Women and Work since the Late Modern Period

The aim of the workshop is to present current research in labour history, women’s history, and gen- der studies, specifically regarding the forms, condi- tions, and reception of work from a gender perspec- tive. The analysis focuses on the territory of present-day Slovenia and its neighbouring regions, with regard to their multicultural dynamics (chiefly in border and urban areas) from the mid-19th to the 20th century. This temporal and spatial scope allows for a comparative analysis of women’s labour markets both in peacetime and during war, across various political and economic systems (capitalism, socialism), as well as political frameworks (Austria-Hungary, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes / Yugoslavia, occupying regimes, Allied military control, socialist Yugoslavia, and independent Slovenia). Special attention will be given to the continuities and discontinuities in the formation of women’s labour markets, particularly in times of institutional and political transition that coincided with cultural and ideological turning points.

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