The Women’s History Network is offering three WHN fellowships to support Early Career Researchers. Each fellowship is designed to provide financial support to those who have completed their doctorate but are yet to secure their first academic post. The fellowship includes:…
Author: Professor Maggie Andrews
Finish the Thing: Completing the PhD Wednesday 9th June, 12:30-1:30
Grappling with a full draft? Losing motivation? Dreading your viva? Join the Women’s History Network ECR Fellows for a friendly and supportive lunchtime session about writing up, handing in, and defending your thesis. The Fellows will briefly introduce themselves and their experiences…
WHN Supports the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict Saturday 19 June 2021
An online seminar exploring issues around Sexual Violence in Conflict on 19 June Registration is free but must be done in advance via – https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Hu9CzbHSSYSqLyGozESIHQ Programme 1:00 – 1:15 logon 1:15 Dr Lisa Pine – Gender and Genocide pinel@lsbu.ac.uk…
WHN Schools History Prize 2021
March is Women’s History Month and the Schools’ Prize provides a fantastic opportunity for students to become immersed in ‘doing’ history. Submissions can be made by an individual, a pair or a group of students from the same school. WHN…
Supporting Research Costs during the Covid Crisis
The Women’s History Network is aware that with archives and many libraries shut, many historians of women are struggling to undertake research during the ongoing pandemic. We are therefore aiming to distribute £1500 to those WHN members who are not…
Call for Proposals
Call for Proposals (Deadline 26 February, 2021) The Autumn issue of Women’s History will be a special edition, concentrating on the life experiences of Early Modern women and exploring the novel and ingenious ways that women were able to encourage,…
Writing Women’s History
During women’s history month WHN will be continuing to run our regular online writing retreats on Friday mornings – if you are looking to join a supportive community of writers working on women’s history projects then find out more and…
India: Through the eyes of a French woman by Elsa S. Mathews
Marguerite de Bure was born in 1872 in Orléans, France, a time when women were encouraged to hone their skills on domesticity. Even when women ventured out to work in the beginning of the Belle Epoque, it was as governesses,…
Student Work Experience Opportunities
The Women’s History Network is able to offer a small number of work experience opportunities to students undertaking History Degrees in the UK, who have been unable to undertake their planned work experience projects due to the Covid crisis and…