{"id":6870,"date":"2023-05-04T06:27:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T04:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/c2dh-en\/articles\/interdisciplinary-conference-womens-narratives-and-european-integration-history\/"},"modified":"2025-03-26T10:08:10","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T09:08:10","slug":"interdisciplinary-conference-womens-narratives-and-european-integration-history","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/c2dh-en\/articles\/interdisciplinary-conference-womens-narratives-and-european-integration-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Interdisciplinary conference: Women\u2019s narratives and European integration history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-free-section section\"><div class=\"container xl:max-w-screen-xl\">\n<p><strong>This conference, held on 20-21 April 2023, explored women&#8217;s role in the European project launched after the Second World War. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On 20 and 21 April 2023 the University of Luxembourg hosted an interdisciplinary conference entitled \u201c<a href=\"node\/4459\">Women\u2019s narratives and European integration history<\/a>\u201d. Organised by the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C\u00b2DH) and Europe Direct at the University of Luxembourg (ED-UNILU) in connection with the oral history research project \u201c<a href=\"taxonomy\/term\/249\">The role of women in European and international relations in Luxembourg<\/a>\u201d (led by Dr Elena Danescu, a Research Scientist at the C\u00b2DH), the conference was attended by outstanding researchers from universities and interdisciplinary research centres in Germany, France, Norway, Italy, Belgium, Greece, Turkey, Poland, the UK and Luxembourg, as well as the European University Institute (EUI) and the Historical Archives of the European Union in Florence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference, which focused on the period after World War Two, aimed to spark discussion on a wide range of topics and approaches, including historiographical traditions, theories and methodologies related to the history of women in Europe in the 20th and 21st centuries; biographies of individual women involved in the development and implementation of the European project; the \u201cfemale lobby\u201d and how groups and networks developed their influence, political presence and visibility in Europe; women in East-West dialogue and the EU\u2019s enlargement; women and Euroscepticism; gendered perspectives and questions related to democracy and rights; and how digital storytelling can be used to develop new knowledge about the past.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"thumbnail  wp-block-unilux-blocks-thumbnail-video\">\n    <div class=\"card bg-theme p-0\">\n        <div class=\"card__container p-0\">\n            <div class=\"card__body p-0\">\n                <iframe \n            src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NF91NyigQ3M\" \n            title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" \n            allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" \n            style=\"object-position: 50% 50%; aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: cover; width: 100%;\"\n            allowfullscreen data-cookieconsent=\"ignore\">\n            <\/iframe>                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference opened with an address by <strong>Prof. Dr Simone Niclou<\/strong>, Vice-Rector for Research at the University of Luxembourg, who emphasised the ongoing research priorities at the University of Luxembourg and highlighted the importance of projects exploring the role of women in European integration, gendered perspectives and issues related to European democracy, rights and policies. <strong>Prof. Dr Val\u00e9rie Schafer<\/strong>, Head of the \u201cContemporary History of Europe\u201d Department at the C\u00b2DH, then underlined the significance of new methods and tools such as digital storytelling in developing new knowledge of the past, including questions related to women, from a broad interdisciplinary perspective. Finally, <strong>Dr Elena Danescu<\/strong>, a Research Scientist at the C\u00b2DH and co-organiser of the conference, alongside <strong>Fran\u00e7ois Klein<\/strong> (a Researcher at the C\u00b2DH), outlined the aims of the conference against the backdrop of recent developments in research on the history of women, including methodological advances. She particularly spoke about the influence of digital technologies on the production of new knowledge and sources, the key role of oral history, and how current practices such as text mining and network analysis can be used to showcase the stories of women who have been actively involved in the European arena.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There were also contributions from two guest speakers: <strong>Dr Martine Reicherts<\/strong>, President of the Luxembourg National Research Fund, and Prof. <strong>Dr Mauve Carbonell<\/strong>, Jean Monnet Chair at Aix-Marseille University and President of the Tethys Consortium of Euro- Mediterranean Universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The first panel<\/strong>, chaired by <strong>Prof. Sonja Kmec<\/strong> (University of Luxembourg), explored the fact that, despite women\u2019s significant participation in the Community institutions since the beginning of the European integration process, they continue to suffer from a persistent invisibility in academic research that needs to be overcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The paper <em>Presence and influence? A study of female representation in the European Parliament during the European Economic Community years<\/em>, by <strong>Winona Kamphausen<\/strong> (Maastricht University) \u201cadded a gender perspective\u201d to the history