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WHAI Annual Conference 2012

The 2012 WHAI annual conference, hosted by Irish Studies, Mater Dei Institute of Education (DCU) will be held on the 25-26th May, 2012 in Mater Dei.

The theme of the 2012 conference is ‘1912: Irish Women before the Revolution’.  Proposals for papers should be approximately 500 words and must be sent to Dr Leeann Lane and Dr Mary McAuliffe at whai@materdei.dcu.ie by the 24th March, 2012.

For more information see the attached Call for Papers.

Grants and Prizes

The winner of the 2011 MacCurtain/Cullen Prize in Irishwomen’s History  is:

Bláthnaid Nolan, UCD

Bláthnaid is currently a PhD student at UCD Women's Studies Centre, School for Social Justice UCD.  She is an IRCHSS Government of Ireland Scholar. Her research is on female transportation of Irish women to Australia in the mid 19th century, using the Grangegorman Women’s Prison archives.   
Her winning essay is based on her MA thesis ‘Disposal of Bodies: Transportation as a system of Recycling Irish Convict Women to Van Dieman’s Land’.

See her winning essay attached below