Monthly Archives: Juli 2020

CfP: The Female Wunderkind in the 18th Century. Learning Prospects and Gender Gaps in the Age of Enlightenment (Event, Toronto, 04/2021); by: 15.09.2020

American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies: Organized Session at the 52nd ASECS Annual Meeting 2021 (Web)

Venue: Sheridan Centre Toronto
Time: 08.-10.04.2021
Proposals by: 15.09.2020

All times, eras and cultures have witnessed the rare occurrence of highly talented and extremely gifted children who displayed their genius at a very early age. Yet, it was in eighteenth-century Germany that the term ‚Wunderkind‘ (literally „wonder child“) first came into use to denote child prodigy. The expression ‚Wunderkind‘ alluded, of course, to the pre-modern conception of a divinely blessed child working wonders in the Biblical sense, but it now meant something entirely different and new:

A ‚Wunderkind‘ was seen as a prodigious natural talent whose innate capabilities were decisively enhanced by a wonderfully refined type of enlightenment education. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, for example, performed musical miracles because his father Leopold excessively trained him during his early childhood according to the standards of enlightenment pedagogy.

This session invites contributions examining both the educational methods and the fate of the grown up female wunderkind in the eighteenth century, between great learning prospects and obvious gender gaps: Girls like Marianne Mozart, Emilie Basedow or Dorothea Schlözer all displayed extraordinary talents when their fathers presented them to large audiences as ‚wonders‘ of learning – but their own high hopes ended in disappointment when they had to marry and live in provincial seclusion.

Kontakt: Jürgen Overhoff, WWU Münster, Institut für Erziehungswissenschaft, jover_01@uni-muenster.de

Quelle: H-Soz-Kult

CfP: Challenges and Dilemmas in Writing and Publishing about Lesbian Studies (Journal of Lesbian Studies); by: 31.07.2020

Journal of Lesbian Studies (Web); Editors: Esther Rothblum and Nanette Gartrell

Proposals due by: 31.07.2020

The Journal of Lesbian Studies examines the cultural, historical, and interpersonal impact of the lesbian experience on society, keeping all readers – professional, academic, or general – informed and up-to-date on current findings, resources, and community concerns. The journal is interdisciplinary in scope.

The journal fosters new scholarship without cutting ties to grassroots activism. It gives the lesbian experience an international and multicultural voice, presenting book reviews, poetry, letters to the editor, debates, and commentaries. All review papers in this journal have undergone editorial screening and anonymous peer review.

The Journal of Lesbian Studies is devoting a thematic issue to challenges and dilemmas in writing and publishing about lesbian studies. This can cover a variety of topics, including but not limited to:

  • Issues in working and publishing collaboratively with co-authors, including dilemmas around authorship and issues about who „owns“ the data
  • Comments by journal reviewers, editors, or publishers
  • Reactions by undergraduate or graduate school mentors, classmates, or thesis committee members
  • Reactions by hiring committees, colleagues, supervisors, granting agencies, or tenure committee members
  • Reactions by study participants, dilemmas in presenting quantitative and/or qualitative data, and challenges in making quotes/data anonymous
  • Challenges in publishing longitudinal research as terminology changes, participants? gender and sexual identities change, etc.
  • Dilemmas in dealing with media reactions to the study or publication
  • Challenges in participating in research conducted and published by others

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Radiosendung: „Treffen wir uns in Wien!“ Der Briefverkehr zwischen Marie Langer und Else Pappenheim, 28.07.2020, Ö1

Radio Ö1 – Sendreihe „Dimensionen“, Sendung von Ulrike Schmitzer (Web)

Zeit: 28.07.2020, 19.05 Uhr
Ort: Radiosender Ö1

65 Jahre währte die Freundinnenschaft zwischen den Psychoanalytikerinnen Marie Langer (1910–1987) und Else Pappenheim (1911–2009). Sie sind in Wien aufgewachsen, haben hier gemeinsam die Schwarzwald-Schule besucht, ein Medizinstudium absolviert, und die psychoanalytische Ausbildung. Und beide mussten vor dem Nationalsozialismus fliehen: Marie Langer nach Uruguay und Argentinien, später nach Mexico – Else Pappenheim in die USA. Während die eine eine steile Karriere machte, wurde der anderen der Aufstieg zur Lehranalytikerin verweigert.

