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April 8: CCWH Speakers Series: Roundtable on the Catherine Prelinger Award with Michelle Daniel Jones and Aimee Loiselle

The CCWH hosted this roundtable on the Catherine Prelinger Award with recent winners Michelle Daniel Jones (2021) and Aimee Loiselle (2020). This event took place on Friday, April 8 at 3 PM Easter/12 PM Pacific.

Michelle Daniel Jones is a graduate student at New York University working on a project titled “Creative Liberation Strategies in Prison: The Alabama Arts and Education Project.”

Aimee Loiselle is an assistant professor at Central Connecticut State University working on a manuscript titled Creating Norma Rae: Cultural Contests over the American Working Class, 1970s-1980s.


Friday, March 4, 2022, 12 pm- 1 pm EST CCWH Mentorship E-Session: Working at Non-Profits

This mentorship e-session concentrated on non-academic careers and more specifically on non-profits. It featured Charmaine Lang, Ph.D, Chief of Staff at 9to5. The session was held on Friday, March 4 at 12 pm EST.


February 2022: CCWH-Sponsored Virtual Sessions at the American Historical Association Conference

The CCWH co-sponsored several sessions at the virtual AHA conference in late February 2022. Download this form with the listed CCWH-sponsored sessions: CCWH at Virtual AHA 2022

February 8, 2022: Oral History E-Mentorship Session

The CCWH and the Southwest Oral History Association (SOHA) co-sponsored an e-mentorship session about Oral History on Tuesday, February 8, 2022. The session featured a conversation with the CCWH Media Team Coordinator and President of SOHA, Dr. Farina King, who is a citizen of the Navajo Nation and has experience with Native American community-based oral histories.


January 6-9, 2022: The CCWH at the American Historical Association (AHA) Annual Meeting 2022 in New Orleans

Download the CCWH at AHA 2022 flyer: CCWH at AHA 22
January 7, 2022: CCWH Annual Business Meeting 
We held our annual business meeting in a hybrid in person-online format. The business meeting was open to all members, and it was held in-person in the Iberville Room (New Orleans Marriott, 4th Floor).
January 7, 2022: CCWH-Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Reception
We held our usual reception, but we did not host a luncheon this year.

15-17 December 2021 Winter Writing Retreat

Just like previous retreats, CCWH members could sign up and drop in at any point during the live hours of the virtual Winter Writing Retreat.

The retreat was held on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday December 15-17th
10:30am-4:30pm EST/9:30am-3:30pm CST (with 1-hr lunch 1-2 EST/12-1 CST)

 


December 10, 2021: CCWH Virtual Awards Ceremony
During our virtual Awards Ceremony, we recognize and celebrate the winners and runners-up for our 2021 awards. This event was held via Zoom on Friday, December 10, at 3:00 PM Eastern/12:00 PM Pacific.

November 3, 2021: Stella Dadzie, “A Kick in the Belly: Women, Slavery and the Enduring Power of Resistance”

This event featured an online talk hosted by the History of Feminism Group at the University of Warwick. 4:30pm -6pm


October 8, 2021: Looking for mentors and job seekers:  One-day workshop on job application documents
The CCWH hosted a two-hour workshop where grad students and early career researchers could bring one of their documents to be reviewed by a mentor, and their peers.
3pm EST/2pm CST

September 23, 2021: E-Mentorship Session: Resumes vs. CVs

The topic of this session was on the difference between resumes and CVs, and how we as historians can prepare both to be competitive in a range of jobs within and outside academia. 9:30am-3:30pm CST (with 1-hr lunch 1-2 EST/12-1 CST)


Virtual CCWH Summer Writing Retreats 2021

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday August 25-27th
10:30am-4:30pm EST/9:30am-3:30pm CST (with 1-hr lunch 1-2 EST/12-1 CST)


June 17: E-Session on Getting Started with Public History

This CCWH e-session on “Getting Started with Public History” featured our very own Public History Coordinator Elyssa Ford. This session was held for those who are interested in the field, or are practicing and want to hear some advice about the ins and outs of public history.


June 15, 2021: Berks co-sponsored AHA 2021 Panel Discussion: Caring for Money: How Intimate Laborers Employed Creative Strategies to Resist the Undervaluation of Their Labor, 1900-2020


May 5, 2021: E-Session on Writing for the Public
This mentorship E-session on the topic of Writing for the Public featured Dr. Cynthia Greenlee, a writer, historian,  journalist, and scholar who is currently a senior editor at The Counter, among her many other achievements.

April 9, 2021: Virtual Roundtable: Careers for Historians beyond Academia

The Coordinating Council for Women in History hosted Careers for Historians beyond Academia, a roundtable discussing career paths for historians outside the traditional academic model. Panelists discussed how to extend career options beyond the traditional academic track, as well as options for more senior scholars of how to continue to engage with the scholarly world post-retirement. Panelists included Nell Irvin Painter, Kathleen Sheldon, Joe Stubenrauch, Elizabeth Everton, and Crystal Feimster (moderator).


March 24, 2021: Mentorship E-Session on Navigating the Job Market at times of Covid


Mondays, 3 pm-4:30 pm EST, February 8-April 29, 2021: CCWH Virtual Writing Group Meetings


May 21-23, 2020
18th Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders & Sexuality

2020 Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders & Sexuality temp logo

The 2020 Big Berks was canceled.


