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Love, Desire and Melancholy: Inspired by the writings of Constance Maynard

Tuesday 6th November, 2012

9am, Arts 2

The Centre for the History of the Emotions and Queen Mary, University of London Archives hosted a symposium to explore love, desire, melancholy and religion in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These themes were inspired by the personal experiences described in the autobiographical writings of Constance Maynard (1849-1935), which were recently digitised, by the Archives.

Keynote Speakers:

Professor Seth Koven, Associate Professor of History, Rutgers University, The Match Girl and the Heiress: Christian Revolution and Languages of Love Between Women in the London Slums.

Professor Pauline Phipps, University of Windsor, Constance Maynard’s Atonement: The Passions of an English Educational Pioneer (1849-1935).

Flyer: Constance Maynard flyer[PDF]

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