of the European Parliament (Milosevic, 2018) by analysing how the female members of the European Parliamentary Assembly (EPA, 1958-1968) and European Parliament (EP, 1979-1984) gave shape to their representative role (who or what did they represent) and what influence they had. This research aimed to fill the gaps in the under-researched topic of female MEPs in the EEC using archival research, content analysis and a prosopographical and biographical approach combined with the theoretical concept of representation to investigate how female MEPs were represented in the EPA\/EP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The contribution <em>Agriculture is a man\u2019s world, but is it? Female MEPs in the Committee on Agriculture (1958-1994)<\/em> presented by <strong>Prof. Carine Germond<\/strong> (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) focused on the EP\u2019s Committee on Agriculture (COMAGRI), one of the oldest and largest parliamentary committees whose size and political clout stood in stark contrast with its purely consultative role in agricultural matters. Moreover, although gendered roles and division of labour (men as head of the family farm and women as \u201cwives\u201d), patriarchal values and beliefs, and a rural masculine identity were still key cultural and socio-economic norms of agriculture, COMAGRI was among the first to include female Members of Parliament (MEPs) and give them prominent roles. For instance, K\u00e4te Strobel was the committee\u2019s first female vice-president (1958-1965). After 1979, COMAGRI included a limited but growing number of female MEPs, such as Barbara Castle (UK), Carla Barbarella (Italy) and Astrid Lulling (Luxembourg).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"alignfull wp-block-unilux-blocks-gallery-carousel\">\n    <div class=\"swiper swiper-gallery\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"A gallery of images\">\n        <!-- Swiper button Next & Prev -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-nav\">\n            <div class=\"swiper-nav__container\">\n                <div class=\"swiper-nav__grid\">\n                    <button type=\"button\" class=\"swiper-button-next\">\n                        <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--arrow-right \"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-right\"><\/use><\/svg>                    <\/button>\n                    <button type=\"button\" class=\"swiper-button-prev\">\n                        <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--arrow-left \"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-left\"><\/use><\/svg>                    <\/button>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <!-- swiper slides -->\n        <ul class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n            \n<li class=\"swiper-slide\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n    <figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image swiper-slide__bg object-fit--contain\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/1_women_s_narratives_conference_group_photo_web.jpg\"\n                    style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; 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aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: contain; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>            <p class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image-caption\">\n            Opening keynote by Martine Reicherts, President of the Board of Directors of the FNR        <\/p>\n    <\/figure><\/li>        <\/ul>\n\n        <!-- Swiper pagination -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-pagination\">\n            <div class=\"swiper-pagination__bullets\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<p><strong>The second panel<\/strong>, chaired by <strong>Dr. Katja Seidel <\/strong>(University of Westminster), featured three contributions addressing the question of how women are remembered in history through the collection, preservation and dissemination of historical and new multilingual and multimedia European sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Simona Guerra <\/strong>(University of Surrey) presented the paper <em>No more undocumented: On the first twelve women of the European Chamber<\/em>, in which she addressed the structural lack of women\u2019s representation in this \u201chis-story\u201dCf. Abels and MacRae, in Abels, Krizs\u00e1n, MacRae and van der Vleuten, \u201cThe Routledge Handbook of Gender and EU Politics\u2019\u2019, Routledge: London, 2021., and that part of history already defined as incomplete, by introducing the history and political contribution of the first women involved in European integration. Even though it is true that there were less women in politics at the time, some still sat in the Common Assembly and held important national, European and international roles. By means of in-depth archival research and analysis of the minutes of meetings, the paper outlines how these women actively contributed to the process of European integration in the early years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In their pape<em>r Women in international relations in Luxembourg: Pioneers and their memories<\/em>, <strong>Dr Elena Danescu <\/strong>and <strong>Fran\u00e7ois Klein<\/strong> (Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History) began with the observation that the presence and influence of women in international relations and diplomacy in Luxembourg is a subject that has received little attention in contemporary historiography. In this context and given the absence of systematic archive sources, oral history not only represents a novel and original source; it is also the most appropriate way of elucidating the role of female figures in European and international relations in Luxembourg after the Second World War. The aim of this oral history