ABOUT THE WORKSHOP
The goal of the workshop is to discuss how to best apply innovative qualitative research methods and intersectional analyses to women’s and gender history in Southeast Europe with doctoral students whose projects are related to these themes, and more senior scholars who work on gender in SEE.
The workshop is organized by Rory Archer (Graz/Vienna), Chiara Bonfiglioli (Graz/Cork), Drivalda Delia (Graz/Regensburg) and Rachel Trode (Graz/EUI Florence). The team will be joined by an additional 4-5 researchers of gender in SEE who will participate in the workshop as instructors.
All activities will be conducted in English.
The target group of the workshop is PhD researchers whose research engages with oral history, ethnographic and biographical approaches related to women’s and gender history in Southeast Europe (understood broadly). Postgraduate students with a well-developed PhD proposal are also eligible to apply, although preference will be given to PhD students. Around 10 places will be made available. Accommodation and meals in Graz are provided by the organisers for all participants. Limited travel funding may be made available for students who do not have institutional support (please request this in your application if you need it).
The workshop is part of the Elisabeth List Fellowship Programme for Gender Research at the University of Graz and is a key activity of the ongoing project “Women’s and gender history in Southeast Europe in the 20th Century: Oral history, ethnographic and biographical approaches as a way to advance intersectionality.”
Moreover, the doctoral workshop offers the opportunity to establish a collaborative network of scholars researching in this field. parts. Participants will first present written work based on an aspect of their doctoral research (this may be a conference paper, dissertation chapter or detailed PhD as more senior researchers. The second half of the workshop is devoted to interactive.
The workshop is divided into two proposal). They will have the opportunity to receive feedback from their peers as well sessions on topics like qualitative methodology, ethics and practical skills targeted to PhD students (such as research and data dissemination, funding applications and publishing strategies). highlights how these approaches can help us to challenge a simplified understanding of gendered transformations during the socialist period and in its aftermath, and to.
The project integrate ongoing debates about intersectional, postsocialist and post-colonial approaches and interpretations within women’s and gender history in SEE. (For more information on the project).

HOW TO APPLY
We kindly ask interested participants to send applications consisting of 1) a curriculum vitae including a brief description of your doctoral project and 2) an abstract of the paper, dissertation chapter or detailed PhD proposal you will present at the workshop (around 300 words). These should be submitted as a single file to intersectionalitysee@gmail.com by 31 March 2023.
Selected candidates will be informed in early April and will be requested to submit a piece of written work by 8 May 2023. The written work may be a chapter of the dissertation, a conference paper or for those at the beginning of their PhD, a detailed outline/proposal of the doctoral project. Participants of the workshop will receive feedback from their peers and instructors based on both the submitted written work and their presentation.
For further inquiries regarding the workshop please feel free to contact Chiara Bonfiglioli (chiara.bonfiglioli@ucc.ie) and/or Rory Archer (rory.archer@uni-graz.at)