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WHN Annual Book Prize

We are pleased to announce the annual WHN book prize, which awards £500 for an author’s first single-authored monograph in women’s or gender history. Entries close on 15 August 2025 for books published from 1 Jan 2023 to 31 December 2024. 2023 and 2024 entries will be considered separately. Criteria for eligibility are as follows: The book […]

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Beyond Formal and Informal: Giving Back Political Agency to Female Diplomats in Early Nineteenth Century Europe – Bart Mooibroek

When researching diplomatic challenges in early nineteenth century Europe, such as the Eastern Question or the Congress of Vienna, the subject matter can appear male dominated. The former refers to the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire in the 19th century, and the latter to the peace-making efforts at the end of Napoleons reign over Europe.[1] […]

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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 […]

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Calls for Papers

‘Power Couples? Collaborations at work and at home, c. 1750-1914’ workshop

CALL FOR PAPERS: ‘Power Couples? Collaborations at work and at home, c. 1750-1914’ workshop Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany 11-13 May 2026   In recent decades, there has emerged an important wave of scholarship by historians, philosophers, literary scholars, biographers, and sociologists (amongst others), which has unveiled the crucial ‘hidden’ intellectual, social, and domestic labour […]

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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