Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 29/04/2026I really enjoyed giving this talk last night. Really great questions about what historical research means for contemporary gender equality efforts in Germany from a truly interdisciplinary crowd 030
Reposted by Jane FreelandOlga Byrska @obyrska.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Cat Burns in the #CelebrityTraitorsUK is all of us getting through 2025. 191
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 21/10/2025🚨🚨CFP klaxon🚨🚨 International Conference on women’s & gender history in times of challenges to democracy, diversity & responsibility at Uni Bielefeld. See: www.genderhistory2026.de for info!genderhistory2026.deKongress | Geschlechtergeschichte 2026 - Universität BielefeldKongress „Frauen- und Geschlechtergeschichte – Anfechtung von Demokratie, Diversität und Verantwortung“, Universität Bielefeld, 9.–11.9.2026 072
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 29/07/2025Did you send me a bottle of gin? One arrived for me at work and I don’t know who to thank for it! If it was you THANK YOU! 120
Reposted by Jane FreelandLyndsey Jenkins @teadevotee.bsky.social · 12/06/2025Hosting a workshop @mansfieldoxford.bsky.social on women, work and wages in the 1970s in September - please see cfp attached or feel free to email me for a normal sized one - students and ecrs especially encouraged 23432
Reposted by Jane FreelandMedia, Culture & Society Journal @mcsjournal.bsky.social · 22/05/2025How do images in newspapers shape our understanding of #femicide? Jane Freeland, Alice Baroni & Melissa Jogie compare UK & Italian media to show how visual framing reinforces national narratives of domestic violence and gender inequality. #OnlineFirst 021
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 06/05/2025New publication alert🚨 I took some time out of my discipline to reflect on the contemporary relevance of my work. Along with the brilliant Alice Baroni, and Melissa Jogie we wrote about the visualization of femicide in the UK and Italy journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 051
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 27/04/2025Getting ready for the Goethe.Kultur.Lauf in Weimar 020
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 04/04/2025Ending Friday with an article acceptance and an iced coffee 120
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 01/04/2025I edit book reviews for Gender & History (post-1800). Please get in touch with your monographs/volumes. It does not need to be in English! 0912
Reposted by Jane FreelandLevke Harders @levkeharders.bsky.social · 01/04/2025So excited about #JobOffer for a #PhD!!! We're looking for a candidate to work on "Power, gender and participation in the global history of the social work profession". MA in #History, Social Work, Educational Sciences or #GenderStudies. Deadline is 1 May: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/329432euraxess.ec.europa.euPhD2 : Power, gender and participation in the global history of the social work professionThis position is part of the COCOSO MSCA Industrial Doctoral Network - Co-construction in the field of social welfare. PhD contracts start on 1. September 2025 and run for 36 months. 041
Reposted by Jane FreelandLevke Harders @levkeharders.bsky.social · 01/04/2025Juhu! Wir suchen eine*n #PhD für eine Arbeit über „Macht, Geschlecht und Partizipation in der globalen Geschichte der Sozialen Arbeit“. MA in #Geschichte, Sozialarbeit, Erziehungswissenschaften oder #GenderStudies. Bewerbungsfrist ist 1. Mai: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/329432euraxess.ec.europa.euPhD2 : Power, gender and participation in the global history of the social work professionThis position is part of the COCOSO MSCA Industrial Doctoral Network - Co-construction in the field of social welfare. PhD contracts start on 1. September 2025 and run for 36 months. 1812
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Nothing is more frustrating than watching a 1970s tv panel of male doctors discussing the dangers of abortion while they all sit around smoking cigarettes 030
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Can any French speakers explain the difference in use between “avortement” and “termination volontaire de grossesse”? Why does it seem like anti-abortion folks prefer avortement? Maybe @maudannebracke.bsky.social knows? 120
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Love seeing these posters for #IWD2025 on student life at the EUI! Don’t love how similar they are to the experiences of women students in the 60s & 70s 040
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Thinking about feminist curatorial and artistic practices before heading into a feminist dance performance researchers @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social @ghilondon.bsky.social 041
