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carolinederry.bsky.social
The 1921 census required every household to identify a 'head' - assumed to be a husband - but it offered no way to record same-sex relationships. So how did women and gender non- conforming people record their lives? Often subversively, as some examples show 🧵 (1/6)

#LGBTplusHM
#lgbthm26
February 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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fotwl.bsky.social
Our next hybrid talk is on 19 Feb at 2.30pm at LSE Library. Henrietta McBurney's talk is 'Christiana Herringham: suffragist and suffragist patron'. For those in person, there will be a chance to see some of the banners designed by Mary Lowndes. To come, email [email protected]
February 2, 2026 at 10:14 AM
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rlspang.bsky.social
It's not good for my spine, my carbon footprint, or many other things, but I am making an insanely fast trip to London and back so I can be there at the Launch Party for HWJ 100 (cc @historyworkshop.org.uk ) at Birkbeck on Saturday at 2:00 local time. www.historyworkshop.org.uk/podcast/work...
Working Collectively Then and Now
How did History Workshop Journal's editorial collective sustain its commitment to radical history over fifty tumultuous years? Sally Alexander and Jeffrey Weeks discuss.
www.historyworkshop.org.uk
January 30, 2026 at 4:58 AM
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echistsoc.bsky.social
Registration is open for the 2026 EHS Conference, which will celebrate the Society’s 100th anniversary!

To be held at the Cheng Kin Ku (CKK) building, London School of Economics, 10 – 12 April.

The Early Bird Registration Fee applies until 11 February,
£120 for Members and £145 for Non-Members.
January 13, 2026 at 1:42 PM
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leverhulme.ac.uk
From the contribution of the Global South to the development of human rights to making history: writing Scotland’s post-reformation, the Trust Board awards twenty-seven fellowships for research in the humanities and social sciences. www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/major-r...
Black background with gold swirls. Twenty-seven fellowships awarded to researchers in the humanities and social sciences to complete a piece of original research. Leverhulme Trust logo and URL leverhulme.ac.uk/news.
January 13, 2026 at 10:26 AM
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artherstory.bsky.social
New acquisition!

Announced by Musée d'Orsay -
Emma Schlangenhausen et Hilde van Exner, 1904, deux panneaux décoratifs
www.musee-orsay.fr/fr/magazine/...
Two vertically narrow decorative mixed-media panels. From the museum's social media posts about the acquisition: "These two panels were created in the context of the Vienna Secession, a legendary hub of artistic renewal at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The movement was multidisciplinary and embraced the concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk, or total work of art. ... Sometimes referred to as “Adolescence,” the panels ... refer to the iconographic tradition of Adam and Eve tasting the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. However, this tradition is subverted and takes on a more profane dimension, with diffuse symbolism, echoing the “Ver Sacrum” (sacred spring) of the Secession."
January 21, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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womenshistnet.bsky.social
📣 Call for Papers!

Join us for the Women’s History Network Annual Conference, celebrating 100 years of The Women’s Library.

Open to scholars, independent researchers & heritage practitioners.

Full info: womenshistorynetwork.org/whn-annual-c...

Deadline: 29 March 2026

#WomensHistory #GenderHist
January 22, 2026 at 11:07 AM
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naomipaxton.bsky.social
4 yrs ago today I found the script for this 1911 jujitsuffragette sketch in the LC Plays at the BL! Great to have the moves and the dialogue, plus an Edwardian expression of exasperation: “Oh cheese it!”

This year it’ll be published for the first time in my upcoming co-edited anthology with MUP 💪
A black and white picture of two actors in 1911 mid ju-jitsu move.
January 6, 2026 at 5:41 PM
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ihrwomen.bsky.social
Join us live at the IHR and online. Free registration: tinyurl.com/24pxj5we
@lauragowing.bsky.social @clairelanghamer.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social @carmenmangion.bsky.social @dralanagharris.bsky.social @harkaway1.bsky.social @womenshistoryrev.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 6:36 PM
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annefhlogan.bsky.social
I am very happy to have contributed a chapter to this new collection on women legal historians. Congratulations to the editors for compiling so many interesting-sounding hapters. I am looking forward to reading the others.
January 18, 2026 at 5:46 PM
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carolinederry.bsky.social
It's published! Histories of women legal historians, edited with @loreldridge.bsky.social and @dremilyireland.bsky.social

