The Archive: Theory, Form, Practice Fridays, February 11 – April 8, 2022 The Newberry Library invites graduate students in the humanities to apply for a seminar that will explore the theoretical, critical, and practical methods necessary to negotiate historical and literary archives. The seminar will be held on eight Fridays from February 11 – April 8, 2022 (with no meeting on Feb. 25). The course will be […]
Professional Announcements
This CCWH resource provides members with information about professional opportunities and announcements, including stipends, fellowships, prizes, CFPs and more. Conference, grant, and prize announcements may be posted on our website without charge. Please contact us with professional announcements of interest to our members.
CALL FOR PAPERS: Troubling Terms and the Sex Trades
CFP for Radical History Review Troubling Terms and the Sex Trades Co-Edited by Julia Laite, Rachel Schreiber, and Judith Walkowitz The Radical History Review seeks contributions to a special issue to be titled “Troubling Terms and the Sex Trades.” Prostitution, sex work, trafficking, and decriminalization are not only contentious feminist issues, but contentious words […]
WORKSHOP: Researching and Writing Histories of Sexual Violence: Methodological Challenges and Ethical Complexities
Call for Papers for Workshop: Researching and Writing Histories of Sexual Violence: Methodological Challenges and Ethical Complexities 27 October 2021 Research into sexual violence…is not lightly undertaken…The project is necessarily and unavoidably political. An attempt at dispassionate, discrete authorship runs the risk of becoming voyeuristic and exploitative. Research on sexual violence should be empowering, […]
2022 OAH Mary Nickliss Prize in U.S. Women’s and/or Gender History
The Mary Nickliss Prize in U.S. Women’s and/or Gender History is given annually for “the most original” book in U.S. Women’s and/or Gender History (including North America and the Caribbean prior to 1776). Information on the 2022 prize is available here: https://www.oah.org/awards/book-awards/mary-nickliss-prize/ Please help us publicize this important prize and let us know if you […]
Virtual Summer Writing Retreat August 25-27, 2021
Time to write! If any of you have some writing project, deadline looming, or just want to get into a writing schedule routine, the CCWH is here for you. In addition to our weekly writing group (that people can register for on a rolling basis), we are now offering virtual writing retreats. It’s not too […]
Speaking While Female: An Open Access Women’s Speech Archive
Dana Rubin created a resource that should interest all historians: the SpeakingWhileFemale.co women’s speech archive. It’s the largest existing collection of women’s speeches from around the world and across time. Rubin created this resource out of frustration when she realized the extent to which the history of speech has completely ignored women’s voices. Hopefully, students […]