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Tomorrow I’ll be having a conversation with some brilliant feminist researchers @goethe-institut-uk.bsky.social / @ghilondon.bsky.social. The event also includes films & performances from feminist artists and activists. Sign up here👇 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/feminist-b...eventbrite.co.ukFeminist BattlegroundsNegotiating and Creating Solidarities in Feminism Then and Now 081
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 07/02/2025Can anyone recommend work on women’s education in the old FRG? I am drawing a blank 101
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 19/01/2025Closest we’ve ever come to finishing the Globe & Mail Christmas crossword. Only 5 missing answers!! 110
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 08/01/2025If you have entered 2025 keen for some new German history, please join us tomorrow night! 071
Reposted by Jane FreelandChristopher Ewing @christopherewing.bsky.social · 07/01/2025Join us for a virtual new books roundtable on 9 Jan at 12pm EST! Featuring @jecfree.bsky.social, @michellelkahn.bsky.social, and Nadja Klopprogge in conversation with Maria Alexopoulou. Register here: purdue-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 092
Reposted by Jane FreelandChristopher Ewing @christopherewing.bsky.social · 08/12/2024Looking forward to co-hosting this virtual roundtable, organized with @npapadogian.bsky.social, on three fabulous books by @jecfree.bsky.social, @michellelkahn.bsky.social, and Nadja Klopprogge, and moderated by Maria Alexopoulou. Jan 9 @ 12pm EST. To register: purdue-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... 082
Reposted by Jane FreelandSébastien Tremblay @sebboo.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Brilliant friends presenting their monographs and discussing their research all together? HOW can I miss this? You shouldn't as well! Thank you @npapadogian.bsky.social for organizing this! @michellelkahn.bsky.social / @jecfree.bsky.social and Nadja are going to rock this boat. 1165
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Nothing better than assigning a colleague’s excellent work! This week my MA students are reading @claudiaroeschdc.bsky.social article on the transnational history of RU-486 130
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 29/11/2024The feeling of exhaustion and relief that comes with sending off a 14,000 word piece (This is what happens when you try and summarize 180 years of history) 020
Reposted by Jane FreelandGerman Historical Institute London @ghilondon.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Tonight! 📢 #GHIL Director Christina von Hodenberg will discuss her new book 'The Other '68 A Social History of West Germany's Revolt' with Jane Freeland (@jecfree.bsky.social QMUL), Frank Trentmann (Birkbeck) and Sylvia Walby (RHUL). Only a few tickets left: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...eventbrite.co.ukBook Launch: The Other '68 A Social History of West Germany's RevoltJoin us for for the launch of the new edition of 'The Other '68: A Social History of West Germany's Revolt' by Christina von Hodenberg. 0103
Reposted by Jane FreelandDelfi Nieto-Isabel @delfinietois.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Today's the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, and it's the perfect day to announce the second event in the Gender Forum series with the brilliant @jecfree.bsky.social and Isadora Cruxên. Join us if you can! 053
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 21/11/2024Preparing my comments for the SOLD OUT launch of The Other ‘68: A Social History of West Germany’s Revolt www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc... 0130
Reposted by Jane FreelandMelisa Slep @mtslep.bsky.social · 20/11/2024This week at a seminar organised by @delfinietois.bsky.social and @jecfree.bsky.social the label of "medieval" also came up, in this case to problematise how we negatively assign it to reproductive healthcare practices of today, that don't seem to fit the script of what women did back then AT ALL. 121
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Inspired by #GBBO I attempted a lemon meringue pie yesterday. Quite pleased with how it turned out 3221
Reposted by Jane FreelandDelfi Nieto-Isabel @delfinietois.bsky.social · 18/11/2024Getting ready for the launch of our Gender Forums tomorrow. An interdisciplinary dialogue on women, gender and sexuality across time periods put together by the excellent @jecfree.bsky.social and myself. Join if you can! @qmul.bsky.social #QMUL_IHSS 071
