19th Annual Conference of the Women's History Network
Performing the Self: Women's Lives in Historical Perspective
10-12 September 2010, University of Warwick
Registration now open.
The idea that selfhood is performed has a very long tradition. This interdisciplinary conference will explore the diverse representations of women's identities in the past and consider how these were articulated. Themes include:
- Writing women's histories
- Gender and the politics of identity
- Ritual and performance
- The economics of selfhood: work and identity
- Feminism and auto/biography
- Performing arts
- Teaching women's history
For more information please visit the WHN conference web pages at the University of Warwick which will be updated regularly. Alternatively contact Dr Sarah Richardson sarah.richardson@warwick.ac.uk, Department of History, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
Previous conferences:
The WHN 18th Annual Conference 2009 Women, Gender and Political Spaces:
Historical Perspectives was held at
St. Hilda’s College, Oxford on
11-13 September 2009. Our keynote speakers were
Vera Baird, QC, MP
Professor Linda Kerber (University of Iowa)
Professor Malavika Karlekar (University of Delhi)