Der Sozialpsychologe Karl Fallend hat den späten Briefwechsel der beiden Freundinnen entdeckt und ihn nun unter dem Titel „Mimi und Els. Stationen einer Freundschaft“ herausgebracht. Fallend hat beide Psychoanalytikerinnen persönlich kennen gelernt, jahrelang recherchiert und mit ihren Kindern gesprochen.

Die bisher unveröffentlichten Briefe sind auch eine wichtige historische Quelle aus der Zeit der Neugründung der Psychoanalyse nach 1938. Else Pappenheim wurde noch von Anna Freud ausgebildet, erlebte den Antisemitismus und die Diskussion über die politischen Aspekte der Psychoanalyse. Marie Langer gilt als bedeutendste Psychoanalytikerin der sozial und politisch engagierten Psychoanalyse.

Literatur: Karl Fallend (Hg.): Karl Fallend: MIMI & ELS. Stationen einer Freundschaft: Marie Langer – Else Pappenheim – Späte Briefe. Löcker Verlag 2019 (Link).

Klicktipps: Europeana: Summer holidays in the past // Camping and caravanning over the decades (Europeana)

Europeana: Summer holidays in the past

Summer in Europe is a time of sunshine, relaxation and holidays for many people.

Europeana partner Larissa Borck from the Swedish National Heritage Board curated a gallery with 35 historical pictures from summer holidays from all over Europe.

These vintage photographs are snapshots. They show ways in which those people – who had the opportunity for holidays in summer – spent them. (See more … (Web)

Europeana: Camping over the decades

Camping was a common way to spend the summer holidays since the middle of the 20th century. Currently camping an caravanning is strongly advertised again. Due to the limited mobility, holiday habits should also be changed in 2020.

Europeana XX project partners curated a gallery with about 50 historical photos as well as relevant advertising posters from campers from all over Europe.

The gallery is introduced as follows: „Pack your sleeping bag and grab your s’mores: summertime is here, and with it the perfect season for camping out! Get inspired by these holiday pics for your own outdoors adventures.“ See more … (Web)

Europeana: Caravanning over the decades

Europeana XX project partners #CenturyOfChange curated a gallery with 43 historical pictueres from caravaning from all over Europe.

The gallery is introduced as follows: „The caravan: a home away from home. Since the early 20th century, campers have provided the perfect solution to outbound homebirds looking for holiday ambiance in a familiar setting.“ See more … (Web)

 

Jubiläums-Ausstellung zu 20 Jahre Frauenmuseum Hittisau: „geburtskultur. vom gebären und geboren werden“, bis 18.04.2021, Hittisau

Frauenmuseum Hittisau (Web)

Laufzeit: bis 18.04.2021
Ort: Hittisau, Vorarlberg

Wir alle sind geboren worden. Vor zwanzig Jahren wurde das Frauenmuseum Hittisau aus der Wiege gehoben. Dieses Jubiläum feiert das Museum mit der Ausstellung „geburtskultur. vom gebären und geboren werden“.

Geburtskultur – worum es geht

Die Ausstellung wurde von Stefania Pitscheider Soraperra (Frauenmuseum Hittisau) mit Brigitta Soraperra und Anka Dür (IG Geburtskultur) kuratiert.

Sie beleuchtet das Thema Geburt und Geburtskultur aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven. Auf einem historischen Streifzug bietet sie Einblicke in das jahrtausendealte Hebammenwesen, sie stellt weltweite Geburtsrituale vor und beleuchtet aktuelle Diskussionen rund um die Möglichkeiten der Reproduktionstechnologien.

Zeitzeug*innen kommen zu Wort und erzählen ihre persönlichen Geschichten rund um ihr Mutter- und Vatersein. Zahlreiche Kunstpositionen erweitern das Thema um persönliche Zugänge und neue Sichtweisen. Weitere Informationen … (Web).

