The organisers invite you to participate in the final conference of the MotherNet "Thinking Through Motherhood: Images, Experiences and Narratives Across Time”. The project is interdisciplinary, implemented in collaboration with the University of Maynooth in Ireland and Uppsala University in Sweden, and is carried out by the Vilnius University Faculties of Philology, Philosophy and Medicine. The international, interdisciplinary conference will bring together more than a hundred participants from 20 countries, including scholars from European countries, the USA, Canada and India. The main objective of the project is to develop maternity studies by bringing together researchers from different fields.
Date of the event: 23-25 January 2024.
Venue: the main conference venue is the Faculty of Philology of Vilnius University. The opening ceremony will take place at the VU Aula Parva, Universiteto Street 3, Vilnius. The conference will be live.
Conference language: English.
Participation in the conference is fee-based: registration is open until 19 January. Registration is available here >
Plenary presentations will be given by Professor Pragya Agarwal (Loughborough University, UK), Professor Valerie Heffernan (Maynooth University, Ireland), Lucy Jones (journalist and author, UK) and Associate Professor Eglė Kačkutė (Vilnius University, Lithuania).
Young researchers and PhD students are invited to the MotherNet PhD Symposium Workshop, which will take place on the first day of the conference, 23 January, 10 am-1 pm, at the Faculty of Philology, Vilnius University, Room 92:
- 10.00-11.00 Academic Writing
Atėnė Medelytė, Vilnius University, Lithuania
- 11.00-12.00 Interdisciplinary Publishing and Collaboration
Margaretha Fahlgren, Sara Sylven, Anna Williams, Uppsala University, Sweden
- 12.00-12.15 Coffee break
- 12.15-13.00 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships funding scheme and application process with Vilnius University
Ana Raišienė, Vilnius University, Lithuania
Important! Young researchers who have not registered for the conference are welcome to attend the workshop. Participation in the workshop is free of charge. The workshop, like the conference, will be held in English. You are welcome to register >
The conference programme is available here >
The official conference webpage is here >
More information about the project can be found here >
The project is funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation under the "Twinning" Facility (No 952366).