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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/ Seminars | Workshops | Outings | Bursary Scheme | Mentoring | Newsletter | Reading Group
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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · Nov 18
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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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 1d
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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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 7d
Subjects covered in our seminar this weekend
at The Foundling Museum include Anna of Denmark, Margaret Cavendish and Elizabeth Inchbald. Full details including abstracts are on our website: womensstudiesgroup.org/seminars/ Please share with anyone who may be interested! 2/
Seminars
2025 – 2026 programme The group has two kinds of meeting for seminars. In-person seminar meetings. These take place at the Foundling Museum, 40 Brunswick Square, WC1N 1AZ, UK, on Saturday afternoon…
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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 7d
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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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 21d
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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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 22d
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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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 27d
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
Image of badges 'Trust Me I'm a Historian' with the caption: Fellowship of the Royal Historical Society We warmly welcome applications to join the Fellowship. Fellowship recognizes the scholarly contribution of historians working in all sectors of professional history or as independent scholars. Next closing dates: 13 October and 15 December 2025
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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · Aug 25
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!
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Louise Duckling @louiseduckling.bsky.social · Aug 25
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'.
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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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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · Aug 25
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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Louise Duckling @louiseduckling.bsky.social · Aug 25
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
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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Women's and Gender Studies Caucus at NeMLA @nemlawgsc.bsky.social · Aug 14
👋 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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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Aug 12
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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Angela Wright @angelawright1794.bsky.social · Aug 5
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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Legacy: A Journal of American Women Writers @legacy1984.bsky.social · Jul 8
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
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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · Jul 29
#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
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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · Jul 24
This looks great! Fantastic to see funding for travel bursaries for PGR & ECRs. Please share the CFP with your network.
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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · Jul 22
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
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Zoe Thomas @zoethomas.bsky.social · Jul 2
Call for Papers, please share! “Power Couples? Collaborations at work and at home, c.1750-1914” workshop to be held at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany 11-13 May 2026. Deadline for expression of interest 1 Sep 2025. Please see more info in the attached & email me if any questions.
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · Jun 24
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
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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · May 29
📣 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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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · Jun 28
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)
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Dr Rachel Bynoth @rachelbynoth.bsky.social · Jun 23
We are offering an online offer for the PGR/ECR @bsecs.bsky.social conference 30th-31st July to anyone who wants to join us! For just £10 you can join all paper panels + the keynote across the two days live via Zoom. To sign up register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
BSECS PG/ECR Conference 2025 Online Registration
We look forward to welcoming you online in July! The online conference registration fee is £10, which can be paid below via PayPal. The deadline for registrations is 23rd July 2025. Please note, this ...
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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · Jun 17
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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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · Jun 19
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’

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Histories of Resistance: Disability, Agency and Embodiment in the Long Eighteenth Century
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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · Jun 4
😍 Calling all Cavendish scholars! CFP below
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International Margaret Cavendish Society @marcavsociety.bsky.social · Jun 4
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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International Margaret Cavendish Society @marcavsociety.bsky.social · Jun 4
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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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · Jun 2
Call for Papers for 100th issue of HWJ! Please share with your networks.
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History Workshop @historyworkshop.org.uk · May 28
📣 Call for participants 📣

Have you ever used any History Workshop Journal articles in your teaching practice?

We’d love to hear from you for the 100th issue of HWJ!

Please let us know by sending an email or feel free to DM.
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Naomi Baker @drnaomibaker.bsky.social · May 31
Thank you @seventydys.bsky.social for being a wonderful editor!
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David Hayden @seventydys.bsky.social · May 31
It was a pleasure and an illumination editing @drnaomibaker.bsky.social’s book Voices of Thunder: Radical Religious Women of the Seventeenth Century. Superb use of some of the earliest autobiographical writing in English. Pub October @reaktionbooks.bsky.social reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/voices-...
VOICES THUNDER Radical Religious Women of the Seventeenth Century NAOMI BAKER
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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · May 29
Join us on the 26 June to celebrate the online publication of Interviews with Historians and a new podcast: A Historian’s Life.

The event will be followed by the opening of the Interviews exhibition in the IHR Common Room.

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