Vielfältiges Rahmenprogramm

Die Ausstellung wird von einem vielfältigen Rahmenprogramm begleitet, in dem alle möglichen Themen rund um „Geburtskultur“ vertiefend aufgegriffen werden. Im Juli 2020 startete das Programm mit zwei Kochkursen, die auf einen alten Brauch zurückgehen:

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Workshop: Care Migration in Europe: Policies and Patterns in Live-in Elder Care Circulation, 02.09.2020, virtueller Raum

Organized in conjunction with ESPAnet (Web) by Michael Leiblfinger, Johannes Kepler University Linz, and Miloslav Bahna, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Time: 02.09.2020, 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. (CET)
Place: virtueller Raum
Over the last two decades, the employment of predominately female live-in care workers has increased considerably within Europe, mainly, but not exclusively, in Western European countries.
Increased labor market participation of women as well as demographic changes led to so-called care gaps that are – at least partially – filled by circularly migrating care givers typically from new EU member countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Even though there are similarities, different patterns as well as a variety of regime and policy changes can be observed in different countries. However, precarious working conditions seem to be a common denominator across most receiving countries.
In this online workshop, six papers will be presented by:

  • Petra Ezzeddine, Charles University Prague
  • Oliver Fisher, National Institute of Health and Science on Ageing, Italy
  • Simone Habel, Phil.-Theol. Hochschule Sankt Georgen
  • Veronika Prieler, Johannes Kepler University Linz
  • Marlene Seiffarth, University of Bremen
  • Martina Sekulová, Slovak Academy of Sciences

For more information, including on how to participate, see http://care-migration.eu (PDF)
Source: FEMALE-L@jku.at

CfP: Bodies Matter (Event, 04/2021, Leiden); by: 31.08.2020

Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS), Elleke Boehmer, Willemijn Ruberg and Frans-Willem Korsten (Web)

Time: 15.–16.04.2021
Venue: Leiden
Proposals by: 31.08.2020

Keynote lectures:

  • Elleke Boehmer, University of Oxford: World Literature in English
  • Willemijn Ruberg, Universiteit Utrecht: Cultural History

Final remarks and a concluding session’s supervisor:

  • Frans-Willem Korsten, LUCAS

Since global antiquity, conceptions of the body have played a central role in culture and society. From physical figures to political metaphors, objects of analysis to sources of value, bodies take multiple forms. They ground emotions, desires and identities, and are inflected by technology. They connect to histories of place and space, both online and offline, and are framed by political, environmental, spiritual, and other discourses.

All too often, conceptions of the body have been to delimit or exclude bodies deemed “other” for reasons of race, gender, class or other markers of identity. Never isolated, bodies are also arranged into larger units, from cultural groups to nation states. Thinking through the body not only reshapes our body of knowledge, it also moves us to rethink our lives, together and apart, during unprecedented political, ecological and health crises.

The organizers welcome contributions from researchers across the humanities and social sciences. Participants are invited to consider topics including, but not limited to:

  • Normative and deviant bodies (outlaw, disabled, ill)
  • Performances and representations of the body in various media
  • Collective bodies and biopolitics (medicine, ethics, governance, coercion, control, surveillance, resistance)
  • Ecologies of the body (environmental relations, human and non-human bodies)
  • Read more and source … (Web)

CfP: Mother, Father, Child, Health – the History of Reproduction (Event: 06/2021, Berlin); by: 31.08.2020

XVIII Conference of the German-Polish Society for the History of Medicine (Web)

Time: 03.-05.2021
Venue: Berlin
Proposals by: 31.08.2020

The XVIII Conference of the German-Polish Society for the History of Medicine is being organized in cooperation with the Center for Historical Research at the Polish Academy of Sciences in Berlin and the Institute for the History of Medicine and Ethics in Medicine, Charité Medical University.

Dating back to the philosophy of nature in Greek antiquity, “reproduction” has constituted a grey area between “nature” and “culture”, between the biological, social and cultural world. On one hand, questions about fertility and procreation, embryonic development and birth, require further research and explanation by natural science; on the other, far-reaching religious, moral, and cultural norms have been established around sexuality. Finally, it has been part of the social-philosophical program since antiquity to understand and control the circumstances and conditions of reproduction for selective breeding purposes – in order to produce an especially suitable future elite or even for creating entire populations.

All three of these factors are in a constant state of flux, especially their interaction and historically and culturally specific forms of superimposition, which are expressed in characteristic features of a given epoch. These include aristocratic claims to power, municipal regulations on midwives, and eugenic ideas among utopians in the 16th century; phenomena such as the discourse of the “medical police” (Medizinische Polizei) in the 18th century, and debates surrounding the evolutionary theories of Jean Baptiste Lamarck and Charles Darwin that resulted in novel family and sociopolitical concepts, including explicitly racist projects, during the first half of the 20th century. Read more and source … (Web).

