image via State Library of New South Wales The Women’s History Network is delighted to announce that the final programme for our annual conference, Women and Migration, is now live. Click this link to download it and access the Zoom…
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Women’s History Network Annual Conference: ‘Addressing the Nation’ 2 & 3 September 2022
Women’s History Network Annual Conference: ‘Addressing the Nation’ 2 & 3 September 2022 (Online via Zoom, Free to attend) Autumn 2022 marks the centenary of the BBC. From almost the very start, women worked in many capacities including behind the…
Women’s History Network Book Prize 2021: Chair’s Report
This year eight books were submitted for the Women’s History Network book prize. It was a wonderful set of entries: every book was of a high academic standard, every book was well researched, every book made an original contribution…
Women’s History Network Annual Conference 2-4 September 2021 – Homes, Food and Farm
Women’s History Network Annual Conference 2 – 4 September 2021 Homes, Food and Farms *2nd- 4th September 2021 * This is now going to be an online conference. In recent years Women’s History has made a significant contribution to debates and explorations…
2019 WHN Conference Report: ‘Professional Women: the public, the private, and the political’
Women’s History Network Annual Conference LSE Library 6-7 September 2019 In acknowledgement of the centenary of the Sex Disqualification (Removal) Act (SD(R)A), the Women’s History Network (WHN) held a two-day conference at the London School of Economics Library on Friday…
2018 Conference – The Campaign for Women’s Suffrage : National and International Perspectives
In 2018 our conference was held beside the sea at the University of Portsmouth. There was a wonderful range of speakers from UK and beyond, some of the highlights included Barbara Caine from the University of Sydney discussing Feminist Autobiography…
2017 Conference – Women and the Wider World
The University of Birmingham hosted the 2017 WHN conference, entitled ’Women and the Wider World’. For those delegates who arrived early enough on Thursday night, a heritage walking tour of campus was provided. For those arriving at the University Station…
2016 Conference – Women’s Material Cultures / Women’s Material Enviroments
On 16 and 17 September, Leeds Trinity University hosted the 25th annual Women’s History Network conference, consisting of two keynotes, two illustrated talks, and nineteen panels and a total of fifty-one papers. The papers and presentations explored innovative and diverse…
2015 Conference – Female Agency, activism and organization
This year’s Women’s History Network Conference on the theme of Female Agency, Activism and Organisation took place at the University of Kent in Canterbury. The conference drew in researchers from Australia to Canada, and from Italy to the UK, covering…