Annual Workshop of the Women’s Studies Group, 1558–1837 The Fruitful Body: Gender and Image The Foundling Museum, London, 6 May 2017 The Women’s Studies Group, 1558–1837 annual workshop takes place every spring at The Foundling Museum in London. A distinguished…
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Symposium on Mata Hari
The Legacy of Mata Hari: Women and Transgression A one-day symposium City, University of London 28 October, 2017 In October 1917, the woman known throughout the globe as Mata Hari was executed on espionage charges by a firing squad at…
London’s women historians: a celebration and a conversation
13 March 2017 – Wolfson Conference Suite, IHR 12:30-8:00pm Confirmed speakers: Caroline Barron, John Beckett, Laura Carter, Linda Clark, Amy Erickson, Margot Finn, Jo Fox, Laura Gowing, Alana Harris, Peter Mandler, Jinty Nelson, Lyndal Roper & Pat Thane.
History of Communism in Europe, no. 8/ 2017: The Other Half of Communism: Women’s Outlook
This call for papers seeks contributors for the eighth issue of the scientific journal History of Communism in Europe, no. 8/2017: The Other Half of Communism: Women’s Outlook on the gendered histories of European communisms. This issue looks to include the most…
Women’s History Seminar: January – March 2017
Women’s History Seminar, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, Senate House, Malet Street IHR at 17.15 in Room N301 (Pollard Room) All are welcome Friday, 20 January 2017: Charmian Mansell (Exeter) Domestic service? The experiences of female servants in early modern communities Service…
Workshop: Women’s Work: Women’s Employment in the First World War and Interwar Years
Friday 27 January 2017, 10.00-16.00 – Sheffield This workshop explores the experiences, working practices, myth and realities for middle-class and professional women during the war years and the decades that followed. It will examine these women at work on the…
CFP: 26th Annual Women’s History Network Conference, 2017
‘Women and the Wider World’ Submission deadline: Extended to Friday March 3, 2017 Conference dates: September 1 – 2, 2017 Conference Venue: University of Birmingham See full details here.
Women Explorers: Crossing Cultures
Join us for a day of free events at Liverpool’s World Museum on Sunday November 20, 10.30 – 4.45. When the explorer Mary Kingsley first sights the coast of West Africa in 1893, she admits she is terrified. Fear can…
Call for Papers: Women, Money and Markets (1750-1850)
King’s College London, May 11th 2017 Keynote Speakers: Professor Hannah Barker (University of Manchester) Caroline Criado-Perez, OBE (One of the leading voices in the campaign for female representation on the banknote and an active promoter and supporter of women in…


