Smolny Beyond Borders

A Liberal Arts Initiative

Feminization of History in the Culture of the 19th century

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Wednesday, June 6, 7 pm CET

Feminization of history in the culture of the 19th century
Presentation of the book by Maria Chernysheva

What does the increasing importance of female images from the national past say about nineteenth-century European culture? What was the “feminine” effect in the new type of historical painting? How did the “feminization” of history contribute to bringing history closer to the individual, giving him an individual right to history? How did this affect the modeling of the images of nations? How did the Russian contribution to these processes differ from Western European and Polish?