A note for your calendar: The 34th Women’s History Network Conference will be held on the 3 – 4 September 2026 with the theme: ‘CELEBRATING THE CENTENARY OF THE WOMEN’S LIBRARY: ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF WOMEN’S HISTORY.’ It will be…
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CFP: Women’s Broadcasting Histories Conference 25-26th June 2026
Women’s Broadcasting Histories Conference 25-26th June 2026 EXTENDED DEADLINE: 16 January 2026 The International Women’s Broadcasting Histories network is delighted to announce that it will be hosting its inaugural conference at the University of East Anglia, 25-26th June 2026.…
Women and Musical Histories, 1789-1914
The Royal Academy of Music warmly invites submissions for this two-day international conference, exploring the role of women in shaping historical narratives of music across the long nineteenth century. Recognising the diversity, complexity and nuance of female engagement with musical…
Online Writing Retreats
To support Women’s History Network members, the WHN runs a series of online writing retreats using Zoom, hosted by Dr Jill Kirby. Each week, bring along some writing you want to move forward and enjoy writing in the company of…
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The Royal Academy of Music warmly invites submissions for this two-day international conference, exploring the role of women in shaping historical narratives of music across the long nineteenth century. Recognising the diversity, complexity and nuance of female engagement with musical…
Women’s History Today – Autumn 2025 Edition
The Autumn 2025 issue of Women’s History Today is now available. The theme of this special issue is Women and the Making of Art History. The academic articles, features and book reviews included in this issue celebrate women from the…
Sign up now for Prof Merry Wiesner-Hanks’s paper: ‘Reflections on Women and the Reformations: A Global History’
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, at 4pm GMT Sign-up now for our online-only zoom webinar here. Reflections on Women and the Reformations: A Global History The Reformations, both Protestant and Catholic, have long been told as stories of men. But women were…
Call for Papers for National Intelligence History Conference 2026
The National Intelligence History Conference (NIHC), organised by Bletchley Park and GCHQ, will be taking place on 14-16 October 2026 at Bletchley Park. The theme is International Collaboration and Co-operation. Submissions are invited on topics including, but not limited to: International…
Kitchen Resistance: how women used food to fight back – Esther Freeman
I’d been in the Women’s Library at LSE for hours, going through oral history transcripts in the Women Against Pit Closures collection. I’m not being hyperbolic when I say I felt close to tears. These women’s lives had been transformed.…