Women's Studies Group 1558-1837
@wsguk.bsky.social
Multi-disciplinary international group promoting the study of women and gender in the early modern period and long eighteenth century.
https://womensstudiesgroup.org/
Seminars | Workshops | Outings | Bursary Scheme | Mentoring | Newsletter | Reading Group
https://womensstudiesgroup.org/
Seminars | Workshops | Outings | Bursary Scheme | Mentoring | Newsletter | Reading Group
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Check out our Free Online Resources page for #FamilyHistory, including the England's Immigrants 1330-1550 database www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/free-online-...
January 21, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Check out our Free Online Resources page for #FamilyHistory, including the England's Immigrants 1330-1550 database www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/free-online-...
We're excited to be hosting our second skills workshop this coming Saturday as part of our new Support Network programme.
@saralread.bsky.social will be presenting Top 10 Tips to Producing Quick and Succinct PowerPoint Presentations for Conferences
Saturday 24th January 2026, 10am-12 noon (GMT)
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@saralread.bsky.social will be presenting Top 10 Tips to Producing Quick and Succinct PowerPoint Presentations for Conferences
Saturday 24th January 2026, 10am-12 noon (GMT)
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January 19, 2026 at 2:50 PM
We're excited to be hosting our second skills workshop this coming Saturday as part of our new Support Network programme.
@saralread.bsky.social will be presenting Top 10 Tips to Producing Quick and Succinct PowerPoint Presentations for Conferences
Saturday 24th January 2026, 10am-12 noon (GMT)
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@saralread.bsky.social will be presenting Top 10 Tips to Producing Quick and Succinct PowerPoint Presentations for Conferences
Saturday 24th January 2026, 10am-12 noon (GMT)
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Our first seminar of 2026 is taking place today! We have four great speakers:
Stephen Spiess: "Allegory and Violence: The Epistemology of the Whore in the Early Modern Visual Arts."
Gillian Beattie-Smith: Creating women’s literary identities: the Tour of Scotland. /1 of 3
Stephen Spiess: "Allegory and Violence: The Epistemology of the Whore in the Early Modern Visual Arts."
Gillian Beattie-Smith: Creating women’s literary identities: the Tour of Scotland. /1 of 3
January 15, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Our first seminar of 2026 is taking place today! We have four great speakers:
Stephen Spiess: "Allegory and Violence: The Epistemology of the Whore in the Early Modern Visual Arts."
Gillian Beattie-Smith: Creating women’s literary identities: the Tour of Scotland. /1 of 3
Stephen Spiess: "Allegory and Violence: The Epistemology of the Whore in the Early Modern Visual Arts."
Gillian Beattie-Smith: Creating women’s literary identities: the Tour of Scotland. /1 of 3
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Beginning a year of celebrating The Women's Library first 100 years! @fotwl.bsky.social @whaireland.bsky.social @wsguk.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @ifrwh.bsky.social @ihrwomen.bsky.social @historyworkshop.org.uk @jwomenshistory.bsky.social @catholicrs.bsky.social @achahistory.bsky.social
January 14, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Beginning a year of celebrating The Women's Library first 100 years! @fotwl.bsky.social @whaireland.bsky.social @wsguk.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @ifrwh.bsky.social @ihrwomen.bsky.social @historyworkshop.org.uk @jwomenshistory.bsky.social @catholicrs.bsky.social @achahistory.bsky.social
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Did you publish a book about or adjacent to #Shakespeare since the 2024 meeting of @saaupdates.bsky.social? Please fill out this Google form to provide information about your book and join us for a celebration at #Shax2026 in Denver on Friday, 4/3, from 10:30-11am. forms.gle/aTKJdQZniypr...
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January 6, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Did you publish a book about or adjacent to #Shakespeare since the 2024 meeting of @saaupdates.bsky.social? Please fill out this Google form to provide information about your book and join us for a celebration at #Shax2026 in Denver on Friday, 4/3, from 10:30-11am. forms.gle/aTKJdQZniypr...
Our deadline is approaching! A reminder that you have until Monday 15 December to apply for our £750 bursary. Good luck everyone!
