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March for Women's Rights. Washington, DC. 1971. (Source: © Warren K. Leffler)

2022 Berks AHA Grant, April 8, 2022

The Berkshire Conference of Women’s Historians has been awarded funding from the American Historical Association’s Grants to Sustain and Advance the Work of Historical Organizations Program, which provides relief to institutions adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This opportunity was made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The Berkshire Conference’s project is entitled Creating Student Affiliates and Speakers’ Networks to Diversify and Expand Women’s Histories and Reach. Read More >>

Statement on Anti-Asian Hate Crimes, March 20, 2021

March 2021 marks the one-year anniversary of when much of the U.S. entered various forms of social distancing lockdown as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been a year filled with loss and trauma, disproportionately experienced by those already marginalized in our societies. This public health crisis has been further compounded by the continuation of visible and horrific acts of violence against Black people, perpetrated by the police and everyday citizens who feel entitled to enact hatred, carry out executions, and justify these actions…. Read More >>

Statement on Sedition, January 10, 2021

The United States is a nation founded on the ideals of democracy but also on a system of white supremacy. January 6, 2021 saw seditionists attempt to overthrow the US government and occupy the US Capitol in Washington, DC. Insurrectionists were able to occupy the Capitol because white supremacy allows white people to move freely, rebel, and inhabit their bodies – and state spaces – in ways denied racialized people in the US…. Read More >>

Statement on “patriotic history and diversity”, October 24, 2020

On September 17, 2020, President Donald Trump announced his intention to create a national commission to promote “patriotic education.” The hastily convened “conference” held at the National Archives did not advance our understandings of history, but served only to mobilize white supremacist ire with its attacks on the New York Times’ 1619 Project and other historical scholarship that focuses on previously unseen groups…. Read More >>

 

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NEH Sustaining the Humanities through the American Rescue Plan

2022 Berks AHA Grant

The Berkshire Conference of Women’s Historians has been awarded funding from the American Historical Association’s Grants to Sustain and Advance the Work of Historical Organizations Program, which provides relief to institutions adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. This opportunity was made possible with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) through the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The Berkshire Conference’s project is entitled Creating Student Affiliates and Speakers’ Networks to Diversify and Expand Women’s Histories and Reach. … Read More >>

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2023 Big Berks

Session at the 4th Big Berks, classroom at Mount Holyoke College, 1978

The program committee is looking for volunteers who are willing to serve as chair, commentator or moderator for sessions that may be created from single papers or sessions that might lack those positions. If you plan to be at the Big Berks 2023, are not serving in any other role in the … Read More »

Prizes

Two Women Fencing,. ca. 1885

The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians awards two annual book and article prizes in the following categories: A first book that deals substantially with the history of women, gender, and/or sexuality. A first book in any field of history that does not focus on the history of women, … Read More »

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The Berkshire Conference is a member-driven organization, which means that we are eager to hear from you. Have ideas about how the website would work better for you? Let us know! Our Executive Director will get back to you within two weeks, even just to let you know how we plan to … Read More >>

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Suzanne Lacey, Between the Door and the Street, 2013. (Source: Wikimedia Commons) Forms part of: The Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn Museum)

Become a Member The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians is a vital network of scholars that welcomes all women in the historical profession. We offer two kinds of events: our triennial … Read More »

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