Wednesday, March 19, 2014

History Students to Present at Villanova's 25th Annual Elizabeth Cady Stanton Conference

On Friday, April 4, Villanova University will host its 25th annual Elizabeth Cady Stanton Conference.  The conference highlights research from a variety of disciplines, all connected by a focus on gender/women.  Everyone is invited and encouraged to attend.

Six* of our History M.A. students will present at the conference:

Haddi Bergstrom, "Feminization of Religion: Discourse and the Cult of the Domestic in 18th and 19th Century France"

Grant Carter, "Revolutionary Women: 1848, The Paris Commune, and Revolutionary Opportunities"

Shane Sprandio, "Cultural Memory: Anita Garbialdi in Literature and Art"

Hayley Stevenson, "The Cult of the Clitoris: British Imperial Culture and the Sexually Liberated Woman"

Christina Virok, "Heroine, Rhetorical Device, or Symbol of Conquest?: Examining Depictions of Muslim Women in the Literature of High Medieval France and England"

Alexandra Webster, "Second Among Equals: Gender and the 'Double Burden' in Soviet Female Enlistees' Great Patriotic War Memoirs"


*If I missed anyone, please let me know!

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