We are delighted to announce the winners of our annual book prize for 2021 and 2022. The 2021 winner is Siobhan Hearne for her book, Policing Prostitution: Regulating the Lower Classes in Late Imperial Russia (Oxford University Press) There are joint…
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Details of winners of WHN prize
WHN Schools History Prize 2023
This year for Women’s History Month we invited students to create a poster which illustrated Senior Category Winner Katherine Johnson by Srinidhi Balaji poster The panel were impressed by Srinidhi’s explanation for her eye-catching design: Katherine Johnson was a competent…
Women’s History Network Book Prize for 2022
We are pleased to announce the annual WHN book prize, which awards £500 for an author’s first single-authored monograph in women’s or gender history. Entries close on 31 October 2023 for books published from 1 Jan – 31 Dec 2022. *Please…
WHN Schools History Prize 2023
March is Women’s History Month and the Schools’ Prize provides a fantastic opportunity for students to become immersed in ‘doing’ history. This year we would like to invite students to create a poster which illustrates The poster, can be created…
2022 Community History Prize Winners
The Joint Winners of the Community History Prize were ‘Women listening to Women’ ‘Women listening to women’ was commended for its use of volunteers and use of oral history to empower and inform participants. Although the budget was relatively large, its…
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…
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:…
Women’s History Network MA dissertation prize 2021
The WHN is delighted to announce the winners of the 2021 MA dissertation prize. The volume and quality of the entries we received speaks to the breadth and diversity of research into women’s history. All dissertations were written and researched…
WHN Schools History Prize 2022
March is Women’s History Month and the Schools’ Prize provides a fantastic opportunity for students to become immersed in ‘doing’ history. Submissions can be made by an individual, a pair or a group of students from the same school. This…