The Women’s History Association of Ireland’s annual conference will take place at Queen’s University Belfast on 26-27 April 2024. The broad theme for this year is ‘Irish women and relationships from medieval to modern history’.

We welcome papers on the following topics:

• Irish women’s relations with political organisations, figures and campaigns 
• The relationship between Irish women and the church
• Women, gender and sexuality in Ireland
• Irish women’s relations with newspapers, the press and social media
• Women and criminality in Ireland
• Irish women’s interpersonal relationships
• Women and the family in Ireland
• Irish women’s friendships
• Irish women’s relationship with the world
• Women and sport in Ireland

Papers on other topics which relate to the theme are also welcome.

Abstracts of between 250-300 words and a short biography should be sent to whaiconference2024@gmail.com on or before 12 January 2024.

The Women’s History Association of Ireland welcomes contributors at all career stages and international participants. 

Once accepted, we will endeavour to prioritise speakers with caring responsibilities according to their scheduling needs. Rascals Day Nursery on the Upper Lisburn Road offers limited day-rate child-care services on weekdays. For information on this, please see https://www.rascalsdaynurseries.com/rascals-day-nurseries.

For further information and updates about the conference, please see https://womenshistoryassociation.com/ or follow us on X @WHAIreland.

Conference organisers: Katherine Ingram, Rachel Newell and Sophia Traxler