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Chloe Challender

@chloechallender.bsky.social
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House of Commons Clerk | PhD University of Warwick | legal, women's, sexualities and gender history. All views my own. Also: 📚 🏊‍♀️🌿 🎶

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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
I took part in this last year and it was a brilliant opportunity to share work in progress, and get very helpful feedback from a great set of people.
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Brilliant trip to Barbadian Parliament and archives. Thanks to the staff of both.. and the white sand beaches for the holiday time after!
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Excited to be in Newcastle for the Broken Bonds conference at Northumbria organised by @drjenniferaston.bsky.social. I’ll be talking history of legislation with ref to parliamentary divorce alongside brilliant speakers and Lady Hale’s keynote.
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
2025 was the year I fell seriously into a American West historical reading hole (esp those books feat interesting women). No regrets.
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Pleased to see my article published today!
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
After the hard work that goes into a peer-reviewed article, very pleased to be in print today! Come for the constructions of women’s sexuality in the 19th century Lords; stay for new diary source on the hidden attic from which women watched the Commons below onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Ringside seat? Women's modes of entry to the early 19th‐century parliament
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Looking forward to joining these excellent women shortly to talk about my PhD.
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Looking forward to joining this great group of women to give a talk on my PhD at the Institute of Historical Research this Friday. See below for how to register.
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Enjoying @hallierubenhold.bsky.social intimate histories podcasts www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Intimate Histories by Hallie Rubenhold - 1. Peopled History - BBC Sounds
Hallie Rubenhold challenges the ideas of what history is and the stories it can tell.
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Looking forward to my article being published in Parliamentary History’s October issue!
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Brilliant writers’ workshop at Gladstone’s Library with @tabithalambertb.bsky.social and Warwick, Birmingham and Coventry historians @gladlib.bsky.social
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Thanks @kathrynrix.bsky.social ! Looking forward also to discussing Professional Women in Parliament’s history shortly @womenshistnet.bsky.social conference.
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Looking forward to talking about the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885 later at this event organised by @carolinederry.bsky.social and @drcisme.bsky.social - lots of fascinating speakers.
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Was so pleased to get the chance to read and review ‘Deserted Wives’, a fascinating exploration of this corner of legal history by @drjenniferaston.bsky.social. Highly recommend!
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Enjoyed presenting at the Warwick postgrad conference today. Credit to @brendantam.bsky.social and other organisers!
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Thanks @seththevoz.bsky.social. This was definitely an interesting one!
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Happy to have co-authored the chapter in this book on ‘Women in the House of Commons’. Thanks to eds @ameakin.bsky.social @estrangeirada.bsky.social @louisevthompson.bsky.social and co-authors Rosie Campbell @jess-smith.bsky.social @profsarahchilds.bsky.social
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Thanks to you also, @brendantam.bsky.social and our brilliant speakers - what an enriching day
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Warwick History Postgraduates @warwickhistorypgs.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Great to see @brendantam.bsky.social and @chloechallender.bsky.social, two PhDs from our PG community, successfully organised a conference that saw scholars from across the UK attend.
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
Thanks for highlighting this Friday’s conference @ichrpi.bsky.social - and you are right! Thanks to @emeccwarwick.bsky.social and @histparl.bsky.social for funding
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Excited to be co-organising this conference with @brendantam.bsky.social on 14 March. Thanks to @histparl.bsky.social and @emeccwarwick.bsky.social for funding us. Registration details via the link
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Delighted to be awarded proxime accessit for my article on women in the early 19th century Parliament, drawing on my PhD research @warwickhistorypgs.bsky.social Congratulations to Sarah Moxey!
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 16/10/2024
Great to be back to talk @NottsPolitics for the first time since studying here
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 19/09/2024
Having a wonderful week at the Warwick-Monash Publishing & Writing Workshop in Prato, near Florence. Writing history all day with some great people.
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 16/01/2024
My new blog for History of Parliament Trust feat toilets, women and histories of sexuality thehistoryofparliament.wordpress.com/2024/01/16/t...
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 16/12/2023
This podcast series, on the history of Normal Women, has continued to be really good podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
Great paper by @satisfactory20.bsky.social and Liz Hallam-Smith at the Institute of Historical Research on a sparkly cold London night
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 19/11/2023
And enjoying this podcast from Philippa Gregory on normal women in history podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n...
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 19/11/2023
Enjoyed this last week. Speaking about my research findings so far in the House of Lords
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Chloe Challender @chloechallender.bsky.social · 15/11/2023
Fascinating women’s history angles to this archaeological find as detailed by @ianvisits.bsky.social www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/bey...
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