research project started in 2022 with the support of the Media Centre at the University of Luxembourg is to conduct semi-structured filmed interviews with women from a wide range of backgrounds (political, diplomatic, economic, trade union, cultural, technocratic, civil society, etc.) whose action left a mark on European and international relations in Luxembourg. Until now have been realized interviews with Astrid Lulling, Colette Flesch, Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, Martine Reicherts and Viviane Reding (which means more than 23 hours of recording). These new multimedia resources will be published \u2013 in full, as a series of themed excerpts and in transcription form \u2013 on the C\u00b2DH research infrastructure, and will also be shared with the Historical Archives of the European Union in Florence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"alignfull wp-block-unilux-blocks-gallery-carousel\">\n    <div class=\"swiper swiper-gallery\" aria-roledescription=\"carousel\" aria-label=\"A gallery of images\">\n        <!-- Swiper button Next & Prev -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-nav\">\n            <div class=\"swiper-nav__container\">\n                <div class=\"swiper-nav__grid\">\n                    <button type=\"button\" class=\"swiper-button-next\">\n                        <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--arrow-right \"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-right\"><\/use><\/svg>                    <\/button>\n                    <button type=\"button\" class=\"swiper-button-prev\">\n                        <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--arrow-left \"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-left\"><\/use><\/svg>                    <\/button>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <!-- swiper slides -->\n        <ul class=\"swiper-wrapper\">\n            \n<li class=\"swiper-slide\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n    <figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image swiper-slide__bg object-fit--contain\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/5_panel_chaired_by_prof_sonja_kmec_university_of_luxembourg_web.jpg\"\n                    style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: contain; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: contain; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>            <p class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image-caption\">\n            Panel chaired by Prof Sonja Kmec, University of Luxembourg        <\/p>\n    <\/figure><\/li>\n<li class=\"swiper-slide\" aria-roledescription=\"slide\">\n    <figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image swiper-slide__bg object-fit--contain\">\n    \n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-image unilux-custom-image-block\"\n                alt=\"\"\n            src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2025\/03\/6_closing_keynote_speaker_prof_mauve_carbonell_and_chair_francois_klein_web.jpg\"\n                    style=\"object-position: 50.00% 50.00%; font-family: &quot;object-fit: contain; object-position: 50.00% 50.00%;&quot;; aspect-ratio: 16\/9; object-fit: contain; width: 100%;\"\n        loading=\"lazy\"\n\/>            <p class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image-caption\">\n            Closing keynote by Prof Mauve Carbonell and chair Francois Klein        <\/p>\n    <\/figure><\/li>        <\/ul>\n\n        <!-- Swiper pagination -->\n        <div class=\"swiper-pagination\">\n            <div class=\"swiper-pagination__bullets\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n<p><strong>The third panel<\/strong>, chaired by <strong>Fran\u00e7ois Klein<\/strong> (Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History) explored biographical perspectives and individual women in the development and implementation of the European project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her paper <em>Formal and informal diplomacy: Miriam Camps and European integration<\/em>, <strong>Dr Katja Seidel <\/strong>(University of Westminster) highlighted the unusual personal trajectory of Miriam Camps (1916-1994), a US diplomat, journalist, economist and scholar. Camps was involved in the design of early post-war European integration organisations at the State Department in the 1940s and continued to play a central role in developing US foreign policy on Europe until the late 1960s. Her practical experience as a formal and informal diplomat \u2013 from the late 1950s she was affiliated with elite foreign policy think tanks \u2013 informed her output as a scholar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The audiovisual contribution by <strong>Dr Agn\u00e8s Hubert<\/strong> (Visiting Professor at the College of Europe and expert at the Foundation for European Progressive Studies) was a documentary film entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/manage\/videos\/297136091\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Eliane Vogel Polsky \u2013 A biographical digital story<\/em><\/a>. The film explored the history of this remarkable woman, who was a leading activist for gender equality. A graduate of the Universit\u00e9 libre de Bruxelles, her skills as a researcher and legal expert led her to become a pioneer in the gender equality movement at European level, and she is now considered as a founding figure in the development of a social Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The fourth panel,<\/strong> chaired by<strong> Dr Elena Danescu<\/strong> (Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History), considered approaches to women in Central and Southern Europe and on the continent\u2019s Eastern borders, with a particular focus on individual biographies, the feminist lobby and women\u2019s struggle for gender equality as reflected in