An annual £500 prize for a first book in women’s or gender history. The Women’s History Network (UK) Book Prize is awarded for an author’s first single-authored monograph. Entries close on 31 March 2021 (for books published from…
Author: Dr Nancy Highcock
Popular Memory, Gender and Time: Challenging Patriarchal Senses of the Past in Later Medieval England
Online Seminar with Dr. Bronach Kane Sep 9, 2020 04:00 PM London In the first of the Women’s History Network’s Autumn seminar series, Dr Bronach Kane, Senior Lecturer in Medieval History at Cardiff University, will be discussing her research on…
WHN SCHOOLS HISTORY PRIZE 2020 EXHIBITION
Celebrating History’s Heroines: Prize Winners Our theme for this year was “History’s Heroines”. We challenged students to research the history of a woman whom they consider to be a hero and produce a piece of art representing that woman and…
WHN Online Seminar Series 2020-2021
Mark you diaries for the WHN 2020-2021 online seminar series! Please join us in engaging with historians from all over world as they present their latest research on a diverse array of topics within women’s and gender history. The seminars…
2020 Undergraduate and MA Dissertation Prizes
Have you written or marked an undergraduate or postgraduate (MA) dissertation this year? The Women’s History Network is offering one £250 prize for an undergraduate dissertation and one £250 prize of a Masters dissertation on any aspect of women’s…
Women’s History Network Corona Virus Hardship Fund
By Anna Muggeridge In response to the severe financial hardship resulting from the coronavirus outbreak, the Women’s History Network launched a hardship fund for historians of women based in the UK in March 2020. The fund provided one-off grants of…
Fellowships for Independent Researchers
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, who are not employed in higher education. The research should be intended to lead to a…
Fellowship for Early Career Researchers
The Women’s History Network is offering three WHN fellowships to support ECRs. 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: A bursary of…