The 8th International Conference of the Aphra Behn (Europe) Society is University of Kent, Canterbury. 2-4th July 2024. Conference registration is open.
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AphraBehnConference2024 retweeted
20 Feb 2025
The statue of the first professional woman writer, Aphra Behn, is being installed this morning in #Canterbury. The statue is being unveiled by a VVIP on Tuesday morning at 11:30am outside @The_Beaney
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AphraBehnConference2024 retweeted
8 Nov 2024
**PETITION** SAVE ENGLISH LITERATURE AT CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY
I’ve taught English in Canterbury for 20 years. Now, as Cabinet Member for Culture & Heritage, seeing CCCU deciding to close their English degree is I believe, short sighted
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19 Oct 2024
Can any Aphra scholars out there help?
2 Oct 2024
Book people: does anyone recognise this bookplate at all? I spotted it again here, described as 'frustratingly minimalist', on a copy of a book formerly belonging to Aphra Behn. earlymodernfemalebookownersh…
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AphraBehnConference2024 retweeted
19 Oct 2024
further follow recommendations for art and history lovers @17thCenturyLady @SLYtheatremaker @AphraConference @sarahgristwood @ENortonHistory @TheHughLane @NtlMuseumsScot @DrOwenEmmerson @missannabiller @LKHamilton @CaCemeteryHist @ListerLaneCem
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AphraBehnConference2024 retweeted
6 Aug 2024
💋 The Politics of Pleasure: Scandal, Society, and the Stage under King Charles II
🎟️ Book your free tickets for the talk this Saturday tinyurl.com/wa8pdsjy
ℹ️ Suggestive themes
📍 The Beaney, 18 High Street #Canterbury
#HistoryTalk #History #AphraBehn
ALT A 17th century illustration of men and women in period costume lounging, drinking and socialising around a circular well in an outdoor space
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27 Jul 2024
#ArtMystery Can the missing portrait for found? Please SHARE
23 Jul 2024
📝 Help us crack the case of the missing portrait!
This sketch by Sir George Scharf, 1st director of the @nationalportraitgall suggests that an oil portrait of #AphraBehn was offered and refused in the late 1800s.
The oil painting has not been seen since! So where is it?
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ALT A sketch of Aphra Behn wearing 17th century dress with long curly hair that rests on one shoulder. The portrait is framed in an oval and surrounded by handwritten notes describing the colour of an original painting
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AphraBehnConference2024 retweeted
14 Jul 2024
Rare Aphra Behn novel found on home bookshelf bbc.in/4cUzTmQ
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AphraBehnConference2024 retweeted
11 Jul 2024
Some random photos from visiting the Aphra Behn exhibition at The Beaney in Canterbury last week. I'll admit I know little about her, but I want to learn more and I'm always interested to see more on Kent and the period too. (1)
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AphraBehnConference2024 retweeted
Discovered in an exhibit about Aphra Behn, the first woman in England to earn a living from her pen! This particular piece of jewellery was owned in the 1680s by...a canon of Canterbury Cathedral! Don't let anyone tell you that everyone in the past was a prude...
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AphraBehnConference2024 retweeted
5 Jul 2024
Beautiful wreath laying ceremony for Aphra Behn today at @wabbey. What a fantastic way to end #AphraConference! 💐🌸🌻
ALT Pink and purple flowers in a wreath shape laid on top of a black marble floor slab incised with “Mrs Aphra Behn” upon it, surrounded by conference delegates
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5 Jul 2024
A very special visit today by #aphraconference delegates and some guest Cantaburians to see Aphra Behn’s grave in @wabbey - we left a stunning wreath and a spare £ coin, so she doesn’t have to worry about those debts again.
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4 Jul 2024
What an end to our wonderful conference. We had director @lovedayIngram along with actors @alexgRSC and Samuel Collings come to discuss @TheRSC 2016 The Rover by Aphra Behn with readings of some epic scenes.
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AphraBehnConference2024 retweeted
4 Jul 2024
A visit to sissinghurst after talking about vita sackville-west, Virginia Woolf and Montague summers at the aphra Behn conference
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AphraBehnConference2024 retweeted
4 Jul 2024
And that’s a wrap from me! Heading home after an incredible few days @AphraConference brimming with new ideas, revived energy, & an Aphra Behn pendant (that pairs perfectly with @vulgarhistory’s Mazarinettes t-shirt). Until next time ✨💫
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AphraBehnConference2024 retweeted
4 Jul 2024
Excellent panel yesterday on beauty and VD with @KatieAske, Hannah Straw, and @English_Keele’s Ceri Fowler 💄🍆 #AphraConference
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AphraBehnConference2024 retweeted
4 Jul 2024
#AphraConference fascinating plenary from @CharloCornell "Rooting Aphra: Behn's Kentish Beginnings".
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AphraBehnConference2024 retweeted
4 Jul 2024
Charlotte Cornell’s plenary on Behn’s Kentish Beginnings begins! #fullhouse #AphraConference
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AphraBehnConference2024 retweeted
4 Jul 2024
Excellent conference dinner last night - only slight raucous 😂 #AphraConference
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3 Jul 2024
The #AphraConference is in full swing! Had to dash off, but at least I spent a day at the @AphraConference - saw some old friends & made some new ones 🙌
16 Apr 2023
In #InvisibleAgents , I devote a chapter to #AphraBehn's career in espionage, which, I argue, was also the start of her literary career. Spies lie & some of her intelligence letters were mere confections- she was trying her hand at fiction & getting paid for it by the government!
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AphraBehnConference2024 retweeted
3 Jul 2024
Ventured into Canterbury town centre to see the Aphra Behn exhibition @The_Beaney featuring some of her spy letters & a maquette of the sculpture to be unveiled in February 📜🎭
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