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…
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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…
8th December, Disability History Month: Uncovering Disability History, Gender Included
Join us for a special seminar to commemorate Disability History Month: Dr. Nancy Hansen, ‘Uncovering Disability History: Gender Included’! Wednesday, 8 December 2021 at 4pm GMT Register on Zoom here. ‘Uncovering Disability History: Gender Included’ Uncovering disability history is not…
CfP: Mothers and Fathers in the Pre-Modern World, c.1000-1800
Mothers and Fathers in the Pre-Modern World, c.1000-1800: A hybrid conference at the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge and online on 23 April 2022 Parent-child relationships were a near ubiquitous feature of life in the past. However, historians often…
24th November 2021: Book Launch Event – The Politics of Women’s Suffrage: Local, National, and International Dimensions
Book Launch: Dr. Alexandra Hughes-Johnson and Dr. Lyndsey Jenkins, ‘The Politics of Women’s Suffrage: Local, National, and International Dimensions’ Wednesday, 24 November 2021, 4pm GMT Register on Zoom here Join us on Wednesday, 24 November 2021 at 4pm GMT to…
Remembering Eleanor Rathbone, Mother of Child Benefit : Oral History Project launch of
Oral history project Launch of publication Remembering Eleanor Rathbone Mother of Child Benefit Thursday 18 November 6-7.30pm Free registration: CLICK HERE Seventy-five years from the first payment of family allowance (now child benefit), on 6 August 1946, mothers and other family…