October 14, 2008

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - UAB history professor and chairwoman Carolyn A. Conley, Ph.D., will present her lecture, "Female Killers in London, 1671-1913," at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 4, at Heritage Hall, Room 106, 1401 University Blvd. Admission is free and open to the public. Call the UAB Department of History at 205-934-5634 for more details.

The lecture is based on Conley's research where she examined the trial transcripts of more than 1,200 women who were tried for homicide in London between 1671 and 1913.

"I've found that the sorts of homicides women were accused of and the ways homicidal women were treated changed profoundly over time," Conley said. "These changes are especially interesting in light of the way attitudes towards women and women's roles changed over the same period."

Conley teaches in the UAB Department of History where she specializes in 19th century social history. She is the author of several books, including her latest, "Certain Other Countries: Homicide, Gender and National Identity in Late-Victorian England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales."