This three-day conference will feature research and teaching approaches that explore how women participated in and contributed to different kinds of community in medieval and early modern Europe. Conference sessions will feature presentations based on texts and images in traditional manuscript and print format, as well as work that employs new technology and media projects. The conference will be interdisciplinary, and will consider the function and importance of female communities in the natural and social sciences, religion, literature, history, music and fine arts.
Presentation topics may explore women in:
Medical communities; midwifery
Religious communities and non-orthodox or heretical groups
Salons and académies
Women and the Republic of Letters
Epistolary communities
Literary circles
Artists’ and performing artists’ communities
Guilds
Oral communities; storytelling
Resources and approaches used may include:
Print and Manuscript format
Digital resources of all kinds
Online publication of texts and images
Database design and creation
Material culture and artifacts
Film