Kickass women of History podcast
A podcast which aims to share stories of inspiring women in the past. The website states that it intends to focus particularly on stories of women not usually represented in the media, including women of colour, women with disabilities, working class and LGBTQIA women. Organised by Emma Cook and Amy Cotterill. Available via major podcast sites. […]
Women’s history
Europeana has themed galleries relating to women’s history month. These highlight resources (text, images and online essays) relating to women’s history taken from Europe’s leading national libraries and museums. They are very good at highlighting resources from outside the UK.
Women’s History Advent Calendar
Starting on 1st December, a window to open every day till Christmas https://calendar.myadvent.net/?id=nt1kee5497mdo9efkzij7kqyil69xnum to learn about women’s history.
Locating London’s past
Locating London’s past This revamped website enables searching of digital resources relating to early modern and eighteenth-century London. The results are then mapped on to a version of John Rocque’s Survey of London, Westminster & Southwark, 1746. Datasets include:
UoL Historian wins double book prize
Clare Anderson, Professor of History and Director of the Leicester Institute for Advanced Studies, has won the Social History Society Book Prize 2024 and the Australian Historical Association’s biennial Kay Daniels Award 2024, for her book Convicts: A Global History. You can access the book via the library.
The HERstroy Project
The HERstory Project is a student-led site containing largely early-career researchers’ work in progress. It offers articles and research pieces on women, under-represented individuals and queer history. The editorial group publish online articles, and their first physical journal issue called ‘Pioneers’, which includes content on Agnès Varda, Ada Lovelace, Lily Gladstone and Native American women […]
Dr Kathleen Lynn digital collection
This Royal College of Physicians of Ireland maintained website provides information and access to digitised materials relating to the career of Dr Kathleen Lynn, nationalist and chief medical officer of the Irish Citizen Army. It includes digitised versions of the four volumes of Dr Lynn’s diaries from 1916 to 1955 covering her insight into the […]
Urban Heritage Atlas
The UNESCO Urban Heritage Atlas has just been launched. The Atlas currently features 10 World Heritage cities It provides interactive maps, histories of the construction , architectural features and cultural historical importance of each of the cities.
Women’s history month: Europeana online exhibitions
Europeana online exhibitions and blogs covering women’s history themes. The essays feature images of material items from Europe’s national libraries. They include national collections and biographies of individuals such as Josephine Baker, Charlotte Bronte, Miriam Makeba and Queen Elizabeth II.
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