The WHN Annual Conference

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WHN Annual Conference 2025, Call for Papers

First Call for Papers Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference  Online via Zoom    Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Personal Collections. One of the many exciting aspects of researching women’s history is the discovery of previously unknown lives which have lain hidden or overlooked […]

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WHN Reading List for LGBTQ+ History Month 2025

For thirty years, the Women’s History Network (WHN) have been publishing journal articles and blogs on myriad subjects about women. We have constructed this reading list for LGBTQ+ History Month, and beyond, to make visibility of our publications easier. Clicking on the title will link you to the relevant page. Images are all in the […]

WHN Prize News

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Women’s History Network Book Prize Winners

We are delighted to announce the winners of our annual book prize for 2021 and 2022. The 2021 winner is Siobhan Hearne for her book, Policing Prostitution: Regulating the Lower Classes in Late Imperial Russia (Oxford University Press) There are joint winners for the 2022 prize: Jane Freeland for her book, Feminist Transformations and Domestic Violence Activism […]

Activities

Calls for Papers

VOLUNTARY ACTION HISTORY SOCIETY 8th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

CALL FOR PAPERS Voluntary Action History Society’s 8TH International Conference: ‘New Ways of Doing Voluntary Action History? University of Liverpool, UK, 2-4 July 2025 The Voluntary Action History Society’s 8th International Conference will take place at the University of Liverpool between 2 and 4 July 2025. The conference will return to the University, site of previous friendly and successful […]

Events

Women in Intelligence during WW2

8 March 2025 – Bletchley Park A day symposium covering women in intelligence during World War Two, including stories relating to individuals from all over the world. Join Bletchley Park for a day of talks and discussions revealing the often hidden stories of women’s roles in intelligence during World War Two. The day will cover […]

Women's History Journal

Women's History Journal

Womens History Today – Autumn 2024 Edition

The Autumn 2024 issue of Women’s History Today is now available for purchase or downoad. This special issue of Women’s History Today marks thirty years since the first ‘journal’ was published by the Women’s History Network back in 1994 as Women’s History Notebooks.

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