Article on the lectures given at the 2023 Centenary Gathering. The theme for the two Lecture Days was ‘Understanding diversity in the 15th and 16th centuries’.
What could historical fiction set in pre-industrial Europe teach us about diversity?... What do we talk about when we talk about gender and sexual diversity?... The various lectures touched on such topics as women functioning in a male dominated world, gender nonconformity, legal issues, cultural practices, race and religion. Dr Kristin Bundesen wrapped up the series of lectures asking - What does it mean for Dunnett readers to ‘understand diversity’?' The article concludes with a brief discussion of a question raised at the Conference - How do we attract more Dunnett readers?
‘The Rape of Ganymede’, after Michelangelo, 1542, created by the artist for Tommaso de’ Cavalieri as a token of his love. Credit: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection/Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
