Workshop Bucharest 25-28 April 2012
Women’s Writing and the East-West connections within Europe:
Visualizing the channels
This COST-WWIH Workshop Bucharest, organized by Ramona Mihaila will be held at :
Spiru Haret University,
Studio Hall,
Ion Ghica str. no. 13,
Bucharest,
25-28 April 2012.
Conference participants will be in a hotel near the University:
Hotel Comfort Suites,
Nicolae Balcescu Boulevard no. 16,
Bucharest (District 1).
***N.B. For Action members not able to come to Bucharest, there will be a possibility to join us during the sessions, thanks to video-conferencing. Those who would like to experience this way of globalizing our Action are invited to take contact with Ramona Mihaila, and will be asked to send some technical information.
PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME
25 APRIL
12.00 - 13.30: lunch for participants having arrived
13.30 - 14.00: registration
14.00 - 14.30
- Professor Manuela Epure, Prorector of Spiru Haret University:
- Welcome Address
- Welcome Address
- Ramona Mihaila, organizer and representative of (Frin)gender:
- Suzan van Dijk, Chair of the Action
- Overview: Perspectives for the future
- Overview: Perspectives for the future
14.30 – 16.00
Session 1: Comparing between East and West (19th century)
session president: Viola Capkova
- Nadezhda Alexandrova (WG 1, Bulgaria)
- West European and East European Women Travellers in Istanbul
- West European and East European Women Travellers in Istanbul
- Tanja Badali? (WG 4) and Aleš Vaupoti? (WG 2) (Slovenia)
- The Reception of Female Authors from East and West European Countries in 19th-Century Slovenia
- The Reception of Female Authors from East and West European Countries in 19th-Century Slovenia
- Kerstin Wiedemann (WG 3, France) and Elisa Müller-Adams (WG 3, Germany)
- Mapping Europe: Ida Hahn-Hahn’s travel writing (East and West)
- Mapping Europe: Ida Hahn-Hahn’s travel writing (East and West)
16.30 - 18.00
Visit to the Castle of Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author.
18.30 - 20.30
Conference dinner in Mogosoaia Castle Restaurant near Marthe Bibesco's place
26 APRIL
9.00 - 10.00
- Efstratia Oktapoda (France)
- Keynote lecture: The Romanians in Paris. Romanian-born French Women authors: Dora d'Istria, Anna de Noailles and Marthe Bibesco (lecture in French; English text available).
- Keynote lecture: The Romanians in Paris. Romanian-born French Women authors: Dora d'Istria, Anna de Noailles and Marthe Bibesco (lecture in French; English text available).
10.00 - 10.30: coffee break
10.30 – 12.00
Session 2: “Female” Spaces and Places
session president: Katja Mihurko
- Marianna D'Ezio (WG , Italy)
- Venice : International Connections as seen through Elisabetta Caminer Turra’s Europa Letteraria (18th century)
- Venice : International Connections as seen through Elisabetta Caminer Turra’s Europa Letteraria (18th century)
- Alenka Jensterle-Doležal (WG 1, Czech Republic)
- Between Vienna and Prague: Slovene author Zofka Kveder and her cultural connections (around 1900)
- Between Vienna and Prague: Slovene author Zofka Kveder and her cultural connections (around 1900)
- Biljana Doj?inovi? (WG 1, Serbia)
- East and West in Serbian Women’s Writing (early 20th century)
- East and West in Serbian Women’s Writing (early 20th century)
12.00 - 13.00
- Astrid Kulsdom (WG 4, Netherlands, Database Editorial Board)
- Working in the WomenWriters database: demonstration and discussion (questions and items for discussion can be sent before 24 April to Astrid);
- Handling the large-scale sources, as used (and to be used) in the database.
