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For anyone with a passion for women’s history

Women’s History Network is an inclusive organisation that celebrates diversity

Author: Dr Anna Muggeridge

Calls for Papers, Events, WHN Annual Conference

Women’s History Network Annual Conference: ‘Women and Migration’, 1 and 2 September 2023

Dr Anna Muggeridge / March 1, 2023

image via State Library of New South Wales The theme of this year’s conference is around the history of migration, and specifically the detrimental impact the gendered nature of it has had on women. The conference will seek to bring…

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Blog and News, ECR Independent Conferences, Fellowships and Grants, Prizes

WHN Independent Researchers for 2022/23

Dr Anna Muggeridge / September 7, 2022

The Women’s History Network is delighted to announce four new Independent Researcher grants for the 2022/23 academic year. The grants provide financial support to those working on women’s history outside of academia. This year we are very pleased to be…

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Blog and News, ECR Independent Conferences, Fellowships and Grants, Prizes

Women’s History Network Early Career Fellows 2022/23

Dr Anna Muggeridge / September 5, 2022

Following the WHN AGM on Friday 2nd September, we are delighted to announce four new WHN Early Career Fellow for the 2022/2023 academic year. The Fellowships provide scholars with a bursary of £1,500 and are designed to support exciting and…

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ECR Independent Conferences, Fellowships and Grants, Prizes

WHN Independent Researcher Fellowships for 2022-23

Dr Anna Muggeridge / May 30, 2022

The Women’s History Network is offering a small grant of up to £750 to support the direct costs of those researching women’s history outside of academia. While applicants may be in possession of a degree and/or postgraduate qualification, the grants…

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ECR Independent Conferences, Fellowships and Grants, Prizes

WHN Early Career Fellowships for 2022-23

Dr Anna Muggeridge / May 30, 2022

The Women’s History Network is offering four WHN fellowships to support Early Career Researchers of women’s or gender history. Each fellowship is designed to provide financial support to those who have completed their doctorate but are yet to secure their first academic…

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Calls for Papers, Events

CfP: Diversity in Women’s History, 12 November 2022

Dr Anna Muggeridge / May 29, 2022

Call for Papers: Diversity in Women’s History The next Women’s History Network Midlands Region conference will be held online via Zoom on Saturday 12 November 2022. We invite abstracts for papers around the theme of diversity in women’s history. We are…

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Dissertation Prize, Prizes, Prizes Category

WHN Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2022

Dr Anna Muggeridge / May 5, 2022

The Women’s History Network is offering one £250 prize for an undergraduate 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:…

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Events, Events

Celebrating Women’s Histories: WHN Midlands online conference, 30 April

Dr Anna Muggeridge / April 24, 2022

Saturday 30 April 2022 marks the relaunch of the Midlands Region branch of the Women’s History Network. The branch will hold two conferences each year, one in April (usually at a museum or heritage site, with a modest charge for…

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Blog and News, Dissertation Prize, Prizes

Women’s History Network MA dissertation prize 2021

Dr Anna Muggeridge / March 11, 2022

The WHN is delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 MA dissertation prize. The volume and quality of the entries we received speaks to the breadth and diversity of research into women’s history. All dissertations were written and researched…

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The Women’s History Network is a national association and charity for the promotion of women’s history and the encouragement of everyone interested in women’s history. Following our establishment in 1991 we have grown year by year and today we are a UK national charity with members including working historians, researchers, independent scholars, teachers, librarians, and many other individuals both within academia and beyond. Indeed, the network reaches out to anyone...

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  • Katrina Honeyman Memorial Lecture: Tracey Loughran on the history of problem pages
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