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Calls for Papers

Sayers in the 21st Century

Geraldine Perriam / June 3, 2024

CALL FOR PAPERS Sayers in the 21st Century 11 October, 2024 Proposals are invited for this one-day seminar to be held at the Institute of Advanced Studies (UCL) London, on the above date. The seminar aims to bring together early…

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Events

The first annual Maud Sulter lecture

Deborah Cherry / May 9, 2024

Presented by Glasgow Women’s Library, Street Level Photoworks & Glasgow School of Art, the first annual Maud Sulter lecture will be given by poet and former Scottish Makar Jackie Kay.June 20 2024, 3pm Glasgow School of Art, Reid lecture theatre,…

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Events

Women and Worlds of Learning in Europe: From the Medieval to the Modern Day – Registration Open

Elena Rossi / April 2, 2024

‘Women and Worlds of Learning’ is an interdisciplinary conference focused on the place of women within higher and further education. The event will take place in the History Faculty Building at the University of Oxford on Friday 12th April and…

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Women, Money and Markets Symposium, June 13th and 14th 2024

Emma Helen Henke Newport / March 27, 2024

Women, Money and Markets Annual Symposium University of Sussex, Brighton June 13th and 14th 2024 This year’s symposium will address themes including consumerism, shopping, global trade, domestic trade, markets (literary and otherwise), currency, and varying practices of exchange. Our annual symposium is…

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Book Announcements

NOW available: Female Printmakers, Printsellers, and Print Publishers in the Eighteenth Century: The Imprint of Women, c. 1700-1830

Cristina S Martinez / March 21, 2024

Female Printmakers, Printsellers, and Print Publishers in the Eighteenth Century: The Imprint of Women, c. 1700-1830, Cristina S. Martinez & Cynthia E. Roman eds., Cambridge University Press, is now available for purchase in hardcover and digital format. Celebrating the news and…

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Women and Words of Learning: From the Medieval to the Modern Day – Poster Competition

Elena Rossi / February 19, 2024

Poster Competition We welcome applications from final-year undergraduate, masters and doctoral students, as well as early career researchers.  The ‘Women and Worlds of Learning’ conference is dedicated to the promotion of PGR and ECR research. We are running a poster…

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Events

Pascal Theatre Company: Celebrating remarkable 19th century women in Bloomsbury: March talks

Julia Pascal / February 14, 2024

Pascal Theatre Company is running a two-year Lottery Heritage Funded project: Women for Women: 19th century women in Bloomsbury. The aim of the project is to highlight some key women who lived, worked, studied or networked in Bloomsbury, London, exploring…

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Calls for Papers

Workshop – MOVING OUT AND MOVING ON IN THE POST-WAR DECADES: DATA & METHODS FOR RESEARCHING YOUNG PEOPLE’S LIVES

Penny Tinkler / February 9, 2024

This free one-day workshop will bring together researchers interested in young people’s experiences of leaving home and striving for independence in the post-war decades. It will foreground methods and sources for researching seemingly mundane aspects of everyday life, such as…

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Calls for Papers

The public country house: ‘Treasure of quiet beauty’ or a site for public histories?

Lucy Brownson / October 18, 2023

The British country house: family home or public cultural asset? Glorious exemplar of historic taste or contested site of public history? A visually enthralling historic stage set, or a site to inform understanding of our national histories? There are millions…

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