Final Meeting of the International Standing Working Group on Medialization and Empowerment, 20-22 January, 2022 Convenors: Christina von Hodenberg and Jane Freeland (German Historical Institute London) ǀ Partners: Max Weber Stiftung India Branch Office, German Historical...
What does feminism mean in different political, social, and historical contexts? How has women’s activism in the past shaped how we think about feminism and women’s rights today?
By Jane Freeland, Christina von Hodenberg and Emily Steinhauer | The second meeting of the International Standing Working Group on Medialization and Empowerment was held virtually between December 10 and 12, 2020.
How have feminist stories been recorded historically? Where can we find them in the archive? And how does this shape historical scholarship on women’s empowerment? Since the 1960s, feminist historians have sought to re-write...
By Jane Freeland and Christina von Hodenberg How has the mass media supported, enabled or challenged women’s emancipation? How have feminists used the media to promote women’s issues and rights? How have these messages...
Today, we talk to Jane Freeland. Jane is the postdoctoral coordinator of the International Standing Working Group on Medialization and Empowerment at the German Historical Institute London.
How have feminist stories been recorded historically? Where can we find them in the archive? And how does this shape historical scholarship on women’s empowerment?
Is there a connection between women’s empowerment and emancipation, and the growth and spread of mass media in the 20th century? “Feminism in the Media-Feminism and the Media in the 20th Century” considers this question in a global context.
