Genderstudies: vrouwen en meisjes

Ouderwetse aannames over vrouwelijkheid hebben lang de blik van biologen en zoölogen op vrouwtjesdieren vertroebeld. Het vrouwtje, dat was natuurlijk

Maya Angelou's phenomenal seven volume autobiography is now available on the Virago Modern Classics list.

The first major work of art history to focus on women artists and their engagement with the spirit world, by one of the foremost art writers at work t

This study analyzes the changing roles of German-Jewish women as members of an economically mobile but socially spurned minority.

Covering the role of imperial women in the period of the Crusades, this text explores why they were able to wield immense power during the 11th centur

"Welcome to the European family!" When East European countries joined the European Union under this banner after 1989, they agreed to the free movemen

A year on from the allegations against Harvey Weinstein and the beginnings of #metoo movement Mary Beard revisits the gender agenda with new material

A comprehensive and accessible orientation to the field of medieval manuscript studies.

'Truly wonderful... Anna Funder has written another brilliant human portrait.' - Claire Tomalin A BLAZING, GENRE-BENDING MASTERPIECE FROM ONE OF THE M

'Beter dan Keegan wordt het niet.’ VPRO Gids‘Een klein wonder van subtiel realisme dat je tevreden dichtslaat.’ Het Parool'De Tove Ditlevsen van Ierla

Byzantine princess Anna Komnene is known for writing history and plotting to become empress by murdering her brother. This book explains how Anna brok

‘The classic, groundbreaking account of women’s lives in Greece and Rome’ Mary BeardFor centuries, half the ancient world remained invisible --

In De moeder van de vooruitgang laat Katrine Kielos-Marçal zien dat de achterstelling van vrouwen niet alleen henzelf betreft, maar iedereen. Ze laat

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2020, a vivid work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo - now known as Tokyo

A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of Americanah and Half of a Yellow Sun.

An introduction to women and gender in the classical world that draws on the most recent research in the field Women in Classical Antiquity focuses