Month: April 2025
Awards
The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender seeks nominations for awards for scholarly work in English on women and gender in the early modern period (ca. 1450-1750) published/completed between June 2022 and May 2025. Items previously submitted for one of the SSEMWG awards may not be resubmitted, nor is an item eligible for consideration in more than one category. Any member or publisher can nominate an item for consideration. Self-nominations are encouraged. Selection of awards will be made by the SSEMWG Awards Committee.
The deadline for all nominations is May...
SSEMWG Panels at SCSC 2025
The Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender (SSEMWG) is offering sponsorship for panels and roundtables on women and gender in the early modern era. Please note: SSEMWG-sponsored sessions are pre-approved for inclusion in the conference program.
Proposals seeking SSEMWG sponsorship should include the following:
Discipline, chosen from the following:
Art & Architectural History
Bodies, Nature, Knowledge (formerly History of Science & Medicine)
Digital Humanities & Pedagogy
English Literature
French Literature
German & Dutch Studies
Global...
Women’s Studies Group, 1558–1837 Seminars 2025–2026
The Women’s Studies Group 1558-1837 is a small, informal, multidisciplinary group formed to promote women’s studies in the early modern period and the long eighteenth century. Established in the 1980s, the group has enabled those interested in women’s and gender studies to keep in touch, hear about one another’s research, meetings and publications, and meet regularly to discuss relevant topics. We organize regular meetings and an annual workshop (see membership application form) where members can meet and discuss women’s studies topics. This season we shall also be hosting two book...
New Voices in the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender
SSEMWG is please to once again sponsor a ECR session at the annual conference of the Sixteenth Century Society.
Proposals by early career researchers for a roundtable or panel sponsored by the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender are invited for the next Sixteenth Century Society and Conference which will take place in Portland, Oregon from October 30 – November 1, 2025.
The session aims to showcase new work that supports the mission of the SSEMWG, which seeks to foster inclusive, creative scholarship on women and gender across the early modern world. Since the...
Women Writing Natural Philosophy in Early Modern Europe: Spaces and Exchanges
University of Exeter
The Cultures of Philosophy team is delighted to announce that the conference ‘Women Writing Natural Philosophy in Early Modern Europe: Spaces and Exchanges’ will take place on 2-4 June 2025 in the Knightley building at the University of Exeter.
If you wish to attend, we encourage you to fill this form as soon as possible to secure your place. Please note that spaces are very limited, and participants will be selected on a first-come, first-served basis. Participation is in-person only. Attendance is free and refreshments will be provided but the conference...
Colloque Anne Marie Louise d’Orléans, duchesse de Montpensier (1627-1693)
Colloque à l’occasion du 400e anniversaire de sa naissance
Alors que les Œuvres complètes de la Grande Mademoiselle viennent d’être éditées pour la première fois (trois volumes publiés sous la direction de Jean Garapon aux éditions Honoré Champion, 2020-2024), alors qu’elle a fait l’objet de douze biographies au fil du XXe siècle, le seul colloque (à vrai dire une journée d’études) qui lui a été consacré date de plus de trente ans (Actes de la Journée sur la Grande Mademoiselle, Saint-Fargeau 15 mai 1993, Papers on French Seventeenth Century Literature, Biblio 17, n° 42, vol. XXII, janvier...

