To kick off Women’s History Month, join us for the first of two special seminars! Yvonne Norris from Friends of the Factories speaks to WHN’s Helen Antrobus about their 2021 Community History Prize-winning campaign. Wednesday, 20th April 2022, 4pm GMT…
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CFP: Breaking the Glass Chamber: Women, Politics, and Parliament in Britain, 1945-1997
Queen Mary University of London, 15-17 September 2022 2022 marks a series of historic anniversaries for women in British politics. It is forty years since the election of Harriet Harman, the Mother of the House; thirty-five years since the election…
9th February 2022: LGBT History Month – Women and Gay Liberation
Don’t miss out on our special seminar for LGBT History Month, featuring Steven Dryden from the British Library speaking on women involved in Gay Liberation Front during the 1970s and 80s! Wednesday, 9th February 2022, 4pm GMT Register on Zoom…
26th January 2022 ‘Heterosexuality and the “Happy Family”: Desire, Development, and Population Control in India, 1930s-1970s’
Join us for the second seminar of our Spring Series, featuring Dr Mytheli Sreenivas, with the paper titled: ‘Heterosexuality and the “Happy Family”: Desire, Development, and Population Control in India, 1930s-1970s’ Wednesday 26th January 2022 at 4pm GMT Register for…
Friends of The Women’s Library: Talks Programme
The talks programme of the Friends of The Women’s Library recommences next Wednesday 12 January at 2.30 p.m. We’ll be returning to our theme of regional differences within the suffrage movement, with Clare Wichbold MBE speaking about her research…
12th January 2022: Defining the Ideal Woman, 2000BCE
Join us for the first seminar of our Spring series, featuring Dr. Jana Matuszak speaking on ‘Defining the Ideal Woman, 2000BCE: A Perspective from Sumerian Didactic Literature’! Wednesday, 12 January 2022 at 4pm GMT Register on Zoom here. ‘Defining the…
Spring 2022 Seminar Series Programme
The Women’s History Network Seminar Series continues in the Spring 2022 term! Most events take place on Wednesdays at 4pm (UK) on Zoom. Details about each seminar and the registration link can be found here, usually two-three weeks…
CfP: Voluntary Action History Society 7th International Conference
Call for Papers: Voluntary Action History Society 7th International Conference “Voluntary Action in Changing Times: Creating History or Repeating It?” Liverpool, UK, 13–15 July 2022 Submission deadline 31 December 2021 Call for papers and panel sessions The Voluntary Action History…
CFP: Women Encountering Emancipation and Adversity within the 20th Century
Call for Papers: Women Encountering Emancipation and Adversity within the 20th Century 14th March 2022 Abstract deadline 15th December 2021 The University of Chichester is hosting an online interdisciplinary Humanities conference on the 14th March 2022. The conference is focusing…