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Join LDG founder Luisa to explore our deep past through a female lens, from Venus Figurines, to Gender Bias in History & Female Archaeology
CLASS DESCRIPTION
We all know that the history of history is biased. The historian, archaeologist or anthropologist who studies and writes of human history is in a position of privilege, writing the stories we tell ourselves about the experience of being Human.
But what happens when History has only been told from one perspective? How can we trust historical archaeological data to present an unbiased view of the world when it has been mined by an almost exclusively white male group of scholars, usually from privileged backgrounds.
This session will explore some of the great biases in the study of our distant past - the Ice Age, particularly focusing on Palaeolithic Art, we will explore the representations of Women in Sculpture, Drawing and even Portraiture and what these images might suggest. We will also highlight the work of some eminent female Archaeologists and theories whose work has challenged the status quo in relation to Women's role in Ice Age communities (here's a hint, the old Women Gather Men Hunt thing? Not so much!), and finally, we will explore how the future of deep Archaeology may shift and change due to some incredible advances in the field, made by... you guessed it... WOMEN!
ABOUT OUR LECTURER
The Director of The Feminist Lecture Program, Luisa-Maria MacCormack (she/her) studied Textiles Design at London College of Fashion before turning to Fine Art and studying at the Royal Drawing School in 2014. A practicing artist as well as lecturer, Luisa has recently completed her MA at City and Guilds of London Art School. A founding member of the London Drawing Group since its inception in 2016, Luisa teaches drawing, and Feminist Art History classes across London, as well as exhibiting regularly in solo and group shows across the country.
WEBSITE: https://www.luisamariamaccormack.co.uk/
INSTAGRAM: @luisamariamfineart
SPRING TERM 2025
Monday 20th January
Margot Mifflin (she/her)
Beauty Pageants and National Identity
Monday 27th January
Verity Babbs (she/her)
Divergent Minds: Female Neurodiversity in Art and Art History
Monday 3rd February
Vex Ashley (she/her)
The Body And The Screen - Sexuality Against The Machine
Monday 10th February
Luisa-Maria MacCormack (she/her)
Holy Hags: Sinners and Sheela Na Gigs - RECORDING ONLY
Monday 17th February
Dr. Kimberley Baltzer-Jaray (she/they)
Women Who Kill: Gender Bias And Murder
Monday 24th February
Alekszandra Rokvity (she/her)
Endometriosis: A Feminist Issue
Monday 3rd March
TBC
Monday 10th March
Jennifer Anyan (she/her)
The Madonna Whore Dichotomy: Motherhood And Sexual Agency
Monday 17th March
Alyssa Velazquez (she/her)
Spawn: The Fantasy Of Women's Right To Choose
Monday 24th March
Leanne Yau (she/they)
Radical Connection Through Relationship Anarchy
Monday 31st March
Dr. Noam Yadin Evron (she/her)
Abortions: A Complicated History From The Middle Ages To Today
Monday 7th April
Lucy Cooke (she/her)
Bitch: On The Female Of The Species
Monday 14th April
Anna Souter (she/her)
Plant Parenthood: A Potted History Of Vegetal Reproduction And (M)Otherhood
Monday 21st April
Luisa-Maria MacCormack (she/her)
Feminism And The Ice Age - RECORDING ONLY
Monday 28th April
Elora Shehabuddin (she/her)
Feminism And Islam: A History Of Muslim Feminism
RECORDING
A recording of the lecture will be sent out by The Feminist Lecture Program after the event finishes, within 2 hours of the end of the class. This email will also contain any resources/reading list the lecturer shares.
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PAY WHAT YOU CAN
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