- Working in the WomenWriters database: demonstration and discussion (questions and items for discussion can be sent before 24 April to Astrid);
13.00 - 14.30: lunch
14.30 – 16.30
Session 3: International “female” influences (19th century)
session president: Kerstin Wiedemann
- Corinne Fournier Kiss (WG 1, Switzerland)
- George Sand and the Rottová Sisters (Bohemia)
- George Sand and the Rottová Sisters (Bohemia)
- Luiza Marinescu (Romania)
- Fany Seculici connecting Romania to Europe
- Fany Seculici connecting Romania to Europe
- Ivana Zivancevic-Sekerus (WG , Serbia)
- European Romanticism and Dragojla Jarnevi? (Croatia)
- European Romanticism and Dragojla Jarnevi? (Croatia)
- Aspasia Vasiliki (WG 3, Greece)
- Alexandra Papadopoulou’s peregrinations as a means of disseminating ideas
- Alexandra Papadopoulou’s peregrinations as a means of disseminating ideas
17.00 – 18.30
Short presentations by Romanian colleagues and students, contributing to the conference in two parallel sessions:
- Lia Brad Chisacof (Romanian Academy)
- The Ladies’ Relation to Literary Reading and Writing in the Romanian 18th Century
- The Ladies’ Relation to Literary Reading and Writing in the Romanian 18th Century
- Ma Li (Nesna University College, Norway)
- Sonya Kowalevskaya’s Writing from Russia to Sweden
- Sonya Kowalevskaya’s Writing from Russia to Sweden
- Mihaela Frasineanu, Dragos Frasineanu, Liliana Guran (Spiru Haret University)
- Dora D'Istria and Bucura Dumbrava: Parallel Destinies, Geographic Congruences. Literary and Scientific Contribution to the Development of Connections between East and West
- Dora D'Istria and Bucura Dumbrava: Parallel Destinies, Geographic Congruences. Literary and Scientific Contribution to the Development of Connections between East and West
- Cristina Paiusan-Nuica, Teodora Stanciu-Stanescu (Spiru Haret University)
- Alexandrina Cantacuzino and Elena Vacaresco: Two Princesses between East and West
- Alexandrina Cantacuzino and Elena Vacaresco: Two Princesses between East and West
- Catalin Radu (Central Research Institute, Spiru Haret University)
- Elena Bacaloglu, between Literature and Politics Across Europe
- Elena Bacaloglu, between Literature and Politics Across Europe
- Ruxandra Vasilescu (Spiru Haret University)
- Nineteenth Century Romanian Women Translators and Their Contribution to Promoting Romanian Culture in Europe
- Nineteenth Century Romanian Women Translators and Their Contribution to Promoting Romanian Culture in Europe
- Tamara Ceban (Spiru Haret University)
- Traduction et autotraduction dans l'oeuvre de Julie Hasdeu
- Traduction et autotraduction dans l'oeuvre de Julie Hasdeu
- Mihaela Chapelan (Spiru Haret University)
- L’identité rhizomatique de Dora D'Istria
- L’identité rhizomatique de Dora D'Istria
- Catalin Simion (Spiru Haret University)
- George Sand: A la recherche de ses ailleurs
- George Sand: A la recherche de ses ailleurs
- Andreea Vladescu (Spiru Haret University)
- Dora D'Istria: le tremplin roumain vers la condition de la femme et de l'intellectuelle moderne
- Dora D'Istria: le tremplin roumain vers la condition de la femme et de l'intellectuelle moderne
- Galina Florea (Spiru Haret University)
- Marthe Bibesco, Isvor ou le Pays des Saules - un retour à la source
- Marthe Bibesco, Isvor ou le Pays des Saules - un retour à la source
- Hristea Mihaela (Gh Airinei College, Bucharest)
- Matilda Cugler-Poni and Heinrich Heine: Poetry and Translation
- Matilda Cugler-Poni and Heinrich Heine: Poetry and Translation
- Valentina Enachi (University of European Studies Moldavia, Republic of Moldavia)
- The Feminine Images of Bessarabean Press of 1911-1914
- The Feminine Images of Bessarabean Press of 1911-1914
- Carmen Dutu (Dimitrie Cantemir University)
- Translating Culture, Translating Gender: Mid-19th Century Romanian Women’s Translations of French Novels and the Cultural Shift of Modernity
- Translating Culture, Translating Gender: Mid-19th Century Romanian Women’s Translations of French Novels and the Cultural Shift of Modernity
Dinner free
27 APRIL
9.00 - 10.30
Session 4: International Reception Networks
session president: Madeleine Jeay
- Amelia Sanz (WG 2, Spain)
- Internationalizing Authorship: the European circulation of Mme de Villedieu's and Mlle de La Roche-Guilhem's works
- Internationalizing Authorship: the European circulation of Mme de Villedieu's and Mlle de La Roche-Guilhem's works
- Alicia C. Montoya (WG 3, Netherlands)
- The French Enlightenment seen from Eastern Europe: reassessing Mme Leprince de Beaumont’s impact
- The French Enlightenment seen from Eastern Europe: reassessing Mme Leprince de Beaumont’s impact
- Yvonne Leffler (WG ) and Gunilla Hermannson (WG 2, Sweden)
- Swedish Women Writers on Export (19th century)
- Swedish Women Writers on Export (19th century)
10.30 - 10.45: coffee break
10.45 - 11.00
- Biljana Dojcinovic:
- The Knjizenstvo project and database for Serbian women's literature.
- The Knjizenstvo project and database for Serbian women's literature.
11.00 - 12.30
- Discussion about presentations of session 4:
- how to visualize our research material into maps and networks. Contributing Gertjan Filarski, developer HUygens ING.
- how to continue working on this material in view of the Milestone 3 conference, to be held in Poznan, November 2012, and to be announced here by Magdalena Koch.
