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BBC History Magazine Article - Dr Laura King
Dr Laura King's research is featured in the May 2012 edition of the BBC History Magazine, in an article entitled 'Is the 'modern dad' really that modern?' You may buy the magazine, or read the article online.
Early Women Biochemists Exhibitions
Convened by Professor Robert Freedman (Life Sciences), Dr Stephen Soanes (Warwick CHM), Professor Hilary Marland (Warwick CHM)
The Early Women Biochemists Exhibition casts a spotlight on the careers of the initial wave of female scientific researchers. Amongst the themes at the heart of Early Women Biochemists are: education, class and funding opportunities; professional networks and mentorship; the gendered experience of marriage and scientific collaboration; and the extent of equality of opportunity before 1939.
It focuses particularly on four prominent biochemists – Harriette Chick, Ida Smedley, Muriel Wheldale and Marjory Stephenson. These women were amongst the very first to obtain scholarships, professional memberships and university appointments. Their lives reflect women’s entry into the hitherto male-dominated laboratory.
Amongst the key sites in the stories of these women are King Edward VI High School for Girls, Birmingham; Cambridge University; and the Lister Institute in London. Each of these locations offered particularly open access to women researchers from the 1880- 1900s – this display finds out why.
Funding for the project came primarily through the Biochemical Society and we thank them for their kind contribution, with additional support through the University of Warwick’s Centre for the History of Medicine (funded by the Wellcome Trust). A website is currently under development and it is anticipated this will be made live in late May http://www.warwick.ac.uk/go/womenbiochem – so please do watch this space!
The exhibition was first shown as part of the Biochemical Society’s Centenary Celebration at the Royal Society, 15-16 December 2011. It is now available for display and is being shown at Warwick, first at the School of Life Sciences (14-17 May 2012) and then at the Modern Records Centre (28 May -1 Jun 2012).
We do hope you are able to visit this fascinating exhibition.
Ethnicity and Mental Health in Post-War Britain - Information
The Centres for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary and the History of Medicine at Warwick are currently collaborating on a history of mental health care in post-war Britain. The first stage of this research has been a witness seminar involving leading policy makers, practitioners, and historians. The appointment of two postdoctoral fellowships, one based at QMUL in the Centre for the History of the Emotions, the other at Warwick in the Centre for the History of Medicine, will provide an opportunity to examine in depth one aspect of this history: the relationship between ethnicity and mental health in Britain since 1945.