“Sin Fronteras: Women’s Histories, Global Conversations,” the thirteenth Berkshire Conference on the History of Women will take place Thursday, June 2 through Sunday, June 5, at Scripps College, 1030 Columbia Avenue Claremont, California. The event, sponsored by the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians, is open to the public. For registration information, please contact Scripps College Summer Conferences & Special Events at (909) 621-8187 or visit the Berkshire website, www.berksconference.org.
The conference, highlighting recent research in history, will feature roundtable discussions, film screenings, and a book exhibit. The keynote address, “Resistance and Power: The New Abolitionism,” will be delivered by political activist Angela Y. Davis, professor in history of consciousness at the University of California, Santa Cruz. The Berkshire conference especially encourages graduate students, junior faculty, and independent scholars to attend.
The Berkshire Conference of Women Historians was established more than 70 years ago by women academics as an opportunity to exchange ideas on professional activities and create a network among female historians. The Berkshire Conference’s expansion over the last several decades mirrors the significant position women’s history and women’s studies has reached in academia. According to the American Historical Association, the concentration in women’s history and gender studies has been one of the fastest growing areas of the discipline. The development of the Berkshire Conference from an informal gathering of a few women in 1930 to a conference of thousands at major universities and colleges across the nation is an indication of that growth.