Dr Barnita Bagchi

Social Capital and Creative Agency: South Asian Women in the Public Sphere, 1920-1950

This talk will consider ways in which social capital, as manifested in associations, networks, and everyday sociability, mutually inflected the creative agency of South Asian women in the public sphere during 1920-1950. While the term social capital, as adumbrated by Robert Putnam and Pierre Bourdieu, is well-known, 'creative agency' needs explanation.

At the Sybil Campbell Library, Dr  Bagchi's research was enriched by looking at material related to the Indian Federation of University Women:and she was struck by the way official association business, social and political activism, creative performances, and food and drink enmeshed to form a dense web of associational life.

Why not come early for the SCC Seminar and spend the day in Winchester?

Meet up with other members for lunch in the Cathedral Refectory at 12.30 and spend
the afternoon exploring the city.  If you plan to come, please e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it so that we can look out for you at the Refectory.

Sybil Campbell Collection Annual Lecture
Thursday 28th October 2010
at the University Women’s Club,
2 Audley Square, London W1Y 6DB

Sandy Lerner

JANE AUSTEN and the CHAWTON HOUSE LIBRARY

 The Annual Lecture 2009

Professor Roberta Gilchrist gave a lecture on 29 October 2009 on
Medieval Women and the Care of the Family: The Archaeology of Life, Death and Magic
See the SCL Reviews page for a summary of the lecture