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…
Author: Gillian Murphy
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…
Tudor Women in Film : Glamour, Power, Lust and Tragic Death
This talk on 22 March 2025 at Chichester Cinema celebrates Women’s History month by examining film’s enduring fascination with Tudor women, from ‘The Execution of Mary Stewart’ (1895) to ‘Firebrand’ (2023). Audiences have continually relished the politics, tragedy and intrigue…
Codebreakers and Groundbreakers: Women’s Work in the Second World War
18th September 2024 Newnham College Cambridge This one-day conference builds on the exhibition Newnham and Bletchley Park: Women’s Work in World War II, which opened at Newnham College, Cambridge, in March 2024 and received national press coverage. The research uncovered…
VOLUNTARY ACTION HISTORY SOCIETY 8th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
CALL FOR PAPERS Voluntary Action History Society’s 8TH International Conference: ‘New Ways of Doing Voluntary Action History? University of Liverpool, UK, 2-4 July 2025 The Voluntary Action History Society’s 8th International Conference will take place at the University of Liverpool between 2 and 4…