Dangerous Women Project

We're thrilled to announce that the 3rd book from the Dangerous Women Project will release in September from @EdinburghUP. "Women Who Dared: From the Infamous to the Forgotten" is edited by Ben Fletcher-Watson & @joshaw with a foreword by @sarasheridan.

🌟Celebrate International Women's Day with our latest blog post 🌟 Editor of our upcoming book, Women Who Dared: From the Infamous to the Forgotten, Ben Fletcher-Watson spotlights five trailblazing women who dared to make history. Check the post out here:…

As we celebrate International Women’s Day, Kaveri Qureshi reflects on a key concern of women’s movements globally – gender-based violence, with a special focus on the transnational dynamics of feminist discussions on it. Read the blog post here: bit.ly/43sS1ml

50% off our brilliant 2021 volume, "The Art of Being Dangerous", edited by @joshaw and @bfletcherwatson! Use code BOOKSALE25 to get 50% off select print books in Art. This offer is valid on online orders until 28 Feb. Buy the book: lup.be/book/the-art-o…

It's #NationalPoetryDay! Enjoy IASH's recent poetry collection "Our Time Is A Garden", edited by @a_pirmohamed and featuring new nature poems by women and non-binary writers of colour: iash.ed.ac.uk/sites/default/… (free PDF) 🍃🍂🌱

You can also read our profile of Sri Lanka’s (and the world’s) first female Prime Minister, Mrs Sirimivo Bandaranaike: dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/07/11/sri… Congratulations to Dr Amarasuriya!

Congratulations to Dr Harini Amarasuriya on her appointment as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, the third woman to hold the role. 🇱🇰 Dr Amarasuriya was a Nominated Fellow at IASH in 2019: iash.ed.ac.uk/profile/dr-har…

A fascinating article by @SusannaRustin on Josephine Butler. You can also check out our 2016 post on Butler, written by Leigh Denton: dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/11/14/jos… theguardian.com/society/articl…

🗓️The date is nearly here! Join us on 21st June for the Women’s Liberation: 50 Years On Evening Celebration at @GillespiesHigh, co-badged with @IASH_Edinburgh and @WomensHistScot ➡️Find out more: edin.ac/3V2vCI5

We're thrilled to be supporting the amazing Lorrie Moore at @edbookfest on Wed 21 Aug at 18:45-19:45. "Celebrated for her dazzling short stories, no one writes quite like Moore; she has a knack of folding you in laughter one moment, then cutting straight to the heart the next."

📢Event Announcement! 📷 Join us in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the 1974 Women’s Liberation Conference! Project with @IASH_Edinburgh, @WomensHistScot and @GillespiesHigh. Find out more about the event and the project here: edin.ac/3V2vCI5

A pleasure to write about The books of my life for @guardian theguardian.com/books/2023/dec…

📣Call for Papers!📖✍️ We welcome proposals for an edited volume of essays on the figure of the angry woman in literature and culture. We would like this to be a multidisciplinary, cross-period, cross-cultural collection so please share widely! Deadline: 10th January 2024

In 📚 'The Art of Being Dangerous' artists and writers of diverse identities explore what it means to be a dangerous woman. Listen to an interview with Ben Fletcher-Watson @NewBooksNetwork 🎙 bit.ly/457GTsB #Women #feminism #genderstudies #art @DangerousWomen_ Project

Since #witch #history is sparking such interest, I'm sharing a couple of my non-fiction pieces about what happened in #Pendle in the 17th century. First up my article for @DangerousWomen_ about the role of sex & sexuality in the cry of 'witch' dangerouswomenproject.org/2016/04/22/pen…

Check out our forthcoming event on human rights and combating gender-based violence, just announced at @edbookfest - Jennifer Robinson & Keina Yoshida: “Beyond Reasonable Doubt”. edbookfest.co.uk/the-festival/w… In-person and virtual.