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Letters Home

Letters Home

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A podcast that enlivens the letters of the English sisters Elizabeth Gwillim and Mary Symonds in 1801-1807 while they were in Madras, India, and enters into conversation with the researchers who investigated their lives.


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    • Series Finale with Principal Investigator, Dr. Victoria Dickenson

      Series Finale with Principal Investigator, Dr. Victoria Dickenson
      Apr 6 2025

      Dr. Victoria Dickenson

      The case study: Lady Gwillim's China

      The new project: Hidden Hands

      Welcome to Letters Home, a podcast that explores the lives and interests of Elizabeth Gwillim and Mary Symonds, English sisters in India at the turn of the nineteenth century. Over eight episodes, Rosie Noskwith and Amber Craig read letters from the sisters to their family in England, and host Ciel Haviland talks with researchers who explored a facet of the life they were exposed to.

      The Gwillim Project website
      The Gwillim Project youtube channel
      The book! Women, Environment and Networks of Empire
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      55 min
    • The deep detective work of deciphering handwritten letters and art with Dr. Rebekah McCallum and Hana Nikčević

      The deep detective work of deciphering handwritten letters and art with Dr. Rebekah McCallum and Hana Nikčević
      Dec 15 2024

      Scans of the original letters

      Hana's case studies:
      'Best for this country'
      Curious for fish: Mary Symonds's fish watercolors
      Gwillim Student Symposium

      Welcome to Letters Home, a podcast that explores the lives and interests of Elizabeth Gwillim and Mary Symonds, English sisters in India at the turn of the nineteenth century. Over eight episodes Rosie Noskwith and Amber Craig read letters from the sisters to their family in England and host Ciel Haviland talks with researches who explored a facet of the life they exposed.

      The Gwillim Project website
      The Gwillim Project youtube channel
      The book! Women, Environment and Networks of Empire
      Afficher plus Afficher moins
      47 min
    • How to learn about plants in 1801 with Henry Noltie

      How to learn about plants in 1801 with Henry Noltie
      Nov 24 2024

      A great chat with Henry Noltie about plants and Elizabeth Gwillim's efforts to master botany and my cat needs to go in and out of the room.

      For the online symposium on Lady Gwillim's Botany:
      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASrfoZAml2Y&ab_channel=TheGwillimProjectOnline

      For a fantastic chapter on Indians painting in an English style in Forgotten masters: Indian Painting for the East India Company, edited by William Dalrymple.

      Welcome to Letters Home, a podcast that explores the lives and interests of Elizabeth Gwillim and Mary Symonds, English sisters in India at the turn of the nineteenth century. Over eight episodes Rosie Noskwith and Amber Craig read letters from the sisters to their family in England and host Ciel Haviland talks with researches who explored a facet of the life they exposed.

      The Gwillim Project website
      The Gwillim Project youtube channel
      The book! Women, Environment and Networks of Empire
      Afficher plus Afficher moins
      45 min

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