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The Sandars Lectures in Bibliography at Cambridge are an amazing honor and have featured extremely important & highly esteemed scholars. It is, nevertheless, worth raising awareness of the fact that since 2000, a mere 3 women have enjoyed this honor. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandars_L…
The last woman to speak was Michelle Brown in 2008-2009.
To raise awareness of this fact is not to dispute the merits of those who have received this honor. But there will always be another deserving man to enjoy this platform. How long must women wait before it is our turn?
I am fairly confident that no one has misinterpreted me, but just in case: I am not suggesting here that I should be invited! These lectures are delivered by people much farther along in their careers than I am! Even the idea that I might be eligible is a laughable one.
