Conference Programme
November, 27th 2023, University of Vienna,
Campus of the University, Spitalgasse 2-4, Old Chapel, 2.8 (Passage from courtyard 1 to courtyard 2)
08:45 Welcoming Remarks: Birgitta Bader-Zaar
08:55 Opening Presentation: Letters to Prominent Activists – A Comparative Perspective on Social Movements (Corinna Oesch)
09:20 – 11:00 Panel 1: Letters to Women’s Movements’ Activists
‘Do not think my dear Madame, that I do not know you’: Letters to Rosika Schwimmer, 1896 – 1948 (Dóra Fedeles-Czeferner)
Exploring Epistolary Relationships: Black Women’s Letters to Mary Church Terrell, 1880 – 1920 (Alison M. Parker)
Asking for Support: Letters to Women Pacifists, 1919 – 1939 (Clara-Anna Egger)
Discussion (Chair: Amelie Herzog)
11:00 – 11:20 Coffee Break
11:20 – 13:00 Panel 2: Letters to Labour and Socialist Activists
Of Comrades and Contraception. Letters to Socialist and Doctor Fritz Brupbacher in the Swiss Labour Movement around 1900 (Tabea Herzog)
Weaving the Network: The Role of Correspondence in the Development and Spread of the Socialist Women’s Movement, 1907 – 1917 (Minja Bujakovic)
‘That I got up the courage and turn to you in my great despair.’ Letters to Comrade Käthe Kern of the Women’s Secretariat, 1946 – 1949 (Anna Leyrer)
Discussion (Chair: Zsófia Lóránd)
13:00 – 14:20 Lunch Break
14:20 – 16:00 Panel 3: Letters to Prominent Activists in Contemporary History
Encouragement and Accusations of Fascism: Günther Schwab and the Rise of a Far-Right Ecology Movement, 1960 – 1990 (Stefan Rindlisbacher)
A Tale of Correspondence between Women Workers and Women Unionists, 1980 – 2000 (Mamatha Gandham)
Letters from Lockdown (Fabio Vighi)
Discussion (Chair: Judith Leitner)
16:00 – 16:20 Coffee Break
16:20 Concluding Remarks and Reflection