How have grassroots women’s organisations effectively championed women’s rights, locally and globally, since 1918? Keynote Speakers: Prof Pat Thane, Birkbeck, University of London, UK Prof Lynn Abrams, University of Glasgow, UK As part of our AHRC-funded Network ‘Agency and Advocacy:…
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Women and Words of Learning: From the Medieval to the Modern Day
Call for Papers: Women and Worlds of Learning: From the Medieval to the Modern Day 12th-13th April 2024 Oxford Since the emergence of universities, women have been involved in networks of higher education. ‘Women and Worlds of Learning’ aims to…
Sign up for the first session of our Autumn Seminar Series featuring Dr Naomi Pullin
Sign up for the first session of our Autumn Seminar Series featuring Dr Naomi Pullin, who will be sharing her research in a paper titled ‘Solitude, Ageing and the Female Lifecycle in Early Modern Britain, c. 1600-1800’! Wednesday, 13…
Women and the Natural World: Historical Perspectives on Nature Climate and Environmental Change, WESWWHN Annual Conference
‘Women and the Natural World: Historical Perspectives on Nature Climate and Environmental Change’ is a one day conference. The key note speaker is Professor Nicola Whyte, University of Exeter, on ‘Landscape, Memory and the Life-course in the Travel Writing of…
Programme for Autumn Seminar Series 2023
We are so excited to announce the programme for our upcoming Autumn Seminar Series, commencing 13 September 2023! All seminars will take place online via Zoom, with registration opening 2-3 weeks before each session. Due to a change-over in seminar…
Women and Words of Learning: From the Medieval to the Modern Day
CFP: Women and Worlds of Learning: From the Medieval to the Modern Day 12th-13th April 2024 Oxford Application Deadline: 1st September 2023 Since the emergence of universities, women have been involved in networks of higher education. ‘Women and Worlds of…
7th June 2023: Women’s History Month (Rescheduled from March) – Women’s Embodied Lives in Letters: Britain, 1680-1820
Don’t miss our rescheduled Women’s History Month Special Seminar featuring Professor Karen Harvey, who will be sharing her research in a paper titled ‘Women’s Embodied Lives in Letters: Britain, 1680-1820’! Wednesday, 7 June 2023, at 4pm BST/GMT+1 Sign-up now for…
27th May 2023: Local and Community History Month – Grabbing Back Project
Sign-ups are open for our special seminar in honour of Local and Community History Month in the UK! We’ve invited the Director and Editor of the Grabbing Back Project, Graciela Madrid and Katie Moody, to tell us all about their…
17th May 2023: AAPI Heritage Month Special Seminar – Gender, Labour, and Colonial Violence: Stories from German New Guinea
Join us for our inaugural AAPI Heritage Month special lunchtime seminar! Dr. Emma Thomas (University of New South Wales) will share her paper on ‘Gender, Labour, and Colonial Violence: Stories from German New Guinea’. Wednesday, 17th May 2023, 12pm BST/GMT+1…