Women, work and value in Europe, 1945-2015

这个研究网络探索了自1945年以来欧洲女性工作受到重视的方式。它将学者、公众、利益集团和政策制定者聚集在一起，讨论过去的工作经验与当今社会面临的挑战的相关性。通过四个系列的研讨会，来自欧洲和美国的参与者将研究女性工作的历史，无论是有偿的还是无偿的，以及这些工作的表现和价值如何。该网络的成果将包括一个国际研究人员网络、一个在线资源、两个公共活动、一个跨学科期刊的主题问题以及未来研究合作的途径。一方面，在过去20年里，欧洲历史学家更多地关注消费和休闲，而不是劳动力和就业。关于战后欧洲妇女史的研究也很少，尽管这一时期女性就业发生了巨大变化。另一方面，对于社会科学家来说，女性和工作仍然是核心问题。该网络将促进跨学科对话，将社会科学的概念框架与历史背景以及文化研究的解释性见解结合起来。第一期讲习班(将在布里斯托尔举行)以这些不同的学科观点为起点。来自文化研究、历史、社会学、地理学和哲学的学者的立场论文将列出每个领域的工作和价值研究的参数。第二个研讨会(佛罗伦萨)转向对工作的主观评价，以及它们如何影响经济结果。第三期讲习班(布达佩斯)探讨了政治和妇女工作之间的相互作用，从女权主义对工作的批评，到工会行动主义，再到同工同酬立法。最后一次研讨会(格拉斯哥)将把专题期刊的撰稿人聚集在一起，集中讨论他们的论文。参与度是网络的核心部分。格拉斯哥和布里斯托尔的公共活动将利用我们与布里斯托尔思想节和格拉斯哥妇女图书馆建立的联系，向感兴趣的公众成员以及活动家和利益团体发表讲话。一名本科生实习生将负责传达每个研讨会的结果，并将鼓励使用新媒体、视频和其他创新的文档形式。布里斯托尔的活动将被记录下来，在我们的网站上播客。通过这种方式，我们计划吸引比那些能够出席活动的人多得多的观众。这一专题的当代相关性为与利益集团和政策制定者对话提供了一个令人振奋的机会。格拉斯哥的公开活动将包括来自TUC、Close the Gap和Fawcett Society的代表。我们还将利用现有的网络编写一份历史和政策简报文件，以传播该网络的主要结论。

This research network explores the ways in which women's work has been valued in Europe since 1945. It brings together academics, members of the public, interest groups and policy makers to discuss the relevance of past experiences of work for the challenges facing today's society. Through a series of four workshops, participants from across Europe and the US will examine the history of women's work, both paid and unpaid, and the ways in which it has been represented and valued. The outcomes of the network will include an international network of researchers, an online resource, two public events, a theme issue of an interdisciplinary journal, and pathways to future research collaborations. On the one hand, in the past two decades, historians of Europe have focused more on consumption and leisure than labour and employment. There is also a dearth of work on the history of women in postwar Europe, despite the dramatic changes in female employment during this period. For social scientists, on the other hand, women and work have remained central concerns. This network will promote interdisciplinary dialogue, combining the conceptual frameworks of the social sciences with historical contexualisation, as well as the interpretative insights of cultural studies. The first workshop (to be held in Bristol) takes these varying disciplinary perspectives as its starting point. Position papers from scholars in cultural studies, history, sociology, geography, and philosophy will lay out the parameters of the study of work and value in each field. The second workshop (Florence) turns to subjective valuations of work, and the ways in which they affect economic outcomes. The third workshop (Budapest) examines the interactions of politics and women's work, from feminist critiques of work, through trade union activism, to legislation for equal pay. The final workshop (Glasgow) will bring together contributors to the themed journal issue for a focused discussion of their papers. Engagement is a core part of the network. The public events in Glasgow and Bristol will speak to interested members of the public, as well as activists and interest groups, drawing on our established connections with the Bristol Festival of Ideas and the Glasgow Women's Library. An undergraduate intern will be responsible for communicating the outcomes of each workshop, and will be encouraged to use new media, video, and other innovative forms of documentation. The Bristol event will be recorded for podcasting on our website. In this way, we plan to engage an audience much larger than those who can be present at the events. The contemporary relevance of this topic presents an exciting opportunity for dialogue with interest groups and policy makers. The Glasgow public event will include representatives from the TUC, Close The Gap, and the Fawcett Society. We will also use existing networks to develop a History and Policy briefing paper to disseminate the main findings of the network.