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Juliette Ferry-Danini (Université de Namur): ‘A pink lie in French medicine’
Abstract: I will describe in this presentation my research on the history of phloroglucinol, a popular pharmaceutical in France and a few other countries. In France, phloroglucinol and its brand name Spasfon are one of the most sold and prescribed medications in the country. These incidentally pink pills are also disproportionally prescribed to women for all sorts of pains, notably…
Find out more »Lucy McDonald (King’s College London): ‘Power and Romantic Relationships’
Abstract: Romantic relationships with significant power imbalances are often considered defective. Charlotte Brontë seems to share such intuitions; in Jane Eyre, the romantic relationship between the novel’s eponymous heroine and Edward Rochester is initially hampered by its power asymmetries. Jane, a poor orphan with no social standing, falls in love with her employer, Edward, a rich, well-connected, significantly older man…
Find out more »Max Khan Hayward (University of Sheffield): TBA
Title and abstract coming soon... This event will take place in person on LSE’s campus. However, those unable to attend in person will have the option of taking part online. To join online just follow these instructions: Download Zoom Register in advance for this meeting: https://lse.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZ0qdOihqzwsGNQUTAJJH1uELoclk76g5DsR Please note that these events are routinely recorded, with the edited footage being made publicly available on…
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