Some years ago, during a break from an academic workshop in Calcutta, I found an inner cityscape that was a mix of overbuilt and rather shabby looking shops, oddly punctuated by the occasional Western-looking skyscraper. As a historian my eye…
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Sign up now for our roundtable: ‘Lesbian Histories and the Long View’
Our Autumn Seminar Series launches next month, beginning with a special roundtable event, Lesbian Histories and the Long View, on Wednesday, 10 September 2025 at 4pm UK time. We are thrilled to welcome a dynamic panel of speakers: Dr Norena Shopland…
LSE Library Fellowships – an exciting research opportunity with our archives
LSE Library has launched its first Fellowship scheme, designed to support researchers wishing to travel to London to consult our unique archives and special collections. We are offering three grants to support visits of up to 6 weeks (or…
Autumn Seminar Series 2025
We are delighted to announce the programme for our 2025 Autumn Seminar Series. As many of you will have noticed, our seminars has been on pause temporarily owing to the departure of one of our seminar conveners, Rose Debenham, and…
Women’s History Scotland Annual Conference: New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland
Saturday 13 September 2025; Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow Registration for this year’s conference is now open! Women’s History Scotland are delighted to announce our one-day conference taking place on Saturday 13 September 2025 at the Kinning Park Complex in Glasgow.…
WESWWHN Annual Conference: Historical Perspectives on Women and Food
The West of England and South Wales Women’s History Network Annual Conference is on Historical Perspectives on Women and Food and will be held at the University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4PY on Saturday 11 October 2025 from…
Women as Prophets and Witches
Announcing an exciting new book by Dr Debra Parish titled Prophets and Witches: Witchcraft, Gender and Politics in Revolutionary England (Routledge, August 2025). It shows how unprecedented numbers of women achieved visibility and authority as visionary prophets in this context of…
Rediscovering Josephine Fiddes and her forgotten Australian novel – Robyn Floyd
Josephine Fiddes was an English actress, vocalist, author and playwright who graced stages across three continents during the 19th century. Her creative output extended beyond acting to directing, writing one-act monologues and authoring novels. The one publication that survives The Little…
‘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,…