We are looking for people to join the Women’s History Network Steering Committee and to take on the following roles: 1. Diversity officer 2. School liaison 3. Community group liaison 4. Online seminar organiser 5. Journal/Newsletter assistant The WHN enjoys a very diverse membership which we very much want to…
Author: Dr Nancy Highcock
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…
PostGrad Small Grants Scheme–New Deadline of June 1st!
The Women’s History Network is offering a small grant of £1,000 for the holding of a one day conference on women’s history organised by full time or part time postgraduates in universities or other institutions of higher education in…
WHN Community History Prize 2020
This annual prize of £500 is awarded to the team behind a Community History Project by, about, or for women in a particular locale or community which has been completed between the 1 January 2019 and 31st May 2020. It…
WHN SCHOOLS HISTORY PRIZE 2020
March is Women’s History Month and the Schools’s History Prize is a fantastic opportunity for students to get involved in ‘doing’ history. This year’s theme is “History’s Heroines” and we are asking students to research the history of a woman…
WHN BOOK Prize 2020
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 2020 (for books published from Jan 1st…