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http://www.nuigalway.ie/cshshc/calendarofevents04-05.html Women Historians and National Histories in Europe From the 19th to the 21st Century A conference on the theme Women Historians and National Histories in Europe From the 19th to the 21st Century will be convened at the Centre For The Study Of Human Settlement & Historical Change, NUI, Galway on Saturday, October 2, 2004 under the auspices of the European Science Foundation and their scientific programme Representations of the Past: National Histories in Europe (NHIST). Scientific Organisers: Ilaria Porciani & Mary O’Dowd Local Organiser: Nicholas Canny The ESF languages of discussion are English and French. PROGRAMME 9.00 Words of welcome by: Dr Iognaid O Muircheartaigh (President, NUI, Galway) and Dr Maurice Bric (Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences) Introduced by Professor Nicholas Canny (NUI, Galway) 9.15-9.35 Ilaria Porciani (University of Bologna) Introduction to Conference SESSION 1 Chair: Stefan Berger (University of Glamorgan, Chair of NHIST project) 09.30-10.00 Jo Tollebeek (University of Leuven) discussant of the following papers - Maria Pia Casalena (University of Bologna) The Hidden Place of Women in the Construction of National Histories. Italy and France (1800-1850). - Andreas Boldt (NUI, Maynooth) Life and Work of Clarissa von Ranke, nee Graves, and Her Role in the Shadow of Leopold von Ranke - Isabelle Ernot (IUFM, Lyon) Women Historians in France: A Different Kind of National History in the 19th and early 20th Centuries 10.00-11.30 Discussion 11.30-11.45 Coffee SESSION 2 Chair: Roisin Healy (NUI, Galway) 11.45-12.15 Mary O’Dowd (Queen’s University Belfast) discussant of the following papers: - Irene Hermann (University of Geneva) Women and the Writing of Swiss National Historiography - Nadia Smith, IRCHSS Postdoctoral Fellow (St Patrick’s College, Dublin City University) Women Historians in Free State Ireland - Maria Wierzbicka* (University of Warsaw) Women Historians in 19th Century Poland - Gianna Pomata* (University of Bologna) Charlotte Shaw, Professor Higgins and Women Historians at the London School of Economics 12.15-1.30 Discussion 1.30-2.45 LUNCH SESSION 3 Chair: Jan Eivind Myhre (University of Oslo) 3.00-3.30 Ida Blom (University of Bergen) discussant of the following papers: - Hannah Villette Dalby (University of Southampton) Between Diaspora and Heimat. German-Jewish Women Historians and the Writing of Post-War German- Jewish Historiography. - Sigrid Dauks (University of Bremen) Representations of the Past: The Writing of National Histories in 19th and 20th Century Europe - Effi Gazi (University of Thessaly) Engendering the Writing and Teaching of National History in Mid-War Greece - Mervi Kaarninen (University of Temere) and Tiina Kinnunen (University of Joensuu) Finnish Female Historians from the Early 19th to the 21st Century 3.30-4.45 Discussion 4.45-5:15 Coffee SESSION 4 Chair: Caitriona Clear (NUI, Galway) 5:15-5:45 Mary Nash (University of Barcelona) discussant of the following papers: - Ida Blom (University of Bergen) Women Historians in Denmark and Norway - Dobrinka Parusheva (Institute of Balkan Studies - Sofia) The Balkans, Historical Narratives and Women:From Telling Stories to Writing History and Back - Krassimira Daskalova (Sofia University) The Culture of a Profession: The Politics of a Discipline Bulgarian Women Historians, 1944-2004 - Anna Scattigno (University of Florence) Associations for Women Historians: Italy and Spain in a European context 5.45-7:00 Discussion * Not in attendance. The conference is open to postgraduate students and interested scholars. Those wishing to participate should make prior contact with Martha Shaughnessy, CSHSHC at Tel. 353 91 512232 or by email at [log in to unmask] Number of attendees will be limited.