Gender history day symposium "Gender & Character Murder" on 23 November
WO&MEN@VU supports the Gender History Symposium on "Gender & Character Murder". Scholars will talk about their research and we will engage in debate/discussion. Also, the Johanna Naber Prize for the best thesis in the field of gender history will be awarded.
Programme:
1.00 Walk-in
1.20 Welcome by Mineke Bosch, VVG president
1.30 Myriam Everard, Queering Betsy Perk
2.00 Suzan van Dijk, Four rich fathers: correspondence with Belle van Zuylen, now available to read online!
2.30 Lonneke Geerlings, The many lives of Rosey Pool
2.50 Break
3.15 Presentation Gender & Character Murder
3.20 Elisa Hendriks, "The ministry is nothing for women". The character assassination of Irene Vorrink in daily and weekly newspapers, 1973-1979
3.40 Christian Rijnberg, "False Prophets and Prophetesses of Hollandt". Gender and character assassination in the writings of Antoinette Bourignon.
4.00 Jennifer Keohane, Such a Nasty Woman. Character Attacks in U.S. Presidential Debates, Trump versus Clinton and Trump versus Harris (subject to change).
4.20 Jury Johanna Naber Prize
4.30 drinks
Location: VU Main Building 6A-32.
Register: Send an email to boonstrajong@gmail.com