Women in German Studies (WIGS) is an organization, which was founded in 1988 in order to connect female Germanists in Great Britain and Ireland and support them in all aspects of their professional life.
1988 University of Reading (organiser: Helen Watanabe)
1989 University of Salford (organiser Juliet Wigmore)
1990 University of Swansea (organisers: Brigid Haines and Allyson Fiddler)
1991 Queen Mary and Westfield College, London (organiser: Pat Howe)
1992 Manchester Metropolitan University (organiser: Sally Johnson)
1993 Nottingham: ‘Women and the “Wende”’ (organiser: Elizabeth Boa)
1994 University of Warwick (organiser: Georgina Paul)
1995 University of Central Lancashire (organisers: Helen Jones & Petra Bagley)
1996 University of Exeter (organiser: Chloe Paver)
1997 University of East Anglia, Norwich: ‘Theory’ (organisers: Jo Catling & Margot Paterson)
1998 Open conference, University of Manchester: "Women’s Autobiography in German: Theory and Practice”, Special guests Anne Duden & Ruth Klüger (organiser: Margaret Littler)
1999 University of the West of England, Bristol ‘Women and Society’ (organiser: Gisela Shaw)
2000 Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow ‘Myths and Mythmaking’ (organiser: Sarah Colvin)
2001 University of Leeds (organiser: Ingrid Sharp)
2002 University of Southampton (organiser: Andrea Reiter)
2003 Open conference, University of Bath ‘Local Narratives, Global Narratives’ (organisers: Renate Rechtien & Caroline von Oppen)
2004 Selwyn College, Cambridge (organiser: Charlotte Woodford)
2006 Newcastle University (organisers: Teresa Ludden & Beate Müller)
2007 University of Sussex (Brighton) (organiser: Andrea Hammel)
2008 Open conference, University of Liverpool: “Impact: German-language culture and its reception” (organisers: Rebecca Braun and Lyn Marven)
2009 University of Birmingham (organiser: Joanne Sayner)
2010 Joint WIGS/WISPS conference, University of Swansea: “Friendship and cross-cultural cooperation" (organisers: Brigid Haines and Sarah Bowskill)
2011 University of Leeds (organisers: Helen Finch and Ingrid Sharp)
2012 Open conference, UCD Dublin: “About Time: Conceptualising and representing temporality in German, Swiss and Austrian Culture”, special guest: Angelika Overath (organiser: Gillian Pye)
2013 University of Sheffield (organiser: Caroline Bland)
2014 Selwyn College, Cambridge (organiser: Charlotte Woodford)
2015 University of Durham (organisers: Marie-Isabel Matthews-Schlinzig & Tracey Reiman-Duwe)
2016 University of Aberystwyth
2017 Open conference, University of Oxford: Reform, Reformation, Revolution
Founding president: Helen Watanabe (Chair 1988 - 1991)
Gabi Rahaman (Treasurer 1988 - 1990) Pat Howe (Freelance register 1988-1989) Margaret Littler (Part-time/freelance rep followed by freelance register 1988 - 1991 and Secretary 1994-1997) Anne Simon (PG rep 1988-1989) Margaret Vallance (polys/colleges/New Universities rep 1988-1995) Juliet Wigmore (Secretary 1989-1991) Susan Beardmore (Part-time/freelance rep 1990-1994) Jean Conacher (PG rep: 1990-1) Brigid Haines (Treasurer 1991-1994) Linda Holt (PG rep 1991-?)
Elizabeth Boa (Chair 1992-1995)
Sue Lawson (Freelance register 1992-1995) Georgina Paul (Secretary 1991-1994)
Gisela Shaw (Chair 1995-2001)
Chloë Paver (Treasurer 1995-1997) Brigitte Lechner (Part-time/freelance rep 1995-1997 Laura Ovenden (PG rep 1995? - 1997) Clare Lambert (Freelance register 1996-1997) Mererid Puw Davies (Secretary 1998-2000) Beth Linklater (Treasurer 1998-2000) Ursula Wiedenmann (Part-time/freelance rep 1998-2001) Teresa Ludden (PG rep: 1998-2000 and part-time/freelance rep 2003) Margaret Vince (Freelance register 1998-2003) Betsy Pennebaker (IT rep: 1999-2000) Andrea Reiter (IT rep 1999-2003) Birgit Röder (Treasurer 2001-2003) Charlotte Woodford (Secretary 2001-2006) Joanne Sayner (PG rep 2001-2003) Anna Saunders (IT rep 2001-2007)
Lesley Sharpe (Chair 2002-2005)
Andrea Hammel (Treasurer 2004-2008) Rebecca Braun (Beard) (PG rep 2004-2006) Marielle Sutherland (Part-time/freelance rep 2004-2007) Margot Paterson (Freelance register 2004-2006)
Sarah Colvin (Chair 2005-2008)
Michaela Gigerl (PG rep 2006-2007) Katherine Griffiths (PG rep 2006) Christiane Schönfeld (Ireland rep 2006-2009) Lyn Marven (Secretary 2007-2011) Deborah Holmes (IT rep 2006-2007) Aine McMurtry (IT rep 2008-2012 Sarah Jones (PG rep 2008-2009) Corinne Atwood
Henrike Lähnemann (Chair 2009-2015)
Karina von Lindeiner-Stráský (Treasurer 2009-2013) Alex Lloyd (Vinall) (PG rep 2009-2011) Charlotte Ryland (Part-time/freelance rep 2010-2013) Gillian Pye (Ireland rep 2010-) Helen Finch (Secretary 2012-2015) Emily Spiers (PG rep 2012-2014) Caroline Bland (Treasurer 2013-) Madeleine Brook (IT rep 2013-) Simone Schroth (Part-time/freelance rep 2013-) Cyd Sturgess (PG rep 2015-) Birgit MIkus (Early Career Rep 2015-) Katya Krylova (Secretary 2015-)
Brigid Haines (Chair 2015-)
