Berkshire Conference of Women Historians

Welcome to our virtual landing page for the Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders, and Sexualities.

We would like to highlight our new books and share our conference discount during this year’s meeting, June 28 – July 2, 2023, in Santa Clara, California.

We are pleased to offer Berks members a 30% discount on all orders placed through July 31, 2023. Enter promo code WBERKS23 at checkout through our website or by calling 1-800-537-5487.

Our editorial director is eager to connect with current and prospective authors about new projects and book proposals. If you have a project you’d like to discuss, please get in touch with Larin McLaughlin, Editorial Director, lmclaugh@uw.edu

 

We’ve curated a selection of our new and noteworthy books below, and you can find additional titles here.

The Borders of AIDS

The Borders of AIDS

Race, Quarantine, and Resistance

Karma R. Chávez, Piya Chatterjee

$30.00

Paperback

Feminista Frequencies

Feminista Frequencies

Community Building through Radio in the Yakima Valley

Monica De La Torre, Piya Chatterjee

$27.95

Paperback

New Women of Empire

New Women of Empire

Gendered Politics and Racial Uplift in Interwar Japanese America

Chrissy Yee Lau

$30.00

Paperback

Stitching Love and Loss

Stitching Love and Loss

A Gee's Bend Quilt

Lisa Gail Collins

$29.95

Hardcover

Asian American Feminisms and Women of Color Politics

Asian American Feminisms and Women of Color Politics

Lynn Fujiwara, Shireen Roshanravan, Piya Chatterjee

$30.00

Paperback

Making Livable Worlds

Making Livable Worlds

Afro-Puerto Rican Women Building Environmental Justice

Hilda Lloréns

$30.00

Paperback

Settler Cannabis

Settler Cannabis

From Gold Rush to Green Rush in Indigenous Northern California

Kaitlin P. Reed

$30.00

Paperback

We Are Dancing for You

We Are Dancing for You

Native Feminisms and the Revitalization of Women’s Coming-of-Age Ceremonies

Cutcha Risling Baldy, Coll Thrush, Charlotte Coté

$30.00

Paperback

Wide-Open Desert

Wide-Open Desert

A Queer History of New Mexico

Jordan Biro Walters

$30.00

Paperback

Love Your Asian Body

Love Your Asian Body

AIDS Activism in Los Angeles

Eric C. Wat

$29.95

Paperback

Painful Beauty

Painful Beauty

Tlingit Women, Beadwork, and the Art of Resilience

Megan A. Smetzer

$39.95

Hardcover