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Are LGBT Youth Compromised by Concerns about their Powerlessness?
First published in the ANU Gender Institute newsletter. WHN Admin. The advertisement below is for an Australian book launch which will have little relevance to most readers. However, I thought it was worth publishing in this important month in the…
LGBT Month: BFI Events 21st March – 21st April
The BFI is marking 50 years since the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality in England and Wales – with screenings and events at BFI Southbank, on BFI Player and around the UK. Graphic reproduced from the BFI advertisement on line, accessed…
CALL FOR PAPERS: First Women Lawyers in Great Britain and the Empire: “The Road to 1919”
Deadline for papers: 23 April 2018 Conference date: 29 June 2018 Venue: Jubilee Room, Palace of Westminster Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-road-to-1919-tickets-42979998332 The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 heralded women’s long-awaited entry to the legal profession. What do we actually know about that…
CFP: Women, Money and Markets (1700-1900) Amsterdam, June 2018
University of Amsterdam, June 7 and 8, 2018 This conference will address the role of women in consumerism, shopping, global trade, domestic trade, markets (literary and otherwise), currency, and varying practices of exchange. The conference is interdisciplinary in nature, bridging…
LABOR WOMEN: POLITICAL HOUSEKEEPERS OR POLITICIANS?
Part 3 Women in trade unions in Western Australia in the early 1900s This paper is a section of an article published in Marian Simms, Australian Women and the Political System , Longman Cheshire, 1984. Robin Joyce An apprenticeship…
100 Years+ of the Women’s Movement in Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Researchers are invited to submit ideas on any aspect of the above theme for a community research workshop. Proposals are welcome for talks of 15-20 minutes duration or contributions to round table sessions (10 minutes each). Academics, students and independent…
University of Sussex: Women and the History of International Thought
Originally published in the ANU Gender Studies newsletter. Leverhulme Postdoctoral Research Associate Ref 2948 School/department: School of Global Studies Hours: full time Contract: fixed term 01 September 2018 to 31 August 2020 Reference: 2948 Salary: Grade 7 up…
LGBT HISTORY MONTH
Re-Published under the generous copyright provisions offered by The Conversation, under the Creative Commons License Australians rate the most significant events in their lifetimes – and show the ‘fair go’ is still most valued January 24, 2018 6.10am AEDT Same-sex marriage…