Grappling with a full draft? Losing motivation? Dreading your viva? Join the Women’s History Network ECR Fellows for a friendly and supportive lunchtime session about writing up, handing in, and defending your thesis. The Fellows will briefly introduce themselves and their experiences…
Category: Seminars
WHN Supports the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict Saturday 19 June 2021
An online seminar exploring issues around Sexual Violence in Conflict on 19 June Registration is free but must be done in advance via – https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Hu9CzbHSSYSqLyGozESIHQ Programme 1:00 – 1:15 logon 1:15 Dr Lisa Pine – Gender and Genocide pinel@lsbu.ac.uk…
19th May: ‘Imagining the Black Cook in Victorian England’
Wednesday, 19th May at 4pm (UK) Imagining the Black Cook in Victorian England Dr Caroline Bressey This seminar opens up questions about the roles within the hierarchy of domestic labour undertaken by black women workers through the presence of black…
5th May: From Love Lives to Cinderella
Wednesday, 5th May 2021 at 4pm (UK) From Love Lives to Cinderella Prof. Carol Dyhouse Cinderella stories captured the imagination of girls in the 1950s, when dreams of meeting the right man could seem like a happy ending,…
21st April: Beauty, Ugliness, and Ideas of Racial Difference: black women in 19th century
Wednesday 21st April 2021, 4pm (UK) Beauty, Ugliness, and Ideas of Racial Difference: black women in 19th century Dr Rochelle Rowe This talk will explore the ways in which black women have been used as subjects of beauty, ugliness, and…
Spring/Summer Seminar Series
Please join us in engaging with historians from all over world as they present their latest research on a diverse array of topics within women’s and gender history. The seminars will also provide the opportunity to ask questions of the…
24th March: ‘Finding Lydia Harvey: narrative, polyvocality, and historical justice’
Wednesday, 24th March at 4pm (UK)* Finding Lydia Harvey: narrative, polyvocality, and historical justice Dr Julia Laite, Birkbeck, University of London Julia Laite will speak about her forthcoming book The Disappearance of Lydia Harvey: A true story of sex, crime…
‘Rethinking Anne Lister’s Sexual Knowledge’ with Professor Anna Clark
Wednesday, 10th March 2021, 4pm (GMT) In 1831, at age forty, Anne Lister wrote that she “found distinctly for the first time” the clitoris. While one might expect a Victorian woman to be sexually ignorant, Anne Lister’s late-blooming anatomical…