Women’s History Network Annual Conference Due to problems caused by the Corona Virus the WHN cancelled their 2020 Annual Conference. We hope all those who were interested in attending and presenting will instead join us in 2021 We aim to hold the conference at the Museum of Rural Life, University of Reading, 6 Redlands Rd, Reading […]
The Women’s History Network is able to offer a small number of work experience opportunities to students undertaking History Degrees in the UK, who have been unable to undertake their planned work experience projects due to the Covid crisis and the lockdown. Placements will involve between 30 and 80 hours work undertaken at home on […]
Presenting Women’s History: In the Community Wednesday 3rd March 2021, 4pm Community-led histories play a major part in unearthing and championing women’s histories. But where to start? An in-depth discussion and introduction into community projects, exploring research resources, available funding, and the incredible legacies borne from community-focussed work. Panellists include: Dr Sian Roberts, University of Birmingham […]
This annual prize of £500 is awarded to the team behind a Community History Project by, about, or for women in a particular locale or community which has been completed between the 1 January 2020 and 31st May 2021. Details of this year’s competition We encourage submissions from projects that include a strong element of […]
We received 19 submissions for the WHN Undergraduate Dissertation prize on a diverse range of topics, time periods and geographical contexts. The standard of the entries was incredibly high and a real celebration of undergraduate women’s history .The students drew upon a wide range of methodologies, and each had an impressive command of the existing […]
Wednesday, 27th January 2021 4:00pm (London) ‘Colleens, Cottages, and Rolling Green Fields’: The Making of Irish Women Dr Shahmima Akhtar, Royal Holloway, University of London This paper examines how a transnational vision of Ireland was created in the United States by two philanthropic women in Chicago’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. They each used accessible images […]
The confirmed date of our WHN West Midlands Region annual Women’s History Conference at the University of Worcester in conjunction with the British Society of Sports History, entitled ‘Women in Sport’, is Saturday, 6 November 2021. The call for papers is re-opened. We welcome submissions about all aspects of female participation in sport, whether focused […]
The Autumn 2020 issue of Women’s History is available now for purchase. The digital version of this edition is available free to all members – see details below.
Special Issue: Women and the Family in Ireland The Summer 2020 issue of Women’s History is available now for purchase. The digital version of this edition is available free to all members – see details below.