Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum für europäisch-jüdische Studien (MMZ) and Centre for Promotion of Tolerance and Holocaust Remembrance in Zagreb (Web)
Time: 15.01.2026
Venue: Potsdam
Registration by: 06.01.2026
At this international one-day conference, experts will discuss their latest research findings about the historical and current role of fascist and nationalistic-oriented women from the interwar period to the present day. In light of the shift to the right in many European countries and elsewhere, it will be shown how antifeminist politics, traditional images of womanhood and right-wing ideologies have shaped society until today. The conference is part of the international EU project “Teaching about Race and Gender Exclusion Timelines.”
Programme
11:00 Welcome speeches: Werner Treß (MMZ) and Nataša Popović (Centre for Promotion of Tolerance and Holocaust Remembrance)
Keynote: Ljiljana Radonić (Austrian Academy of Sciences): Female Perpetrators and their Antisemitic, Racist and Antiziganist Authoritarian Projections | Moderation: Martina Bitunjac (MMZ)
12:15 Panel I | Moderation: Olaf Glöckner (MMZ)
- Esther Lehnert (Alice Salomon Univ. of Applied Sciences Berlin): Women in the Far Right: Fighting for Women’s Rights?
- Perry Willson (Univ. of Dundee): The Political Mobilisation of Women in Fascist Italy: 1922–1943
14:30 Panel II | Moderation: Roy Knocke (Lepsiushaus Potsdam)
- Anca Diana Axinia (Independent Scholar): Women, Gender, and Politics in the Romanian Legionary Movement Continue reading

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