Painting of a seated woman holding her head and covering her eyes with the other hand and a baby with the other. But Men Must Work and Women Must Weep, 1883 by Walter Langley. From Birmingham Museums Trust via UnSplash.
Call for Papers: Sexuality and Shame Conference
📅 27-28 May 2026 @exeter.ac.uk
Submission Deadline: 27 March
This conference explores how sexual shame has been historically produced, regulated, circulated & contested across different periods & social settings
exe.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
04.03.2026 10:09
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IAS Book Launch: Creative Critical Interventions for Social Justice
We look forward to the launch of this edited volume with the editors Natasha Tanna, Abeyamí Ortega Domínguez, Hakan Sandal-Wilson.
IAS Book Launch: Creative Critical Interventions for Social Justice
19 March, 6-8pm
This edited volume considers the role of storytelling and experimental, creative and often collaborative interventions across, between and beyond disciplines.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
02.03.2026 16:28
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Call for book chapters: abstracts by 16th March 2026
Rethinking queer ageing: The significance of geo-temporal contexts. Edited by Linn Sandberg, Rebeka Põldsam and Rebecca L. Jones (me!)
Academic understandings of LGBTQ+ ageing are dominated by Anglo-American contexts, which means that [...]
16.02.2026 11:16
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‘Bright young thing’: Stephen Tennant, a life lived on his own terms, part of Faces of UCL.
His story is one that has influence and relevance today.
buff.ly/KURnyzq
Photo credit: © National Portrait Gallery, London
@ucl.ac.uk @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social
02.03.2026 11:01
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Call for Papers: New Mergers of Feminism and Finance
A one-day symposium at the London School of Economics, 8 May 2026. Submission deadline: 23 March 2026
Call for Papers: New Mergers of Feminism and Finance
A one-day symposium at the London School of Economics
📅 8 May 2026
⚠️ Submission deadline: 23 March 2026
Organised by former @ucl-ccs.bsky.social visiting fellows, Dr Rachel O’Neill & Dr Simidele Dosekun
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
26.02.2026 14:16
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Women & (Musical) Histories, Early Career Researcher Day
📅 19 June 2026
This Royal Academy of Music event is to support ECRs exploring the intersections of gender & history across humanities & creative arts. More details to come. Interested ECRs/PhDs can email questions to WMH1Conference@ram.ac.uk
26.02.2026 13:58
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All good things come to an end
It is with great sadness that we are sharing the news that the UCL Faculties of Social & Historical Sciences and Arts & Humanities have decided to close the IAS on 31 July 2026.
It is with great sadness that we are sharing the news that the UCL Faculties of Social & Historical Sciences and Arts & Humanities have decided to close the IAS.
We will close our doors forever on 31 July 2026.
Follow the link to leave thoughts, comments, memories 💗
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
23.02.2026 13:51
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photo of a women writing in a book, with a microscope next to her, studying at UCL in 1878
Happy 200th anniversary UCL!
Founded in 1826, and from 1878 UCL becomes the first university in England to welcome women to university education.
11.02.2026 10:55
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Book Talk: 'Beyond Building: Architecture and Gender in Nineteenth-Century France'
A rich historiography of architecture in France has long maintained that it was men alone who could become architects prior to 1902. But were there, in fact, others?
Book Talk: 'Beyond Building: Architecture and Gender in Nineteenth-Century France'
25 Feb 5pm-7pm
A rich historiography of architecture in France has long maintained that it was men alone who could become architects prior to 1902. But were there, in fact, others?
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
02.02.2026 16:02
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Book talk: Feminism Enchanted
qUCL are pleased to welcome Yanbing Er, to share insights from her new book. How might feminist thought make sense of a fate that can no longer be indexed by a framework of progressive reason?
Book talk: Feminism Enchanted
24 Feb 6pm
qUCL are pleased to welcome Yanbing Er @eryanbing.bsky.social to share insights from her new book. How might feminist thought make sense of a fate that can no longer be indexed by a framework of progressive reason? www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
02.02.2026 16:01
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Reading Group: Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Justice
This time with Dr Rosamund Greiner (Institute for Global Health) and the theme 'Environmental Exposures, Disability, and Reproductive Justice'.
Reading Group: Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Justice
This time with Dr Rosamund Greiner (Institute for Global Health) and the theme 'Environmental Exposures, Disability, and Reproductive Justice'.
12 February 2026, 1pm-2pm
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
02.02.2026 15:56
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Screening and Q&A: Gentle, Angry Women
This is a documentary with an intergenerational conversation on the history of the women's peace movement. Director Barbara Santi will join online for a Q&A.
Screening and Q&A: Gentle, Angry Women
This is a documentary with an intergenerational conversation on the history of the women's peace movement. Director Barbara Santi will join online for a Q&A.
27 January 2026, 5:30pm-7pm
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
23.01.2026 14:57
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Join our online information sessions to discover more about the Gender, Society and Representation MA.
