Micaela Panes

(she/her)

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Research

Awards and Funding:

• 2023: Society for the Study of Labour History Reaserch Bursary.
• 2022: West England and South Wales Women's History Network Research Bursary.
• 2021 & 2022: James Pantyfedwen Tuiton Grant.
• 2018: CU Masters Excellence Scholarship.

Other Academic Roles:

• July 2023 onwards: Vice-President Postgraduate Students, Cardiff University Students' Union.
• Feb. 2023-Present: Research Assistant, GW4/Cardiff University Libraries.
• Feb. 2023-Present: PG Coordinator, SHARE with Schools.
• Oct. 2022-Present: [Elected] Vice-Chair and Senator, Student Senate, Cardiff University Students Union. 
• Oct. 2022-Present: [Elected] Scrutiny Committee, Cardiff University Students Union. 
• Jul. 2022-Present: Founder and Co-Organiser, SHARE Seminar Series. 
• 2021/22: Editor-in-Chief, SHARE e-Journal (Cardiff University Press). 
• Jan. 2022-May 2022: Lead Organiser and Chairperson, Breaking Boundaries Conference.
• Oct. 2021-Present: [Elected] PGR Student and Tutor Representative, School of History, Archaeology, and Religion, Cardiff University.
• 2018-2019: [Elected] Diversity and Postgraduate Officer, Cardiff University History Society. 

Teaching

• HS1105: Making of the Modern World.
• HS1109: Inventing a Nation: Politics, Culture, and Heritage.

Biography

Academic Backgound:

2021-Present: Cardiff University; PhD in History and Welsh History. Thesis: 'Emotion, Belonging and Political Identities: Working-Class Women's Activism, South Wales and South-West England, c.1928-1969'.

2018-19: Cardiff University; MA History. Dissertation: 'The Women's Labour League in South Wales, 1909-1918'.

2015-18: Cardiff University; BA History. Dissertation: ''To Fight, To Struggle, To Right the Wrong'': An Analysis of the Women's Trade Union Movement in Britain, c.1870-1910''.

Professional memberships

• 2023 – Present: Publicity and Engagement Officer - Llafur: Society of Welsh History.
• 2022 – Present: Executive Committee – Llafur: Society of Welsh History.
• 2022 – Present: Postgraduate Member – Royal Historical Society.
• 2022 – Present: Member – West England and South Wales Women's History Network.
• 2021 – Present: Member – Women's History Network.
• 2021 – Present: Member – Labour: Society of Welsh History. 

Speaking engagements

Conference Papers:

• University of Northampton Centre for Historical Studies: Gender and Political Groups in Britain, c.1650-1950 Conference. Northampton, 19 May 2023. Paper title: ''We want scholarships not battleships': Labour Women's Peace Campaigns in Interwar South Wales''. 
• Labour Conference: Securing a Stronghold? The 1922 Election and the Political Development of Wales. Cardiff, 29 October 2022. Paper title: 'Social Events and Political Networks: Labour Women's Organisation in Interwar South Wales'. 
• Women's Archive Wales: Annual Conference. Carmarthen, 1-2 October 2022. Paper title: ' Space, Place, and Environment: Working-Class Women's Political Activism in Post-War Wales'.   
• QMUL, Mile End Institute: Breaking the Glass Chamber, Women, Politics, and Parliament in Britain, 1945-1997 Conference. London, 15-17 September 2022. Paper title: 'End of an Era? Working-Class Women's Labour Activism in South Wales, 1945-1970'. Chaired the session 'The Changing Nature of Parliament'.  

Public Engagement:

• West England and South Wales Women's History Network blog, 'Working-Class Women and Labour Politics in South Wales, c.1945-1970 - An Overview', March 2023
• Mile End Institute blog, 'Breaking the Glass Chamber: The Role of the Local in Shaping Women's Political Activism',  February 2023.
• BBC Radio Wales, 100 years of Welsh Labour Programme, November 2022. Interviewed for part of a three-part radio programme to discuss women in the Labour Party in Wales between 1922 and 1966. 
• Mile End Institute Podcast, April 2022. Invited as Welsh history contributor for the 'Brittle with Relics: A History of Wales' episode.  Featuring Dr. Lyndsey Jenkins and Richard King.