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Author: Dr Robin Joyce

Blog, Event, Politics

Women’s Protest And Activism Seminar

Dr Robin Joyce / November 1, 2017

Women’s Protest And Activism Seminar Fri 10 Nov 2017 10.30am – 4.30pm | 18+  Price: £10 Location: mac birmingham, Cannon Hill Park, Birmingham, B12 9QH Sales & Information: 0121 446 3232 Booking Info: https://macbirmingham.co.uk/event/womens-protest-and-activism-seminar     In response to the…

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Blog, Women's History

Black History Month at Cambridge Central Library

Dr Robin Joyce / October 30, 2017

 

Biography, Blog, Women's History

UTOPIA: THE GENIUS OF EMILY KAME KNGWARREYE

Dr Robin Joyce / October 28, 2017

This material has been copied from the Museum of Australia site. More material is available on the site and a visit to the original is recommended. Emily Kame Kngwarreye WARNING: Relatives of the artist are advised that images of Emily…

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Blog, Politics

Venezuela’s long history of racism is coming back to haunt it

Dr Robin Joyce / October 15, 2017

Search First published in The Conversation , August 16, 2017 9.30am BST.Published here under creative commons licence. Venezuela’s long history of racism is coming back to haunt it August 16, 2017 9.30am BST Hazel Marsh Author Hazel Marsh Lecturer in Latin…

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HOW MICHELLE OBAMA’S VISIT TO A LONDON SCHOOL HELPED BOOST STUDENTS’ GRADES

Dr Robin Joyce / October 12, 2017

July 1, 2016 2.53pm AEST Simon Burgess Professor of Economics, University of Bristol Disclosure statement Simon Burgess receives funding from the ESRC, the Education Endowment Foundation and the Department for Education. Partners University of Bristol provides funding as a founding…

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Biography, Blog, Women's History

ROSA MANUS

Dr Robin Joyce / October 1, 2017

Rosa Manus     This article is from an o.a. blog post from Arina Angerman. It has been lightly edited. WHN Admin.   a.o. thanks editors Myriam Everard and Francisca de Haan, Atria (Institute on Gender Equality and Women’s History) and…

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Blog, Politics

FACTS ARE NOT TRUTH: HILARY MANTEL GOES ON THE RECORD ABOUT HISTORICAL FICTION

Dr Robin Joyce / October 1, 2017

Facts are not truth’: Hilary Mantel goes on the record about historical fiction  June 13, 2017 10.54pm AEST was first published in The Conversation and is republished here under Creative Commons licence.   Author Michael Durrant Lecturer in Early Modern Literature,…

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Blog, General, Women's History

CALL FOR PAPERS: 2018 YEARBOOK OF WOMEN’S HISTORY

Dr Robin Joyce / September 17, 2017

Thank you to Arina Angermen for this information. WHN Admin.   Call for papers for the Yearbook of Women’s History (2018) [graag verspreiden / please distribute]   Building bodies: Gendered Sport and Transnational Movements Guest editor: Marjet Derks   About…

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Blog, Politics, Women's History

Study finds women in gender-equal countries have better cognative skills

Dr Robin Joyce / September 10, 2017

Study finds women in gender-equal countries have better cognitive skills – here’s how to understand it August 15, 2017 9.16pm AEST Magdalena Zawisza Author Magdalena Zawisza Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Anglia Ruskin University Disclosure statement Magdalena Zawisza has received funding from…

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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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