Gender, Empire and Colonialism
Women of India - PART 1
Online Lecture
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Lecturer: Judy Tenzing
Date: Monday 26 May, 2025
Duration: 1 hour
Start Time: 7.30pm AEST | 7.00pm SA | 4.30pm WA | 9.30pm NZST
Price: $25 AUD
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overview
India’s story is one of empires – and within them have risen some of history’s most remarkable women.
From the Mughal empress Nur Jahan, who became the most powerful woman in 17th-century India – to Lakshmi Bai and Hazrat Mahal, heroines of the Great Mutiny of 1857 against the British East India Company – and English women Emily Eden and Honoria Lawrence, who challenged the traditional role of white, upper-class women in colonial India – women have continually shaped and reshaped India’s extraordinary history.
Join historian Judy Tenzing to meet these five exceptional women from India’s vast history who ruled in the place of men, and would break the shackles of tradition and culture to make an immeasurable contribution to India and its people.
YOUR EXPERT LECTURER
Judy Tenzing is a historian with a passion for all things South Asian – India, the Himalaya, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Her deep knowledge and love for the history, music, textiles and literature of these regions adds a rich dimension to the tours she leads.
Judy has a degree in South Asian History as well as post graduate qualifications in secondary teaching. She has taught at the University of Sydney’s Centre for Continuing Education – offering courses in the histories of India, Nepal, Bhutan, Tibet and Myanmar, as well as courses on the religions and cultural traditions of these regions.
Judy’s main passions are India of the Raj as well as the Mughal period in India. This naturally leads to a deep interest in the histories of surrounding cultures and nations, notably Tibet, Myanmar and Bhutan – all of which are intricately entwined with that of India. In addition, Judy had taught World Religions at senior secondary level for over a decade and this enables an even deeper understanding of the great subcontinent, where faith and history are inseparable.
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