Histoire(s) de femmes?

Exhibition: " Gender, Immigration and Commitment "

In comemoration of International Women’s Day

Opening: Saturday 7 March 2009 from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

2 p.m. Conference-Debate

4.30 p.m. Theatre "De la serpilière à la Cilo"

Organized by the Association AncrAges at the Gaston Defferre Departmental Archives, 18-20 rue Mirès, 13003 Marseille

In parallel with the history of those who arrived with the waves of (mostly male) immigrants during the period of economic change, there are other history. The vestiges of these stories need to be preserved, and these voices heard, and yet individual faces are emerging: the women who have managed to overcome the difficulties and make the most of the new opportunities or to sidestep the forces holding them back.

Histoire(s) de femmes?

Exposition: " Genre, immigration et engagement "

Vernissage: Samedi 7 mars 2009, de 14 heures à 18 heures

en commémoration de la Journée internationale des femmes

14h Conférence-débat

16 h 30 Spectacle: "De la serpilière à la Cilo"

Organisée par l’association AncAges, aux Archives départementales des Bouches-du-Rhône Gaston Defferre 18-20 rue Mirès, 13003 Marseille

Parallèlement au récit des mutations économiques qui ont provoqué de grandes vagues de migration d’une main d’oeuvre surtout masculine, une autre histoire s’écrit. Ses traces restent à préserver, ses paroles peinent à être entendus mais des visages émergent: ceux de femmes qui ont su dépasser les clivages et tirer parti ou s’extraire des rapports de force.

Lectures on the Chinese Diaspora - 19 and 23 June 2008

Ms Khun Eng Kuah-Pearce, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Hong Kong, author of At Home in the Chinese Diaspora: Memories, Identities and Belongings (2008), Volontary Organizations in the Chinese Diaspora (2006), Chinese Woman and their Cultural and Network Capitals (2004)

She will give two lectures in Paris:

Collective Memories as Cultural Capital: From Chinese Diaspora to Emigrant Hometowns, EHESS, 54 Boulevard Raspail, 75007 Paris
19 June 2008 2.00-4.00 pm

Internet as Social Capital and Social Network: Cyberactivity of Hong Kong and Shanghai Woimen, Ûniversité Paris Diderot, UFR LCAO, Bâtiment des Grands Moulins, 16 rue Marguerite Duras, 75013 Paris (Aile C, 4th floor, Room 481)
23 June 2008, 10.00 am -12.00 noon

Femmes de l’immigration à Marseille au 20e siècle

3 pm - 6 pm, 8 March 2008, Archives et Bibliothèque départementales, 18 rue Mirès, 13003 Marseille

An afternoon debate focusing on migrant women in Marseilles - organized by the Archives départementales of the Bouches du Rhône (France), as part of the 2008 International Women’s Day celebrations.

Programme:
Françoise Thébaud, Professor of History, Université d’Avignon From Mother’s Day to International Women’s Day
Linda Guerry, Doctoral Student, Université d’Avignon, "Gender" in the immigration and naturalization in Marseilles in the 1920s and 1930s
Bania Medjbar, Film Director, Mères amères, film on migrant women in Marseilles

Round table, led by Caroline Mackenzie, Private life - Public life, how do migrant women move from one to the other?
Nacira Benmarnia, President, Union des familles musulmanes 13
Samia Chabani, President, Anchr’ages
Fatiha Mennis, President, Ni putes ni soumises 13

The Chinese in Prato (Italy)

Australia’s Monash University is holding a conference at its Prato Centre on

8 - 9 November 2007

on the theme:

What are the challenges and opportunities for the Chinese community in Prato today?

Presentations in English, Italian and Chinese For more details, contact: info@emp-mig.net