Dr Jessica Cox is giving a talk on ‘Pregnancy and Childbirth in Victorian Britain’ at the Chelsea History Festival on 30 September 2023, 6pm. Further information and the link for booking tickets can be found here: https://chelseahistoryfestival.com/events/pregnancy-childbirth-victoran-britain/
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WHN Independent Researcher Grants for 2023/24
The Women’s History Network is delighted to announce the results of this year’s Independent Researcher Grant. This year, the award received a record number of applications and we were thrilled to see the amount of interest in women’s history from…
WHN Early Career Fellows for 2023-24
The Women’s History Network is delighted to announce this year’s Early Career Fellows. Each year, the Fellowship attracts a growing number of applications, speaking to the thriving nature of women’s history in the UK today, but also, sadly, to the…
IFRWH Conference: Tokyo 2024 – Extended Deadline!
International Federation for Research in Women’s History Conference When & Where? Our next conference will be held at Tsuda University, Tokyo, 7-10 August 2024. Theme? The conference theme is ‘Reflections on major issues in women’s history’ & we welcome papers, panels…
Women and Words of Learning: From the Medieval to the Modern Day
Call for Papers: Women and Worlds of Learning: From the Medieval to the Modern Day 12th-13th April 2024 Oxford Since the emergence of universities, women have been involved in networks of higher education. ‘Women and Worlds of Learning’ aims to…
Gender and Bathing in Antiquity – Giacomo Savani
Building on the work I carried out during my internship with the Bibliography of British and Irish History (BBIH) on gender identity, this post addresses the role of gender in ancient bathing, focusing on the experience of unwell women and…
WHN Schools History Prize 2023
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
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…
The Cancellation of Gentleman Jack: A Year On – Sarah Wingrove
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…