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Archive for August 2009
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Fellow's dissertation wins prize Posted on Aug. 25, 2009
We are pleased to announce that Dr Danielle van den Heuvel has won the PhD Dissertation Prize (pre 1800 category) of the International Economic History Association. Her winning thesis is titled “Women and Entrepreneurship: Female Traders in the Northern Netherlands, c. 1580–1815”.It was awarded during the XVth World Economic History Congress, held from 3–7 August 2009 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The jury consisted of Beverly Lemire (chair), Philippe Minard and Om Prakash.
Dr van den Heuvel was appointed Ottilie Hancock Research Fellow in Modern History at Girton College in 2008, and her research interests are primarily in ...
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Girton Choir US Tour update Posted on Aug. 18, 2009
The Choir of Girton College Cambridge
US Tour Summer 2009The College’s Chapel Choir has recently completed its first ever tour of the USA. This included a performance at St Thomas’s Church 5th Avenue in New York, the country’s premier venue for sacred music.
Please click here to listen to a recording of the Choir’s performance at St Thomas’s.
More news of the tour will follow here soon.
In this the 800th anniversary of the University of Cambridge and the 140th anniversary of Girton College,the choir were good-will musical ambassadors for these institutions. The ...
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People's Portraits hits the news Posted on Aug. 18, 2009
The People’s Portraits exhibition at Girton College has recently been hitting the news as a great exhibition to visit whilst in Cambridge. Please click here to see the article on it in the Cambridge News.
Yesterday, it was also discussed on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire, click here and click on the 12.30pm show (you can find the interview at the following time of 01:33.30) to listen.
If you have not seen the People’s Portraits yet, please do come and see us. You can find out more information here. We also have a school/family activity pack ...