CFP – GENDER IN HUMAN-ANIMAL HISTORY
Jane Goodall’s 1971 seminal study of free-living chimpanzees was called In the Shadow of Man, and for a long time (ironically) that is exactly what studies on animals were. Animals were eclipsed by anthropocentrism – but they were also overshadowed by the other meaning of ‘man’ as pseudogeneric: the male as normal and the norm,…
Online book presentation JVG #40 ‘Living Concepts’
Living concepts. Forty Years of Engaging Gender and HistoryYearbook of Women’s History / Jaarboek voor Vrouwengeschiedenis 4021 January 2022, 15.30-17h Please register at: jaarboekvrouwengeschiedenis@gmail.com Bilingual programme Introduction of the new Yearbook, by Larissa Schulte Nordholt-Intergenerational Roundtable Conversation: Living ConceptsParticipants: Alice Ackermann, Saskia Bonjour, Elsbeth Locher-Scholten, Divya Nadkarni-Intermezzo, by Anna TijsselingPlease keep pen and paper ready!-Afsluiting:…
CFP – Gender and the Sea
Guest editor: dr. Djoeke van NettenFor centuries sailors thought that the presence of women on board would mean bad luck: rough weather,big waves, and other disasters were sure to follow. Through notions like these, women were supposedlyexcluded from the maritime domain. Therefore, the ship and the sea have predominantly been perceived as a space for men.…
Jaarboek voor Vrouwengeschiedenis 