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Category: Seminars

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Sign up now for the first session of our Spring Seminar Series, featuring Dr Valerie Schutte.

Anna Harrington / February 13, 2026

Tuesday, 24 February 2026, at 5pm GMT Sign-up now for our online-only zoom webinar here. “Katherine Basset as a Case Study of the Household of Anne of Cleves”, Dr Valerie Schutte This paper will consider Katherine Basset’s path to employment in…

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Spring Seminar Series 2026 Programme

Anna Harrington / February 6, 2026

Dear friends, We are thrilled to share the programme for our Spring Seminar Series 2026. We are really excited about this one and hope you are looking forward to hearing from the fantastic speakers we have lined up. The sign-up…

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Sign up now for Prof Merry Wiesner-Hanks’s paper: ‘Reflections on Women and the Reformations: A Global History’

Anna Harrington / November 16, 2025

Wednesday, 19 November 2025, at 4pm GMT Sign-up now for our online-only zoom webinar here. Reflections on Women and the Reformations: A Global History The Reformations, both Protestant and Catholic, have long been told as stories of men. But women were…

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Sign up now for our ‘New Approaches to Writing Women’s Histories’ Roundtable Event!

Anna Harrington / October 29, 2025

Our Autumn Seminar Series continues next Wednesday, 5 November 2025, at 4pm GMT, with a special roundtable event, New Approaches to Writing Women’s Histories. We are thrilled to welcome Kaia Alderson and Gráinne Lyons to discuss their experiences of “doing”…

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Call for Papers – Spring Seminar Series 2026

Anna Harrington / September 30, 2025

Please find the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026 below:

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Updated Autumn Seminar Series Programme

Anna Harrington / September 24, 2025

Please find below the updated programme for the remaining sessions of the Autumn Seminar Series 2025:

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Sign up now for our next seminar featuring Dr Margarette Lincoln

Anna Harrington / September 24, 2025

Wednesday, 1 October 2025, at 4pm BST/GMT+1 Sign-up now for our online-only zoom webinar here. Teeth and Women’s Quest for Beauty Toothcare was once a source of dreadful anxiety for women, rich and poor. In this paper, Dr Margarette Lincoln will…

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Sign up now for our next seminar with Dr Christine De Matos

Anna Harrington / September 23, 2025

Wednesday, 24 September 2025, at 10am BST/GMT+1 Sign-up now for our online-only zoom webinar here. Overlooked Occupiers: Women, Family, and the Home in Occupied Germany and Japan Women are often overlooked as occupiers when it comes to interrogating the post-Second World…

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Sign up now for our roundtable: ‘Lesbian Histories and the Long View’

Anna Harrington / August 27, 2025

Our Autumn Seminar Series launches next month, beginning with a special roundtable event, Lesbian Histories and the Long View, on Wednesday, 10 September 2025 at 4pm UK time. We are thrilled to welcome a dynamic panel of speakers: Dr Norena Shopland…

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The Women’s History Network is a national association and charity for the promotion of women’s history and the encouragement of everyone interested in women’s history. Following our establishment in 1991 we have grown year by year and today we are a UK national charity with members including working historians, researchers, independent scholars, teachers, librarians, and many other individuals both within academia and beyond. Indeed, the network reaches out to anyone...

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Conferences and Events

  • Sign up to our special panel event, ‘Women’s Reproductive and Maternal Health’
  • Call for Papers: Women’s History Scotland Annual Conference
  • Speaking at the Linnean Society June 18th
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