CfP: An die Gerichtsakten, fertig, los! (18. Nachwuchsworkshop des Netzwerks Reichsgerichtsbarkeit, 10/2020, Wetzlar), bis: 31.07.2020

Netzwerk Reichsgerichtsbarkeit der Gesellschaft für Reichskammergerichtsforschung e. V. (Web)

Ort: Wetzlar
Zeit: 02.-03.10.2020
Einreichfrist: 31.07.2020

Wie zuletzt im Jahr 2017 bietet das Netzwerk Reichsgerichtsbarkeit mit dem diesjährigen Workshop ein Forum für junge Nachwuchswissenschaftler/innen an, die Gerichtsakten als Quellen heranziehen, die sich mit der Gerichtsbarkeit im Alten Reich beschäftigen oder die Reichs-, Territorial- oder Lokalgerichte für ihre jeweilige Fragestellung nutzen. Es wird jungen Allgemein- und Rechtshistoriker/innen die Gelegenheit gegeben, ihre Thesen, Methoden und ersten Ergebnisse auf der Veranstaltung vorzustellen. Die Idee dahinter ist, dass sich junge Nachwuchswissenschafter/innen über laufende Forschungs- oder Qualifikationsprojekte austauschen können.

Nachdem in den vergangenen Jahren häufig Schwerpunktthemen die Veranstaltungen prägten (Web), möchten die Veranstalter/innen im Rahmen der diesjährigen Veranstaltung dezidiert einen offenen Workshop anbieten.

Eingeladen sind dazu Masterstudierende, Doktorand/innen, Habilitand/innen oder Projektmitarbeiter/innen, die Gerichtsakten und verwandte Quellen für ihre Forschungen nutzen. Angesprochen sind etwa Historiker/innen, Rechtshistoriker/innen, Archivar/innen, Bibliothekar/innen, Museolog/innen und Blogger/innen. Intendiert ist ein offener Kreis von Wissenschaftler/innen. Die Veranstalter/innen freuen sich auch über Themenvorschläge zu Arbeiten, die sich erst im Anfangsstadium befinden, um bereits in dieser Phase den Austausch zu ermöglichen, Impulse einarbeiten und Hinweise aufnehmen zu können.

Geplant ist es, 20-Minuten Referatenen und Präsentationen in informellem Rahmen jeweils eine Stunde Aufmerksamkeit zu geben, um ausreichend Zeit für ausgiebige Diskussionen zu erhalten. Hierbei können bewusst Zuspitzungen formuliert, Methodenfragen erörtert oder Quellenprobleme aufgedeckt werden, um eine konstruktive Arbeitsatmosphäre zu erzeugen. Weiterlesen und Quelle … (Web)

Klicktipp and CfP: Migrant Knowledge (Weblog)

Migrant Knowledge (Web)

A little over a year ago, the blog Migrant Knowledge was launched to underline and explore the common ground that migration studies and the history of knowledge share.

The fields have even converged along the lines of particular perspectives, such as research on border infrastructure or borderscapes; the study and creation of counter-archives to assemble and elevate hitherto silenced voices in societies; the examination of political cultures and their mechanisms of inclusion and exclusion; or the sometimes long-lasting condition of being „in transit.“

New research is emerging that profits both from the increased diversity of available methodologies and from acknowledging relevant longue durée aspects of migration.

Find the entries under this link (Web)

The editors invite scholars with related interests to submit short contributions. These can be about all manner of topics related to migration and knowledge. The blog format makes it possible to offer preliminary results, tentative conclusions, short think pieces, source discussions, and more. It can also make sense to discuss work you have done that is inaccessible to a broader educated public, whether because of complexity, language, or paywalls.

For more details see the information at the Website (Web).

In addition to work on your own scholarship, the editors welcome essays on two special rubrics:

1) „Classics Revisited“ is for essays that reflect on how a specific work came to be seen as a classic and why it is still rewarding to engage with it. An example is Michelle Lynn Kahn’s essay on Werner Schiffauer’s 1991 monograph „Die Migranten aus Subay?“/(The Migrants from Subay).

2) „Engaging with Art“ is for reflections on a novel, film, or other kind of work that has something to show us about migration and knowledge. The first example is Miriam Gutekunst’s piece on Mohsen Ben Hassan’s 2016 documentary „Bezness as Usual“.

Contact: Andrea Westermann, Swen Steinberg and Mark Stoneman; German Historical Institute Washington and Pacific Regional Office at Berkeley (GHI PRO) (Web)

Source: H-Soz-Kult