Saturday 7 June 2025, 2 - 6pm
Room G22/26, Senate House

Voices waiting to be heard? Notable women of Romano-British archaeology

Dr Tatiana Ivleva, ‘Present but forgotten: why we need historiography of women archaeologists in Romano-British studies and beyond’

Dr Martha Stewart, ‘Margerie Venables Taylor (1881-1963): an unsung heroine of Roman Britain?’

Dr Natasha Harlow, ‘Championing the contribution of women archaeologists at Caistor: Atkinson, Hankinson and Green’

Dr Amara Thornton, 'Beyond Notability' project

Dr Frances McIntosh, ‘Her father’s daughter: did Grace Simpson ever escape the shadow of F G Simpson?’

Prof. Dr David Breeze, ‘Elizabeth Hodgson: a dispassionate recorder of Hadrian's Wall?’

The colloquium was accompanied by a small display of water colours and drawings (digitally reprinted) by Jessie Mothersole and Elizabeth Hodgson, archival material associated with M.V. Taylor and J., Toynbee, and an exhibition of banners representing the lives of eleven Romano-British women archaeologists. In addition, a display of books, archival materials and photographs relating to some of the women archaeologists was on display in the lobby outside the Library.