A la Ronde Symposium - 'The Eventfulness of Nature: women and the seashore in the long nineteenth century'
- Published:
- 10 December 2024
On 11th July 2024 we held our Symposium, entitled ‘Female Craft and Design in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries’. Held at Reed Hall, University of Exeter, we invited a wide range of people to share stories about A la Ronde and how it connects to the wider world. This paper 'The Eventfulness of Nature: women and the seashore in the long nineteenth' century was presented by Dr Kyriaki Hadjiafxendi, as part of the panel 'Georgian period embellished decorative interiors using natural materials'.
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The Eventfulness of Nature: women and the seashore in the long nineteenth century
Dr Kyriaki Hadjiafxendi presented her paper 'The Eventfulness of Nature: women and the seashore in the long nineteenth century' at the A la Ronde symposium 2024.
Biography: Dr Kyriaki Hadjiafxendi
Kyriaki Hadjiafxendi is a Senior Lecturer in English Literature at Bath Spa University. She is currently working on a research project, provisionally titled, Nature on the Move: Patterns of Female Collecting in the Long Nineteenth Century.
Her current research explores the different ways that women brought nature into their homes and the role it has played in the reconfiguration of their identity as part of a multispecies community. It builds on her published research on Victorian women, work and art, which includes Crafting the Woman Professional in the Long Nineteenth Century (Routledge, 2013), What is a Woman to Do? A Reader on Women, Work and Art, c.1830-1890 (Peter Lang, 2011) and Authorship in Context: From the Theoretical to the Material (Palgrave, 2007); as well as her funded public engagement project, Science a the Seaside: Pleasure Hunts in North Devon (2014) and related publications.
The Compendium
The Compendium is a collection of stories to delight and surprise. You can explore all things A la Ronde here in one central place for the first time. We will be adding new stories for years to come.
The Symposium
On 11th July 2024, A la Ronde hosted its first academic conference, ‘The Symposium: Female Craft and Design in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries’. Learn more about the day here.
A la Ronde Symposium - '“A Place to cultivate her Mind in by Musing:” Anne Reckless Emlen’s 1757 Shellwork Grotto'
On 11th July 2024 we held A la Ronde's Symposium, entitled ‘Female Craft and Design in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries’. This paper '“A Place to cultivate her Mind in by Musing:” Anne Reckless Emlen’s 1757 Shellwork Grotto' was presented by Laura Keim, Kalia Temple and Lara Kaplan. Learn more about the paper here.