Call for Papers | The body and health in feminist labour history

Warsaw

Dal 14.10.2026 al 16.10.2026

The International Conference The body and health in feminist labour history will bw held in Warsaw from 14 to 16 October 2026.

Deadline for submissions of proposal for individual papers: 15 November 2025.

This three-day conference, called by the European Labour History Network working group Feminist Labour History and hosted by the Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences, aims to explore new perspectives in the study of the history of labour through the lens of gender and intersectionality.

The conference focuses on the history of gendered labour from the perspective of the body and health. Historically, conceptualizations of bodily differences built on the understanding of gender, race, ethnicity and age have played a significant role in establishing the division of labour in society and related cultural imaginaries, as well as inequalities, hierarchies and labour regulations.

All information is available in the attached Call for Papers.

Scientific Committee: Eloisa Betti (University of Padova), Eileen Boris (University of California in Santa Barbara), Natalia Jarska (Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences), Leda Papastefanaki (University of Ioannina), Eszter Varsa (Central European University) and Susan Zimmermann(Central European University).