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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We're back! Our seminar programme kicks off in October and we have some amazing events lined up. We're excited to share them with you. Keep your eyes peeled for news, events, and funding opportunities in the next few weeks.

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Interested in music? If you're looking for something entertaining to listen to this weekend, we highly recommend this fascinating episode of The Essay (Radio 3) featuring WSG member @breerob-kirk.bsky.social. Brianna links Christina Aguilera to 18c performers. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Music Rediscovered, The influential Italian singing master

Brianna Robertson-Kirkland demonstrates the fashionable singing style in 1780s Edinburgh.

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Calling all members! Our AGM is this Thursday 11 June, 7pm (BST). All members are invited to attend. This an opportunity for you to share your feedback and suggestions for the year to come. We very much hope to see you there. (See your inbox for invite and details)

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Sara Wolfson @sjwolfson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

So pleased to be starting this new project on royalist exiles in Paris attached to Queen Henrietta Maria's court, 1644-60. Thank you @britishacademy.bsky.social for funding this research! @openuniversity.bsky.social

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Historian Sara Wolfson has been awarded a BA/Leverhulme Small Research Grant to explore royalist exiles in France, 1644-60.

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Mark Williams @mrfw17thc.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

New article! 'Seeing Women in the Early English and Dutch East India Companies' is now available as an Advance Article with Historical Research. It's been years of work, but I'm proud of this one. I hope #earlymodern #skystorians enjoy it! Some context below: academic.oup.com/histres/adva...

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

A reminder that our event is taking place this coming Thursday - please get in touch if you'd like to attend! (DM, comment, or email us at wsgpostbox@gmail.com)

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

We're delighted to be hosting Paterson Joseph at a special Zoom event next Thursday 14 May, 7pm - 8.30pm (BST). He'll be in conversation with Karen Lipsedge talking about Charles Ignatius Sancho. Would you like to join us? /1 of 2

Portrait of Sancho, c. 1768, by Thomas Gainsborough; Sancho is painted against a plain brown background, gazing to his right with a dignified pose. He is wearing a bright red waistcoat with gold trimming and a black coat.

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Congratulations to WSG member Brianna Robertson-Kirkland for her excellent essay on Domenico Corri, featured recently on BBC Radio 3.

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Esther M. Villegas de la Torre @evillegasdelatorre.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

#earlymodern #learnedwomen What a wonderful experience presenting today at the @wsguk.bsky.social seminars! Such a warm and interesting audience! Thoroughly recommended. #Iwillbeback

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

We're delighted to announce our event @foundlingmuseum.bsky.social 8 March 2026, London, 2-4pm: "18th-Century Women, Struggle, Fame or Fortune". Talks will be in the Picture Gallery (free with Museum admission). Full list of speakers via link: foundlingmuseum.org.uk/event/women-... /1

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18th-Century Women: Struggle, Fame or Fortune - Foundling Museum

For International Women's Day, join us for a series of talks in collaboration with the Women's Studies Group, 1558–1837.

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Family History Federation @federationfhs.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Check out our Free Online Resources page for #FamilyHistory, including the England's Immigrants 1330-1550 database www.exploreyourgenealogy.co.uk/free-online-...

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

We're excited to be hosting our second skills workshop this coming Saturday as part of our new Support Network programme. @saralread.bsky.social will be presenting Top 10 Tips to Producing Quick and Succinct PowerPoint Presentations for Conferences Saturday 24th January 2026, 10am-12 noon (GMT) /1

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Our first seminar of 2026 is taking place today! We have four great speakers: Stephen Spiess: "Allegory and Violence: The Epistemology of the Whore in the Early Modern Visual Arts." Gillian Beattie-Smith: Creating women’s literary identities: the Tour of Scotland. /1 of 3

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Kathryn Vomero Santos @kathrynvsantos.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Did you publish a book about or adjacent to #Shakespeare since the 2024 meeting of @saaupdates.bsky.social? Please fill out this Google form to provide information about your book and join us for a celebration at #Shax2026 in Denver on Friday, 4/3, from 10:30-11am. forms.gle/aTKJdQZniypr...

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Our deadline is approaching! A reminder that you have until Monday 15 December to apply for our £750 bursary. Good luck everyone!

