Vortragsreihe: Rethinking Parenthood in Central and Eastern Europe: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives, 10/2025-03/2026, virtual space

Vortragsreihe DEMFAM Thursday Talks; ERC-Project „Democratising The Family? Gender Equality, Parental Rights and Child Welfare in Contemporary Global History (DEMFAM)“ (Web)

Time: 23.10.2025-19.03.2026, 16:00-17:00 (CET)
Venue: virtual space – via Berlin
Registration (Web)

Programme

  • 23.10.2025: Ivett Szalma & Judit Takács: Political demography and parenting rights in Europe (16:00-17:15)
  • 20.11.2025: Boglárka Kőrösi: Navigating independence: Young parents with physical disabilities in 1980s Hungary
  • 18.12.2025: Helena Tolić: Judgemental gaze in motherhood. How do we evaluate maternal practice?
  • 15.01.2026: Fanni Svégel: The Political Instrumentalization of “Family Values” in Post-Socialist Hungary
  • 19.02.2026: Ágnes Erőss: Changing roles of ethnic Hungarian women in Transcarpathia, Western Ukraine
  • 19.03.2026: Magdalena Żadkowska: Mother and Father in the “empty nest”

The ERC-Project “DEMFAM“
The project investigates the transformation of gender and family through the rise of shared and equal parenting. It traces the shift from hierarchical to egalitarian family structures, the expansion of parental rights, and the legal regulation of co-parenting and other post-familial care arrangements both within and beyond heterosexual relationships. The project also explores how institutions like family courts and mediation services have emerged to manage familial conflict and support child welfare since 1945. On a global level, it examines how parental rights became central in today’s gender politics, shaping debates around identity, democracy, and the role of the state. Read more … (Web)

Source: HSozKult