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PROGRAMME OF FORTHCOMING EVENTS

Live talks take place at the University Women's Club in Mayfair. We stream some talks, usually from overseas speakers, via Zoom. Whenever possible, talks are recorded and made available to members via the Members' Area of the website.

We also organise trips and tours for members and their guests. These are advertised in the monthly members' newsletters.

Our next event

Wednesday, September 24th, 2025

Lecture by Anna-Louise Meynell on 'Tracing Transitions: Textile histories in the borderlands of Undivided Bengal and Northeast India'

Via Zoom. 1800.

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This talk will explore tribal textiles of Meghalaya and Assam along the shifting borders with Undivided Bengal, until the creation of Bangladesh and the international border. It will introduce the ethnic groups of these areas, the fibres, looms and textiles, unpacking the impact of significant socio-political change on the tribal textile practices.

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The talk follows the launch of the book Textiles from Bengal: A Shared Legacy, which will be reviewed in the autumn issue of the ORTS journal.

Members and their guests welcome. Please contact Dimity Spiller for information.

More dates for your diary

Thursday, 15th October 2025

Lecture by Dorothy Armstrong: ‘Navigating the past through its rugs’, at the University Women’s Club. 18.00 for 18.30.

Wednesday, 24th November 2025

Qaisra Khan and Rowan Bain will be discussing ‘William Morris and Art from the Islamic World.'

University Women's Club. 1800 for 18.30
 

Society talks are normally held at the University Women's Club 

in South Audley Square just behind the Dorchester Hotel. Talks start at 7pm. 

 

Both Green Park and Hyde Park Corner tube stations are a short walk away. Free street parking

after 6.30pm (Tilney St, Stanhope Gate, Hill St, Waverton St, Curzon St, Chesterfield Gardens)

 

Guests are welcome to attend for £7 a single lecture. Students £5. 

Membership of one year for all events from £30.

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