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Only a few more days to go until our next in-person seminar at the Foundling Museum, London! It's free for all to attend, you'll receive a warm welcome, and find out about some fascinating women in history. Please share with anyone who might be interested in coming along! We have 3 speakers: /1

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

There's still time to apply for our £750 bursary! Deadline is 15 December. Please share!

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Louise Duckling @louiseduckling.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Research funding opportunity! This is an excellent bursary for those working on any aspect of women's studies - it's designed for those who need it most (ECRs, indie scholars, PhDs). Do check out the details at @wsguk.bsky.social and apply!

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

📢Funding announcement! Applications for our bursary are now open (deadline 15 December 2025). £750 for ECRs, indie scholars or PhD students working on any aspect of women's studies in the period 1558 to 1837. Full details available on our website: womensstudiesgroup.org/bursary/ #funding #ECR #PhD

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WSG Bursary Scheme

Applications for 2025-2026 open on 1 November 2025 WSG is offering a bursary of £750 to an early career researcher*, independent scholar or PhD student who is a member of the WSG. The bursary is in…

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History of Emotions (NACHE) @nachemotion.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Today is the final day to submit proposals for our next conference in May 2026 - email submissions to pstearns@gmu.edu and join us next year in Arizona!

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Now on at the Newark Museum of Art - Stay: The Black Women of 19th‑Century Newark newarkmuseumart.org/exhibition/s...

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Stay: The Black Women of 19th-Century Newark — The Newark Museum of Art

November 17, 2023 ‑ January 2, 2028

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

We are delighted to share the Call for Papers for our Spring Seminar Series 2026:

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Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal @emwjournal.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Our fall 2025 issue is out! Featuring three articles, a forum on women in wartime, a review essay, a performance review, two exhibition reviews, and 22 book reviews www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/emw/curr... #EarlyModern

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Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal | Vol 20, No 1

Of all published articles, the following were the most read.

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Art Herstory @artherstory.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

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 artherstory.net/museum-exhib...

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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 · 01/10/2025

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 1/

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

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...

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George Villiers Study Day

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 11/09/2025

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 · 25/08/2025

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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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

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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Women's and Gender Studies Caucus at NeMLA @nemlawgsc.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

👋 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...

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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 · 12/08/2025

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

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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 · 05/08/2025

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 · 08/07/2025

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 · 29/07/2025

#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

Two rows of book covers, five on each row - all of books about women artist.

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

This looks great! Fantastic to see funding for travel bursaries for PGR & ECRs. Please share the CFP with your network.

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Zoe Thomas @zoethomas.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

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.

Screen shot of word document detailing information about the “power couples” conference. Please email z.thomas@bham.ac.uk for more info.

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 24/06/2025

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

Cover image for 'The Holograph Letters of Margaret Tudor, Queen of Scots (1489-1541)', edited by Helen Newsome-Chandler (August 2025)

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Women's History Scotland @womenshistscot.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

📣 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!

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WHS Conference 2025 – Women's History Scotland

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

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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Recovery Hub for American Women Writers @recoveryhubaww.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

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! calendly.com/recoveryhub-... (1/3)

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IHR British History in the Long C18th Seminar @long18thsem.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

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’ @ihr.bsky.social shorturl.at/hMRGz

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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 · 04/06/2025

😍 Calling all Cavendish scholars! CFP below

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International Margaret Cavendish Society @marcavsociety.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

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!

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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 · 02/06/2025

Call for Papers for 100th issue of HWJ! Please share with your networks.

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Naomi Baker @drnaomibaker.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Thank you @seventydys.bsky.social for being a wonderful editor!

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Institute of Historical Research @ihr.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

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. www.history.ac.uk/events/speak...

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Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 @wsguk.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Did you know that the WSG has its own reading group? Members will be meeting next week (5 June) to discuss Eliza Haywood's 'The History of Betsy Thoughtless'. We meet four times a year and books are selected by the attendees. Interested in joining us for informal and fun book chat? DM for details.

Cover of the Broadview Press edition of The History of Miss Betsy Thoughtless, edited by Christine Blouch. The black and white cover shows two ladies (circa early twentieth century) dressed in white, seated next to each other, and looking into the distance.

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