- how to visualize our research material into maps and networks. Contributing Gertjan Filarski, developer HUygens ING.
12.30 - 14.00: lunch
14.00 - 15.00
- Working Groups meeting I
15.00 - 16.00
Session 5: Looking from the outside
session president: Nadezhda Alexandrova
- Nancy Isenberg (WG 1, Italy)
- Giustiniana Wynne: inventing Eastern Europe in Italy (18th century)
- Giustiniana Wynne: inventing Eastern Europe in Italy (18th century)
- Henriette Partzsch (WG 4, UK)
- Looking from Spain: Emilia Pardo Bazán and the Dissemination of Russian Literature (19th century)
- Looking from Spain: Emilia Pardo Bazán and the Dissemination of Russian Literature (19th century)
16.00 - 16.30: coffee break
16.30 – 17.30
- Discussion about presentations of sessions 4 and 5: visualizing our research material.
- Discussion with contribution by Gertjan Filarski.
- Facing the further away future: research to be planned, connections to be created, proposals to be/being formulated. Contributions by Henriette Partzsch and Madeleine Jeay.
- Discussion with contribution by Gertjan Filarski.
17.30 - 18.30
- Working Groups meeting II
Dinner free
28 APRIL
9.00 – 11.00
Session 6: The Influence of Western Ideas
session president: Nancy Isenberg
- Katerina Dalakoura (WG 3, Greece)
- Two women transferring Western educational practices to the Ottoman Greek system (19th century)
- Two women transferring Western educational practices to the Ottoman Greek system (19th century)
- Senem Timuroglu (WG , Turkey)
- Neither East Nor West: Zeyneb Hanoum, An Ottoman Woman Without A Home
- Neither East Nor West: Zeyneb Hanoum, An Ottoman Woman Without A Home
- Sofija Nemet (WG , Serbia)
- The refusal of Western ideas expressed by a woman (Isidora Sekuli?; early 20th century)
- The refusal of Western ideas expressed by a woman (Isidora Sekuli?; early 20th century)
- Magdalena Koch (WG 1, Poland)
- East, West and the Concept of Feminism in Jelena Dimitrijevi?’s prose (early 20th century)
- East, West and the Concept of Feminism in Jelena Dimitrijevi?’s prose (early 20th century)
11.00 - 11.30: coffee break
11.30 - 12.30
- MC meeting - Agenda will be in the COST-WWIH site
12.30 - 14.00: lunch
14.00 – 15.30
Session 7: International figures (19th century)
session president: Katerina Dalakoura
- Torill Steinfeld (WG 4, Norway)
- Dagny Juel Przybyszewska: a Norwegian woman transcending boundaries
- Dagny Juel Przybyszewska: a Norwegian woman transcending boundaries
- Michaela Mudure (WG 1, Romania)
- Queen Elizabeth of Romania (ps. Carmen Sylva): her role and influence
- Queen Elizabeth of Romania (ps. Carmen Sylva): her role and influence
- Begoña Regueiro (WG 1, Spain)
- Sofía Casanova: transnational point of a view of a Spanish woman in Russia
- Sofía Casanova: transnational point of a view of a Spanish woman in Russia
- Ileana Mihaila (WG 4, Romania)
- Mme de Genlis present all over Europe : the Romanian case
- Mme de Genlis present all over Europe : the Romanian case
16.00 - 17.00
- WGs meeting III
17.00
Closure
Organizing this Workshop in Bucharest allows to focus on the ways in which women – as authors – have contributed to establishing contacts between the Western and the Eastern part of Europe: between, for instance, Norway and Finland, Ireland and Russia, Spain and Poland; but also between Budapest and Paris (cf. Emilia Kanya), Bucharest and Domburg NL (cf. Carmen Sylva), Istanbul and London (cf. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu), again: taking these names just as examples..
Which influences were at play here? Increasing travelling possibilities? Need for money? Increasing education? Feminism? Political developments? Growing curiosity? In view of the third Milestone of our COST Action we will continue reflecting on what kind of factors were at stake when women put themselves to writing, publishing and entering into contact with readers. Some of them, and how to enter them in the records, have been discussed during the second COST year. We will find more of them….
On the technological level Visualizing is at stake now: what kinds of "maps, trees, graphs" (cf. Moretti) do we want the programme to generate for us, in view of our really progressing and approaching the questions on a larger scale?
- Maps – showing influences (what kind?) going from West to East and vice versa?
- Graphs – making visible proportions and percentages?
- Trees – illustrating influences exerted by a work, an author, a group of authors? (cf. the present, still primitive, visualizing possibility).
This Workshop is preparatory to the November meeting, and will help explaining to developers what we need. Discussion will be about authors for whom works and receptions will have been entered into the WomenWriters database.
SvD, 12 April 2012
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