{"id":155998,"date":"2025-11-19T13:05:57","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/?post_type=event&p=155998"},"modified":"2025-11-26T05:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T04:05:42","slug":"making-women-visible-in-history","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/termin\/talk\/making-women-visible-in-history-155998\/","title":{"rendered":"Making Women Visible in History"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Contrary to the male-dominated narratives of history, women in the past were able to exert significant political influence. At princely courts during the Middle Ages and the early modern period, women played a central role, yet their contributions remain underrepresented in museums today.<\/p>\n

The project\u00a0WIRKSAM<\/strong>\u00a0brings together ten museums and institutions in 2025\/2026 with a shared goal: to change that.<\/p>\n

Through their networks of mothers, aunts, sisters, and nieces, princesses connected courts across Europe over vast distances. By arranging strategic marriages for their children, they forged alliances and secured claims to inheritance. Often working behind the scenes, women created options for men to act. Despite patriarchal constraints, they emerge as independent, intelligent, and tactically skilled individuals.<\/p>\n

Dr Simona Schellenberger from the State Palaces, Castles and Gardens of Saxony and Dr Alfred Hagemann from the Stiftung Humboldt Forum\u2019s \u201cHistory of the Site\u201d department will share insights into WIRKSAM\u2019s mission and their projects in Meissen and Berlin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

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4:30 PM<\/strong>
\nShort guided tour of the installation\u00a0\u201cRelevant to the System \u2013 Women in Ruling Families<\/a>\u201d<\/em>\u00a0on the 3rd floor
\nMeeting point: Mechanical Arena<\/p>\n

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