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14th September 2022: ‘Standing in this Place’ – Feminist Sculpture and Representation

Rachel Chua / September 1, 2022

Join us for the first seminar of our 2022/23 Autumn Series! We’ll be hearing from Rachel Carter, Sculptor and Artist, with her talk on ‘Standing In This Place: Challenging the 5%’, in which she will share how she has been…

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Autumn 2022 Seminar Series Programme

Rachel Chua / August 30, 2022

It’s here! We’re so excited to share the upcoming programme for our 2022/23 Autumn Seminar Series. Most seminars take place on Wednesdays, at 4pm UK. All of our seminars are online-only, with registration opening 2-3 weeks prior to each session.…

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Calls for Papers, Women's History Journal

Call for Proposals

WHN / July 19, 2022

(Deadline 29 July, 2022)  Next year, Women’s History Today (the Women’s History Network journal) is planning a special issue, concentrating on the nexus between women’s history and the Equality Act 2010. Taking the Act and its nine protected characteristics (age,…

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6th July 2022: Academic Fellowship Celebration – Independent Research Fellows’ Roundtable

Rachel Chua / June 21, 2022

Don’t miss the first of two seminars celebrating the Women’s History Network’s Academic Fellows! Our WHN Independent Research Fellows 2021/2022 will be speaking about their seminal work and research, ranging from the groundbreaking activism of British South Asian women in…

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22nd June 2022 Seminar: Dr Hannah Telling – “Villainous Harpies”: Women, everyday violence, and justice in Scotland, 1850-1914

Erin Newman / June 10, 2022

22nd June 2022 with Dr Hannah Telling, a seminar focusing on Women’s Violent Crimes in Scotland! Join us for this seminar our Summer Series, featuring Dr Hannah Telling with the paper titled: ‘“Villainous Harpies”: Women, everyday violence, and justice in…

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Calls for Papers, Events

CfP: Diversity in Women’s History, 12 November 2022

Dr Anna Muggeridge / May 29, 2022

Call for Papers: Diversity in Women’s History The next Women’s History Network Midlands Region conference will be held online via Zoom on Saturday 12 November 2022. We invite abstracts for papers around the theme of diversity in women’s history. We are…

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8th June 2022: Navigating Revolution in A Man’s World: Beatriz Allende in Chile and Cuba in the 1960s and 1970s

Rachel Chua / May 27, 2022

Join us for our upcoming seminar on Latin American Women’s History, featuring Dr. Tanya Harmer (London School of Economics) presenting her paper on ‘Navigating Revolution in A Man’s World: Beatriz Allende in Chile and Cuba in the 1960s and 1970s’!…

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Events

SHAW Annual Conference, British Library, July 1st 2022

Dr Marie Molloy / May 19, 2022

Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) Annual Conference Black Women’s Activism in the Americas Friday 1st July 2022, 9.30am-5pm British Library, London The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW)  annual one-day conference,…

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25th May 2022 WHN Seminar: Medieval Women’s History

Erin Newman / May 17, 2022

25th May 2022 with Genevieve Caulfield and Dr Katherine Weikert, a duet focusing on Medieval Women’s History Join us for this duet focusing on the Medieval in our Summer Series, featuring PhD Candidate Genevieve Caulfield, with the paper titled: ‘”Styles…

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The Women’s History Network is a national association and charity for the promotion of women’s history and the encouragement of everyone interested in women’s history. Following our establishment in 1991 we have grown year by year and today we are a UK national charity with members including working historians, researchers, independent scholars, teachers, librarians, and many other individuals both within academia and beyond. Indeed, the network reaches out to anyone...

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