Mois : janvier 2013

There have been issues around women and education since before Christine de Pizan wrote in 1404 that :Not all men (and especially the wisest) share the opinion that it is bad for women to be educated. But it is verytrue that many foolish men have claimed this because it displeased them that women knew more than they did.Progress since then has been varied. Lady Margaret Beaufort founded two Cambridge colleges in the early 1500s butit is less than 60 years since women were first awarded degrees from Cambridge. In the UK, although STEM (science,technology, engineering and mathematics)...

The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women seeks proposals for a co-sponsored session at the 2014 annual meeting of the American Historical Association. The AHA meeting will be held January 2-5, 2014 in Washington D.C.Click here for the general CFP and AHA submission guidelines:http://www.historians.org/Perspectives/issues/2012/1209/Call-for-Proposals-for-the-128th-Annual-Meeting.cfmThe theme for the meeting is « Disagreement, Debate, Discussion. » While seeking proposals for sessions that explore facets of this broad theme, we also welcome submissions on the histories of all places...