Sign-ups are open for our special seminar in honour of Local and Community History Month in the UK! We’ve invited the Director and Editor of the Grabbing Back Project, Graciela Madrid and Katie Moody, to tell us all about their…
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British women and Latin American independence movements 1800-1825
It is well-known that Mary Wollstonecraft travelled to Paris to witness the French Revolution that she had celebrated in A Vindication of the Rights of Men. Less well-known are British women who supported Latin American revolutionaries fighting for liberation from…
17th May 2023: AAPI Heritage Month Special Seminar – Gender, Labour, and Colonial Violence: Stories from German New Guinea
Join us for our inaugural AAPI Heritage Month special lunchtime seminar! Dr. Emma Thomas (University of New South Wales) will share her paper on ‘Gender, Labour, and Colonial Violence: Stories from German New Guinea’. Wednesday, 17th May 2023, 12pm BST/GMT+1…
SHAW Annual Conference, July 7th 2023
The SHAW one-day annual conference has been co-organised with Manchester Metropolitan University. Join us to hear a wide range of papers on topics that centre the experience of women or those who identify as women in the history of the…
Summer Seminar Series 2022/23 Programme
We are so excited to announce our programme for our upcoming Summer Seminar Series, commencing 17 May 2023! All seminars will take place online via Zoom, with registration opening 2-3 weeks before each session. Check out our full programme below…
Early radio broadcasting for women in the BBC’s Women’s Hour 1923-4 – Kate Murphy
Many readers will know of Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, which has been broadcast on the BBC for more than 75 years. Far less well known is an earlier programme called Women’s Hour, which first appeared 100 years ago, on 2…
Biography’s place in the study of sixteenth century Ottoman imperial women – Zhara Adal
The individual lives of sixteenth century imperial women are neglected in Ottoman studies. Scholars have usually focused on their notable achievements rather than their individual lives and identities. For example, Leslie Pierce’s The Imperial Harem (1993) describes the position of…
The Deportation of Greek Jews from Northern Greece to Nazi camps: Nadežda Vasileva’s testimony – Anna Batzeli
During World War II, Bulgaria joined forces with Nazi Germany. Prior to, and following this alignment with the Axis Powers, Bulgaria enacted several laws that imposed restrictions on the Jewish community, such as requirements to wear a yellow Star of…
WHN MA Prize for 2021/22
The Women’s History Network is offering one £250 prize for a Masters dissertation on any aspect of women’s or gender history (though substantially focused on women) written during the 2021-2022 academic year. We welcome research on any period and place:…