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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837
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Multi-disciplinary international group promoting the study of women and gender in the early modern period and long eighteenth century.
https://womensstudiesgroup.org/
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Hello, friends! We've made a starter pack.

Please give us a nudge if you're a WSG member, colleague, book contributor, or a speaker past or present. We're keen to put our lovely community in touch with each other here.

We've started small, so come back and check as we grow!

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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
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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 — The Newark Museum of Art
November 17, 2023 ‑ January 2, 2028
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October 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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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
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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
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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
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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
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
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
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
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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
September 11, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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!
August 25, 2025 at 2:41 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
August 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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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...
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
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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
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
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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
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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
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#ArtHerstory has published the "New Books about #WomenArtists" book round-up for Q2, 2025! Visit this link for a list of recently published monographs and exhibition catalogs, as well as books for young readers: artherstory.net/new-books-ab...

#NewBooksAboutWomenArtists
July 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
This looks great! Fantastic to see funding for travel bursaries for PGR & ECRs. Please share the CFP with your network.
RRR Journal is now accepting abstracts for our 2026 Conference! I’m thrilled to be hosting at my home institution as the journal's incoming Editor in Chief.

With generous BAVS funding, we’re also offering travel bursaries up to £100 for eligible PGR & ECR delegates.

📅 Abstract Deadline: 22 Sept
July 24, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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The next volume in the Camden Series of scholarly editions of primary sources for historians is 'The Holograph Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541)', edited by Helen Newsome-Chandler.

This volume will be published in print and online @universitypress.cambridge.org in August 2/2
June 24, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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📣 Call for Papers: WHS Conference 2025!
🗓️ 13 Sept | 📍 Glasgow | 🧾 Deadline: 1 July

Join us for New Directions in Women’s and Gender History in Scotland—our first in-person conference since 2019!

🔗 Info + submission form: womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

Please share widely!
WHS Conference 2025 – Women's History Scotland
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May 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
This is an incredible offer to join the BSECS conference online - please share with your colleagues (you do not need to be a PGR/ECR to attend)
June 28, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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Did you know that the Recovery Hub offers free consultations on digital recovery projects? We're here to help you work through questions at any stage of your project, from early imaginings to the final product. #academicsky

Book a chat with a digital humanist!
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June 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Join us next Wednesday (25/6) 5:30-7:30 in person at the IHR and online for our final seminar of 2024-5 to hear David Turner ( Swansea University) present his paper ‘Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency & Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century’

@ihr.bsky.social

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Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century
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June 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
😍 Calling all Cavendish scholars! CFP below
June 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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We are very excited to share the CFP for the Margaret Cavendish Society Conference which will be held at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada, 17-19 June 2026!
Call For Papers: International Margaret Cavendish Society Conference 2026 17-19 June, Fredericton, Canada
Cavendish Conference PosterDownload Join us at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, Canada!
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June 4, 2025 at 4:47 PM