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2023 MotherNet Early Stage Researchers Forum Review

In 2023 four workshops for Early Stage Researchers (ESR) were arranged within the MotherNet project. The content of the workshops was oriented towards broader issues such as the organization of the Postgraduate Symposium, and more specific questions that concern the professional life of the PhD student, such as research applications or peer-review.

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MotherNet member Helena Wahlström Henriksson will visit Vilnius in December with a public lecture!

MotherNet member Helena Wahlström Henriksson will visit Vilnius in December with a public lecture!

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Two MotherNet members will visit Vilnius in November with series of lectures!

MotherNet members Sara Sylvén from Uppsala University and Fergus Ryan from Maynooth University will visit Vilnius University and give a series of lectures.

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Lectures and Seminars on Motherhood and Teaching of French Literature/Culture on October 18-20

We are cordially inviting you to a series of lectures and workshops on Motherhood and Teaching of French Literature/Culture by Drs. Julie Rodgers and Loïc Bourdeau ! Events will take place at the Faculty of Philology of Vilnius University.

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Reflecting on the Postgraduate Course on Medical Humanities in Uppsala

MotherNet colleagues prof. Diana Ramašauskaitė and MD, Rūta Morkūnienė visited Uppsala University in February to attend the introductory part of the course on “Medical Humanities”. Check out their reflection!

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On 21 – 23 March Sara Sylvén will give a series of lectures at Vilnius University on Perinatal Psychiatry!

MotherNet member Sara Sylvén from Uppsala University will give a series of lectures at Vilnius University on Perinatal Psychiatry.

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Training for the Early-Stage Researchers (ESRs) and Administrative Office at Vilnius University on 29-31 May

Dr Patrick Boyle and Professor Valerie Heffernan from Maynooth University will be visiting Vilnius on 29-31 May 2023. Information sessions on MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships and ESR grants are planned among other activities.

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The recording of Jenny Björklund’s public lecture ‘Runaway Moms: Mothers Who Leave their Families in the Twenty-First Century’ is now available!

What does it mean that so many mothers leave their families in twenty-first-century Swedish literature? The lecture takes its point of departure in this question and explores how novels about mothers who leave can be understood as queer resistance against Swedish-branded ideals of parenthood, family, and reproduction. The recording of the lecture by Jenny Björklund is now available!

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