Infinite Women

Historian, author and royal commentator Dr. Carolyn Harris, joins us to talk about queens and revolution. Dr Harris teaches history at the University of Toronto and is the author of Queenship and Revolution in Early Modern Europe and co-editor of the English Consorts series, published by Palgrave Macmillan. See all of Carolyn's publications at httwww.royalhistorian.com/booksrecent-articles/ 

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Carolyn-Harris-on-queens-and-revolution.pdf

Read more about Henrietta Maria, Marie Antoinette and Alexandra Fyodorovna on the Infinite Women site

Samantha Fryer Ward, Collections Engagement Assistant at the Corinium Museum, joins us to chat about English archaeologist Helen O’Neil.

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Sam-Fryer-Ward-on-Helen-ONeill-transcript.pdf

Imogen Dixon-Smith, Kenneth E. Tyler Curator of International Prints and Drawing at the National Gallery of Australia, joins us to talk about German-American printmaker and textile artist, Anni Albers. Imogen has recently curated the exhibition Anni and Josef Albers, which is on display at the NGA until 22 September 2024.

More on the exhibit: nga.gov.au/exhibitions/anni-and-josef-albers

Read more about Anni Albers on the Infinite Women site: https://www.infinite-women.com/women/anni-albers/

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Imogen-Dixon-Smith-on-Anni-Albers-transcript.pdf

Courtney Lee, Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Social Media Lead and Outreach Support at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, joins us to chat about the telescope’s namesake, and Courtney's own work at NASA.

Play the Roman Space Observer Game at roman.gsfc.nasa.gov/game.html

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Courtney-Lee-on-Nancy-Grace-Roman-transcript-.pdf

Dr Ellie Woodacre, Reader in Renaissance History at the University of Winchester and author of Queens and Queenship, joins us to discuss the power of influential queen mothers across different times and places.

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Ellie-Woodacre-on-the-power-of-queen-mothers-transcript.pdf

Simeran Maxwell, Associate Curator of Australian Art at the National Gallery of Australia, joins us to discuss the NGA’s exhibition, A Century of Quilts.

The quilts are on display at the NGA until 25 August 2024: https://nga.gov.au/exhibitions/a-century-of-quilts/

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Simeran-Maxwell-and-quilts-at-the-NGA-transcript.pdf

Author, historian and filmmaker Mindy Johnson joins us to talk about Bessie Mae Kelley, a pioneering animator in the early film industry.

Find Mindy's books at www.mindyjohnsoncreative.com/book-menu

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Mindy-Johnson-on-Bessie-Mae-Kelley-transcript.pdf

Professor Jenie Hahn, a lecturer and administrator at Jeju National University in South Korea, joins us to talk about the businesswoman and philanthropist, Kim Manduk, who saved the people of Jeju in the 1790s.

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Jenie-Hahn-on-Kim-Manduk-transcript.pdf

Dr Gabby Storey joins us to talk about the medieval queen Berengaria of Navarre.

You can order her book, Berengaria of Navarre. Queen of England, Lord of Le Mans, at https://www.routledge.com/Berengaria-of-Navarre-Queen-of-England-Lord-of-Le-Mans/Storey/p/book/9781032121475

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Dr-Gabby-Storey-on-Berengaria-of-Navarre-transcript.pdf

Read more about Berengaria on the Infinite Women site: https://www.infinite-women.com/women/berengaria-of-navarre/

Dr Sharrona Pearl, a professor of bioethics and history at Drexel University, joins us to talk about painter, writer, educator and activist Riva Lehrer, whose experience living with spina bifida significantly influences her work.

Read the interview transcript: https://www.infinite-women.com/wp-content/uploads/Sharrona-Pearl-on-Riva-Lehrer-disability-humanity-and-autonomy-transcript.pdf