This year for Women’s History Month we invited students to create a poster which illustrated Senior Category Winner Katherine Johnson by Srinidhi Balaji poster The panel were impressed by Srinidhi’s explanation for her eye-catching design: Katherine Johnson was a competent…
Sign up for the first session of our Autumn Seminar Series featuring Dr Naomi Pullin, who will be sharing her research in a paper titled ‘Solitude, Ageing and the Female Lifecycle in Early Modern Britain, c. 1600-1800’! Wednesday, 13…
On the morning of the 8th of July 2022, fans of the television series, Gentleman Jack (HBO/BBC, 2019-22) awoke to the news that their hopes of a third season were not going to be realised – or certainly not by…
‘Women and the Natural World: Historical Perspectives on Nature Climate and Environmental Change’ is a one day conference. The key note speaker is Professor Nicola Whyte, University of Exeter, on ‘Landscape, Memory and the Life-course in the Travel Writing of…
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 31 October 2023 for books published from 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2022. *Please…
We are so excited to announce the programme for our upcoming Autumn Seminar Series, commencing 13 September 2023! All seminars will take place online via Zoom, with registration opening 2-3 weeks before each session. Due to a change-over in seminar…
CFP: Women and Worlds of Learning: From the Medieval to the Modern Day 12th-13th April 2024 Oxford Application Deadline: 1st September 2023 Since the emergence of universities, women have been involved in networks of higher education. ‘Women and Worlds of…
The Summer 2023 issue of Women’s History Today is now available for purchase or downoad. This open issue of Women’s History Today features two academic articles, as well as a selection of feature articles, that explore a range of issues from…