Women's Committee
This Committee aims to encourage women to participate in all areas of economic and social history. Original aims of the Committee (1988).
Minutes of the first meeting of the Women's Committee:
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The Committee pursues its objectives through sponsorship of activities aimed to encourage women’s interests and activities. In the recent past these have included an annual workshop and a dedicated session at the Annual Conference of the Economic History Society. Guidelines for proposing a Women's Committee session at the annual conference can be found here.
The Committee has also encouraged and sponsored proposals to the publications committee for volumes related to the economic and social history of women.
The Committee makes a bi-annual report to the Council of the Society and the organisers of the Annual Workshop make an independent report to the Treasurer and Council.
Chair: Dr Helen Paul
Secretary: Dr Anne Murphy
Communications Officer: Dr Anne Murphy
In order to join the Women's Committee mailing list, please contact the Communications Officer.
If you are already a member of the mailing list and are not receiving emails, please contact Dr Murphy. This may be because your email address has changed and needs to be updated.
Follow us on Twitter: @WComEHS
The Women's Committee has a Facebook page: Economic History Society Women's Committee
The Women's Committee session at the 2012 annual conference inlcuded a short presentation by Emily Buchnea on: A brief introduction to social networking for academics.
Women's Committee Training Sessions
- A training session on the topic of 'Publications and dissemination of research findings' will take place on 30 August 2013 at the University of Oxford. The session is open to all (not just early career women). To book a place, contact Helen Paul.
- Women’s Committee Training Session on Job Applications. All Souls College, Oxford, 7 September 2012.
Women's Committee Networking Events
Information on networking events organised by the Women's Committee can be found here.
Women's Committee Database Project
The Women's Committee was awarded a grant of £1,000 from the Economic History Society to conduct a survey of economic historians in UK Higher Education. A copy of the report can be found here.
Women's Committee Annual Workshop
Guidelines for Workshop Organisers
2013 Workshop:
The twenty-fourth annual workshop of the Women's Committe will take place at the University of Wolverhampton, 9 November 2013.
Organisers: Margaret Ponsonby and David Hussey.
Information on past and future workshops can be found here.
