Myth and reality of Anabaptist/Mennonite Women Ca 1525-1900 in
Continental Europe
The research on women and religious dissent so far has been focussing
upon questions like: why were women attracted to religious dissent?
What positions were allowed to women in religious movements like
Anabaptism, Calvinism and Lutheranism? What about equality and
patriarchalism in these new communities?
The goal of our conference is to offer another focus, by using a
comparative, contextual, critical and multidisciplinary scope. We
propose a new approach: 'imagology'. Imagology has recently emerged
within cultural studies. It concerns the study of representations,
stereotypes and traditions of self image. Imagologists question the
objective information value of 'images', study the structural and
biased presuppositions behind these images and stereotypes and show
the consequences of these beliefs in history and historiography. Our
main theme will be:
Myth and reality of Anabaptist/Mennonite Women
During this conference our focus will be on the images and stereotypes
of Anabaptist/Mennonite women in documents and in historiography, on
the development of these images and stereotypes, on the differences
between these various images and stereotypes, and how to interpret
them in the proper cultural, intellectual, social and/or church
historical settings.
This conference will take place at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam 31.
August - 1. September 2007. Papers delivered at this conference will
be published in English.
Please send / email paper proposals of a maximum of 200 words before
February 15, 2007, to Dr. Mirjam van Veen , Theologische Faculteit,
Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081 HV AMSTERDAM, The
Netherlands. Email address: [log in to unmask] See for more
information on content and conditions our website at:
http://www.godgeleerdheid.vu.nl/english/index.cfm.
The conference is co-organized by:
PD. Dr. Marion Kobelt-Groch (Mennonitischer Geschichtsverein e.V. &
Universität Hamburg). Dr. Els M. Kloek (Universiteit Utrecht &
Instituut voor Nederlandse Geschiedenis, Den Haag & Digitaal
Vrouwenlexicon van Nederland), Prof. Dr. Piet Visser (Doopsgezinde
Historische Kring, Doopsgezind Seminarium & Vrije Universiteit,
Faculteit Theologie, Amsterdam), Dr. Mirjam van Veen (Vrije
Universiteit, Faculteit Theologie, Amsterdam)
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