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From the Kitchen to the World: Lay Women and Catholic Internationalism after 1945
Read more: From the Kitchen to the World: Lay Women and Catholic Internationalism after 1945This exhibition is part of the TheoFem project and presents the results of two years of archival research on the history of Catholic laywomen in international organisations from the aftermath of the Second World War to the Second Vatican Council.…
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#WomensWednesday nº7 – 1 April 2026: Nancy Stewart Parnell (1901-1975) — Catholic Feminist, Pacifist and International Campaigner
Read more: #WomensWednesday nº7 – 1 April 2026: Nancy Stewart Parnell (1901-1975) — Catholic Feminist, Pacifist and International CampaignerPost by: Dr Carmen M. Mangion, Birkbeck, University of London Nancy Stewart Parnell was born in Chelsea, London on 14 May1901. The eldest child of playwright Bertram Damer Parnell and Madeleine (née Bryne) Parnell, she was a compelling feminist voice in…
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Expert Seminar: Reframing the History of International Organizations through Gender and Religion
Read more: Expert Seminar: Reframing the History of International Organizations through Gender and ReligionMONDAY 9TH AND TUESDAY 10TH OF MARCH 2026 This expert seminar will convene scholars of religion, historians from diverse fields, sociologists, and international relations specialists to critically reassess the historical role of women, religion, and secular ideas in shaping international…
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Natalia Núñez Bargueño’s latest interview for Theology Research News
Read more: Natalia Núñez Bargueño’s latest interview for Theology Research NewsWe are pleased to share Natalia Núñez Bargueño’s latest interview for Theology Research News, the online publication of the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies at KU Leuven. In the interview, she discusses the pioneering Catholic lay women who helped shape…
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Dr. Natalia Núñez Bargueño to Present New TheoFem Research on Transatlantic Networks of Catholic Women (Europe – America) at CY Cergy Paris Université
Read more: Dr. Natalia Núñez Bargueño to Present New TheoFem Research on Transatlantic Networks of Catholic Women (Europe – America) at CY Cergy Paris UniversitéDr. Natalia Núñez Bargueño will present new findings from the TheoFem project at the seminar Histoire transnationale des femmes dans l’espace transatlantique (Europe–Amériques, XXe–XXIe siècles). The presentation will take place on Monday, 19 January 2026, at CY Cergy Paris Université. Dr. Núñez Bargueño wants to warmly thank the Laboratoire…
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#WomensWednesday nº6 & 1st Collaboration – 7th January 2026: Ellen Ammann (1870–1932): A Pioneer of Catholic Social Reform and Women’s Political Mobilization in Bavaria
Read more: #WomensWednesday nº6 & 1st Collaboration – 7th January 2026: Ellen Ammann (1870–1932): A Pioneer of Catholic Social Reform and Women’s Political Mobilization in BavariaPost by: Professor Yvonne Maria Werner, LUX, Historiska institutionen, Lunds universitet Ellen Ammann was a Swedish-born Catholic social reformer, educator, and politician whose work left a lasting imprint on Bavarian Catholic social life in the early twentieth century. Her life and…
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#WomensWednesday nº5 – 10th December 2025: Christine de Hemptinne (1895–1984) — Catholic Action, Gender, the Global Cold War, and the Paradoxes of Decolonization
Read more: #WomensWednesday nº5 – 10th December 2025: Christine de Hemptinne (1895–1984) — Catholic Action, Gender, the Global Cold War, and the Paradoxes of DecolonizationChristine Eugénie Marie Ghislaine de Hemptinne was born on 1 December 1895 in Ghent, Belgium, into an aristocrat Catholic family. Her life and work exemplify the dynamic role of laywomen in shaping Catholic internationalism during the 20th century. Combining local…
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Natalia Núñez Bargueño at International Meeting on Catholicism, Women, and Feminisms
Read more: Natalia Núñez Bargueño at International Meeting on Catholicism, Women, and FeminismsWe are pleased to announce that Natalia Núñez Bargueño will participate in the International Meeting “Catholicism, Women and Feminisms in Europe (20th Century)”, taking place on 27–28 November 2025 at Espacio La Corrala (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid). Natalia is also a member of the Scientific Committee of this…
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#WomensWednesday – nº 4: 15th of September 2025 – Catholic, Committed, Internationalist: The Legacy of Florentine Steenberghe-Engeringh (1875–1952) in the Netherlands and Beyond
Read more: #WomensWednesday – nº 4: 15th of September 2025 – Catholic, Committed, Internationalist: The Legacy of Florentine Steenberghe-Engeringh (1875–1952) in the Netherlands and BeyondBorn in Utrecht on April 10, 1875, Petronille Aimée Florentine Engeringh, better known as Florentine Steenberghe-Engeringh, was a pioneering figure in Dutch Catholic social and women’s organizations. Raised in an upper-bourgeois family, she received her education from the Sacred Heart nuns…
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SFM- NYALA KARLA NAUWELAERS Y CLARE STAINTHORP – «The feminization thesis under scrutiny: the case of the freethinking women of Ghent (late 19th – early 20th century)» (30 SEPTIEMBRE, 2025)
Read more: SFM- NYALA KARLA NAUWELAERS Y CLARE STAINTHORP – «The feminization thesis under scrutiny: the case of the freethinking women of Ghent (late 19th – early 20th century)» (30 SEPTIEMBRE, 2025)El martes 30 de septiembre a las 18:00 h. (hora peninsular) se celebrará una nueva sesión del Seminario Feliciano Montero de Historia Religiosa Contemporánea en la que debatiremos el documento de trabajo titulado: “The feminization thesis under scrutiny: the case of the freethinking…
