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This conference aims to reconfigure our understanding of the ‘madwoman’ in England’s long nineteenth century, asking key questions about the diagnosis, treatment, care and representation of women perceived as ‘insane’. This period saw the institutionalization of large swathes of the population, including those considered…
Call for Papers Wives, Widows and Carers Saturday 28 March at St Giles Hospice, Fisherwick Rd, Whittington, Lichfield WS14 9LH This conference is organised by The Women’s History Network: Midlands Region Women in all societies across all historical periods have been…
FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORSKSHOP OF THE JEAN MONNET MODULE “EUROPEAN LAW AND GENDER” (ELaN) UNIVERSITY OF PISA JUNE 19-20, 2019 elan.jm@unipi.it DEADLINE JANUARY 15, 2020 The Department of Law of the University of Pisa hosts a two-days international workshop on Gender…
Women’s History Network Annual Conference LSE Library 6-7 September 2019 In acknowledgement of the centenary of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act (SD(R)A), the Women’s History Network (WHN) held a two-day conference at the London School of Economics Library on Friday…
Histories of social movements in the Global South remain dominated by the visions and achievements of male activists. Feminist scholars have responded by demonstrating the central role that women have played in social movements, especially the civil rights, women’s liberation,…
Women’s History Network West Midlands Conference, ‘Women of the Far Right’, Saturday 9 November, 10.30am–4.00pm at the University of Worcester, St. John’s Campus. Book your place now via Aurélie Papin a.papin@worc.ac.uk Follow us @WHN_WM
Women’s History Network, Midlands Region can confirm papers by national and international speakers on: Women Blackshirts; Gabriela Balicka; We, the Mothers Mobilize for America; Women’s roles in the Greater British Movement/National Front’s Spearhead and Right Wing Women’s Mobilization in Colonial…
We are delighted to announce that the registration for our upcoming conference: Gender, Religion and Power is now open. This conference, run by The Bedford Centre, Royal Holloway University, will take place at Senate House on Saturday, 21st September. Both…
This conference, kindly sponsored by the Women’s History Network, aims to bring together postgraduate, early career and leading scholars whose research considers the themes of gender and violence in the early modern world. It is concerned with aspects of early…