A Place in Time
Une place dans le temps
A Summer School for the Study of Women and Temporalities in Early Modern Europe
Une école d’été pour l’étude des femmes et des temporalités à la période moderne en Europe
Published on Friday, April 10, 2026
Abstract
The goal of this summer school is to help doctoral students develop an interdisciplinary reflection on the intersection between gender and time in the early-modern period. With the help of invited keynote speakers, workshops around secondary literature, primary written and visual sources (notably from the Palais des Beaux-Arts’s collections), and discussions around the candidates’ research, we aim to foster interest in this framework and complexify approaches to gender studies and key themes such as the question of agency or the inscription of women in history.
Announcement
Dates: Monday 6 to Wednesday 8 July 2026
Presentation
The goal of this summer school, organised with the support of the Institut du Genre, the FNS/Sinergia project “Capturing the Present in Northwestern Europe (1348-1648)” and HARTIS (Université de Lille), partnered with the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, is to help doctoral students develop an interdisciplinary reflection on the intersection between gender and time in the early-modern period. With the help of invited keynote speakers, workshops around secondary literature, primary written and visual sources (notably from the Palais des Beaux-Arts’s collections), and discussions around the candidates’ research, we aim to foster interest in this framework and complexify approaches to gender studies and key themes such as the question of agency or the inscription of women in history. This summer school will be structured around three main themes:
- Theme 1: rhythmic lives
- Theme 2: thinking in the long term
- Theme 3: time and power
Activities and outputs
- Presentation (10 minutes) followed by a 20-minute discussion for each participant
- On-site discussions around objects in the Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille, notably in the graphic arts and numismatic collections, with a presentation of the collections by each curator
- Keynote presentations, notably by Dr Catherine Powell-Warren
- Reading workshop and methodological discussion
- Publication of each participant’s bio and written presentation on the “Capturing the Present in Northwestern Europe (1348-1648)” project website.
Funding
lunch, coffee breaks, and dinners are covered by the organisers for all participants. We encourage participants who are not based in Lille to ask their institutions to cover transportation and accommodation. No inscription fees.
This summer school is open to both doctoral students and master's students who wish to pursue a PhD, specialising in the human sciences and the early modern period, with no requirements in terms of nationality or institution. Both English and Frenchwill be spoken.
Application guidelines
Applications, in English or French, should be sent before 30 April 2026 to both Agathe Bonnin (bonninagathe@gmail.com) and Léon Rochard (leon.rochard@univ-lille.fr). They must contain the following, in PDF format:
- CV (maximum three pages)
- A description of the current research project, thesis, or dissertation (max. 3 500 characters) with an indication of the potential interest of this summer school to the project
- An abstract for a presentation connected to one or several of the three proposed themes (max. 3 500 characters). It can be a case study, a methodological interrogation, a paper project…
The selection committee will inform the candidates of their decision in early May 2026.
Subjects
- Early modern (Main category)
- Mind and language > Representation > Cultural history
- Zones and regions > Europe
- Society > History > Women's history
Places
- ULille, campus Pont-de-Bois, Villeneuve d'Ascq / Palais des Beaux-Arts de Lille
Lille, France (59)
Event attendance modalities
Full on-site event
Date(s)
- Thursday, April 30, 2026
Attached files
Keywords
- histoire des femmes, temporalités, époque moderne
Contact(s)
- Agathe Bonnin
courriel : bonninagathe [at] gmail [dot] com - Léon Rochard
courriel : leon [dot] rochard [at] univ-lille [dot] fr
Reference Urls
Information source
- Agathe Bonnin
courriel : bonninagathe [at] gmail [dot] com
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« A Place in Time », Summer School, Calenda, Published on Friday, April 10, 2026, https://doi.org/10.58079/161te