media sources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Marina Bantiou<\/strong> (University of Thessaly) presented the contribution <em>Aspects of the participation of Greek women in the European Women\u2019s Lobby: Three narratives<\/em>. Her presentation focused on the European Women\u2019s Lobby, which was founded in 1990 and is the largest coalition of NGOs promoting women\u2019s rights in the European Union, through the case of three Greek women based on their oral testimonies from the archive of the Library of Equality and Gender Issues, a project implemented by the National Centre for Social Research in Greece. Based on content analysis, the research looks at three life narratives \u2013 Kaiti Paparriga Kostavara, a member of the European Commission of Inquiry on sexual harassment in the workplace and national researcher for Greece (1996-1997); Ioanna Magganara, from the European Women\u2019s Lobby; and Efi Kalliga, a member of the National Council of Greek Women and the European Women\u2019s Lobby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The paper <em>Rethinking of European women\u2019s effort for gender equality<\/em>, by <strong>Meliha Nur \u00c7er\u00e7inli <\/strong>(Republic of Turkey Presidential State Archives), explored the changing perception of women\u2019s social role and rights as reflected in the media in Turkey after WWII. This shift was a challenging one, both for women who were building a new identity and for men who were not accustomed to this new image of women. In the process of accepting women as players in the political arena and employees with equal status and pay in business life, difficulties were encountered in terms of both decision-making and implementation. The author provided examples from the press of non-Western countries to offer new insights into the image of European women. Reflections on the historical dynamics that shape social consciousness when it comes to gender and the new roles of women in social life highlight the need for further critical research on gender equality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The conference proceedings will be published in late 2023 by De Gruyter Academic Publishing House.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>See also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myscience.org\/news\/wire\/conference_on_women_s_narratives_and_european_integration_history-2023-luxembourg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.myscience.org\/news\/wire\/conference_on_women_s_narratives_and_european_integration_history-2023-luxembourg<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"py-48 first:pt-0 last:pb-0 wp-block-unilux-blocks-people-list\">\n    \n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-unilux-blocks-heading\"    >\nAuthor(s)<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"flex flex-wrap -mx-16 wp-block-unilux-blocks-people-item-wrapper\">\n    <li class=\"w-full md:w-1\/2 p-16 wp-block-unilux-blocks-people-item-automated\"><div class=\"ulux-card card-people bg-theme\"><div class=\"list-people bg-theme\">\n    <div class=\"list-people__container\">\n        <div class=\"list-people__visual\">\n            <figure class=\"wp-block-dev4-reusable-blocks-image\">\n                <!-- Template Image Component: default -->\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"w-full\" width=\"\" height=\"\" rel=\"\" alt=\"Dr. Elena DANESCU\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwMjI4MTlfX0VsZW5hIERBTkVTQ1U=\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwMjI4MTlfX0VsZW5hIERBTkVTQ1U=--thumbnail 150w,https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwMjI4MTlfX0VsZW5hIERBTkVTQ1U=--medium 300w,https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwMjI4MTlfX0VsZW5hIERBTkVTQ1U=--medium_large 768w,https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwMjI4MTlfX0VsZW5hIERBTkVTQ1U=--large 1024w,https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwMjI4MTlfX0VsZW5hIERBTkVTQ1U=--1536x1536 1536w,https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/en\/person-image\/NTAwMjI4MTlfX0VsZW5hIERBTkVTQ1U=--2048x2048 2048w\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><!-- end Image Component -->\n            <\/figure>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-people__body\">\n            <h3 class=\"list-people__title\">Dr. Elena DANESCU<\/h3>\n            <p class=\"list-people__description\">Research scientist<\/p>\n            <div class=\"wp-block-unilux-blocks-simple-cta wp-block-unilux-blocks-people-item-automated\">\n    <a\n        href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/c2dh-en\/people\/elena-danescu\/\"\n        title=\"Dr. Elena DANESCU\"\n        class=\"link-text link-text--icon list-people__link link-absolute\"\n        target=\"\"\n    >\n        <span class=\"link-text__body\">\n            <span class=\"link-text__name\">Learn more<\/span>\n        <\/span>\n        <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" class=\"icon icon-outline icon--arrow-right \"><use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/www.uni.lu\/wp-content\/themes\/unilux-theme\/assets\/images\/icons\/icons-outline.svg#icon--arrow-right\"><\/use><\/svg>    <\/a>\n<\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This conference, held on 20-21 April 2023, explored women&#039;s role in the European project launched after the Second World War. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6670,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"featured_image_focal_point":[],"show_featured_caption":false,"ulux_newsletter_groups":"","uluxPostTitle":"","uluxPrePostTitle":"","_trash_the_other_posts":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"articles-category":[],"articles-topic":[419,420],"organisation":[221],"authorship":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.3) - 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