ESRC seminar series
Women in Britain in the 1950s
This two year seminar series is hosted by the University of Winchester (Dr Stephanie Spencer), University of Manchester (Dr Penny Tinkler) and the University of Sussex (Dr Claire Langhamer).
The aim of the series is to shed light on a neglected generation of girls and women. It includes four one-day seminars that use popular stereotypes from the fifties - the teenage girl, the suburban housewife, the glamorous young woman and the woman in love – as starting points for exploring the diversity and complexity of the lives and experiences of girls and women in this period. The series also includes two one-day workshops which explore neglected sources for researching women and gender in the 1950s, namely material culture, sound and photography.
List of seminars
- Seminar 1 - 'Glamour? A new look at fifties’ women'
27 November 2009, University of Manchester - Seminar 2 - 'The Housewife'
5 February 2010, West Downs Centre, University of Winchester - Seminar 3 - 'Sensory sources for 1950s’ research: working with sound and material' Booking form
21 May 2010, University of Sussex - Seminar 4 - 'Sensory sources for 1950s' research: working with photographs'
26 November 2010, University of Manchester. Programme | Booking form - Seminar 5 - 'The Teenager' Programme | Booking form
4 February 2011, London - Seminar 6 - 'The Woman in Love'
20 May 2011, University of Sussex
The series organisers
Dr Penny Tinkler
Department of Sociology, University of Manchester
Email: penny.tinkler@manchester.ac.uk
Dr Stephanie Spencer
University of Winchester
Email: Stephanie.Spencer@winchester.ac.uk
Dr Claire Langhamer
University of Susssex
Email: c.l.langhamer@sussex.ac.uk
Travel & accommodation
Manchester (map)
Accommodation – The Ibis on Charles Street is about 7 minutes
walk from the seminar venue and close to the city centre too.
Winchester (West Downs Centre) (map)
Sussex (map)
There is no charge for attending these seminars. We will reimburse reasonable travel costs and also provide lunch and refreshments. A small number of places are available at each event and places are usually allocated on a first-come-first-served basis once the seminar link is activated.