Digging woman: Use and misuse of ancient woman as role models in archaeological research and dissemmination

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Digging woman: Use and misuse of ancient woman as role models in archaeological research and dissemmination

Veranstalter
PD Dr. Kerstin Droß-Krüpe et al.
PLZ
1011
Ort
Budapest
Land
Hungary
Vom - Bis
31.08.2022 -
Deadline
10.02.2022
Von
PD Dr. Kerstin Droß-Krüpe, Ruhr-Universität Bochum/Universität Kassel

By the 1960s and 70s “looking for women” in the past became a goal for women’s studies. Newly rediscovered women from the past were then integrated into courses, lectures, and books about women’s history, which generally caught the attention of a mostly female audience. The session will analyse and discuss which female role models were the promoted or censored and how specific women from the past were used and misused as models in the education of women in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Digging woman: Use and misuse of ancient woman as role models in archaeological research and dissemmination

Session at the 28th EAA Annual Meeting in Budapest, Hungary, 31 August - 3 September 2022

Organisers (alphabetical order):

- Kerstin Droß-Krüpe (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany)
- Francesca Fulminante (University College London, UK; Bristol University, UK; University Roma Tre, Italy) Agnès Garcia-Ventura (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain)
- Ana Cristina Martins (IHC-FCSH NOVA – Pólo Universidade de Évora and Uniarq-UL)
- Andrea Mouriño Schick (Universidade de Vigo, Spain)

By the 1960s and 70s the absence of female protagonists from mainstream historical and archaeological narratives had been acknowledged; and “looking for women” in the past became a goal for women’s studies. Newly rediscovered women from the past were then integrated into courses, lectures, and books about women’s history, which generally caught the attention of a mostly female audience.

However, this scenario did not solely arise in the second half of the 20th century. For example, in her 1889–1890 public lecture tour, through the United States of America, the Egyptologist and writer Amelia B. Edwards (1831–1892) talked about “The Social and Political Position of Women in Ancient Egypt”. In her speeches Edwards used several ancient women to raise and discuss issues relevant to women in her times.

This session aims at highlighting further similar case studies, in the framework of archaeological research and dissemination, from any period or geographical area. We want to analyse and discuss which female role models were the promoted or censored in different circumstances. Hence, we particularly encourage contributions that help to highlight how specific women from the past were used (and misused) as models in the education of women in the 19th and 20th centuries. Analyses of lectures, schoolbooks, diaries or correspondence will be especially welcome.

Submissions can only be done online:

https://www.e-a-a.org/EAA2022/Programme.aspx?WebsiteKey=13a70299-9cf2-4cc8-98c2-2862c5c6a8dd&hkey=01dc47f6-68bd-4d87-bcdf-183a7eb484d2&Program=3#Program#Program

Deadline for submissions: 10th February 2022.

Kontakt

PD Dr. Kerstin Droß-Krüpe
Ruhr-Universität Bochum – Alte Geschichte
44801 Bochum