Women's Press—Women of the Press (9–11 November 2018, Rethymno)

Women’s Periodicals and Women Editors in the Ottoman Space

House of Culture, Rethymno, November 9-11, 2018

The Exhibition and Conference entitled Women’s Press – Women of the Press are organized by the Department of Philosophy and Social Studies of the University of Crete in collaboration with the Hellenic Open University (Master’s Program in Public History), under the auspices of the Regional Unit of Rethymno. They concern women’s publishing activity during the late Ottoman period, and more precisely during the period extending from the first women’s periodical publication year (1845) to the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire (1923). They include both women’s press of all genres and its impact in the public space, and women as editors, contributors and readership.

See more at the Conference website : http://ottomanwomenspress.fks.uoc.gr/