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J oin us for a stimulating and inspiring evening featuring invited speaker Dr . Ailsa Holland, author of On This Day She. Dr. Holland will share the stories of women who have shaped our history but who have often been forgotten or d eliberately ignored.
How can we put these women back into history and correct this imbalance? Only by identifying, celebrating, and increasing v isibility of women’s achievements can we help forge equality.
Prof. M erike Blofield, our fantastic moderator from our 2021 Women in Leadership e vent, will lead a discussion after Ailsa's talk, addressing the issues and policies that need changing to obtain gender equality.
U.S. Con sul General Jason Chue will introduce Women's History Month, whose origins can be traced to a national celebration declared by the U.S. Congress in 19 81. Not just a day, but an entire month to celebrate the achievements of wo men.
The event will be held at the beautiful Speigelsaal at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (MK&G) and end with a small reception with refreshments and a chance to talk.
This event will take place i n English, is free, and guests are welcome. We encourage you to invite young people to join us as change only happens when everyone is involved i n the conversation! (The talk is suitable for young teenagers and up.) ;
Ailsa Holland is an award-winning poet , a writer, and a publisher. She studied literature and history at the universities of Oxford, York and Southampton and wrote her Ph.D. on British writers in Vienna in the 1930s. Ailsa’s poetry pamphl et, Twenty-Four Miles Up (2017) was published with support from A rts Council England. Her debut collection—The Bodleian and the Bottle Ovens —will be published this year with Kingston University Press. Ailsa has been Artist-in-Residence for Barnaby Festival (2016), and Manchester Cathedral Poet (2019). In 2018 Ailsa co-launched the feminist history Twitter project @OnThisDayShe and gave a TEDx talk about the project in Mac clesfield in 2019; she is co-author of On This Day She: Putting W omen Back Into History, One Day at a Time (2021). Ailsa has lived and worked in Germany but now lives in Macclesfield, Cheshire with her bil ingual family.
Merike Blofield is since January 2020 Director of the Institute of Latin American Studies at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies, and Professor of Political Science at the University of Hamburg. Prior to this she was Professor of Political Science and Director of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Miami. Dr. Blofield’s research focuses on the intersection of socio-economic, gender and family i nequalities and the policy process in Latin America. Most recently she publ ished several reports on government social protection measures in the wake of COVID-19.
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Photo Collage: Ren ée Erdős, writer (photo, Raab L, CC BY 4.0); Beyoncé, singer (photo Arnie P app, CC BY 2.0); Leontyne Price, opera singer (photo, Carl Van Vechten, Lib rary of Congress 2004663466); Leoparda, Roman physician (photo, mharrsch, f lickr 1294049371); Ida Lupino, film director (photo, CC BY 4.0); Lise Meitn er, physicist (photo, Library of Congress, 90707039).
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In honor of Women’s History Month
the
American Women’s Club of Hamburg e.V.
in collaboration with the Ameri
kazentrum Hamburg e.V.
and the U.S. Consulate General Hamburg
cordially invite you to
Join us for a stimulating and inspiring evening f eaturing invited speaker Dr. Ailsa Holland, author of On This Day She. Dr. Holl and will share the stories of women who have shaped our history but who hav e often been forgotten or deliberately ignored.
How can we put these women back into history and correct this imbalance? Only by identifying, ce lebrating, and increasing visibility of women’s achievements can we help fo rge equality.
Prof. Merike Blofield, our fantastic moderator from our 2021 Women in Leadership event, will lead a discussion after Ailsa's talk, addressing the issues and policies that need changing to obtain gender equ ality.
U.S. Consul General Jason Chue will introduce Women's Hi story Month, whose origins can be traced to a national celebration declared by the U.S. Congress in 1981. Not just a day, but an entire month to celeb rate the achievements of women.
The event will be held at the beautif ul Speigelsaal at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (MK&G) and end with a small reception with refreshments and a chance to talk.
T his event will take place in English, is free, and guests are welcome. ;We encourage you to invite young people to join us as change only happens when everyone is involved in the conversation! (The talk is suitable for yo ung teenagers and up.)
< strong>Ailsa Holland is an award-winning poet, a writer, and a pub lisher. She studied literature and history at the universities of Oxfo rd, York and Southampton and wrote her Ph.D. on British writ ers in Vienna in the 1930s. Ailsa’s poetry pamphlet, Twenty-Four Miles Up (2017) was published with support from Arts Council England. Her debut collection—The Bodleian and the Bottle Ovens—will be published th is year with Kingston University Press. Ailsa has been Artist-in-Resid ence for Barnaby Festival (2016), and Manchester Cathedral Poet (2019) . In 2018 Ailsa co-launched the feminist history Twitter project @OnTh isDayShe and gave a TEDx talk about the project in Macclesfield in 2019; sh e is co-author of On This Day She: Putting Women Back Into Histor y, One Day at a Time (2021). Ailsa has lived and worked in German y but now lives in Macclesfield, Cheshire with her bilingual family. & nbsp;
Merike Blofield is since January 2020 Direc tor of the Institute of Latin American Studies at the German Institute for Global and Area Studies, and Professor of Political Science at the Universi ty of Hamburg. Prior to this she was Professor of Political Science and Dir ector of Gender and Sexuality Studies at the University of Miami. Dr. Blofi eld’s research focuses on the intersection of socio-economic, gender and fa mily inequalities and the policy process in Latin America. Most recently sh e published several reports on government social protection measures in the wake of COVID-19.
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Photo Collage: Renée Erdős, writer (photo, Raab L, CC BY 4.0); Beyoncé, singer (photo Arnie Papp, CC BY 2.0); Leontyne Price, ope ra singer (photo, Carl Van Vechten, Library of Congress 2004663466); Leopar da, Roman physician (photo, mharrsch, flickr 1294049371); Ida Lupino, film director (photo, CC BY 4.0); Lise Meitner, physicist (photo, Library of Con gress, 90707039).
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