Author Archives: Managing Editor

Reflection: 2024 Melbourne Feminist History Group Workshop

Shouyue Zhang reviews the recent Melbourne Feminist History Group Workshop in Melbourne in October 2024. On 4 October 2024, I was privileged to present at the Melbourne Feminist History Group (MFHG) Workshop at the Australian Catholic University (ACU), Melbourne Campus. … Continue reading

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Regnant Queenship or Female Kingship? Gender, Power, and Legitimacy in Early Modern Europe

In this blog for “Premodern Gender”, Tyler Horton explains the tensions between gender, power and legitimate rule that early modern monarchs faced. In the early modern period, the strength of the monarchy was fundamentally built on ideas of divine right … Continue reading

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International Federation for Research in Women’s History 2024 Conference

Margaret Allen, Ana Stevenson and Michelle Staff share their experiences of attending the 2024 International Federation for Research in Women’s History Conference. It was great to attend the International Federation for Research in Women’s History (IFRWH) 2024 Conference, ‘Reflections on … Continue reading

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Maternity, Infanticide, and the Criminalisation of Poverty in Early Modern London

Ashleigh McNamara explores how maternity and poverty intersected in early modern English cases of infanticide.     In December of 1680, Margaret Adams was executed for the crime of infanticide at Tyburn Tree, London. According to the court records, she had concealed … Continue reading

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A Cocktail of Academic Fervour and Dance Fever: My Experience of AHA 2024

Australian Women’s History Network Travel Bursary recipient Meg Graham reflects on her experience of the 2024 Australian Historical Association Conference. This year’s Australian Historical Association Conference welcomed people and papers from around Australia and across the world to Kaurna Country … Continue reading

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The Lavender Dollar: Australian Lesbians and Consumer Citizenship

In this blog, Harriet Steele discusses the rise of lesbian consumer citizenship and the inclusionary power of the lavender dollar. In 1992, an anonymous letter to the editor of Lesbians on the Loose (LOTL), a prominent Sydney lesbian magazine, began … Continue reading

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Brief report on the 2024 Australian Historical Association Conference

Australian Women’s History Network Travel Bursary recipient Natasha Szuhan reflects on her experience of the 2024 Australian Historical Association Conference. The Australian Historical Association’s 2024 conference was held on the beautiful Bedford Park Campus of Flinders University, Adelaide. The theme … Continue reading

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