Universität Wien

070024 SE Research Seminar - Transnational Women's Activism in the 20th Century (2024W)

10.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Thursday 24.10. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Thursday 07.11. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Thursday 21.11. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Thursday 05.12. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Thursday 16.01. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1
  • Thursday 30.01. 15:00 - 18:15 Seminarraum 2, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, 1090 Wien, Spitalgasse 2-4, Hof 1

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Case studies on different forms of transnational activism of women in the course of the 20th century (suffrage movements around 1900, socialist, anarchist and pacifist networks, imperial and postcolonial feminism, transatlantic women's movements of the 1970s, transfeminism,...) serve as a starting point to explore the possibilities and limits of transnational history. Intersections with and distinctions to related approaches (global history, transfer history, entangled history...) will be discussed, as will the ambivalent relationship of transnational history to (implicit and explicit) national historical approaches. Research approaches that link women's and gender history with transnational perspectives will be in the foreground; however, parallel developments, differences and silences between gender history and transnational history will also be worked out and discussed on the basis of seminal historical texts. Using case studies, the main methodological challenges of transnational women's and gender history will be discussed and productive solutions (also for future projects) will be sought.
The course is characterised by joint and preparatory reading, short keynote presentations and intensive discussion of both theoretical questions and empirical research examples.

Assessment and permitted materials

* Continuous and active participation in the course, especially in the discussions in small groups and in plenary
* Preparation of short keynote presentations and commentaries both on conceptual texts read together and on empirical case studies based on the research literature
* Peparation of a seminar paper that either discusses a case study from research or develops perspectives for a project that is yet to be realised

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Active participation in all aspects of the course. Assessment takes place within the framework of the course (50%) and on the basis of the final seminar paper.

Examination topics

Dies ist eine prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung.

Reading list

Gassert, Philipp. "Transnationale Geschichte, Version: 2.0." Docupedia-Zeitgeschichte. Begriffe, Methoden und Debatten der zeithistorischen Forschung. (2012): 1-13. http://docupedia.de/zg/.
Gehmacher, Johanna, "The Production of Historical Feminisms, Part One: Historical Awareness and Political Activism; Part Two: Transnational Strategies and the Feminist ‘We’," German Historical Institute London Blog, https://ghil.hypotheses.org/445 (27/05/2021) https://ghil.hypotheses.org/477#more-477 (17/06/2021).
de Haan, Francisca. "Writing Inter/Transnational History: The Case of Women’s Movements and Feminisms." In Internationale Geschichte in Theorie und Praxis/ International History in Theory and Practice Bd. 4, edited by Barbara Haider-Wilson, William D. Godsey and Wolfgang Mueller, 501-36. Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2017.
Lake, Marilyn. "Nationalist Historiography, Feminist Scholarship, and the Promise and Problems of New Transnational Histories: The Australian Case." Journal of Women's History 19, no. 1 (2007): 180-86.
Pernau, Margrit. Transnationale Geschichte. Grundkurs Neue Geschichte. Stuttgart Göttingen: UTB GmbH Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2011.
Wiesner-Hanks, Merry E. "Crossing Borders in Transnational Gender History." Journal of Global History 6, no. 3 (2011): 357-79.
-> Further literature will be announced on Moodle.

Association in the course directory

EAR: Zeitgeschichte, Globalgeschichte, Frauen- und Geschlechtergeschichte, MATILDA: Europäische Frauen- und Geschlechtergeschichte.
MA Geschichte (Version 2019): PM2 Konzeption und Einübung selbstständiger Forschungsprozesse, SE Forschungsseminar (10 ECTS) / PM 3 Durchführung eines selbstständigen Forschungsprozesses, SE Forschungsseminar (10 ECTS).
IDMA Zeitgeschichte und Medien (Version 2019): M3a Praktische Forschung und Darstellung I, SE Forschungsseminar (10 ECTS).

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