International Girl Studies Association are seeking submissions for our inaugural conference in 2016. The inaugural conference seeks to bring together researchers and students working on girls and girlhood in any part of the world and in any discipline or interdisciplinary…
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Women, Land and the Making of the British Landscape, 1300-1900
A two-day interdisciplinary conference, 29th-30th June 2015, University of Hull Keynote speakers: Anne Laurence (Open University) Women, land and these islands 1550-1750 Amy Erickson (University of Cambridge) Rethinking the significance of inheritance and marriage in landholding Papers from: Sheila Sweetinburgh, Miriam…
Women’s History Seminars
Institute of Historical Research University of London Senate House Malet Street IHR fortnightly, Fridays at 17.15 in Room 204 (Past & Present Room) All are welcome 8 May Lisa Cody (Claremont McKenna College) ‘This is the language of rebellion, Madam’:…
CFP: WOMEN, GENDER AND THE FIRST WORLD WAR: HOME FRONTS AND WAR FRONTS
One day Conference, University of Portsmouth, Saturday 10th October 2015 Venue: Park Building, 5 minute walk from Portsmouth & Southsea station The Conference organisers welcome proposals for papers on any aspect of the First World War relating to women and…
‘Reformers to Performers: Influential Women at the Royal Albert Hall’,
Members of the WHN may be interested in a public talk – ‘Reformers to Performers: Influential Women at the Royal Albert Hall’, which will be presented by the Hall’s Archive team. Join Archivists Liz Harper and Suzanne Keyte on 7…
CFP: First Women Lawyers in England, Wales and the Empire Symposia
First symposium: Wednesday 9th September 2015 Location: St Mary’s University, The Shannon Board Room, Waldegrave Road, Twickenham TW1 4SX Time: 10am (registration and coffee) for 10.30am start Abstract The Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act 1919 heralded women’s long awaited entry to the legal profession. What…
‘What is the Place of Aphra Behn in Restoration Culture?’
‘What is the Place of Aphra Behn in Restoration Culture?’ Keynote Speaker Professor Elaine Hobby. Date: Saturday 9th May 2015 Time: 11:30am – 4.30pm (Registration: 11:00am) Venue: Torrington Room (No. 104), Senate House, University of London. Participants will be asked to…
Pregnancy, Childbearing, and Infant Care: Historical Perspectives from Slave and Non-Slave Societies
Pregnancy, Childbearing, and Infant Care: Historical Perspectives from Slave and Non-Slave Societies 8-9 April 2015 Newcastle University, Armstrong Building 2.50 We are delighted to announce that Newcastle University is hosting this conference as the first of three international symposia that form the foundation…
Silence in the Archives: Censorship and Suppression in Women’s Life Writing in the Long Nineteenth Century
Silence in the Archives: Censorship and Suppression in Women’s Life Writing in the Long Nineteenth Century is being held at Wolfson College, Oxford, 7th November 2015, funded by the Oxford Centre for Life-Writing and the Oxford Research Centre in the…