Women's Studies Group 1558-1837

This CFP looks great - deadline for abstracts is 22 September.

Visiting @thejohnrylands today to look at a manuscript which contains two very early English conversion narratives - both dating to the 1630s and both written by women! VOICES OF THUNDER begins with the remarkable story of Rose Thurgood, one of these women #earlymodern

In case you haven't seen it, here's our call for the upcoming Forum in Early Modern Women. Consider submitting a short piece on the theme of migrancy! #EarlyModern

Join Austen music scholars Laura Klein & Gillian Dooley for a celebration of Austen’s musical world in the Dining Room at Chawton House, 8 July. 12pm lunchtime concert; 2-4pm presentations each hour for House visitors; 7pm The Jane Austen Playlist. Tix: chawtonhouse.org/whats-on/jane-…

This opportunity might be of interest to some of our followers!

My first article, "Becoming Jane on stage: queerness in early twentieth-century Austen bioplays," has been published and it is open access 🥳🥳 Huge thanks to the editors at Adaptation Journal and peer reviewers who have been a pleasure to work with doi.org/10.1093/adapta…

#talks Delighted to be entering my busiest time of the year, with three confirmed talks so far. Here is the third one at @WSGUK. Still months away, but already getting me incredibly excited. #keepwatchingthisspace womensstudiesgroup.org/2025/06/18/wsg…

CFP: Early Modern Mansplaining: Male-Authored Histories of Women One-Day Workshop on 26 September 2025, at the Medici Archive Project, Palazzo Alberti, Florence Submission deadline: 10 July 2025 Notifications by: 15 July 2025

Out next week: the Shelleys’ History of a Six Weeks’ Tour (1817) for the first time in paperback with notes. Also includes an introduction, appendices, maps… just received my editor copies! Ed. by @VonDuffstein & myself for @OWC_Oxford. 📚

This looks like a fabulous programme!

Early Modern Women and Religion Seminar The second session of the Early Modern Women and Religion seminar will be held on Tuesday, 17 June from 10:30 AM to noon (EDT) via Zoom.

Voices of Thunder is now available to pre-order!! 🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟 reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/voices-of… @reaktionbooks #earlymodern #earlymodernwomen

New Reads Alert! Women Writing Race in the Seventeenth-Century English Atlantic Civil Agents, By Kristina Lucenko routledge.com/Women-Writing-…

Another New Read! Widow City: Gender, Emotion, and Community in the Italian Renaissance, by Anna Wainwright rutgersuniversitypress.org/delaware/widow…

Highlights from our free Parkland exhibition. This is the last weekend it is open, so come on down to find out more about our historic Parkland, from Jane Austen’s connection with the local landscape to the modern conservation efforts that keep it thriving.

There's still time to register for the CREMS Magic and Witchcraft Conference! WHEN: 23-25 June WHERE: University of York OR Online HOW MUCH: Starting at £25 for online day ticket WHY: Because it's FASCINATING york.ac.uk/crems/events/e…

🪡 Drawing Room Talk: Jane Austen and Needlework 📖 Join Austen scholar and author of Jane Austen Embroidery, Jennie Batchelor, for an intimate evening talk held within the atmospheric Drawing Room at Jane Austen’s House. ⏰ Sunday 13 July, 6-7pm 🎟️ tinyurl.com/twdyufjd

Did you know that the WSG has a reading group? Members will be meeting next week (5 June) to discuss Eliza Haywood's 'The History of Betsy Thoughtless'. We meet four times a year and books are selected by the attendees. Interested in joining us? DM for details.

📖 It’s nearly time for our next Virtual Book Club! Mansfield Park is on 3 June, with Emma following in July. You can also join us on 12 July for a one-time-only Clueless Club, an in-person film club discussing everyone’s favourite reimagining of Emma! 🔗 janeaustens.house/visit/whats-on/

The cover for the "Marie Antoinette Style" exhibition book (coming to the V&A Museum this September) was posted!