Acronym
WeChangEd-1
Code
01Z00714
Duration
01 February 2015 → 31 January 2025
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Fellow
Research disciplines
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Humanities
- Literary studies not elsewhere classified
Keywords
periodical studies
Project description
This project examines a neglected aspect of the social and cultural life in Europe in the modern period: the impact of women editors on public debate. From the 1700s on, European women actively participated in the cultural arena through the journals that they edited. This project advances the hypothesis that periodical editorship enabled these women to take a prominent role in public life, to influence public opinion and to shape transnational processes of change