The Women’s History Network is delighted to announce four new Independent Researcher grants for the 2022/23 academic year. The grants provide financial support to those working on women’s history outside of academia. This year we are very pleased to be…
Category: Prizes
Details of WHN prizes and entries
Women’s History Network Early Career Fellows 2022/23
Following the WHN AGM on Friday 2nd September, we are delighted to announce four new WHN Early Career Fellow for the 2022/2023 academic year. The Fellowships provide scholars with a bursary of £1,500 and are designed to support exciting and…
Schools History Prize 2022 – Prize-winners
This year we invited the students to create a poster which illustrates Heroines who fought for Equality We had some truly amazing entries at both junior and senior level. It was very difficult for the Steering Committee to judge; we were…
20th July Seminar: ECR Fellows Roundtable
Don’t miss the second of two seminars celebrating the Women’s History Network’s Academic Fellows! Our WHN Early Career Research Fellows 2021/2022 will be speaking about their seminal work and research, giving us a taster of what they have been working…
WHN Independent Researcher Fellowships for 2022-23
The Women’s History Network is offering a small grant of up to £750 to support the direct costs of those researching women’s history outside of academia. While applicants may be in possession of a degree and/or postgraduate qualification, the grants…
WHN Early Career Fellowships for 2022-23
The Women’s History Network is offering four WHN fellowships to support Early Career Researchers of women’s or gender history. Each fellowship is designed to provide financial support to those who have completed their doctorate but are yet to secure their first academic…
WHN Undergraduate Dissertation Prize 2022
The Women’s History Network is offering one £250 prize for an undergraduate dissertation on any aspect of women’s or gender history (though substantially focused on women) written during the 2021-2022 academic year. We welcome research on any period and place:…
Uncovering sexual assault and harassment in an early nineteenth-century letter – by Natalie Hanley-Smith
Harriet Ponsonby, Countess Bessborough (1761-1821), is perhaps best-known today for being the younger sister of the celebrated Duchess of Devonshire, Georgiana Cavendish (1757-1806). Although not as famous as her sister, Bessborough was a fascinating woman in her own right. As…
Sex and the City: Gender and the City of London – Emma Barrett
While discussing her career trajectory, an oral history participant disclosed her cancer diagnosis. Thrown, I said I was sorry. Her reply was shocking: ‘Don’t be, in many ways it was a good thing…it made me get off the hamster’s wheel’.…