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 15/11/2024Wow. Hello new followers! I’m a historian of feminisms in modern Germany and Europe, and my book on domestic violence activism is available for free! 👇 I’m also a review editor for Gender & History so let me know if you want to review global.oup.com/academic/pro...global.oup.com 040
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 11/11/2024Celebrating the publication of this #OpenAccess sourcebook on histories of women’s rights and feminism in socialist Eastern Europe. It is such a valuable resource for teaching! ceupress.com/book/texts-a...ceupress.comTexts and Contexts from the History of Feminism and Women’s Rights 03819
Reposted by Jane FreelandProf Kate Loder @kghist.bsky.social · 08/11/2024Congratulations to the winners of the Women’s History Network Prize (2020-1) @siobhanhearne.bsky.social ; @jecfree.bsky.social and @kategibson.bsky.social womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-histo...womenshistorynetwork.orgWomen’s History Network Book Prize WinnersWe are delighted to announce the winners of our annual book prize for 2021 and 2022. The 2021 winner is Siobhan Hearne for her book, Policing Prostitution: Regulating the Lower Classes in Late Impe… 03815
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 16/03/2024“Walter Ulbricht” has come up in closed captions as both “I felt so published” and “delta operation” and its making this lecture much more entertaining 010
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 17/02/2024Still buzzing from today’s record-breaking WSL game! And an Arsenal victory to boot!!! 170
Reposted by Jane FreelandClemens Villinger @clemensvillinger.bsky.social · 16/02/2024Out now: Women's History Review, Vol. 33, Issue 1 (2024): Archiving, Exhibiting, and Curating the History of Feminisms in the Global 20th Century Edited by @jecfree.bsky.social and Christina von Hodenberg www.tandfonline.com/toc/rwhr20/c...tandfonline.comWomen's History ReviewArchiving, Exhibiting, and Curating the History of Feminisms in the Global 20th Century. Volume 33, Issue 1 of Women's History Review 052
Reposted by Jane FreelandLiesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social · 02/01/2024And genuinely: please do write 300 words to the Guardian before Wednesday evening. This is our chance to get a national newspaper to say something about the state of Higher Education. Let's grab it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe miserly tale of how a university took its staff’s wages – and the public paid the price | Ad...Even Scrooge would marvel at Queen Mary’s pay-docking over a marking boycott. No wonder higher education is in turmoil, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty 111
Reposted by Jane FreelandSebastian Gehrig @sebastiangehrig.bsky.social · 10/11/2023Very much looking forward to the next IHR Modern German History seminar (15 Nov, 5:30 GMT). Dr Jane Freeland will be talking about "Gender Regimes and Divided German History: Rethinking Asymmetry and Entanglement" It's an in-person seminar, but there is an option to join online. Sign up here:history.ac.ukModern German HistoryThe Modern German History seminar draws scholars from all around the UK, Europe, and the wider world. 2155
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 08/11/2023I’ll be presenting some thoughts on gender in post-1945 divided Germany at the @ihr.bsky.social Modern German History next Wednesday. Join in person or online here: www.history.ac.uk/events/gende...history.ac.ukGender Regimes and Divided German History: Rethinking Asymmetry and Entanglement 0114
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 02/11/2023Apparently the only notable British artists are men, according to the official life in the UK handbook 010
Reposted by Jane FreelandNeil Gregor @neilgregor.bsky.social · 31/10/2023If you have students interested in the Holocaust, the Parkes Institute's new Holocaust studies MA programme is open for 2024 admissions now -southampton.ac.ukMA Holocaust: History, Experience, Heritage 9116 (1 year)Discover our Holocaust: History, Experience, Heritage master’s degree at the University of Southampton. Prepare for a career in Holocaust education, outreach, heritage curation, public history and c... 044
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 31/10/2023Trying to create a PowerPoint on the Weimar Republic and word have made these very helpful (and cute!) design suggestions 040
Jane Freeland @jecfree.bsky.social · 26/10/2023Currently preparing for this discussion event on abortion reform in divided Germany and discovering I have far too much to say 😬akhfg.deRegion Nord: Digitales Diskussionsforum, 27. Oktober 2023Die diesjährige Veranstaltung der Regionalgruppe Nord des Arbeitskreises für Historische Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung e. V. (AKHFG) widmet sich am 27. Oktober 2023 dem Thema „Schwangerschafts... 0110