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Researching Women in Legal History: The case of Miss Bebb
No full textThe goal of this workshop was to think about how we write legal biography. Drawing on the research I undertook into the life of Gwyneth Bebb, who in 1913 challenged the Law Society of England and Wales for their refusal to admit women to the solicitors’ profession, I focused on the range of sources one might use to explore the lives of women in law, about whom there might be a few public records but little else, and on the ways in which sources, even official ones, might be imaginatively used. I was keen to indicate the significance of asking questions that mattered, not simply to in order to re-create a life, but to demonstrate its full significance. My argument was not just that these sources and techniques are useful for adding colour and context to otherwise bare accounts but that they are necessary, because a focus on public achievements will miss significant aspects of a woman’s life – even, perhaps, its very essence
Indigenous interventions at Klahowya Village, χwayχw əy Vancouver/ unceded Coast Salish Territory
No full textReport on the state of UK-based research on Latin America and the Caribbean
No full textThis report looks at how the UK is responding to and engaging with new developments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). It addresses in detail the importance of carrying out research on the LAC area, new developments affecting Latin American and Caribbean studies in the UK and the scope and patterns of the research being carried out. The size and composition of the research community are profiled, along with institutional affiliations and research concentrations. Findings are presented on the shifting institutional commitments to research into Latin America and the Caribbean and the challenges faced by the LAC research community, including trends in funding for LAC research, the impact of research assessment exercises and constraints on dissemination and publication
Making treasures pay? Benefits of the library treasures volume considered
No full textThis article is based on the treasures volume produced by Senate House Library, University of London, in November
2012, and reflects on the benefits of the undertaking in terms of generating library history, academic liaison, correcting old misperceptions, and information learned alongside the standard promotional value
Conclusion: comparative analysis of decriminalisation and change across the Commonwealth
No full textLaura Restrepo
No full textLong revered by a loyal readership, Laura Restrepo has only begun to receive scholarly
attention. She has now has achieved the rare feat of reaching vast audiences both local and
international, and both academic and general. Of major national and international standing,
Restrepo is celebrated for the oblique focus she brings to recent and contemporary Colombian
history, as well as for engaging with the wider panorama of Spanish American political history.
Translated into over twenty languages, and recognized by major international prizes and awards,
Restrepo is not only a key figure of contemporary Colombian literature, but of Spanish American as
well as world literature today
