Stockholm University (Web)

Venue: Stockholm University
Time: 13.-14.08.2021
Proposals by: 15.02.2020

This conference commemorates the centennial of the introduction of universal and equal suffrage in Sweden. The aim is to initiate and present research on the introduction of women’s suffrage and its consequences in a comparative and global perspective and bring together scholars from a variety of disciplines and countries in order to share their expertise and experiences and participate in a critical dialogue on women’s suffrage, gender and democracy.

Keynotes:

• Birgitta Bader-Zaar (Vienna): Women’s Enfranchisement as an Iconic National Milestone
• Corrine McConnaughy (Princeton Univ.): US Women Suffrage as Racialized Claim: Incentives and Outcomes
• Veronica Giordano (Buenos Aires); Suffrage and Beyond in Latin America: Candidates, First Ladies and Presidents
• Sumita Mukherjee (Bristol): Indian Suffragettes: Female Identities and Transnational Networks

The conference is organized around the following themes:

• The actors: This theme revolves around the role of actors— the visions, strategies and transnational interactions of the suffrage movements. Alliances and conflicts. We welcome papers on historical analyses, as well as papers focused on contemporary social and political movements for political inclusion, representation and democracy processes.
• The institutions: This theme engages with the institutional and historical context of suffrage, for instance nationalism, war and new institutions. We welcome papers focused on the limitations and constraints to universal suffrage. We also welcome papers exploring the contemporary challenges to democracy and political representation from a gender or intersectional perspective.
• Culture, discourses and morality: This theme focuses on the manifestations of the struggle for suffrage through culture and discourse, for instance affections, songs and posters, bodies and dress code. Narratives and … read more (Web).

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