‘Women and the Natural World: Historical Perspectives on Nature Climate and Environmental Change’ is a one day conference. The key note speaker is Professor Nicola Whyte, University of Exeter, on ‘Landscape, Memory and the Life-course in the Travel Writing of Celia Fiennes’.
Papers are organised around the themes of Women and the Rural Environment; Ecofeminism and Women’s Activism; and Natural Science, Education and Community Action.
The West of England and South Wales Women’s History Network 30th Annual Conference ‘Women and the Natural World: Historical Perspectives on Nature Climate and Environmental Change’ is on Saturday 30 September 2023 from 10 am to 5pm at Exeter Central Library, Castle Street, Exeter, Devon EX4 3PQ.
All welcome. Cost £18 (non WESWWHN members); £15 (WESWWHN members); concessionary rates available. For programme and booking see the WESWWHN website.
Picture: A member of the women’s land army in the First World War (Imperial War Museum).