📢Funding announcement! Applications for our bursary are now open (deadline 15 December 2025). £750 for ECRs, indie scholars or PhD students working on any aspect of women's studies in the period 1558 to 1837. Full details available on our website:
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
WSG Bursary Scheme
Applications for 2025-2026 open on 1 November 2025 WSG is offering a bursary of £750 to an early career researcher*, independent scholar or PhD student who is a member of the WSG. The bursary is in…
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December 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Our deadline is approaching! A reminder that you have until Monday 15 December to apply for our £750 bursary. Good luck everyone!
Only a few more days to go until our next in-person seminar at the Foundling Museum, London! It's free for all to attend, you'll receive a warm welcome, and find out about some fascinating women in history. Please share with anyone who might be interested in coming along! We have 3 speakers: /1
December 3, 2025 at 10:56 AM
Only a few more days to go until our next in-person seminar at the Foundling Museum, London! It's free for all to attend, you'll receive a warm welcome, and find out about some fascinating women in history. Please share with anyone who might be interested in coming along! We have 3 speakers: /1
There's still time to apply for our £750 bursary! Deadline is 15 December. Please share!
📢Funding announcement! Applications for our bursary are now open (deadline 15 December 2025). £750 for ECRs, indie scholars or PhD students working on any aspect of women's studies in the period 1558 to 1837. Full details available on our website:
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
WSG Bursary Scheme
Applications for 2025-2026 open on 1 November 2025 WSG is offering a bursary of £750 to an early career researcher*, independent scholar or PhD student who is a member of the WSG. The bursary is in…
womensstudiesgroup.org
December 2, 2025 at 10:54 AM
There's still time to apply for our £750 bursary! Deadline is 15 December. Please share!
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Research funding opportunity! This is an excellent bursary for those working on any aspect of women's studies - it's designed for those who need it most (ECRs, indie scholars, PhDs). Do check out the details at @wsguk.bsky.social and apply!
📢Funding announcement! Applications for our bursary are now open (deadline 15 December 2025). £750 for ECRs, indie scholars or PhD students working on any aspect of women's studies in the period 1558 to 1837. Full details available on our website:
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
WSG Bursary Scheme
Applications for 2025-2026 open on 1 November 2025 WSG is offering a bursary of £750 to an early career researcher*, independent scholar or PhD student who is a member of the WSG. The bursary is in…
womensstudiesgroup.org
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Research funding opportunity! This is an excellent bursary for those working on any aspect of women's studies - it's designed for those who need it most (ECRs, indie scholars, PhDs). Do check out the details at @wsguk.bsky.social and apply!
📢Funding announcement! Applications for our bursary are now open (deadline 15 December 2025). £750 for ECRs, indie scholars or PhD students working on any aspect of women's studies in the period 1558 to 1837. Full details available on our website:
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
WSG Bursary Scheme
Applications for 2025-2026 open on 1 November 2025 WSG is offering a bursary of £750 to an early career researcher*, independent scholar or PhD student who is a member of the WSG. The bursary is in…
womensstudiesgroup.org
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 PM
📢Funding announcement! Applications for our bursary are now open (deadline 15 December 2025). £750 for ECRs, indie scholars or PhD students working on any aspect of women's studies in the period 1558 to 1837. Full details available on our website:
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/
#funding #ECR #PhD
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Today is the final day to submit proposals for our next conference in May 2026 - email submissions to pstearns@gmu.edu and join us next year in Arizona!
Important news! We have extended our Call for Papers to 15 October - so if you were interested in submitting a proposal but didn't make the first deadline, now is your chance ✨ Email proposals to pstearns@gmu.edu so you can join us for our 4th biennial conference in May 2026 - & please share widely!
The Call for Papers for our next biennial conference is now open! Submit your proposals by 1 October 2025 so you can join us at the University of Arizona in Phoenix/Tempe, Arizona on 22-23 May 2026. More information can be found at the link below ✨
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October 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Today is the final day to submit proposals for our next conference in May 2026 - email submissions to pstearns@gmu.edu and join us next year in Arizona!
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Now on at the Newark Museum of Art -
Stay: The Black Women of 19th‑Century Newark
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Stay: The Black Women of 19th‑Century Newark
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Stay: The Black Women of 19th-Century Newark — The Newark Museum of Art
November 17, 2023 ‑ January 2, 2028
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October 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Now on at the Newark Museum of Art -
Stay: The Black Women of 19th‑Century Newark
newarkmuseumart.org/exhibition/s...
