WHN West Midlands Region annual Women’s History Conference at the University of Worcester seeks papers for this year’s event under the heading of: ‘Women in Sport’. The last decade has seen an upsurge in female participation in sport, with girls…
Author: Wendy Toon
Fully funded PhD Scholarship: ‘Women in post-war landscape architecture’
This fully funded collaborative doctoral award jointly supervised by Manchester School of Architecture (MSA) and Historic England (HE) will investigate and understand the role of female landscape architects in Britain in the second half of the 20th century. This project…
Homes, Food and Farms
First Call for Papers Women’s History Network Annual Conference Homes, Food and Farms 3-4 September 2020 Venue – Denman College, New Rd, Marcham, Abingdon OX13 6NW. In recent years Women’s History has made a significant contribution to debates and…
How Women Build Call for papers
How Women Build A two-day conference, Wikithon Event and Exhibition at the Manchester School of Architecture – 26-27thJune 2020 Supported by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and the Women’s History Network Keynote Speakers: Dr Elizabeth Darling…
CFP: The ‘Madwoman’ and the Institution: Interrogating the Experience of Female Insanity in the Long Nineteenth Century – 1 April 2020
This conference aims to reconfigure our understanding of the ‘madwoman’ in England’s long nineteenth century, asking key questions about the diagnosis, treatment, care and representation of women perceived as ‘insane’. This period saw the institutionalization of large swathes of the population, including those considered…
Wives, Widows and Carers
Call for Papers Wives, Widows and Carers Saturday 28 March at St Giles Hospice, Fisherwick Rd, Whittington, Lichfield WS14 9LH This conference is organised by The Women’s History Network: Midlands Region Women in all societies across all historical periods have been…