Sixth Formers can do the Teesside time warp

A sixth form history conference will be held at the University of Teesside on Friday 15 September from 10.30am-3pm. The conference, entitled ‘Gender and Power: Britain and Europe since 1500’ is free of charge and open to all local ‘A’ level students.

Dr Barry Doyle, Senior Lecturer in British History at the University said: “The conference will provide clear and up-to-date talks on key debates in the ‘A’ level history syllabus. Speakers will focus on gender and power in a range of historical eras, including Edwardian Britain, inter-war Germany and the Soviet Union.”

The programme is:

10.30am Coffee and welcome 11am Introduction Gender and power in early modern Britain The struggle for the vote in Edwardian Britain 12.30pm Lunch break 1.30pm Women in Nazi Germany Gender in Stalin’s Russia 3pm Conference close

To book a place at the conference contact Barry Doyle on 01642 384075, fax 01642 384099, e-mail Barry.Doyle@tees.ac.uk

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