At this international one-day conference, experts will discuss their latest research findings about the historical and current role of fascist and nationalistic-oriented women from the interwar period to the present day.
Between Past and Present. Continuities of Right-Wing Extremist Images of Womanhood
At this international one-day conference, experts will discuss their latest research findings about the historical and current role of fascist and nationalistic-oriented women from the interwar period to the present day. In light of the shift to the right in many European countries and elsewhere, it will be shown how antifeminist politics, traditional images of womanhood and right-wing ideologies have shaped society until today.
The conference is part of the international EU project “Teaching about Race and Gender Exclusion Timelines.”
Programme
11:00 Welcome speeches
PD Dr. Werner Treß (Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies)
Nataša Popović (Centre for Promotion of Tolerance and Holocaust Remembrance)
11:15 – 12:00 Keynote
Moderation: Dr. Martina Bitunjac (Moses Mendelssohn Center for European Jewish-Studies)
PD Dr. Ljiljana Radonić (Austrian Academy of Sciences)
Female Perpetrators and their Antisemitic, Racist and Antiziganist Authoritarian Projections
12:00 – 12:15 Coffee break
12:15 – 13:15 Panel I
Moderation: Dr. Olaf Glöckner (Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies)
Prof. Dr. Esther Lehnert (Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences Berlin)
Women in the Far Right: Fighting for Women’s Rights?
Prof. Dr. Perry Willson (University of Dundee)
The Political Mobilisation of Women in Fascist Italy: 1922–1943
13:15 – 14:30 Lunch
14:30 – 15:30 Panel II
Moderation: Dr. Roy Knocke (Lepsiushaus Potsdam)
Dr. Anca Diana Axinia (Independent Scholar)
Women, Gender, and Politics in the Romanian Legionary Movement
Dr. Martina Bitunjac (Moses Mendelssohn Center for European-Jewish Studies)
Women, the Ustaša and the Right Movement in Croatia and in the Diaspora
15:30 – 15:45 Coffee break
15:45 – 16:45 Panel III
Moderation: Prof. Dr. Alexandru-Florin Platon („Alexandru Ioan Cuza“ University of Iași)
Dr. habil. Urszula Markowska-Manista (University of Warsaw)
Sensitive Knowledge and Multiple Narratives in Intertwined Contexts: Women in Poland
Dr. Olena Petrenko (University of Bochum)
Gender and Nationalism: The Role of Women in the Ukrainian Nationalist Movement
16:45 – 17:00 Coffee break
17:00 – 18:00 Panel IV
Moderation: Dr. habil. Urszula Markowska-Manista (University of Warsaw)
Prof. Dr. Julie V. Gottlieb (University of Sheffield)
Continuities, Changes and the (Re)presentation of Women in Extreme-Right Politics in Britain, 1923 to the Present
Dr. Benjamin Zachariah (Einstein Forum)
Nationalism, the Volk, and Women’s ‘Agency’: The Case of India
18:00 Closing remarks
Dr. Martina Bitunjac
Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum für europäisch-jüdische Studien
E-Mail: mbitunja@uni-potsdam.de