The 3.5 metres high sculpture, Alison Lapper Pregnant, was made by Marc Quinn for the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square where it sat from 2005 until 2007. Statues of male heroes of the past surrounded it, which Quinn saw as…
Conference Review: The Network of American Periodical Studies Presents Serial [Gendered] Subjects: Periodicals, Identities, Communities, Northumbria University, September 20th, 2019 by Alexandra Abletshauser
Newcastle upon Tyne presented its best side when it welcomed the delegates of the recent Network of American Periodical Studies (NAPS) symposium, at Northumbria University, with sunshine and warm temperatures on Friday, September 20, 2019. This year’s symposium was hosted…
Celebrating 100 years since Nancy Astor became the first woman MP to take her seat in the House of Commons: Lisa Berry-Waite
This November marks 100 years since Nancy Astor won a Plymouth Sutton by-election, becoming the first woman MP to take her seat in the House of Commons. She inherited her seat from her husband Waldorf Astor, after he was elevated…
Society for the History of Women in the Americas, Annual Conference
3rd July 2020 University of Manchester, The Ellen Wilkinson Building The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) welcomes proposals for its annual conference, at the University of Manchester on the 3rd of July 2020. Founded in…
CFP: British Society for the History of Philosophy, Annual Conference 2020
Women in the History of Philosophy 23 – 25 April 2020, University of Durham Keynote Speakers Peter Adamson (LMU/KCL) Sophia Connell (Birkbeck) Marilyn Fischer (Dayton) Call for Papers Proposals for individual papers and for papers organized in themed symposia are…
NAPS Symposium (Session 1) – Mediating Gender in Magazines: Gender, Tension, and the Internal ‘Civil War’ of Magazines by Maxwell Donaldson
The recent Network of American Periodical Studies (NAPS) symposium, hosted at Northumbria University, was titled ‘Mediating Gender in Magazines’. The Women’s History Network (WHN) provided the travel stipend that allowed me to attend this event. During the morning session of…