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Author: Sarah Richardson

Events

Women’s History Scotland Annual Conference: New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland

Sarah Richardson / August 13, 2025

Saturday 13 September 2025; Kinning Park Complex, Glasgow Registration for this year’s conference is now open! Women’s History Scotland are delighted to announce our one-day conference taking place on Saturday 13 September 2025 at the Kinning Park Complex in Glasgow.…

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WHN Annual Book Prize

Sarah Richardson / June 9, 2025

We are pleased to announce the annual WHN book prize, which awards £500 for an author’s first single-authored monograph in women’s or gender history. Entries close on 15 August 2025 for books published from 1 Jan 2023 to 31 December 2024. 2023…

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WHN Annual Conference 2025 CfP

Sarah Richardson / January 24, 2025

Women’s History Network 33rd Annual Conference  Online via Zoom    Thursday 4 & Friday 5 September 2025 Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums and Personal Collections Check the 2025 Annual Conference page here  One of the many exciting…

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Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries and Museums

Sarah Richardson / October 16, 2024

The 33rd annual conference, which will take place on 4-5 September, 2025 will explore and celebrate women in the archives, libraries and museums and the challenge of uncovering their presence. We encourage approaches that foreground marginalised voices and imaginative approaches.…

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Women’s History Network Book Prize Winners

Sarah Richardson / September 15, 2024

We are delighted to announce the winners of our annual book prize for 2021 and 2022. The 2021 winner is Siobhan Hearne for her book, Policing Prostitution: Regulating the Lower Classes in Late Imperial Russia (Oxford University Press) There are joint…

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Curating the Female Self: 32nd WHN Annual Conference

Sarah Richardson / July 3, 2024

32nd Women’s History Network Annual Conference  Hosted with the Bedford Centre for the History of Women and Gender at Royal Holloway University, 5-6 September 2024 Women’s History Network and the Bedford Centre for the History of Women and Gender look…

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Join the Women’s History Network Steering Committee!

Sarah Richardson / February 25, 2023

There are vacancies for a number of roles on the Women’s History Network Steering Committee. These are great opportunities to gain experience supporting the activities of the network. Full training and support will be given. The roles available are: Seminar…

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August 27, 2025

LSE Library Fellowships – an exciting research opportunity with our archives 

August 22, 2025

Autumn Seminar Series 2025

August 21, 2025
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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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Conferences and Events

  • LSE Library Fellowships – an exciting research opportunity with our archives 
  • Autumn Seminar Series 2025
  • Women’s History Scotland Annual Conference: New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland
  • WESWWHN Annual Conference: Historical Perspectives on Women and Food
  • ‘Power Couples? Collaborations at work and at home, c. 1750-1914’ workshop

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