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The Victoria and Albert Museum
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Free Seminars (3)
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Steam and Speed: Industry, Transport and Communications
From: The Victoria and Albert Museum
This seminar gives a strong and helpful account of the components of Britain's industrial expansion
during the nineteenth century. Students will learn how steam continued to dominate electricity as a
power source for trains in the twentieth century, even while the bulk of urban transport still relied
on horsepower. This seminar will also explore how Britain dominated the industrialised world at
sea, establishing the British India Steam Navigation Co. in 1856, the largest shipping line across
the globe.
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The Secret History of the Corset
From: The Victoria and Albert Museum
No other garment in Western history has assumed such political, social, and sexual significance
as the corset. Lucy Johnston, assistant curator at the textiles and dress department of the Victoria
and Albert Museum, takes us through the history of the corset, from the ascension of Queen Victoria
through the first decade of the twentieth century. She explains the many different phases, shapes and
fabrics of the corset, as well as the technological innovation involved. Suzanne Lussier, also of the
textiles and dress department, sees the corset through to contemporary fashion, to reveal how our
obsession with the corset has persisted and evolved to incorporate modern sexual and aesthetic tastes.
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Votes for Women and Chastity for Men: Gender, Health, Medicine and Sexuality in Victorian England
From: The Victoria and Albert Museum
The Victorian period saw the beginnings of a shift in social philosophy regarding legal and
customary gender relations. Slow and contested, the movement is symbolised by the long campaign
for female suffrage or 'Votes for Women', which was not achieved in Victoria's reign. This seminar
examines these developments in the context of widening roles for women in public and professional
life.
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