Learning to see the power of women

A series of “cultural encounters” between past and present, unlocking disciplinary differences and opening a new field of cross-cultural and transmedial investigation, allowing for a re-invigorated dialogue with creatives.

In the last two decades, particularly among feminist scholars, there has been growing interest in early modern women’s cultural, literary and political agency.

This body of work is designed not merely to (re)shape our collective memory and imaginary, but also to challenge deeply ingrained paradigms about knowledge production.

Building on her AHRC-funded project of 2010/11, “Women's Spaces, Bodies and Voices”, Dr Séverine Genieys-Kirk has been working with partners including the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities (IASH) and L’Institut français d’Ecosse on her impact project Learning to see the power of women from the Renaissance to the present.

Since 2016, the project has comprised a series of “cultural encounters” between past and present, unlocking disciplinary differences and opening a new field of cross-cultural and transmedial investigation, allowing for a re-invigorated dialogue with creatives.

The first event in the series, a three-day conference on ‘Recovering Women’s Past: New epistemologies, new ventures’, shares its title with Dr Genieys-Kirk's forthcoming publication (Nebraska University Press, ISBN 978-1-4962-3179-6).

 

Recovering Women’s Past: New epistemologies, new ventures

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Drawing of a woman reading a book
From Angenehme und lehrreiche Erzählungen in Vergnügten Tagen by Madeleine-Angélique de Gomez (Leipzig: J. H. Rüdiger, 1767), frontispiece, vol. 1, (53-8-5698:1) Courtesy of Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig

Date: 8 to 10 September 2016

Venues: Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities (Days 1 & 2); L’Institut français d’Ecosse (Day 3)

Format: Panel sessions, exhibitions, documentary screening, public talks and discussions

Research strand: Cultural Encounters/Dialogues

Research theme: Learning to see the power of women

Organiser: Dr Séverine Genieys-Kirk 

A three-day conference bringing together 35 international experts to explore the power of women in Europe and America from the Renaissance to the present.

The first in an ongoing series of ‘cultural encounters’ between past and present, the event unlocked disciplinary differences and opened a new field of cross-cultural and transmedial investigation between playwrights, artists, filmmakers and others. 

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