CfP: Nordic women and the transnational networks during the Cold War (1945–1990): Collaboration, conflicts, achievements, and memory (Publication); by: 01.05.2021

NORA – Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research (Web)

Manuscripts due: 01.05.2021

The Cold War years were not only a period of the political confrontation between the East and West, but it was also a time when work for women’s rights and gender equality underwent further transnationalisation. While transnational women’s organizations and their contribution to the establishment of gender equality norms have been studied before, the participation of the Nordic women in the international organizations and networks has not generated much interest among scholars.

The editors invite contributions on Nordic women’s collaboration with transnational organizations and on cooperation of Nordic women’s organizations with women’s organizations in countries involved in anti-colonial struggle, for self-determination and against racism. In particular, they seek submissions that address the influence of the Cold War divisions and conflicts on women’s activism.

The contributions may include but are not limited to the following themes:

  • Women in the Nordic countries and their international work during the first years following WWII
  • Nordic women and the United Nations (UN) or organizations connected to the UN
  • Nordic women and developmental cooperation
  • Ideas, networks, and cooperation between women and organizations in the Nordic countries and anti-colonial movements and grassroots women’s organizations in African, Asian, and American continents
  • Transnational activism in Northern Europe during the International Women’s Year (1975) and the UN Decade for Women (1975–1985)
  • Nordic women and women of the „Eastern bloc“ – encounters, travels, conflicts, cooperation
  • Peace movement and Nordic women
  • Solidarity work and Nordic women’s organizations
  • Biographic research on activists of the Nordic transnationalism
  • Theoretical and methodological challenges of studying transnational women’s activism of the Cold War period (with focus on the Nordic activism)

NORA – Nordic Journal of Feminist and Gender Research – Special Issue Editors:

  • Elisabeth Elgán, Stockholm University: elisabeth.elgan@historia.su.se
  • Yulia Gradskova, Stockholm University: yulia.gradskova@historia.su.se
  • Heidi Kurvinen, University of Turku: heidi.kurvinen@utu.fi

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