Prof Laura Downs gave an opening speech at the “9th European Conference on Gender Equality in Higher Education (and Research)”, taking place in Paris on 12-14 September 2016. The conference has been organised by the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), the Université Paris Diderot, the Université Sorbonne Nouvelle-Paris 3 and the Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (USPC), […]

9 June 2016 – The 10th Max Weber Fellows’ June Conference focused on “Women and Inequality in Academia – Experiences, Analyses”. Invited speakers included: Juliana Bidadanure (Stanford University), Diana Georgescu (UCL), Annaig Morin (Copenhagen Business School), Mariely Lopez-Santana (George Mason University), Cristina Poncibò (University of Turin). Read the summary More info  

10 June 2016 – During the EUI annual conferring, Michelle Perrot has been awarded an Honoris Causa doctorate. In Professor Laura Lee Downs’ laudatio,  the distinguished contemporary historian Michele Perrot was praised for her immense contributions to ‘the social and cultural history of the generally unheard-from on whose oppression and exploitation rest the more familiar histories […]

10 June 2016 – A conversation with Michelle Perrot More info

27 Maggio 2016, Bologna – The EUI researcher Anna Frisone presents her book “Quando le lavoratrici si ripresero la cultura. Femminismo sindacale e corsi 150 ore delle donne a Reggio Emilia” (Ed. Socialmente, 2014) at the Istituito per la storia e le memorie del ‘900 Parri in Bologna. More info

21 March 2016 – Prof. Mary Anne Case (Chicago Law School) will present her article, which focuses on how urinary segregation can amount to gender discrimination against women and gender non-conforming persons. The event is organised by the Fundamental Rights Working Group.