Friday, April 8th, 2016 When Was Women’s and Gender History Over: A response to the state of (early modern French) historiography

DateTimeLocation
Friday, April 8, 20163:00PM - 5:00PMSeminar Room 108N, Munk School of Global Affairs
1 Devonshire Place
M5S 3K7

Series

Seminaire conjoint d'histoire de la France / Joint French History Seminar

Description

A survey of recent publishing in the field of early modern French history reveals an overall retreat from gender as a “category of historical analysis”. In this talk, Clare Crowston asks when women’s and gender history ended and, more importantly, what impact the current lack of attention has on our understanding of fundamental questions in the field. In what ways did scholarship in women’s and gender history rewrite pre-existing narratives and what has happened to fields we thought were transformed by these challenges? Why is it embarrassing to be a “women’s historian” in 2016?


Speakers

Claire Crowston
University of Illinois


Main Sponsor

Centre for the Study of France and the Francophone World (CEFMF)

Co-Sponsors

Centre for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies

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