Stay: The Black Women of 19th‑Century Newark
newarkmuseumart.org/exhibition/s...
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We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:
September 30, 2025 at 5:09 PM
We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:
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Our fall 2025 issue is out! Featuring three articles, a forum on women in wartime, a review essay, a performance review, two exhibition reviews, and 22 book reviews www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/emw/curr... #EarlyModern
Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal | Vol 20, No 1
Of all published articles, the following were the most read.
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September 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Our fall 2025 issue is out! Featuring three articles, a forum on women in wartime, a review essay, a performance review, two exhibition reviews, and 22 book reviews www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/emw/curr... #EarlyModern
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Great list - we are pleased to see entries for shows about Edmonia Lewis, Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, Michaelina Wautier & more!
For a longer list of upcoming shows on these and other historic #womenartists - see
Museum Exhibitions about Historic Women Artists: 2025
artherstory.net/museum-exhib...
For a longer list of upcoming shows on these and other historic #womenartists - see
Museum Exhibitions about Historic Women Artists: 2025
artherstory.net/museum-exhib...
Historic Women Artists | 2025 Museum Exhibitions
This post lists current and upcoming museum shows that focus on women artists of past centuries, which will be on view during 2025
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October 7, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Great list - we are pleased to see entries for shows about Edmonia Lewis, Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, Michaelina Wautier & more!
For a longer list of upcoming shows on these and other historic #womenartists - see
Museum Exhibitions about Historic Women Artists: 2025
artherstory.net/museum-exhib...
For a longer list of upcoming shows on these and other historic #womenartists - see
Museum Exhibitions about Historic Women Artists: 2025
artherstory.net/museum-exhib...
It's this weekend! Our seminar series begins this Saturday afternoon, 4 October, in London. Come and join us - you'll receive a warm welcome and enjoy 3 great papers from Julia Hamilton, @pilarbotias.bsky.social and @georgianfun.bsky.social
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October 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It's this weekend! Our seminar series begins this Saturday afternoon, 4 October, in London. Come and join us - you'll receive a warm welcome and enjoy 3 great papers from Julia Hamilton, @pilarbotias.bsky.social and @georgianfun.bsky.social
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We have so much news to share, but first and foremost - our new seminar series kicks off on the 4 October! We'll be at our usual venue at The Foundling Museum with some amazing speakers. Please share: womensstudiesgroup.org/2025/09/17/u...
Upcoming in-person seminar at Foundling Museum, Saturday 4th October, 2025.
We have an upcoming seminar taking place on Saturday 4th October, 2025. In-Person: Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ, Saturday 13.00 for 13:30 – 16:30, British Summer Time (G…
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September 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
We have so much news to share, but first and foremost - our new seminar series kicks off on the 4 October! We'll be at our usual venue at The Foundling Museum with some amazing speakers. Please share: womensstudiesgroup.org/2025/09/17/u...
WSG member Karen Hearn is taking part in the George Villiers Study Day at Melton Carnegie Museum this Thursday 18 September. She will be one of five leading authors & academics discussing the eventful life & portraiture of the 1st Duke of Buckingham. leicestershirecollections.org.uk/villiers-rev...
George Villiers Study Day
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September 16, 2025 at 8:54 PM
WSG member Karen Hearn is taking part in the George Villiers Study Day at Melton Carnegie Museum this Thursday 18 September. She will be one of five leading authors & academics discussing the eventful life & portraiture of the 1st Duke of Buckingham. leicestershirecollections.org.uk/villiers-rev...
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The Royal Historical Society welcomes Fellowship applications from historians working in higher education and other sectors, as well as independent researchers.
Fellows make original contributions to historical understanding via research, public history and heritage bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians 1/2
Fellows make original contributions to historical understanding via research, public history and heritage bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians 1/2
September 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
The Royal Historical Society welcomes Fellowship applications from historians working in higher education and other sectors, as well as independent researchers.
