The International Institute for Baroque Studies in collaboration with Malta University Consulting Ltd will be offering an interesting short evening course on Women in the Baroque Age.
This course, which starts in October and runs over nine weeks, will deal with the role and condition of women from the late 16th century to the late 17th century. The lectures will take place at Le Roi Soleil Resource Centre, Faculty for the Built Environment building, UOM, Msida.
The course coordinator and lecturer is Dr Christine Muscat, a Fellow of the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh and the author of the best-selling book Magdalene nuns and penitent prostitutes.
This course will challenge the way women are depicted in the Baroque age. It examines the role of symbolic female figures such as the nun, the witch, the prostitute, the rebel and the philanthropist in an age where the seeds of rationality and a freer atmosphere were sown.
The course is aimed at a wide audience which can include students, academics, genealogists, documentary filmmakers, set and costume designers, artists, actors, novelists, photo researchers, general readers, and all those working for women's rights.
The course will be delivered through a series of lectures and group discussions. Lectures will be supplemented with a site visit, which will enrich the participants' experience of the topic. Participants who attend at least 80% of the sessions will be awarded a Certificate of Attendance.
For more information visit http://muhc.com.mt/consulting/current-courses/women-in-the-baroque-age-16th-october-2018/ or send an e-mail to [email protected]