December 9, 2024 | Volume 23

Welcome to the November-December 2024 Carolyn Harris Royal Historian Newsletter

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The University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies' 50th Anniversary

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Winter 2025 In-Class Courses at the University

of Toronto School of Continuing Studies

Tuesdays: Women in Power

Powerful women have presented themselves as warrior queens, rulers by divine right, wives and mothers and, most recently, as elected officials. We'll examine the most significant female political figures in history, including Boadicea, Queen Isabella, Queen Elizabeth I, Indira Gandhi, Margaret Thatcher and Hillary Clinton. Through lively lectures and discussions, you'll learn the story of women in political life. Why are women still underrepresented in political life? Join Carolyn Harris for a fascinating look at the often-neglected place of women in power from Cleopatra to Angela Merkel.

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Thursdays: Artists and Their Royal Patrons


For centuries, artists sought out royal patrons to advance their careers. European monarchs were eager to fill their courts with artists to demonstrate their own acumen and prestige. These include Hans Holbein and Henry VIII, Leonardo da Vinci and François I, Anthony van Dyck and Charles I, Peter Paul Rubens and Marie de Medici, and Élisabeth Vigée-LeBrun and Marie Antoinette. You'll learn more about the collaboration and tension between royalty and the artists who produced some of Europe's most famous works of art, and established collections now featured in great museums around the world.

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Magna Carta and Its Gifts to Canada and Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting are currently 25% off from Dundurn Press until December 10. Click here to visit Dundurn Press.

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