THE ULSTER HERSTORY SALON

Date: 20 May 2017

Venue: Portrush Town Hall

Time: Doors Open at 18:30 FOR 21.00 start

Organiser: Angela Byrne

Contact details: a.byrne@ulster.ac.uk

Ulster Herstory Salon Programme

Event launch by Dr Karise Hutchinson, Provost at Ulster University, Coleraine

‘HerStory: The Forgotten Women in Science’ by Dr Diane Lees-Murdock, Senior Lecturer, School of Biomedical Sciences, Ulster University

Music by Oonagh McArdle

The Bad Bridget Project by Dr Leanne McCormick, School of English and History, Ulster University

Reading by Elaine Donnelly, creative writer

‘“This is not a Success Story”: The Work of the Architect Florence Fulton Hobson’ by Dr Tanja Poppelreuter, Lecturer in Architectural History and Theory, Ulster University

‘Forgotten and Neglected Women Writers’ by Dr Katherine Byrne, Lecturer in English, Ulster University

Music by Oonagh McArdle

‘Unseen Women: Stories from Armagh Gaol’ and ‘Women's Vision from Across the Barricades’ by Dr Jolene Mairs Dyer, Lecturer in Media Production, Ulster University

‘Sisters in the Troubles’ by Dr Dianne Kirby, Reader in History, Ulster University

Questions from the audience

Closing words by Melanie Lynch, Herstory project founder