmly invited to attend.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/conference-maritime-histories-from-the-margins-people-places-37284/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/conference-maritime-histories-margins-people-places-practices", "image": "https://noky.io/images/d2703bfb815f05da2933f197282e972c26adc340d47f66d5893aa462beae31c0-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Conference - Maritime Histories from the Margins: People, Places, and Practices, 1500–Present", "start": "2026-11-11T09:00:00Z", "end": "2026-11-12T17:00:00Z", "place": "National Maritime Museum", "address": "Romney Road, SE10 9NF London", "price": "Adult: £60 | Member: £55 | Early Career Researcher/Student: £30", "price_from": "60.00", "price_to": "60.00", "tickets_url": "https://tickets.rmg.co.uk/webstore/shop/viewItems.aspx?cg=RMGCON&c=MHCON", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/maritime"], "description": "A two-day interdisciplinary conference on marginalised maritime histories from around 1500 to the present. It is co-convened by Royal Museums Greenwich and the Centre for Port Cities and Maritime Cultures at the University of Portsmouth. The conference highlights new research on communities and individuals historically underrepresented in maritime narratives, from workers and families to navigators and knowledge-keepers. The fee covers lunches, refreshments and an evening book launch for Black and Asian Seafarers: A Visual History.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/conference-maritime-histories-from-the-margins-people-places-39610/", "official_url": "https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/national-maritime-museum/conference-maritime-histories-margins-people-places-practices", "image": "https://noky.io/images/611a6bbca41bb79388ca8ea847147219d1cb99d7df33e9425818f356dd21db77-1200.webp"}, {"title": "11 November - Women of Southwark Tour - The Untold Story", "start": "2026-11-11T13:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Southwark Cathedral", "address": "Cathedral Street, London", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "tours", "tags": ["history/local-history"], "description": "A guided tour exploring the lives of women in Southwark and the impact they have made on the local area and beyond. 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It delves into the lives of the women connected to the collection, beginning with Lady Wallace, who bequeathed the collection to the nation in 1897. Visitors learn about the first female visitors to Hertford House, from the American collector Isabella Stewart Gardner to the suffragist and art historian Lady Dilke. The tour highlights the traces these women left behind, shown through historic photographs, rare books and archival papers.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/library-and-archive-tour-women-of-the-wallace-collection-39906/", "official_url": "https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/events/library-and-archive-tour-women-of-the-wallace-collection/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/fc5eac96f3515c013ac7bf88d42b998bec62895fa0a7272c3a2b81ea37d181ae-1200.webp"}, {"title": "PINTS OF KNOWLEDGE: A GEORGIAN GUIDE TO GETTING LAID", "start": "2026-11-10T19:00:00Z", "end": null, "place": "Big Penny Social", "address": "Priestley Way 1, E17 6AL London", "price": "£19 per person + fees", "price_from": "19.00", "price_to": "19.00", "tickets_url": "https://www.pintsofknowledge.co.uk/london-tickets", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["history/georgian", "society/sexuality"], "description": "PINTS OF KNOWLEDGE: A GEORGIAN GUIDE TO GETTING LAID is a talk at Big Penny Social in London. 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Gallucci leads a walk through the streets of Georgian London, from brothels and taverns to theatres and courtrooms, centered on the women whose private lives became public entertainment; 10% of ticket sales go towards her new production 'HUSSY'.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/pints-of-knowledge-a-georgian-guide-to-getting-laid-50418/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/31623b114dfb41007ba2ac800cae29a9bc9433f97f6fa500519db242aa1ac992-1200.webp"}, {"title": "Learning from Dead [Women] Poets: Poetry Workshop with Clare Pollard", "start": "2026-11-10T15:30:00Z", "end": null, "place": "The London Library", "address": "St James's Square 14, SW1Y 4LG London", "price": "From £30", "price_from": "30.00", "price_to": "30.00", "tickets_url": "https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/the-londonlibrary/items/748293/availability/2130313815/book/", "category": "workshops-courses", "tags": ["literature/poetry"], "description": "A poetry workshop titled Learning from Dead [Women] Poets, running in the Study at The London Library with tea and coffee provided. It is led by Clare Pollard, poet and author of Lives of the Female Poets, in collaboration with Dead [Women] Poets Society. Participants are inspired by the female writers who came before them, exploring how to steal, allude, translate, remix, modernise and speak to the dead. There is a particular focus on Amy Levy and Christina Rossetti, the spirits conjured at the séance held later that evening.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/learning-from-dead-women-poets-poetry-workshop-with-clare-po-39394/", "official_url": "https://www.londonlibrary.co.uk/whats-on/learning-dead-women-poets-poetry-workshop-clare-pollard", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7d6b90d93acfcedeb4f6a1e29f8cf9f2a2b35395852e7c2765a9c3d8da42ea75-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Lines of Enquiry: Graphic Arts and the Afterlives of Material Past", "start": "2026-11-06T09:45:00Z", "end": "2026-11-06T18:00:00Z", "place": "Society of Antiquaries", "address": "", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["diy/printmaking", "history"], "description": "Lines of Enquiry: Graphic Arts and the Afterlives of Material Past is the Society of Antiquaries' annual Collections and Research Day, focusing this year on its Prints and Drawings collection of works on paper from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries. The event is hosted by the Society of Antiquaries and presents the work of early career researchers and collections professionals. It examines how images shape knowledge production and circulation, mediate encounters with lost and extant objects and buildings, and contribute to the study of the material past, from early modern prints to contemporary graphic practices. The keynote, 'Towers and Transformations: 40 years of printmaking by Anne Desmet RA', spans her career as artist-printmaker, and attendees can also visit curated displays at the library of either the Royal Academy of Arts or the Linnaean Society.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/london/events/lines-of-enquiry-graphic-arts-and-the-afterlives-of-material-38657/", "official_url": "https://www.sal.org.uk/events/lines-of-enquiry/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/7db67b77575aa91c39629348415212837d9c42d8f7d5ace48bea44c9b8f4b718-2000.webp"}]}