Theme:
5. All Roads Lead to Rome: Multiscalar Interactions
Session format:
Regular session
Title:
Women at Archeological Conferences from the 19th Century to the Late 1990s: Presence, Representation and Experiences
Content:
This session explores female presence and experiences at archaeological and related scientific meetings in Europe and beyond from the long nineteenth century to the late 1990s. It aims to survey all aspects of women’s representation and participation at congresses, conferences, symposia and more, from amateurs and professionals to independent and accompanying delegates (e.g., as wives and daughters of male delegates). The focus is especially on archaeological meetings (e.g., CIAAP, UISPP, EAA); however, congresses of archaeosciences (e.g., ICAZ) and other archaeological sub-disciplines are equally relevant, as well as neighboring fields such as geology, anthropology, history and paleontology depending on the extent of their interdisciplinary nature and connection to archaeological research activities. We welcome papers that examine any of the following topics and more:
- methodological approaches to identifying and studying women at congresses via newspapers, archives, oral histories and personal accounts, among other sources;
- case studies about with female participation in general at specific congresses;
- case studies reconstructing individual women’s experiences at conferences;
- the networking, knowledge exchange and career perspectives that such events opened for women;
- the role of intersectionality in female access to, participation in, and experiences at congresses.
Finally, the session also aims to map the current state of research on women’s engagement in congresses in the history of archaeology and establish a network of researchers interested in the topic.
Keywords:
women, congress, history of archaeology, methodology, archives, oral history
Session associated with MERC:
no
Session associated with CIfA:
no
Session associated with SAfA:
no
Session associated with CAA:
no
Session associated with DGUF:
no
Session associated with other:
Main organiser:
Anna Gustavsson (Sweden) 1
Co-organisers:
Laura Coltofean (Germany) 2
Raffaella Bucolo (Italy) 3
Doris Gutsmiedl-Schümann (Germany) 4
Affiliations:
1. Gothenburg University
2. Research Cluster 5: History of Archaeology, German Archaeological Institute, Germany
3. University of Verona, Italy
4. University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Historical Institute, Germany
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