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/celebrati...
Copies of Celebrating Women in Legal History, edited by Lorren Eldridge, Emily Ireland and Caroline Derry. The blue and purple cover shows a door opening onto bookshelves. Table of contents, showing chapters by Jennifer Aston, Christine Anne George, Anne Logan, Lisa Cowan, Nina Krsljanin, and Valentina Cvetkovic-Dordevic. Table of contents, showing chapters by Maria Fletcher, Charlie Peevers, Seonaid Stevenson-McCabe, and Deborah Siddoway.
January 16, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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carolinederry.bsky.social
It was a joy to present at this fantastic conference.
caitbeaumont.bsky.social Caitríona Beaumont @caitbeaumont.bsky.social · 20d
Very insightful paper by @carolinederry.bsky.social here at @fotwl.bsky.social event to celebrate 💯 of @lselibrary.bsky.social #WomensLibrary on legal campaigns & debates around the age of consent & equal moral standard. Intersections with class, gender, age & sexuality highlighted are fascinating.
January 14, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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caitbeaumont.bsky.social
Very insightful paper by @carolinederry.bsky.social here at @fotwl.bsky.social event to celebrate 💯 of @lselibrary.bsky.social #WomensLibrary on legal campaigns & debates around the age of consent & equal moral standard. Intersections with class, gender, age & sexuality highlighted are fascinating.
January 14, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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caitbeaumont.bsky.social
Wonderful end to a great day celebrating 💯 #WomensLibrary at @lselibrary.bsky.social @fotwl.bsky.social with Sally Alexander & Mary Evans reflecting on their interactions with its collections & archivists. It shaped their scholarship & feminism & this in turn influenced those coming in their wake.
January 14, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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caitbeaumont.bsky.social
Interesting re-appraisal of concept & use of militancy by female activists post suffrage in Britain with focus on Six Point Group by @kellybosomworth.bsky.social here at @fotwl.bsky.social event celebrating 💯 #WomensLibrary. Six Point Group archive is held at @lselibrary.bsky.social #WomensLibrary
January 14, 2026 at 11:43 AM
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caitbeaumont.bsky.social
So lovely to be here at @lselibrary.bsky.social for @fotwl.bsky.social celebration of 100 years of #WomensLibrary. Anne Summers is giving a great history of the library including shout out to David Doughan who has helped so many historians of women in their work over the years, including me ❤️.
January 14, 2026 at 11:06 AM
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zoethomas.bsky.social
Fantastic looking online conference all about the history of motherhood - and including cutting edge new research by FIVE current history PhD researchers from @mbsbirmingham.bsky.social
voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social Voices of Motherhood @voicesofmotherhood.bsky.social · Dec 11
We are delighted to share the programme for our upcoming conference!

We will be running fourteen panels across two days in early February - all online and open to everyone 😊 please see our website for more details on speakers, panels and how to book.
‘The Politics of Motherhood: Maternalism, Maternity and Mothering’ Conference Programme – Voices of Motherhood
voicesofmotherhood.wp.worc.ac.uk
January 13, 2026 at 9:58 AM
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bowensociety.bsky.social
Proposals invited: special issue: *Feminist Modernist Exiles*, to show how women’s ongoing experiences of transnational, transcultural, and translingual experiences in voluntary and involuntary exile continue to generate new forms of feminist modernism.
Info: phyllisl @ northwestern .edu
January 13, 2026 at 8:44 AM
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whitproject.bsky.social
The list of SIXTY-SIX UN and other International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties from which the United Stated is about to withdraw...

www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Withdrawing the United States from International Organizations, Conventions, and Treaties that Are Contrary to the Interests of the United States
MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United
www.whitehouse.gov
January 8, 2026 at 10:05 AM
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womenshistoryrev.bsky.social
#OpenAcess so spread the word! The article 'Harriet Martineau and her Wars of Opinion' by Petros Spanou doi-org.may.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/0961...
October 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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francescatinti.bsky.social
There is time to apply until 30
January for this opportunity sponsored by Early Medieval Europe to spend one month at the British School in Rome
bsrome.bsky.social British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · Oct 2
📣 BSR / Early Medieval Europe Fellowship – Call for Applications!

Are you a PhD student or early career researcher in early medieval European history?
Apply now!

⏳ Deadline: 30 January 2026
More info here: bsr.ac.uk/awards-resid...
January 7, 2026 at 9:02 AM
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womanssphere.bsky.social
I'll be telling how the treasures of the Women's Library collections have provided 50 of the objects I discuss in my forthcoming book, 'The British Women's Suffrage Movement in 100 Objects: a material history', forthcoming from Bloomsbury in July (£24.99). No such book could be compiled without TWL
fotwl.bsky.social Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social · 29d
Join us for a free one-day conference on 14 January at the Shaw Library, LSE, to mark 100 years of The Women's Library. Speakers include Sally Alexander, Elizabeth Crawford, Caroline Derry, Clara Jones and Carmen Mangion.

Email [email protected] if you'd like to come.
fotwl.bsky.social Friends of The Women's Library @fotwl.bsky.social · 29d
Thanks Carmen. Look forward to seeing you!
January 5, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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carolinederry.bsky.social
I'm excited to have a chapter about the Wolfenden Report in this open access book.
#LegalHistory
January 6, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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momoulton.bsky.social
Applications now open. Find out more at birmingham.ac.uk/gender-ma
MA in Gender and Sexuality. Black text on white background with photograph of two students. Text reads: 1st in the UK for graduate recruits, 63rd in the world for Arts and Humanities. Engage with urgent conversations around difference and equality and connect your research to challenges in contemporary society. Learn from leading researchers in areas such as queer and trans studies, feminist legal research, gender in arts and history.
January 6, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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vaginamuseum.bsky.social
This spring, we've teamed up with Open University to examine feminism, gender and justice within law, theatre and the humanities at our inaugural Fanniversary conference. We want to hear your proposals for papers, lectures, performances, workshops and more. www.vaginamuseum.co.uk/fanniversary...
Call for papers, performances, facilitators. Fannyversary conference 2026. Feminism, gender and justice in an increasingly reactionary world. Deadline: February 6 2026. Details on our website.
January 6, 2026 at 11:13 AM