Yvonne McFadden
@yvonne_mcfadden
Social & cultural historian Interests: gender, class, oral hist,health, women's work & housing Co-Director @ScotOralHist TA @StrathHistory she/her
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Calling all Scottish Historians! History Scotland is putting together its webinar programme for 2024-5. If you would be interested in giving a webinar based on your research, please get in touch with me. Proposals from ECRs especially welcome. Payment offered!
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Blog post by MSc in Health History student Madeline Robertson who undertook a work placement with Archives and Special Collections at Strathclyde
Strathclyde Humanities & Social Sciences History@Strathclyde University of Strathclyde CSHHH Glasgow Department of Humanities, Uni Strathclyde David Wilson Yvonne McFadden Laura Kelly Fearghus Roulston
My book, Coal Country: The Meaning and Memory of Deindustrialization in Postwar Scotland, is available to download for free from this link! You can also buy a paper copy.
Coal Country is the first book length account of the end of coal mining in Scotland. uolpress.co.uk/book/coal-coun…
Women have a complex relationship with creative industries - we are makers, crafters, & curators - but are often less well-paid, respected or recognised.
Women’s Countercultural Creativity
With Royal Society of Edinburgh Adele Patrick & brb drinking tea
In person & online ow.ly/B5zZ50QXwp0
🐛GZF24 AT CCA 🐛
Ink and Action!
Sat 4th May, 11am-12:30pm
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In this creative family workshop with Red Sunday School we will delve into histories of radical pedagogy and children and young people’s activism!
The MSc in Health History and the MSc in Historical Studies University of Strathclyde Strathclyde Humanities & Social Sciences History@Strathclyde Department of Humanities, Uni Strathclyde has an exciting change planned for next year. Please get in touch with me or David Wilson if you're interested in either programme. And stay tuned!
Join us Monday 25th March 2024, 4-5 either in person or online when Kate Wilson will be presenting on her research on working class writing and urban activism in Glasgow. DM for Zoom link.
Pleased to share a new performance and event ‘Give Your Thoughts and Win’ UofGCulture where I will be joined by writer brilliant hannah proctor , to turn the survey inside out eventbrite.co.uk/e/give-your-th…
Find out more about our project with Yvonne McFadden who will be presenting on ‘Memories and Landscape in Mining Communities’ with National Records of Scotland on Thur 21 March, 5pm, online, free
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Attention all #oralhistory people! We are overjoyed to launch the CFP for FOHN Finland's 2024 symposium, taking place this November at University of Jyväskylä. We have an excellent keynote speaker line-up including Lynn Abrams and Samira Saramo.
For more see: jyu.fi/fohn2024
Our 2024 Sue Innes Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Prof Lynn Abrams speaking on 'From Housewives' Organisations to Women's Liberation'
📅 Sat 16 Mar, 2-4pm The Stirling Smith
Online & in-person.
Free! All welcome
🎟️To register & for more info: tinyurl.com/5c8rkza9