The Women’s History Network 34th Annual Conference Celebrating the Centenary of the Women’s Library and 100 Years of Women’s History (1926-2026) was held on 3-4 September 2026 at The Women’s Library, LSE and the Friends House in Euston. We will be announcing details of our 35th Annual Conference soon.
The WHN Annual Conference
Latest News and Blogs
Dickens, a Play and a Missing Case Book
Discovering Urania It began with research into Charles Dickens (1812-1870) for my work creating an education programme around A Christmas Carol and somewhere along that route I discovered Urania Cottage – a little-known part of Dickens’s life that intrigued me immediately. Urania Cottage was a home established in 1847 by Dickens and Angela Burdett-Coutts for […]
Join us for our next seminar, ‘When War Comes Home: Gender in the Requisitioned Country House’ with Professor Judith S. Lewis
We are delighted to be welcoming Professor Judith S. Lewis to the Women’s History Network to discuss her recently published book, The Country House at War: A Story of Loss, Re-invention, and the Birth of a New Britain (Yale University Press), the story of how English country houses were repurposed during the Second World War, […]
WHN Prize News
Enter the MA Dissertation Prize 2025-2026
We are pleased to be running the MA dissertation prize for 2025-2026. We are offering a prize of £250 for an outstanding Masters dissertation exploring any aspect of women’s or gender history, with a primary focus on women. Dissertations should be written during the 2025-2026 academic year. We welcome research on all historical periods and […]
Women’s History Network/Women’s History Association of Ireland Book Prize 2025
We are delighted to announce the joint winners of the WHN/WHAI book prize for 2025: Sarah Crook, Unhappy Mothers: Women, Motherhood, and Social Change in Postwar Britain (Manchester University Press) and Samuel Rutherford, Teaching Gender: The British University and the Rise of Heterosexuality, 1860-1939 (Oxford University Press) On Sarah Crook’s book, the judges commented: The judges are delighted […]
Activities
The Women’s Library at 100
Join us for the final two events celebrating The Women’s Library at 100. 25 November online talk at 1-2pm – Research, Archives and Inspiration: Reflections on The Women’s Library Caitriona Beaumont will reflect on how The Women’s Library at LSE Library has shaped her scholarship on histories of women’s activism in Britain across the twentieth […]
Call for Papers for Research Workshop: ‘‘Watchful’ Women: Transnational Right-Wing and Socially Conservative Women’s Activism in the Twentieth Century’
Call for Papers for Research Workshop ‘‘Watchful’ Women: Transnational Right-Wing and Socially Conservative Women’s Activism in the Twentieth Century’ University of Strathclyde, Wednesday 12 May 2027 This research workshop explores socially conservative and right-wing women’s activism in the twentieth century, with a particular focus on exchanges and connections within and between different global movements and […]
Women's History Journal
Women’s History Today – Summer 2026 Edition
The Summer 2026 issue of Women’s History Today is now available. This open issue of the journal includes a broad range of feature articles, alongside the more conventional academic articles that are peer-reviewed. Although this is an open issue, much of its content focusses on the biographies of fascinating women.
Women’s History Today – Spring 2026 Edition
The Spring 2026 issue of Women’s History Today is now available. This issue brings together research examining women’s participation in the built environment, with a particular focus on educational institutions, professional formation and uneven career trajectories. The digital version of this edition is available free to all members – see details below.