This month we hear from Elizabeth Ritchie who lectures at the Centre for History at the University of the Highlands and Islands. http://www.uhi.ac.uk/en/research-enterprise/cultural/centre-for-history/ Her particular interest is the social and cultural history of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century Highlands although she has recently been working on a project about Scottish emigrant women in rural …
Professor Lynn Abrams will be giving her Inaugural Lecture at the University of Glasgow on the 8th of May at 5.30pm. Please see the poster for booking information and directions *All Welcome* Lynn Abrams Inaugural Lecture
In the second Guest Blog post from Women’s History Scotland steering committee members, we welcome Lynn Abrams who talks about forthcoming events for those interested in women’s history and recent successes of Women’s History Scotland members. In the last few weeks I have been regretting agreeing to present quite so many papers on various aspects …
Happy Women’s History Month to all members and potential members of Women’s History Scotland! We hope you have a great month filled with exciting events on women’s history (plug: see the Dundee Women’s Festival, the Dundee Science Festival for info!) and with great bounds forward in women’s history research!
http://www.dundeeartscafe.co.uk/ An additional event which will be of interest to Women’s History Scotland members is a talk by Dr Esther Breitenbach, University of Edinburgh, at a Dundee Arts Cafe event at the cafe in McManus Galleries, Dundee on Tuesday the 4th of March 2014 between 6 and 7pm. The event is free and there is …
Rosi Carr, WHS Steering Committee member has now published her long-awaited book with Edinburgh University Press. It is available to buy through Amazon at http://www.amazon.co.uk/Enlightenment-Eighteenth-century-Scotland-Historical-Monographs/dp/0748646426/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1392402852&sr=8-1&keywords=rosalind+carr Rosi’s book will be launched in Glasgow on May the 12th 2014 and will be presented by Jane Rendall. Details to follow.
Please see below for information about an event which will be of interest to WHS members as part of the Women’s Festival in Dundee in March. It sees presentations by WHS Convener Alison McCall, previous essay prize winner Nel Whiting, and PhD student Fiona MacHugh give presentations on their work. This is accompanied by a …
Once a month for the coming year and hopefully beyond, WHS will have a guest blogger write a post about themselves and their work. Kicking us off is Alison McCall, our newly elected Convener who tells us about herself, her research and her relationship to Women’s History Scotland. She looks forward to the coming year …
The Mapping Memorials to Women project reached their 400th memorial at the end of December. It is expected that many more memorials will be mapped in the coming year. See http://womenofscotland.org.uk/ On Twitter @womenofscotland
A new book has been published on women’s history in Scotland. See below for details: Lilo Paral, Durchs Land der Schottinnen (Through the Country of Scotswomen) This handy guide provides self guided tours throughout Scotland focusing on notable Scottish women, many of whom are featured in the Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women. Lilo’s book …
