International Conference Reproductive Politics and Motherhood in Historical Perspective
On 25 and 26 September 2025, the Faculty of Arts, University of Ljubljana, hosted the international conference Reproductive Politics and Motherhood in Historical Perspective. The event was organized within the research project Motherhood and Reproductive Politics in the 19th and 20th Century (J6-4602), funded by ARIS.
Researchers from the Institute of Contemporary History also participated:
- Dr. Meta Remec: The Dead Who Might Return: Widows and Families in Legal and Emotional Limbo After the First World War
- Dr. Dunja Dobaja: Unwed Mothers in the Occupation Legal System in Slovenia 1941–1945
- Dr. Victor Strazzeri: “Motherhood as Social Value”: Italian Communist Women’s Conception of Motherhood in the 1970s
The conference raised important questions about the historical dimensions of reproductive politics and motherhood and stimulated discussion on their broader societal significance.
Some highlights from the event can be viewed in the gallery below.
Photographs were taken by the Department of History, Faculty of Arts.
Cover photo: Edvard Munch, Foster Mothers in Court, 1902. Source, Wikimedia.
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