Research
Working Group 7
Working Group 7
Gender and Public History: stories of the self, constructions of the nation.
Theme: Narrating public memories of war and peace: transcending methodological nationalisms
Report AtGender Workshop 7: Gender and Public History: stories of the self, constructions of the nation. Theme: Narrating public memories of war and peace: transcending methodological nationalisms.
Co-ordinators: Mary Clancy (National University of Ireland, Galway), Andrea Peto (CEU, Budapest).
The strand aims to explore how to situate gender as a complex category in public histories and narratives of self and the state including in relation to violence, peace and war. After reviewing areas of interest and work to date, the group agreed to submit proposals for the 8th European Feminist Research Conference in Budapest, 17-20 May, 2012. The panel title is: ‘Narrating Public Memories of War and Peace’. The sub-strand titles are: (1) ‘Rhetoric of war: narratives of social crisis in Europe’, addressing war in a metaphoric way and how war influences and shapes our present and (2) ‘Progress and security in 19th century feminisms’ addressing questions of gender, agency, freedom and antimilitarism. Participants agreed to circulate bibliographical information and to explore funding possibilities in order to meet and discuss papers in advance of the Budapest conference.
11 April, 2011.