This online discussion as part of the Being Human Festival 2021 explores how women’s histories are often forgotten, overlooked or actively suppressed. It will bring together historians, lawyers and literature experts to explore questions around who gets remembered, and what traces women have left behind. It will look at how you can start to uncover women’s lives from a variety of unusual sources, such as novels, photographs, digital archives, legal judgments, storytelling and oral history, activist practices and many more. Who will you rediscover?
Rediscovering Feminist Histories will feature IASH alumna Dr Lois Burke (Edinburgh Napier University) and IASH Fellow Dr Joan Haran (Cardiff University), as well as Dr Melissa Highton and Dr Chloë Kennedy (University of Edinburgh).
Free tickets can be reserved at https://rediscovering-feminist-histories.eventbrite.com/.
Following the discussion, an optional Wikimedia editathon will run on Friday 26 November from 13:00 to 17:00 on Zoom, allowing attendees to learn more about addressing gaps in the record. You can get training in Wikipedia editing, meet other editors and learn how to create an entry for your very own favourite woman from history. Find out more here.
The event will feature live auto-transcription. Both a transcript and a video recording will be made available after the event. Please contact iash@ed.ac.uk regarding specific accessibility requirements.
Being Human is the UK’s only national festival of the humanities. A celebration of humanities research through public engagement, it is led by the School of Advanced Study at the University of London, the UK’s national centre for the pursuit, support and promotion of research in the humanities. The festival works in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy to support humanities public engagement across the UK.