Boundaries, Bodies, and Control: Women’s Confinement Across History

An day of interdisciplinary roundtables, focusing on women's confinement across time, and the challenges of undertaking this research
About this Event

11:15 AM – 12:00 PM

Tea/Coffee

12:00 PM – 12:15 PM

Welcome

12:15 PM – 1:30 PM

Panel Discussion: Ethics of Research & Representation

• Louise Brangan (LSE)
• Mila Daskalova (Glasgow)
• Laura Nys (Ghent/Hankuk, Seoul)
  A discussion on the ethical considerations surrounding research and the representation of marginalised and excluded communities.

1:30 PM – 1:45 PM

Coffee Break

1:45 PM – 3:00 PM

Panel Discussion: Survivor Voices & Archival Silences

• Tahaney Alaghrani (Hugh Baird, Merseyside)
• Olivia Dee (Queens, Belfast)
• Annalisa Martin (Glasgow)
  Drawing on their extensive experience, the speakers will lead us in a discussion of the problem of silences in archives.
  Together we will consider how we read against and beyond the archive.

3:00 PM – 3:45 PM

Lunch Break

3:45 PM – 5:00 PM

Panel Discussion: Memory Work & Memorialisation

• Jessamy Carlson (National Archives)
• Karen Hanrahan (UCL, London)
• Margaret Malloch (Stirling)
  In this session, we will delve into how the challenges of public memorialisation and collective memory.
  We will discuss if we can achieve justice today for the wrongs of the past.

5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Wine Reception & Round Table Discussion

Sponsored by University fo Glasgow Centre for Gender History & Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (SCCJR) Knowledge Exchange Fund 2026