Fellows make original contributions to historical understanding via research, public history and heritage bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians 1/2
Fellows make original contributions to historical understanding via research, public history and heritage bit.ly/4iOu51g #Skystorians 1/2
Another fascinating essay collection edited by WSG member @juliepeakman.bsky.social - available at a discounted rate for a short period. If you're interested in travel and gender in the eighteenth century, please check it out!
Another great offer - you can also get 30% off this new(ish) book edited by the wonderful @juliepeakman.bsky.social. I have a chapter in this collection titled 'Touring Switzerland with Helen Maria Williams'.
@penandswordbooks.bsky.social
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Travellers in Eighteenth Century Europe
Travellers in Eighteenth-Century Europe is an edited collection with contributions by leading scholars brought together by a prolific author with expertise in eighteenth-century culture. The…
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August 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Another fascinating essay collection edited by WSG member @juliepeakman.bsky.social - available at a discounted rate for a short period. If you're interested in travel and gender in the eighteenth century, please check it out!
Need a holiday read? This edited collection showcases the research of our members, and is perfect for anyone with a passion for women's history. #womenshist #womensstudies
Interested in women's history? I had the pleasure of editing this book with @saralread.bsky.social, Carolyn Williams & Felicity Roberts for the 30th anniversary of @wsguk.bsky.social. It's currently 30% off with @penandswordbooks.bsky.social
See: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Exploring-th... 1/2
See: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Exploring-th... 1/2
Exploring the Lives of Women, 1558–1837
'Exploring the Lives of Women, 1558-1837' is an engaging and lively collection of original, thought-provoking essays. Its route from Lady Jane Grey’s nine-day reign to…
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August 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Need a holiday read? This edited collection showcases the research of our members, and is perfect for anyone with a passion for women's history. #womenshist #womensstudies
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👋 Greetings from the NeMLA WGS Caucus! Follow us if you'd like to see CFPs for women's and gender studies, info about our conference events, and updates on our member opportunities (like our mentorship program and essay prize).
Learn more about us at www.nemla.org/areas/caucus...
Learn more about us at www.nemla.org/areas/caucus...
Women's & Gender Studies Caucus
The NeMLA Women’s and Gender Studies Caucus welcomes members interested in feminist scholarship, women’s and gender studies, and the status of women in the profession at all stages of thei...
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August 14, 2025 at 5:24 PM
👋 Greetings from the NeMLA WGS Caucus! Follow us if you'd like to see CFPs for women's and gender studies, info about our conference events, and updates on our member opportunities (like our mentorship program and essay prize).
Learn more about us at www.nemla.org/areas/caucus...
Learn more about us at www.nemla.org/areas/caucus...
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Vacancy with the Royal Historical Society: Membership and Office Administrator bit.ly/46TgZNA
We look to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator (0.8 FTE) to join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £31,904 pro rata. Closing date Monday 8 September #Skystorians
We look to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator (0.8 FTE) to join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £31,904 pro rata. Closing date Monday 8 September #Skystorians
Vacancy: the Society seeks to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator - RHS
The Royal Historical Society seeks to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator (0.8 FTE) to join its professional Office based at University College London. The post will help support and develop...
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August 12, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Vacancy with the Royal Historical Society: Membership and Office Administrator bit.ly/46TgZNA
We look to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator (0.8 FTE) to join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £31,904 pro rata. Closing date Monday 8 September #Skystorians
We look to appoint a Membership and Office Administrator (0.8 FTE) to join our professional Office to help us support history and historians. £31,904 pro rata. Closing date Monday 8 September #Skystorians
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Delighted to receive these beauties in the mail today: the newly paperbacked volumes of The Cambridge History of the Gothic that I co-edited with @dalegothic96.bsky.social and @catherinespooner.bsky.social for @universitypress.cambridge.org
August 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Delighted to receive these beauties in the mail today: the newly paperbacked volumes of The Cambridge History of the Gothic that I co-edited with @dalegothic96.bsky.social and @catherinespooner.bsky.social for @universitypress.cambridge.org
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Are you a Phd student? Do you work on American women writers? Would you like to receive mentorship from some of the foremost specialists in the field? If yes, read below! ⬇️ ✨ 1/3
July 8, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Are you a Phd student? Do you work on American women writers? Would you like to receive mentorship from some of the foremost specialists in the field? If yes, read below! ⬇️ ✨ 1/3