Women's History Seminar

Description

The Women's History Seminar was founded in 1986 to provide a venue for papers on the history of women in particular, and of gender more broadly. It meets regularly through the academic year at the Institute of Historical Research and online, and is attended by UK and visiting academics, postgraduate students and the wider public. Papers range from the ancient world to the modern, from the local to the global, and deal with all corners of the globe, taking a wide range of approaches, from the political and social meanings of the suffragette to the lives of both medieval and modern nuns. Speakers investigate the ways gender interacts with other factors, particularly race and class, to explore the experience of women from the factory floor to the milking parlour to the milliner's shop, and the history of masculinity and the way men's lives are affected by gender norms are also addressed. Its convenors come from several universities and include the Director of the Institute of Historical Research.

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Founding year

1986

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University of London
London