With less than two days to go until our fully booked conference at Glasgow Women’s Library on Friday (7th of September), we’re in full swing with the preparations! Our new publicity postcards arrived today and all the final preparations will be completed tomorrow. The event is fully booked and we’ve been overwhelmed by the response. …
Images: top right © Scottish Women’s Aid Archive at Glasgow Women’s Library, bottom right © University of Glasgow Archive Services, DC127/22a Women’s History Scotland are delighted to invite you to our annual conference – ‘Feminisms: Histories, Ideas & Practices’. We have a very exciting line-up of speakers exploring wide-ranging themes including feminist activism, material and …
Women’s History Scotland is now accepted abstracts for papers to be presented at the Annual Conference at the Glasgow Women’s Library on Friday 9th September 2016. The theme this year is Feminisms: Histories, Ideas and Practice. From the Medieval to the Modern Further particulars are available on the Call for Papers. WHS Call for Papers June …
The 2016 Leah Leneman Essay Prize competition for an essay in Scottish women’s or gender history is now open! Full details are available on the poster below. Any questions about the competition and the prize should be directed to Deborah Simonton at dsimonton[at]sdu.dk. The deadline for entries is Monday the 16th of December 2016. Please …
Why commemorate the 1915 Rent Strike? One hundred years ago women in Glasgow were celebrating securing the Rent Restrictions Act, passed by Lloyd George in December 1915. This followed months of protest against the rent increases they had been subjected to by their landlords which had resulted in a rent strike. Similar strikes were organised …
Registration for the Annual Conference in Aberdeen is now open. Details of the programme, conference fee and how to register is below. The Sue Innes Memorial Lecture is free. Saturday 31 October 2015 St Nicholas Room, Town House, Aberdeen Tea & coffee will be available in the St Nicholas Room from 11am. 11.45: Lindy Moore …
Happy International Women’s Day! Here are some interesting links from around the interwebs: The history of International Women’s Day http://www.internationalwomensday.com/about.asp#.VPxHOHysWSp http://www.un.org/womenwatch/feature/iwd/history.html Events celebrating International Women’s Day http://womenslibrary.org.uk/event/march-of-women/ (This event has passed, but members of WHS were present – hopefully GWL will post pics from the event soon!) Why International Women’s Day is …
Women’s History Scotland Leah Leneman Essay Prize 2014 We are pleased to announce the winner and runner-up of the Leah Leneman Essay Prize for 2014. The winner is Alice Glaze, University of Guelph, with Lin Cunningham, University of Glasgow, as runner-up. The competition again saw a very strong competition and we would like to …
Women’s History Scotland Leah Leneman Essay Prize 2014 – Results! Read More »
Gender History Network Seminar, University of Edinburgh Wednesday 4 March 2015, 5.00-6.30pm Margaretta Jolly (University of Sussex) ‘The Sound of Feminist Memory’ Location: Room G.14, William Robertson Wing (University of Edinburgh), Teviot Place, Doorway 4.
The WHS 2014 Essay Prize will accept submissions until Friday the 19th of December 2014. Please see the following poster for details and particulars. Essay prize poster 2014
