16th-17th September 2000
University of Bath
Heartlands and Peripheries in Women's History:
Local, National and Global perspectives

MAIN STRANDS
Politics
Personal Narratives
Empire/Race/National Identity
Work/Leisure
Public/Private: Family, Sexuality and the State
Representations

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Mrinalini Sinha Southern IllinoisUniversity, Carbondale.
"Rethinking Feminist Agency at the Crossroads of Imperial and Social History."

Gro Hagemann, University of Oslo
She will be discussing changes in the position of women in Norway in the twentieth century in a comparative context within Scandinavia.

Gail Lewis, Open University
"Gender Difference, 'Racial' Difference and Social Policy: Lessons from History."

The conference will offer opportunities to network with women's historians from Britain and will attract visitors from other countries. It also offers delegates the chance to visit Bath, an exceptionally well preserved Georgian city (classed as world heritage site) with many historical and cultural attractions.