The Anne Lister Research Summit is a free, 3-day, online conference for research enthusiasts of the 19th-century lesbian diarist and traveler, Anne Lister. The Summit’s goal is to bring together all people interested in researching Anne Lister to share knowledge…
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13th October: Black History Month 4pm (UK) Naomi Richman and Xia’nan Jin
13th October: Black History Month Wednesday, 13th October 2021, 4pm (UK) Naomi Richman and Xia’nan Jin Register for your place on the Zoom webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_F2Ld0QrWSmCm6MwyLs68aw Join us for these two fascinating papers in this double bill seminar that features as…
29th September: Women Art Workers and the Arts and Crafts Movement
Wednesday, 29th September 2021, 4pm (UK) Dr Zoe Thomas (Birmingham), Women Art Workers and the Arts and Crafts Movement Register for your place on the Zoom webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_prQVp-K7QxK988C0v1zBpw Join us for this exciting talk from the 2021 Women’s History Network…
‘Women in Sport’, University of Worcester, 6 November 2021
This year’s Women’s History Network, West Midlands Region Conference (in collaboration with the British Society of Sports History) at the University of Worcester is scheduled to take place on St. John’s Campus, Henwick Grove on Saturday, 6th November 2021, 9am-5pm.…
Women’s History Network Book Prize 2021: Chair’s Report
This year eight books were submitted for the Women’s History Network book prize. It was a wonderful set of entries: every book was of a high academic standard, every book was well researched, every book made an original contribution…
Autumn 2021 Seminar Series Programme
Building on the success of last year’s series, the Women’s History Network seminars are back for 2021-22! All events take place on Wednesdays at 4pm (UK) on Zoom. Details about each seminar and the registration link can be found…
15th September 2021: Women and Finance in Twentieth-Century China
Wednesday, 15th September 2021, 4pm (UK) Women and Finance in Twentieth-Century China Join us for this exciting double-bill event. Register for your place on the Zoom webinar: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PJIMvAD_QteAqvBZ0kulig ‘Women, Inheritance, and Property Expansion in the Republican Period…
The Miracle Workers Project Update: Mini-Conference
In March 2021, The Devil’s Porridge Museum launched it’s Miracle Workers Project, which aimed to research the 30,000 people who worked at H. M. Factory Gretna during World War One. Thanks to a generous grant from the D&G Costal Communities…
A Symposium on Women in the 1920s
The 1920s were heavily overshadowed by the Great War. Women’s experience of the war, in employment, in public and voluntary service, in bereavement and in the upheavals to family life meant that life would never be the same again. At…



