UCL Gender and Feminisms Research Network

Book Talk: 'Beyond Building: Architecture and Gender in Nineteenth-Century France'
25 February 2026, 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?

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?

CfP: Women and Musical Histories, 1789–1914
Submit by 31 January 2026
Royal Academy of Music, London; 3-4 September 2026
We welcome proposals for papers (20 minutes) and lecture-recitals (30 minutes) that address the broad theme of women in/and musical history across the period 1789–1914, including: Lives, works and legacies of women in curating and communicating musical histories; The labour and agency of women in documenting, interpreting and transmitting musical practices, historical narratives and cultural memory; Current challenges for traditional historiography.

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.

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).

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).

Researching gender inequalities in Kenyan education: Promising practices and persistent barriers
30 October 2025, 2:00 pm–3:30 pm
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 Join this event to hear from Dr Ayse Demir, Dr Sarah Fedha, Dr Francis Omondi, and Dr Eliza Ngutuku on their research in Kenya.

The 1950s Sh*t They Want From Me: Tay-Vis and the Disciplinary Lens of Reproductive Labour
27 October 2-4pm
Join this reading group on 'Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Justice' to workshop Dr Amelia Morris (University of Exeter)’s pre-circulated paper on Taylor Swift and reproductive labour.

The 1950s S**t They Want From Me: Tay-Vis and the Disciplinary Lens of Reproductive Labour Join this reading group on 'Sexuality, Reproductive Health, and Justice' to workshop Dr Amelia Morris (University of Exeter)’s pre-circulated paper on Taylor Swift and reproductive labour.

'Sticking Together in Tough Times' with Dean Spade
6 October 2025, 6pm-8pm
qUCL and the SPRC are pleased to jointly host Dean Spade, who will discuss the kinds of bold, rule-breaking, risk-taking resistance that people are taking up to care for each other and save lives right now, and what it takes for us to show up for each other in this moment.

'Sticking Together in Tough Times' with Dean Spade qUCL and the SPRC are pleased to jointly host Dean Spade, who will discuss the kinds of bold, rule-breaking, risk-taking resistance that people are taking up to care for each other and save lives right now, and what it takes for us to show up for each other in this moment.

Making and Visualising British Beauty: Provincial Women and Miss Great Britain, 1945-1970
10 Oct 2025, 5:30 to 7:30 pm
Hybrid | Online-via Zoom & IHR Wolfson Room London
IHR Women's History seminar with Amanda Vickery (QMUL)

Making and Visualising British Beauty: Provincial Women and Miss Great Britain, 1945-1970 This session explores Miss Great Britain (1945–70) as a lens on beauty, gender, class, race, and national identity, revealing sexism yet also new forms of female agency.

'Sticking Together in Tough Times' with Dean Spade
6 October 2025, 6pm-8pm
qUCL and the SPRC are pleased to jointly host Dean Spade, who will discuss the kinds of bold, rule-breaking, risk-taking resistance that people are taking up to care for each other and save lives right now.

'Sticking Together in Tough Times' with Dean Spade qUCL and the SPRC are pleased to jointly host Dean Spade, who will discuss the kinds of bold, rule-breaking, risk-taking resistance that people are taking up to care for each other and save lives right now, and what it takes for us to show up for each other in this moment.