FWF-Forschungsprojekt "Liebe in Paarkorrespondenzen des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts" / Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung Berlin/Forschungsbereich "Geschichte der Gefühle"

Ort: Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung (MPIB), Seminarraum 111, Lentzeallee 94, 14195 Berlin
Zeit: Freitag, 10. Februar 2012, 11–17 Uhr

Werkstattbericht von Ingrid Brommer, Martin Gasteiner und Christine Karner: Das digitale Editionsprojekt „Elise Richters Tagebücher 1938–1941“ 
Sammlung Frauennachlässe: http://www.univie.ac.at/Geschichte/sfn/

Zeit: Freitag 16. Dezember 2011, 14.00-16.00 Uhr
Ort: Seminarraum 1 für Geschichte, Hauptgebäude der Universität Wien, Stiege 8 oder 10, 1. Stock, Dr.-Karl-Lueger-Ring 1, 1010 Wien

How did couples separated during World War I and II communicate their love in letters? In which ways did they establish, reestablish, or reinforce love bonds - in the face of adverse circumstances (e.g. censorship) as well as a massive instrumentalization of personal writings?

International Conference "The First World War in a Gender Context – Topics and Perspectives"

Time: Thursday, September 29, to Saturday, October 1, 2011
Venue: Seminarraum Alte Kapelle (seminar room Old Chapel), Campus of the University of Vienna, Spitalgasse 2–4, 1090 Vienna

Program (pdf) | Poster (pdf) | Press release (in German, Sept. 16, 2011)

Abstracts (pdf)

This international conference intends to reflect on the necessity and potential of a gendered history of the First World War, focusing on five selected topics that appear to be constitutive for the field: the complex relationship between home front and front line, experiences of violence, forms of visualization of the war, peace efforts, and the impact of war on concepts of citizenship.

June 2011, Paperback, £19.99, ISBN 978-0-230-30075-0

An interdisciplinary study providing first-hand evidence of the everyday lives of politicians; what politicians actually do on 'the backstage' in political organizations.