Author Archives: Managing Editor

International Federation for Research in Women’s History 2024 Conference

by Managing Editor Posted on October 11, 2024

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

by Managing Editor Posted on September 19, 2024

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

by Managing Editor Posted on September 10, 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 Changing Face of Queenship in Tenth-Century England

by Managing Editor Posted on August 26, 2024

Matthew Firth begins the “Premodern Gender” series by discussing the history of England’s little known early royal women. The tenth century was a transformative period in English history. At the start of the century, what would come to be the … Continue reading →

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“Premodern Gender” – Rethinking Categories

by Managing Editor Posted on August 21, 2024

Managing Co-Editor Paige Donaghy introduces a new blog series on gender in the medieval and early modern world. In 1620, an unknown English writer published a pamphlet in London with the following title: Hic Mulier, or The Man-Woman. The provocatively-titled work … Continue reading →

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The Lavender Dollar: Australian Lesbians and Consumer Citizenship

by Managing Editor Posted on August 18, 2024

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

by Managing Editor Posted on July 26, 2024

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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Our Best State Asset: Women, babies, and citizenship in World War I

by Managing Editor Posted on July 19, 2024

In this blog, Katherine Weiss discusses citizenship of women and infants in wartime, and the role of maternity in ensuring state perpetuity. When you think of the word citizen, who or what comes to mind? It is often not a … Continue reading →

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Join the National Convenors of the Australian Women’s History Network!

by Managing Editor Posted on June 27, 2024

Seeking Expressions of Interests for new National Convenors of the Australian Women’s History Network. The Australian Women’s History Network (AWHN) is calling for Expression of Interest (EOIs) from those interested in joining the National Convenor team. We wish to build … Continue reading →

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‘Manly’ violence: rape, massacres, and white masculinity on the Queensland frontier

by Managing Editor Posted on June 24, 2024

Zoe Smith explores the history of the Hornet Bank Massacre in the context of white settler masculinity and sexual violence in colonial Australia. Warning: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people should be aware that this blog may contain the images and names of … Continue reading →

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