H-Women's purpose is to enable historians more easily to discuss research interests, teaching methods, and the state of the field and historiography of women's studies. H-Women is especially interested in methods of teaching history to graduate and undergraduate students in diverse settings.

Recent Calls

Discussion published by H. Micheal Tarver on Thursday, April 25, 2019

Call for Contributors -- Last Call

The Editors of the forthcoming Daily Life of Women: An Encyclopedia from Ancient Times to the Present are seeking contributors to help finalize the project within the next two months. The four-volume encyclopedia is to be published by ABC-CLIO, under the editorship of Colleen Boyett, Mildred Diane Gleason, and Micheal Tarver.

Expressions of interest are welcome from graduate students, postdocs, professors, independent scholars, and public history professionals.

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Recent Book Reviews

Discussion published by Jessie Frazier on Thursday, April 25, 2019

Popa on Mack, 'Sexagon: Muslims, France, and the Sexualization of National Culture'

The following book review from H-Nationalism may be of interest to some H-Women list members.

Author: 

Mehammed Amadeus Mack

Reviewer: 

Bogdan Popa

Mehammed Amadeus Mack. Sexagon: Muslims, France, and the Sexualization of National Culture. New York: Fordham University Press, 2017. 344 pp. $27.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8232-7461-1; $100.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8232-7460-4.

Discussion published by Jessie Frazier on Thursday, April 11, 2019

Mehrotra on Hans, 'Disability, Gender, and the Trajectories of Power'

The following book review from H-Disability may be of interest to some H-Women list members.

Author: 

Asha Hans, ed.

Reviewer: 

Shubhangi G. Mehrotra

Asha Hans, ed. Disability, Gender, and the Trajectories of Power. New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2015. 292 pp. $16.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-93-5150123-7.

Reviewed by Shubhangi G. Mehrotra (University at Buffalo SUNY) Published on H-Disability (April, 2019) Commissioned by Iain C. Hutchison (University of Glasgow)

Discussion published by Jessie Frazier on Thursday, April 11, 2019

Carr on Eastmond, 'Tamta's World: The Life and Encounters of a Medieval Noblewoman from the Middle East to Mongolia'

The following book review from H-War may be of interest to some H-Women list members.

Author: 

Antony Eastmond

Reviewer: 

Karen Carr

Antony Eastmond. Tamta's World: The Life and Encounters of a Medieval Noblewoman from the Middle East to Mongolia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. 480 pp. $50.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-16756-8.

Reviewed by Karen Carr (Portland State University) Published on H-War (April, 2019) Commissioned by Margaret Sankey (Air War College)

Discussion published by Jessie Frazier on Thursday, March 21, 2019

Rizzo on Mukherjee, 'Indian Suffragettes: Female Identities and Transnational Networks'

The following book review from H-Empire may be of interest to some H-Women list members.

Author: 

Sumita Mukherjee

Reviewer: 

Tracey Rizzo

Sumita Mukherjee. Indian Suffragettes: Female Identities and Transnational Networks. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018. xvi + 292 pages. $30.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-948421-8.

Discussion published by Jessie Frazier on Thursday, March 14, 2019

Lewis on Orr, 'Women and the French Army during the World Wars, 1914-1940'

The following book review from H-War may be of interest to some H-Women list members.

Author: 

Andrew Orr

Reviewer: 

Abigail Lewis

Andrew Orr. Women and the French Army during the World Wars, 1914-1940. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2017. xxvi + 192 pp. $30.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-253-02677-4; $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-253-02630-9.

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Recent Discussions

Discussion published by Jessie Frazier on Thursday, April 25, 2019

Popa on Mack, 'Sexagon: Muslims, France, and the Sexualization of National Culture'

The following book review from H-Nationalism may be of interest to some H-Women list members.

Author: 

Mehammed Amadeus Mack

Reviewer: 

Bogdan Popa

Mehammed Amadeus Mack. Sexagon: Muslims, France, and the Sexualization of National Culture. New York: Fordham University Press, 2017. 344 pp. $27.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8232-7461-1; $100.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8232-7460-4.

Discussion published by H. Micheal Tarver on Thursday, April 25, 2019

Call for Contributors -- Last Call

The Editors of the forthcoming Daily Life of Women: An Encyclopedia from Ancient Times to the Present are seeking contributors to help finalize the project within the next two months. The four-volume encyclopedia is to be published by ABC-CLIO, under the editorship of Colleen Boyett, Mildred Diane Gleason, and Micheal Tarver.

Expressions of interest are welcome from graduate students, postdocs, professors, independent scholars, and public history professionals.

Discussion published by Simone Pfleger on Tuesday, April 23, 2019

H-Net Job Guide from 15 April 2019 to 22 April 2019

The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from 15 April 2019 to 22 April 2019. These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-Women. See the H-Net Job Guide website at http://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information. To contact the Job Guide, write to jobguide@mail.h-net.msu.edu, or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 am and 5 pm US Eastern time.

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