Performing the Self: Women's Lives in Historical Perspective

10-12 September 2010, Scarman House, University of Warwick

Plenary Speakers: Paula Byrne, Shirin Rai, Sidonie Smith, Carolyn Steedman and Penny Summerfield

Final Programme 

The idea that selfhood is performed has a very long tradition. This interdisciplinary conference will explore the diverse representations of women's identities in the past and consider how these were articulated. Themes include:

• Writing women's histories
• Gender and the politics of identity
• Ritual and performance
• The economics of selfhood: work and identity
• Feminism and auto/biography
• Performing arts
• Teaching women's history

For more information please contact Dr Sarah Richardson sarah dot richardson at warwick dot ac dot uk, Department of History, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL.

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