Berkshire Conference of Women Historians

Thursday, January 8, 2026

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


Publishing Histories of Women, Genders, and Sexualities
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 4

3:30 PM-5:00 PM


Childbirth and Childcare in Nigeria and the US
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 5

Transgressive Mobilities: Sex, Crime, and Mobility
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 6

Friday, January 9, 2026

8:30 AM-10:00 AM


Law, the State, Nationality, and Well-Being
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 9

10:30 AM-12:00 PM


Cultivating a New Generation of Women Historians
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 10

Abortion: Histories of Care, Resistance, and Reproductive Justice
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 11

Gender and Agency in Wartime China
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 12

Relationships and Well-Being: Women and Power in American History
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 13

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


Teaching How to Form and Be in Community
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 14

Critical Trans Histories
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 15

3:30 PM-5:00 PM


Beyond “I Do”: Marriage in the 20th-Century United States
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 17

Communities of Care
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 18

Coordinating Council for Women in History Plenary
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 19

Saturday, January 10, 2026

8:30 AM-10:00 AM


Conceptualizing Mental and Physical (Ill) Health
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 20

10:30 AM-12:00 PM

1:30 PM-3:00 PM


Writing for the Popular Press: A Ms. Workshop for Feminist Historians
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 25

3:30 PM-5:00 PM


Gendered Violence: Learning from the Past to Change the Future
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 26

Histories of Reproductive Justice for Fascist Times
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians 27

6:30 PM-9:30 PM


Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Dance with DJ Tess
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians

Sunday, January 11, 2026

8:00 AM-9:00 AM


Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Business Meeting
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians

9:00 AM-10:30 AM

11:00 AM-12:30 PM