Gender research group of the LabEx project “Writing a new history of Europe” (Web)

Venue: Paris
Time: 19 and 20 November 2015
Abstracts no later than 1 March 2015

European integration is to be understood here in the widest sense: this conference treats both the process of European integration and, more broadly, the emergence of a political space and a common identity on a European level since the beginning of the 20th century.

Since the end of the Second World War, the “founding fathers” of Europe have often been celebrated, yet the women who also helped to build a united Europe have often been forgotten. Louise Weiss, sometimes called the “grand-mother of Europe”, is undoubtedly the most famous among them. But what about the role of the various pro-European movements of the interwar period, such as the European Women’s Lobby, or of leading figures such Ursula Hirschmann, Jacqueline Nonon, Fausta Deshormes La Valle (founder of the periodical Femmes d’Europe) and many other female contributors to European integration? When, in what ways and with what means did they work to build a Europe that was more equal in terms of sex and gender? Read more … (PDF in French and English).