Welcome to The Women’s Studies Group 1558-1837 website. Our blog includes information about upcoming events, call for papers, reviews and reflections. This pinned post will highlight our recent blog posts so it is easy to find information, such as event sign up. However, if you would like to find other previous posts from the blog, please use the search function or click on one of the categories found on the right-hand side of this page.
Recent blog posts
WSG Annual Workshop, 18 April 2026: ‘Anonymity and Identity’
Publication of Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange, 1550-1850 (WSG edited volume)
Demystifying the publication process
Events (See also our new Events Calendar page)
Book reviews
Danish-British Consort Portraiture, c.1600–1900. By Sara Ayres. Review by Miriam al Jamil.
Elisabetta Sirani. By Adelina Modesti. London: Lund Humphries. Review by Anna Pratley
The Art of the Actress: Fashioning Identities. By Laura Engel. Review by Victoria Joule
Women, Collecting, and Cultures beyond Europe. Arlene Leis. Review by Valeria Viola
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