CfP Coping with Disappointments: Female Mobility between Expectations and Experiences (17th to 20th Centuries)

Workshop, German Historical Institute Paris, May 28-May 29, 2026 Organized by: PD Dr. Jan Simon Karstens, Dr. Eva Seemann, Hannah Tulay It is indisputable that experiences of mobility and migration have been part of the reality of life for many women and girls – not only in recent history. The mobility of women, whether as daughters, wives, or widows, as workers, nuns, entrepreneurs, or activists, was associated not only with gender-specific expectations, but often also with specific experie...