ISHWRA

An international network of scholars founded in 2021 to promote enquiry into the history of women religious through a global lens.

[ISHWRA @ISHWR_A]

Pleased to announce our seminar schedule for the coming year!

Our virtual events take place on Tuesdays or Thursdays each month, and all are welcome to join us.

[Catholicisms, c.1450–c.1800 @CatholicismsEM]

To mark the annual @16CSociety conference, there is 50% off and free shipping on all the books so far published in the series. Enter the code BB151 here: https://t.co/dAiVRgtmJA #CathHist #twitterstorians #catholicism #Jesuits #nuntastic #Inquisition

[Durham History of Catholicism @histcatholic]

The paperback of 'English Convents in Catholic Europe, c.1600-1800' by the CCS' James Kelly is currently available in the @Waterstones sale for only £10: https://t.co/cfJwDSOTTv #twitterstorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism #nuntastic

[Cushwa Center @CushwaCenter]

Looking to do archival research in St. Louis? Apply by September 15 for the Catholic Archives Visiting Researcher Grant, administered by @CRGC_SLU to support scholarly research at partner archives. Learn more: https://t.co/zXN1nhxJDc

[ISHWRA @ISHWR_A]

@barconventyork Our sincere condolences.

[Durham History of Catholicism @histcatholic]

The CCS' James Kelly's article 'Women’s Agency, Discernment, and Choice in the English Convents in Exile, 1600–1800' has been published open access in @HistoricalJnl #firstview #nuntastic #twitterstorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism Read here: https://t.co/GY8VufhsCN

[Catholicisms, c.1450–c.1800 @CatholicismsEM]

'Scholars interested in monasticism, precursors of the Enlightenment, and early modern British and Irish history should not miss the essays included in this collection'. Review in @16cjournal of the first volume in the series #history #twitterstorians #nuntastic

[Center for Research on Global Catholicism @CRGC_SLU]

📣 Apply now for the 2025 St. Louis Catholic Archives Visiting Research Grant

🗓️ Deadline: Sept 15, 2025
💰 Up to $3,000 for research in St. Louis–based Catholic archives

🔗 Apply: https://t.co/dGJ5od5MrU
#CatholicArchives #GlobalCatholicism #CRGC #SLU #WomenReligious

[IMEMS Durham @IMEMSDurham]

Could you be a Durham Collections Fellow next year? Applications for 2025-26 are now open!

Learn more and explore the range of research possibilities across the collections available here in Durham: https://t.co/yCOOEjMvde

[Durham History of Catholicism @histcatholic]

Maddy Keightley-Phillipps, @nbcdtp-funded PhD researcher at @Durham_Theology, is currently visiting the 17th-century English convent in Bruges to investigate their library thanks to support from
@CatholicRS #twitterstorians #CathHist #history #Catholicism #nuntastic

[Durham History of Catholicism @histcatholic]

#CFP the fifth early modern British and Irish Catholicism conference. The conference will be held in London @uNDLondon 29 June-1 July 2026. Proposal deadline: 21 Jan 2026 https://t.co/nfHfm1NkGC... #twitterstorians #history #Catholicism #CathHist #nuntastic

[Durham History of Catholicism @histcatholic]

History of Catholicism job klaxon! Come and join us at @Durham_Theology to work on a #nuntastic post-doc project about the Faithful Companions of Jesus. Application deadline is 27 July. More info here: https://t.co/gWWAp8HhRj #twitterstorians #jobalert #catholicism

[Church and Science @ChurchNScience]

#WomenInSTEM The Real Flying Nun!
Meet the accomplished pilot and expert in Aerodynamics & Aviation 🛩️- Sr. Mary Aquinas Kinskey OSF (May 27, 1894– Oct 20, 1985) - Sister was an American Franciscan Religious Sister who was an expert in and teacher of aerodynamics and aviation. 🇺🇲

[Catholicisms, c.1450–c.1800 @CatholicismsEM]

There's 60% off the first volume in the @CatholicismsEM series in the @boydellbrewer sale. Enter the code BB600 to get 'British and Irish Religious Orders in Europe, 1560–1800' for only £32 here: https://t.co/BdKwT7ymKC #nuntastic #CathHist #twitterstorians #catholicism

[The Mother Tongue @TheMotherTongu2]

Getting ready for the ERC Consolidator Grant BADEMS workshop where we would share our experience and challenges with monastic archives and nuns' writings.
Convenor: Diana Berruezo at @UABBarcelona.
Can't wait for this exquisite collaboration 🤝
https://t.co/4G4BOStgFD

[Center for Research on Global Catholicism @CRGC_SLU]

We are pleased to announce that the 2025 St. Louis Catholic Archives Visiting Research Grant is now open! Don’t miss out—apply by May 1!

🔗 Learn more and apply here: https://t.co/FFvs4a3rCU
#CRGC #GlobalCatholicism #ResearchGrant #CatholicHistory #WomenReligious #SLU

[Liam Temple @LiamPeterTemple]

Thrilled to have been awarded a @BritishAcademy_ @LeverhulmeTrust Small Research Grant for a project with @SepsCollections and Jonathan Bush. We will be thinking critically about the ways in which scholars work with religious orders and their valuable collections.

[Center for Research on Global Catholicism @CRGC_SLU]

Join us! Discover the powerful contributions of Catholic sisters in the civil rights movement. CRGC will be promoting a new digital exhibit on the sisters' role in the march. Don't miss it!

#CRGC #CHI #sistersofselma #catholicevents

[The Mother Tongue @TheMotherTongu2]

#8M It is not about making room for women in history, but about giving history back to women.
👉Join & share our initative #WomeninResearchforWomeninHistory
@archivocolonial @Proyecto_Bieses @ISHWR_A @H_WRBI @ADHUC_UB @RECIRC_ @SomosAEIHM @ProjectWink @CIRGEN1 & so many others!

[Liam Temple @LiamPeterTemple]

Greatly looking forward to @madddyphillipps paper at the IHR next week: "'Shee deals in Popish Books:’ Early Modern English Women and the Transnational Distribution of Illicit Catholic Books" https://t.co/mSpQbER4QH #CathHist #twitterstorians #Catholicism

[IMEMS Durham @IMEMSDurham]

Find out how you can publish with the Durham University IMEMS Press with @boydellbrewer 📢