If you can make it, I recommend you attend (virtually).
100 Years of Women at the BBC
7 May 2021 1pm – 5.30pm (BST)
Co-sponsored by Critical Studies in Television and Edge Hill University Institute for Social Responsibility
Characterised
from early in its life as ‘Auntie’, the BBC itself has been gendered
female in the cultural consciousness. But this belies an historically
male-dominated institution in which women have often had to fight for
their rights to be heard. Recent controversies around equal pay,
misogynistic abuse towards BBC personalities and a lack of female
representation at the top of the corporation suggest that the
institution has far to go in matters of gender equality.
The
workshop will present fresh and innovative work-in-progress research on
women at the BBC. Our presentations will explore the careers of some
pioneering female workers at the BBC. The workshop aims to shed fresh
light on influential figures such as Grace Wyndham Goldie and Jill
Craigie; to draw attention to careers that are often overlooked – such
as gramophone operators or production designers; to re-examine forgotten
on-screen personalities; and to consider women’s contributions to
prestigious BBC strands such as Play for Today. We will also think
about the tools we use to explore women’s television history, with a
panel that focuses on the pros and cons of using interviews as a
research method for historical studies.
Registration for the event is free. Please visit the event website: https://www.edgehill.ac.uk/isr/100-years-of-women-at-the-bbc/
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