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• Next Conference of IFRWH, Sydney, Australia, 8-9 July, 2005

• Previous Conferences of IFRWH/FIRHF

1. In 1990 the Federation sponsored a two-day program on the theme 'Changes in Women's Life cycles in a Socio-Economic and Political Perspective' at the 17th International Congress of Historical Sciences in Madrid, Spain
2. In 1993, the Federation organised a small conference on 'Women and the State' at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of Bielefeld, Germany
3. In 1995 the Federation's two-day program at the l8th International Congress of the Historical Sciences in Montreal, Canada was devoted to the theme: 'Women, Colonialisms, Imperialisms and Nationalisms Through the Ages/Femmes, colonialismes, imperialismes et nationalismes a travers les ages' . Papers from this conference were edited by Ruth Roach Pierson and Nupur Chaudhuri for Indiana University Press under the title: Nation, Empire, Colony: Categories of Gender and Race Analysis
4. In 1998 the Federation's conference was in Melbourne on the theme 'Women and Human Rights, Social Justice and Citizenship: International Historical Perspectives'.  The proceedings have been edited by Patricia Grimshaw and  Marilyn Lake and were published by Palmer Press in 2000.
5. In 2000 The Federation organised a conference at the 19th Congress of Historical Sciences at Oslo, Norway, on the theme of Conflict and Co- operation in Sites of Cultural Co-Existence: Perspectives from Women's History.  The Conference was organised by Nancy Hewitt.
6. The 2003 conference of the Federation was held in Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland from 11-14 August 2003. A copy of the abstracts of the papers presented at the conference is available online.
7. For details of the IFRWH conference in Sydney Australia, 8-9 July 2005 click here.