Dr Luisa Stella Coutinho, Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory (Germany)
Finding women’s voices during the Christian Century in Japan: a women’s legal history approach to the missionaries sources

Dr Xiaohu (Sieghard) JIANG 蔣小虎, Yangzhou University (PRC)

The Image Transformation of Mistress and Wife from Pu Songling’s “Hua pi” to the Film Painted Skin (2008)

Dr Hope Williard, University of Lincoln (UK)

Women’s Work and Women’s Voices in Late Antique Latin Literature

Dr Sabira Hajdarević, University of Zadar (Croatia)
Gender Constructing in Aristaenetus’ Collection: “Male” vs. “Female” Letters

 

Final workshop for the series on Gender Identities in Early and Premodern Text Cultures. 

As is often recognised, the dominant voices in the premodern world have been men's voices. Yet textual sources––from the literary to the administrative––are critical to recovering the heterogeneity that in many cases characterised ancient and premodern societies. Women were inspiring muses; but they also expressed themselves in poetry and participated in cultural productions. In some cases, there is ample evidence that they held leading roles in politics and the economy. Speakers will give a stage to these voices, as they speak to us from premodern textual cultures. We also welcome proposals that consider the varying intersections between gender and identity, as well as on how gender representation interacted with that of other (potentially) marginalised social groups.

Find out more at https://www.earlytextcultures.org/events/current-events/gender-identities