Early Modern Women: An Interdisciplinary Journal

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St Clare of Assisi, the first woman to write - and defend - a Rule for her own congregation of women. (Ms UCD-OFM B44 in @ucdarchives ) #InternationalWomensDay

On 16 Sept 1642 Rosa O'Doherty signed this letter. Here it is for #InternationalWomensDay , 384 years later. This is possibly a unique surviving example of a 17thC signature of a #Gaelic Irishwoman. (The letter is now in @ucdarchives part of the Franciscan collection)

What can we glean about early modern women based on the readers' marks left in Bibles? This article from The Sixteenth Century Journal examines marginalia in Bibles and psalm books to offer insight into early modern women as Bible readers journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73… @16CSociety

Using case studies, this article from English Literary Renaissance considers the broad implications of the use of recycled pages of print in early modern English culture. Read it here: ow.ly/boPa50Yn4oK @_ELRJournal

This article from Early Modern Women highlights a form of parainstitutional female religious life, called "bizocche" (tertiaries, nuns or sisters, or house nuns), placing them within a larger historical framework. ow.ly/tsfM50Y93f7. @SSEMWomenGender

C'est avec un très grand plaisir que je vous annonce la parution aux @editionsPedone du livre collectif "Diplomatie de femmes, Femmes en diplomatie du Moyen Âge au XVIIIe siècle", codirigé avec Lucien Bély et Matthieu Gellard.

CFP: Conference, 'Clio Reframed: Women Writing History, 1500-1750', University of Oxford, 18-19 June 2026 Deadline: 28 February 2026 Paper proposals are invited for this conference on the overlooked role of early modern women as writers of history. See clioreframed.hcommons.org.

Gerard ter Borch A Woman and a Child Making Lace, dated #otd Jan 21, 1629. (The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles)

Call for Papers – Special Issue of Art Journal Divine Visions: A Global Exploration of Devotional Art and Iconography, c. 1200–1700 Deadline March 1. Link for submissions: mdpi.com/journal/arts/s…

CfP📢The History of Women Religious in Britain and Ireland Annual Conference (@H_WRBI) 📆 11-12 June 2026 |🌍Queen Mary University (London) ⏰Deadline: 30 January 2026 🔗historyofwomenreligious.org/call-for-paper… #HistoryofWomen #ReligiousHistory #CFP #EarlyModern

Catherine Howard’s only surviving letter. It’s written in her own hand and addressed to Thomas Culpepper, her alleged lover. It’s signed ‘yours as long as life endures, Katheryn’. On display in the National Archives’ brand new exhibition, Love Letters, which opens on Saturday #loveletters

It's Universal Letter Writing Week. This article from Early Modern Women studies how letter writing by women helped preserve family history in early modern Italy. Read here: ow.ly/Ew6i50XK0tE @SSEMWomenGender

Painted glass of a young woman with roses in her hand, c. 1650 - c. 1675. (Rijksmuseum) Broken but beautiful.

#CFP Congreso ‘Mujeres y escrituras de comunidad en la España de la Edad Moderna (siglos XVI–XVIII)’. Organiza @Proyecto_Bieses 📆9-11 abril 2026 📍Edificio de Humanidades de la UNED en Madrid ✏️Envío de propuestas hasta el 5 de diciembre ℹ️Información: bieses.net/cfp-congreso-m…

The latest post on the EMFBO blog is about a book that the poet Katherine Philips gave to Mary Jeffreys; a find with real scholarly implications for the study of Philips #EarlyModern" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">…dernfemalebookownership.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/hau… #HerBook @BettyBelphoebe

Today on the EMFBO blog: a female owner of Charles I's popular Eikon Basilike, a book cherished by women readers, who used their ownership marks to express their political affiliations during and after the Civil Wars …dernfemalebookownership.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/cha… #HerBook #EarlyModern

Here's our CFP for the Forum again, with ALT text

Hot off the press! The latest issue of Early Modern Women (20.1) is now available! It includes three articles, a Forum on Early Modern Women in Wartime, a review essay, a performance review, two exhibit reviews, a collection of book reviews, and a new In Memoriam feature.

With essays by Elspeth Currie, Alejandra Ortiz-Salamovich, and Frans Ciappara; a forum on war with contributions by Penelope Anderson, @McareaveyNaomi, @aidyn_osgood, and @laurajay_wright along with a review essay, a performance review, exhibition reviews and many book reviews!

We are delighted to announce that our Fall 2025 issue is out! journals.uchicago.edu/toc/emw/2025/2…