(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
Revision as of 20:46, 2 February 2016 (edit)
SvDijk (Talk | contribs)

← Previous diff
Revision as of 20:52, 2 February 2016 (edit) (undo)
SvDijk (Talk | contribs)

Next diff →
Line 15: Line 15:
* September 30 2015 - November 15 2015<br><br> * September 30 2015 - November 15 2015<br><br>
-* Haarlem: Archives of the Province of Noord-Holland (Jansstraat 40) <br>+* [http://noord-hollandsarchief.nl/ontdekken/agenda/287-opening-tentoonstelling-omdat-ik-iets-te-zeggen-had Haarlem]: Archives of the Province of Noord-Holland (Jansstraat 40) <br>
* February 4 2016 - March 24 2016<br><br> * February 4 2016 - March 24 2016<br><br>

Revision as of 20:52, 2 February 2016


“Because I had something to say”




Dutch women authors from the 19th century

On the 30th of September, the Museum of Dutch Literature, in collaboration with Huygens ING and the KB National Library of the Netherlands, opened the exhibition “Omdat ik iets te zeggen had”, presenting a number of nineteenth-century Dutch women authors.

The exhibition was organized in the context of the European HERA research project Travelling TexTs 1790-1914: The Transnational Reception of Women’s Writing at the Fringes of Europe, which is carried out at the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, and at the universities from Turku (Finland), Volda (Norway), Nova Gorica (Slovenia) and Glasgow (United Kingdom).

The exhibition will be presented in:

  • The Hague: Museum of Dutch Literature and Ladies' Reading Museum
  • September 30 2015 - November 15 2015

  • Haarlem: Archives of the Province of Noord-Holland (Jansstraat 40)
  • February 4 2016 - March 24 2016

  • Amsterdam: Atria, Institute on gender equality and women's history
  • April 2016

  • Utrecht: Public Library
  • Fall (dates to be specified)

In each location the presentation is adapted to local circumstances. It will include material from these archives or show local authors.

An exhibition
On the 30th of September, the Museum of Dutch Literature, in collaboration with Huygens ING and the KB, National Library of the Netherlands, opened the exhibition “Omdat ik iets te zeggen had”, presenting a number of nineteenth-century Dutch women authors.

The exhibition was organized in the context of the European HERA research project Travelling TexTs 1790-1914: The Transnational Reception of Women’s Writing at the Fringes of Europe. This project is carried out at the Huygens Institute for the History of the Netherlands, and at the universities from Turku (Finland), Volda (Norway), Nova Gorica (Slovenia) and Glasgow (United Kingdom). The project is a continuation of earlier undertakings financed by NWO and COST, such as New approaches to European Women’s Writing (NEWW) and Women Writers in History.

The other party collaborating in the exhibition is the “Damesleesmuseum” (Ladies’ Reading Museum) from The Hague: a late-nineteenth-century library which played an important role in the international circulation of women’s writings, and still exists today.


A workshop
On the occasion of the opening of the exhibition “Omdat ik iets te zeggen had”, the Dutch team of HERA TTT organized a “Knowledge Exchange Workshop” on September 29 and 30, 2015. It was entitled:

Women’s History: Research, Dissemination and the role of the Digital

This “Knowledge Exchange Workshop” discussed in a quite informal way the potential impact of research in literary history, and the means at our disposal for trying to reach a larger audience. We focused on research about the roles women played in the historical literary field, and on the possibilities created by the growing online presence of texts (including those by women). This was considered in direct relationship with the interest of “engaged citizens” participating in research, digitizing and crowd sourcing projects.

The exhibition was actually prepared with the collaboration of a number of these non-specialist, voluntary collaborators, who each of them were struck by the fact that these nineteenth-century women authors do have “something to say” – not only to researchers, but also to present-day non-specialized interested readers. The voluntary collaborators participated in the presentations and discussions.

Each of the invited speakers delivered a brief presentation discussing her/his activities within this field, which introduced common reflection and brainstorming between the panel members and the audience.



See also
the website of Huygens ING

Contact:
Suzan van Dijk
Francesca Scott
Janouk de Groot

SvD, February 2016




Personal tools