Gender, Art and Theosophy

Contact

Prof. Dr. Patricia Plummer 
patricia.plummer@uni-due.de

Publications

Book

Patricia Plummer: Louisa Haynes Le Freimann: A Transnational Life (work in progress)

Articles

Plummer, Patricia. "The Hidden History of an Australian Painter: Louisa Haynes Le Freimann (1863-1956)." Gender Forum, Issue 53 Special, Issue Gender Down Under, Ed. Victoria Herche (July 2015) 

 

Events

Conference Papers and Talks 

  • "Gender, Art and Theosophy in Sydney: Researching the Life of Louisa Le Freimann", Macquarie University, Centre for Applied History, 12.3.2019
  • "The Life and Works of Louisa Le Freimann", ANU, Canberra, Humanities Research Centre, 7.3.2016
  • "Rebellious Spirits: Louisa Haynes Le Freimann (1863-1956) and the Arts and Crafts Movement in Birmingham", The University of Sydney, Department of English, c19 Study Group, 17.9.2015
  • "Turning East: Theosophie, Millenarismus und Australiens Aufbruch in die Moderne", Ringvorlesung Verhandlungen von Religion in Kultur und Gesellschaft, UDE, 8.5.2014 Link
  • "'An enthusiastic exponent of Theosophy & the teaching of Krishnamurti': Louisa Haynes Le Freimann, Australian Artist and Theosophist", Enchanted Modernities: Theosophy and the Arts in the Modern World, conference, Amsterdam, 25.9.2013
  • "Utopian Visions: Karrierewege australischer Künstlerinnen, Ringvorlesung Karrierewege und soziale Welten, UDE, 29.11.2012 Link 

Teaching

  • "Five Things to Know about Theosophy in Australia", Postgraduate Workshop, Macquarie University, Sydney, Centre for Applied History, 9.4.2019
  • "The Art of Biography: Writing Women's Lives", ANU, Gender Institute, Roundtable, 12.4.2016
  • "From Birmingham to Balmoral Beach: Louisa Haynes Le Freimann (1863-1956), Artist and Theosophist", The University of Sydney, Department of Studies in Religion, Research Seminar, 1.9.2015