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CALL FOR PAPERS: First Women Lawyers in Great Britain and the Empire: “The Road to 1919”
Deadline for papers: 23 April 2018 Conference date: 29 June 2018 Venue: Jubilee Room, Palace of Westminster Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-road-to-1919-tickets-42979998332 The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 heralded women’s long-awaited entry to the legal profession. What do we actually know about that…
CFP: Women, Money and Markets (1700-1900) Amsterdam, June 2018
University of Amsterdam, June 7 and 8, 2018 This conference will address the role of women in consumerism, shopping, global trade, domestic trade, markets (literary and otherwise), currency, and varying practices of exchange. The conference is interdisciplinary in nature, bridging…
CFP: Correspondence & Communities
5 July 2018, Bangor University, Wales The Epistolary Research Network (TERN) seeks to bring into discussion those involved in the study of letters and letter writing, as well as those participating in the creation or preservation of letters and epistolary…
Telling Her Story: Women’s History, Heritage and the Built Environment
TELLING HER STORY: WOMEN’S HISTORY, HERITAGE AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT Wrest Park, Bedfordshire Monday 19th March 2018, 9:30am – 5:00pm Tickets are available by calling our dedicated ticket sales team on +44(0) 370 333 1183 Tickets: £30 (a limited number…
Women’s History Autumn 2017
The Autumn 2017 edition of Women’s History is available now. The digital version of this edition is available free to all. You may purchase this a print copy of this journal here. Contents Albert Gallon on ‘Thriving in a man’s…
CFP: Telling Her Story: Women’s History, Heritage and the Built Environment
Call for Papers Telling Her Story: Women’s History, Heritage and the Built Environment Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, 19th March 2018 ‘Telling Her Story’ will bring together heritage professionals and academics to explore the diverse roles and experiences of women at historic…
CfP: Comparative perspectives on regulating age of consent and child-marriage in the British Empire, 1880 to 1930
CALL FOR PAPERS Comparative perspectives on regulating age of consent and child-marriage in the British Empire, 1880 to 1930 Date: 15 June 2018 Location: SOAS University of London This is a call for proposals for a one-day interdisciplinary conference which…
Winner of Book Prize 2017
The winner was: Women, Credit and Debt in Early Modern Scotland, by Cathryn Spence, published by Manchester University Press. This book provides the first full-length consideration of women’s economic roles in early modern Scottish towns. The panel considered that the…