Central European Univ. in Vienna: ZARAH Public Lecture co-hosted by ZARAH Department of Gender Studies Department of History (Web)

During the Annual International Workshops the ZARAH Team discusses its approach and findings with external experts on the history of women’s labour activism internationally, in the ZARAH region, and in other countries and regions. ZARAH Team members present elements of their component studies and the ZARAH collaborative work, and (depending on their preferences) the external experts may present their own work.
Samita Sen (Cambridge): Left out of the Left:Gender and Class in Domestic Workers‘ Unionisation in India
Time: Wed., 14.10.2020, 17:30, via Zoom
Following Convention 189 (2011) of the ILO, domestic workers have emerged as a significant category of workers and as subjects of both women’s and workers’ politics. They have posed challenging questions of class and gender, which the mainstream in both these movements have found difficult to answer.
In the Indian context, associations of domestic workers, few and small no doubt, are demanding the status of trade unions. This is a dynamic moment and both working conditions, as well as movements, are being continually redefined. In West Bengal, in the eastern region of India, a parliamentary communist party led a coalition in government for nearly 35 years from 1977 to … read more (PDF).
Claudia Kraft (Wien): Spaces of Knowledge and Gender Regimes: from Double Marginalization to a Gendered History of Knowledge of Central and Eastern Europe
Time: Thu., 15.10.2020, 17:30, via Zoom
The lecture discusses powerful denominations that order the field of historiography. When we write history, we are inevitably confronted with terms such as „General History“ or „European History“. These are powerful concepts that create a norm which makes other histories appear peripheral or marginal.
The lecture asks for the heuristic potential of gender studies and area studies to decenter these powerful denominations. It criticizes the often mechanical use of spatial categories that ignores the fabrication of spaces by area specialists, as well as the reification of gender identities within women’s and gender studies. It argues for a … read more (PDF).
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