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Here are recordings of recent talks that have been given as part of the Art Collections public programme.

They were presented by a range of speakers including the College Curator, Dr Laura MacCulloch, Royal Holloway Librarian Greg Leurs and other invited speakers.

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Women's Suffrage and Royal Holloway and Bedford College

In this talk, Librarian Greg Leurs will draw on archive records to explore the role notable staff and alumnae played in the fight for women's suffrage in the UK.

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A Day in the Life

Dr Laura MacCulloch and Greg Leurs take you back in time to the early days of Royal Holloway and Bedford College to reveal what life would have been like for a student at the respective colleges.

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Peter the Great at Deptford Dockyard

In this talk Curator Dr Laura MacCulloch explores the inclusion of a black figure in the centre of the painting Peter the Great at Deptford Dockyard.

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Alumnae stories

In this talk Librarian Greg Leurs looks at four remarkable female alumnae of Bedford and Royal Holloway Colleges.

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Modern Portraits for Modern Women

Modern Portraits for Modern Women explores this unique collection of paintings created by two of the earliest women’s university colleges.

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"An Abolitionist Abroad" - Sarah Parker Remond

Royal Holloway Librarian, Greg Leurs, will draw on research and material held within the Royal Holloway and Bedford College archives to tell the remarkable story of Sarah Parker Remond's life.

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