Hear directly from the programme team and gain insights into what it’s like to study at UCL.
Book onto events in Feb and March: buff.ly/NH8htxT
@uclselcs.bsky.social
22.01.2026 16:30
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Gender Society and Representation MA: Virtual Open Event March
Join our Graduate Open Event for anyone who is interested in applying for the Gender Society and Representation MA at UCL.
Gender Society and Representation MA: Virtual Open Event
11 Mar 2026, 12:00 – 13:00
Join @artshumsucl.bsky.social Graduate Open Event for anyone who is interested in applying for the Gender Society and Representation MA at UCL.
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
21.01.2026 09:56
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Book Talk: 'Beyond Building: Architecture and Gender in Nineteenth-Century France'
A rich historiography of architecture in France has long maintained that it was men alone who could become architects prior to 1902. But were there, in fact, others?
Book Talk: 'Beyond Building: Architecture and Gender in Nineteenth-Century France'
25 February 5-7pm
A rich historiography of architecture in France has long maintained that it was men alone who could become architects prior to 1902. But were there, in fact, others?
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
09.01.2026 14:14
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Women and Musical Histories, 1789–1914 | Royal Academy of Music
Find out more about the Academy's upcoming research conference: Women and Musical Histories, 1789-1914.
CfP: Women and Musical Histories, 1789–1914
Submit by 31 Jan 26
Royal Academy of Music, London; 3-4 Sept 2026
They welcome papers (20 mins) & lecture-recitals (30 mins) that address the broad theme of women in/and musical history across the period 1789–1914.
www.ram.ac.uk/research/wom...
15.12.2025 14:20
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Seminar: Urban Mental Health
An in-person and online seminar exploring how gendered experiences and perceptions of violence shape urban mental health and well-being.
Hybrid Seminar: Urban Mental Health
2 Dec 12-2pm UCL & online
Exploring how gendered experiences and perceptions of violence shape urban mental health and well-being.
www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
28.11.2025 12:47
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NEW DATE: Environmental Exposures, Disability, and Reproductive Justice
Join this 'Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Justice' reading group session with Dr Rosamund Greiner (Institute for Global Health).
NEW DATE: Environmental Exposures, Disability, and Reproductive Justice
3 Dec 2025, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
Join this 'Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Justice' reading group session with Dr Rosamund Greiner (Institute for Global Health).
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
19.11.2025 10:50
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IAS Book Launch: Pioneering Women Archivists
We are delighted to welcome Elizabeth Shepherd for the launch of her book 'Pioneering Women Archivists in Early 20th Century England'
IAS Book Launch: Pioneering Women Archivists
1 December 2025, 6pm-8pm
We are delighted to welcome Elizabeth Shepherd for the launch of her book 'Pioneering Women Archivists in Early 20th Century England'
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
07.11.2025 14:54
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Researching gender inequalities in Kenyan education: Promising practices and persistent barriers
Join this event to hear from Dr Ayse Demir, Dr Sarah Fedha, Dr Francis Omondi, and Dr Eliza Ngutuku on their research in Kenya.
Researching gender inequalities in Kenyan education: Promising practices and persistent barriers
30 Oct 2-3:30pm
Join this event to hear from Dr Ayse Demir, Dr Sarah Fedha, Dr Francis Omondi, and Dr Eliza Ngutuku on their research in Kenya.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
17.10.2025 13:09
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The 1950s Shit They Want From Me: Tay-Vis and the Disciplinary Lens of Reproductive Labour
Join the next session of the Reading Group on Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Justice.
Join the next session of the Reading Group on Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Justice.
📅27 Oct, 2-4pm
📍51 Gordon Square, WC1H 0PN
Join us to workshop Dr Amelia Morris (University of Exeter)’s paper on Taylor Swift and reproductive labour.
www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...
29.09.2025 16:13
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Writing Histories of Abortion and Reproductive Health Today
Second session of the new reading group on Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Justice at UCL
Writing Histories of Abortion and Reproductive Health Today
27 May 2025, 10am-12pm
Second session of the new reading group on Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Justice at UCL
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
23.05.2025 13:34
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Care or control? Regulating technology, behaviour and gender at school
Join this panel discussion to discuss the global uptake of mobile phone bans in schools to support and promote young people’s rights and prevent sexual violences.
Care or control? Regulating technology, behaviour & gender at school
Hybrid, 23 May 11:00 – 17:00 @ioe.bsky.social
A panel discussion to discuss the global uptake of mobile phone bans in schools to support and promote young people’s rights and prevent sexual violences.
www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...
14.05.2025 11:36
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Book cover of 'Rainbow Trap' by Kevin Guyan
Rainbow Trap – London Launch
10 July 6:15pm @ucl-ias.bsky.social
Join author @kevinguyan.bsky.social to explore ideas from his hot new book 'Rainbow Trap: Queer Lives, Categories and the Dangers of Inclusion'.
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
12.05.2025 08:44
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