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Annual Conference Orkney – Registration now open!
2013 Annual Conference Centre for Nordic Studies, UHI, Kirkwall, Orkney 3-4 May 2013 Making, Creating, Producing: Historical Perspectives on Women, Gender & Production Late registrations for WHS Annual Conference in Orkney are still being received. We’ve received a large … Continue reading
WHS Annual Conference Orkney May 2013
The next WHS Annual Conference will is hosted by the Centre for Nordic Studies at the University of Highlands and Islands between the 3rd and 5th of May 2013. The theme of the conference is Making, Working, Producing: Historical Perspectives … Continue reading
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WHS Leah Leneman Essay Prize 2013
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WHS is pleased to announce the winner of the 2013 Essay Prize:
Ellen Filor (University College London) for her essay, ‘Of manly enterprise, and female taste!’ Single Women as Sustainers of Empire in the Scottish Lowlands, c. 1790-1850’
The runner up is Jane O’Neill (University of Edinburgh) for ‘Sex and Socialization: Young People, Sexual Learning and Courtship in Scotland, 1945-80′.
We would like to congratulate the winners and look forward to reading their work in future!
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