The Royal Academy of Music warmly invites submissions for this two-day international conference, exploring the role of women in shaping historical narratives of music across the long nineteenth century. Recognising the diversity, complexity and nuance of female engagement with musical…
Author: Emily Kilpatrick
Professor
The Royal Academy of Music warmly invites submissions for this two-day international conference, exploring the role of women in shaping historical narratives of music across the long nineteenth century. Recognising the diversity, complexity and nuance of female engagement with musical…
Call for Papers for National Intelligence History Conference 2026
The National Intelligence History Conference (NIHC), organised by Bletchley Park and GCHQ, will be taking place on 14-16 October 2026 at Bletchley Park. The theme is International Collaboration and Co-operation. Submissions are invited on topics including, but not limited to: International…
LSE Library Fellowships – an exciting research opportunity with our archives
LSE Library has launched its first Fellowship scheme, designed to support researchers wishing to travel to London to consult our unique archives and special collections. We are offering three grants to support visits of up to 6 weeks (or…
WESWWHN Annual Conference: Historical Perspectives on Women and Food
The West of England and South Wales Women’s History Network Annual Conference is on Historical Perspectives on Women and Food and will be held at the University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter, EX4 4PY on Saturday 11 October 2025 from…
Women as Prophets and Witches
Announcing an exciting new book by Dr Debra Parish titled Prophets and Witches: Witchcraft, Gender and Politics in Revolutionary England (Routledge, August 2025). It shows how unprecedented numbers of women achieved visibility and authority as visionary prophets in this context of…
‘Power Couples? Collaborations at work and at home, c. 1750-1914’ workshop
CALL FOR PAPERS: ‘Power Couples? Collaborations at work and at home, c. 1750-1914’ workshop Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany 11-13 May 2026 In recent decades, there has emerged an important wave of scholarship by historians, philosophers, literary scholars, biographers,…
Wikipedia editing training event
As part of the Hackney History Festival Hackney Archives is running a Wikiediting Workshop which will use the women featured in the two Women from Hackney’s History books – checking if entries exist, creating new entries and learning how to…
Women from Hackney’s History
The second volume of Women from Hackney’s History was published on International Women’s Day 2025, exactly four years after the first book appeared. Together covering 228 women who have strong links to today’s London Borough, they range in date from…


