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Call for Papers: SLAVERY PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE: 5th Global Meeting, July 7-9, 2021 To be held online on the Zoom platform, hosted by Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law https://mckinneylaw.iu.edu/focus/international/SPPF5/call-for-papers.html This interdisciplinary conference will facilitate a…
During women’s history month WHN will be continuing to run our regular online writing retreats on Friday mornings – if you are looking to join a supportive community of writers working on women’s history projects then find out more and…
Wednesday 10th February 2021, 4pm (London) ‘“Two women in one house/Never did agree”: Internalizing Misogyny in Late Medieval England and Scotland’ Carissa Harris, Associate Professor of English, Temple University Carissa Harris is Associate Professor of English at Temple University and…
Wednesday, 27th January 2021 4:00pm (London) ‘Colleens, Cottages, and Rolling Green Fields’: The Making of Irish Women Dr Shahmima Akhtar, Royal Holloway, University of London This paper examines how a transnational vision of Ireland was created in the United States…
Presenting Women’s History: In the Community Wednesday 3rd March 2021, 4pm Community-led histories play a major part in unearthing and championing women’s histories. But where to start? An in-depth discussion and introduction into community projects, exploring research resources, available funding,…
The confirmed date of our WHN West Midlands Region annual Women’s History Conference at the University of Worcester in conjunction with the British Society of Sports History, entitled ‘Women in Sport’, is Saturday, 6 November 2021. The call for papers…
Wednesday, 13th January 2021 4:00pm (London) Three weeks after the suffrage amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1920, the suffragist, labor lawyer, anti-war activist, and feminist journalist Crystal Eastman attended a meeting of the National Woman’s Party. Now…
The Greek myths are among the world’s most important cultural building blocks and they have been retold many times, but rarely do they focus on the remarkable women at the heart of these ancient stories. Stories of gods and monsters…
Wednesday 2 December 2020 16:00 (London) Women’s Long Battle for the Vote: Surprises on the Road to the Nineteenth Amendment Ellen Carol DuBois, Distinguished Research Professor UCLA Women’s Long Battle for the Vote: Surprises on the Road to the…