Exhibition Feature: Faces of Eternity

In this episode, host Ellie Woodacre interviews Emma Cahill Marrón about her pop up exhibition at the British Museum 'Faces of Eternity'. We discuss the items features, the iconography of Renaissance royal women, the use of medals and coins as propaganda and Mary I Tudor as both a English and Spanish queen. 

This mini exhibition will be running until mid-October 2025 in the Money Gallery at the British Museum, room 68, case 10. Here is a link to a short video of Ellie and Emma visiting the exhibition in London.

Guest Bio: Dr Emma Cahill Marrón is an art historian who specialises in queenly iconography and patronage, with a particular focus on Katherine of Aragon. She completed her PhD at the University of Murcia (Spain) and is part of the research group there, 'Arte, Poder y Genéro' and the 'Mefer' project led by Noelia Garcia Perez. For more on her upcoming publications and events, see below:

o   To learn all about the women mentioned in the interview this summer tune in every Thursday to the series series ‘Parallel Lives’ in Dr. Emma & Me in the Tudors Dynasty Podcast.

o   This fall Emma will be collaborating with Rebecca Larson from Tudors Dynasty & Beyond to bring you a six-week course titled Katherine of Aragon: Forging a Queen. Send an email to dremmaandme@gmail.com to get all the details about this new course!

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o   Dr. Emma Luisa Cahill Marrón

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