January 3-6, 2020
Annual Meeting of the AHA

American Historical Association Annual Meeting, 2020

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View all CCWH sessions at the 2020 AHA


January 3-6, 2019
Annual Meeting of the AHA

American Historical Association 2019 logo

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View all CCWH sessions at the 2019 AHA


January 4-6, 2018
Annual Meeting of the AHA

2018 AHA Annual Conference

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View all CCWH sessions at the 2018 AHA


June 1-4, 2017
Berkshire Conference on the History of Women

2017 Berkshire Conference of Women Historians

Visit the 2017 triennial conference site for more more information, book exhibit and announcements.


January 5-8, 2017
Annual Meeting of the AHA

2017 American Historical Association Annual Conference logo

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January 7-10, 2016
Annual Meeting of the AHA

Annual Meeting Perspective on History article

2016 American Historical Association Conference logo

CCWH sessions

  • Fashion, Food, and Flowers: Women’s Use of Trends as a Means of Establishing Public
  • Life in the 19th- and 20th-Century United States
  • CCWH Annual Business Meeting
  • AHA Session 62: Reproducing Gossip: Gender, Rumor, and Fertility Control
  • AHA Session 82: Job Workshop for Historians
  • Contingent Faculty and the Historical Profession
  • CCWH Annual Reception
  • CCWH Annual Awards Luncheon
  • Transforming Women’s History: Leila Rupp—Scholar, Editor, and Mentor

View all CCWH sessions at the 2016 AHA


January 3-5, 2015
Annual Meeting of the AHA

2015 American Historical Association Conference logo

Friday, January 2, 2015

1:00 PM-3:00 PM
The Adjunct Problem: Collaborating for a Solution
Coordinating Council for Women in History 1

3:30 PM-5:30 PM
CCWH Annual Business Meeting
Coordinating Council for Women in History

Saturday, January 3, 2015

8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Interviewing in the Job Market in the Twenty-First Century
AHA Session 6

Conflict at Home: Refugees, Workers, and Reproduction in Wartime Europe, 1929–45
Coordinating Council for Women in History 3

10:30 AM-12:00 PM
The Living Dead, Microscopic Fibers, Invisible Cloaks, and Radical Cartoons: Methods of Textile Studies for Historians
Coordinating Council for Women in History 4

6:00 PM-8:00 PM
CCWH/CLGBTH Reception
Coordinating Council for Women in History

Sunday, January 4, 2015

12:00 PM-1:45 PM
CCWH Annual Awards Luncheon
Coordinating Council for Women in History

2:30 PM-4:30 PM
The Traffic in Women: Early Twentieth-Century Debates in France, Argentina, and Vietnam
AHA Session 234

Monday, January 5, 2015

8:30 AM-10:30 AM
Roundtable: Exploring Alternative Academic Careers: How Your History Ph.D. Can Serve You in Diverse Careers beyond Teaching in the Discipline
AHA Session 243

Scholarly Communication: The Online Open Access Publishing Option
Coordinating Council for Women in History 7


2014
Berkshire Conference on the History of Women

2014 Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Conference logo

Session 123:  “Women’s History Meets Public History,” Saturday, 8-10a.m., University College 144

Sunday, May 24 – 9:30-11:30 a.m. – Discussion of Women’s Historians and the Women’s History Museum in Washington, DC, University College, Room 44 (lower level)


January 2–5, 2014
Annual Meeting of the AHA

2014 American Historical Association Conference logo

What I Learned at AHA 2014: A Mentor’s Perspective

The AHA was held January 02 – 05, 2014 in Washington DC. The CCWH offered many great sessions including a panel on: “Forty-Five Years of the CCWH: Then, Now, and the Future” (Sunday, January 5, 2014: 8:30 AM-10:30 AM)
https://aha.confex.com/aha/2014/webprogram/Session10381.html

Coordinating Council for Women in History and Committee on LGBT History Reception
Friday, January 3, 2014: 6:30 PM-8:30 PM in the Wilson Room A (Marriott Wardman Park)

Interdisciplinary Discussions: Archivists and Historians Consider Possibilities of and Challenges to Expanding Women and Gender in the Archives
AHA Session 168 /  Coordinating Council for Women in History 5
Saturday, January 4, 2014: 11:30 AM-1:30 P
Columbia Hall 2 (Washington Hilton)
https://aha.confex.com/aha/2014/webprogram/Session10397.html

View all CCWH sessions at the 2014 AHA


 

January 3 – 6, 2013
Annual Meeting of the AHA
American Historical Association 127th Annual Conference, 2013

CCWH Sessions

  • In Pursuit of Equality: Frederick Douglass in the Transnational and National Paradigms
  • Coordinating Council for Women in History Business Meeting
  • AHA Session 53: Interviewing in the Job Market in the Twenty-First Century
  • Daughters, Sisters, and Mothers: The Political Utility of Family in Civil Society
  • Coordinating Council for Women in History and Committee on LGBT History Reception
  • Coordinating Council for Women in History Annual Awards Luncheon
  • AHA Session 196: First Steps: Getting Started as a History Professional
  • AHA Session 209: Changing the Narrative: Linda K. Kerber and Evolving Histories of Women and the State
  • Revisiting the Second Women’s Movement: Resistance, Race, Activism, and Coalition
  • Outsider’s Observations: Class and Culture Case Studies in Contact Zones
  • AHA Session 225: Out of Place: Woman’s Rights and Use of Space in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Anglo-American World
  • AHA Session 269: Revisiting Maternalism and Its Legacy: Gender, Power, Health Policy, and Place in the United States, 1912–55

View all CCWH sessions at the 2013 AHA

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