Family and Household in Urban East and Southeast Europe
Workshop Graz, 18-20 May 2006
Background
The family and household in East and Southeast Europe has increasingly been an object of anthropological and historical research in the last decades. John Hajnal's conclusion that marriage behaviour in Western Europe was principally different from that in the east has had tremendous impact in the historical studies of European marriage. In recent years, criticism of Hajnal's model has intensified, as the model is unable to account for the variations in nuptiality in all parts of Europe. While the research done on family and household west of Hajnal's line has been extensive, less attention has been paid to Eastern Europe. Moreover, most of the research here has been concentrated on rural areas. In order to widen the debate the workshop brings together scholars studying family and household in urban East and Southeast Europe during the 20th century.
Organisation
The workshop is organised by the Centre for Southeast European History (University of Graz, Austria) and the International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam, The Netherlands), in cooperation with the Center for the Study of Balkan Societies and Cultures (Graz) and will take place at the Centre for Southeast European History of the University of Graz, in the "Meerscheinschlößl", Mozartgasse 3.
The workshop is made available by funding from the Vice Rectorate for International Relations (Vizerektorat für Internationale Beziehungen) and the Office of Research Services (Forschungsservice) of the University of Graz, the Austrian Research Association (Österreichische Forschungsgemeinschaft) and the International Institute of Social History (Amsterdam).
Organising Committee
Siegfried Gruber, University of Graz ()
Gentiana Kera, University of Graz ()
Gijs Kessler, International Institute of Social History ().
Publication
A selection of the papers presented at the workshop has been published in: Kera, Gentiana and Gijs Kessler (eds), History of the Family - Special Issue - "Urban Household and Family in Twentieth Century East and South-East Europe", The History of the Family, 13(2) (2008)