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Exhibition Opening: 'Modern' Mothering, Childhood and Child Healthcare: Gendered & Scientised Ideas, Material Culture & Experiences

Tampere University
LocationKalevantie 4, 33100 Tampere
Tampere University, Main Building, Cafe Alakuppila
Date1.12.2025 13.00–14.00 (UTC+2)
Registration deadline: 28.11.2025,16.00 (UTC+2)
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Connecting and comparing our histories to make sense of our present is often not an easy task. The exhibition on ‘Modern’ Mothering, Childhood & Child Healthcare presents a unique opportunity to be adventurous and do exactly this.

Using gender and science as its main anchors, this poster exhibition draws on local, regional, national and transnational cross-cultural tensions, connections and comparisons of ‘modern’ and ‘scientific’ mothering, childhood and childcare advice and experiences.

From the doctoral and postdoctoral to the professorial levels, we will exhibit illustrated posters related to our research from diverse disciplines primarily: Archeology, European and World History, Cultural History, Comparative Literature, Gender Studies, History of Experiences, History of Emotions, and Social History of Medicine.

Our main goal here is to be committed to spreading the message of the importance of gender equality and the decolonial imperatives of our times through an exploration of our pasts.
 

Organiser

Research Council of Finland's Centre of Excellence in the History of Experiences (HEX), Finnish Cultural Foundation,Turku Institute for Advanced Studies (TIAS), University of Turku; and Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) COFUND TIES Fellowship.

Further information

HEX Coordinator Mikko Kemppainen: mikko.kemppainen@tuni.fi