# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Online Seminar: New Insight into Women's History in Latvia: Social Portrait of Female Students (1919
- **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 12 May, 2025 at 01:15 pm
- **Event Description**: Taas on toimumas seminar sarjas "Sugu ajaloos"! 12. mail kell 16:15-17:45 peab ettekande Läti ajaloolane Zane Rozīte. Ettekande pealkiri on „New Insight into Women's History in Latvia: Social Portrait of Female Students (1919-1940)”. Seminar toimub ainult Zoomis (https://zoom.us/j/96508672246) ja on inglise keeles.


You are warmly invited to the next session of the  “Gender in History” seminar series. On May 12, from 16:15 to 17:45, Latvian historian Zane Rozīte will give a presentation titled “New Insight into Women's History in Latvia: Social Portrait of Female Students (1919-1940)”. The seminar will take place online via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/96508672246
 
Introduction on the talk and speaker:

In the territory of present-day Latvia, women were enrolled as the first female students in the Baltic Technical School in Riga, founded by the German occupation authorities on 1 October 1918. However, women obtained full gender equality – equal rights, possibilities and responsibilities – in higher education after the establishment of the University of Latvia on 28 September 1919. In the first academic semester, there were 685 female students or more than half of the total student body. By 1940, the total number of female students had reached more than 7,000. That allows us to speak about the existence of a large, specific and important social group of modern society – female students – which has been included in the history of Latvia only fragmentarily. Researchers have mainly explored “the first”, “the most notable” and “Latvian”; attention has also been paid to certain individual female students, through whom all female students in the academic community have been represented. Thus, broader studies on female students as a certain social group and certain ‘social portrait’ aspects – ethnicity, religion, age, family status, etc. – have been a ‘blank spot’. The concept ‘social portrait’ is not clearly and concisely defined in the historical literature. Ultimately, the researcher determines and precisely defines the specific actors and social categories under study. This presentation will address women in the study process, researching such specific problems as women’s study choice and motivation. A significant part of Latvian society still saw higher education as a personification of public space reserved for men and as an embodiment of absolute masculinity, while, according to the predominant perceptions of the population, childbirth and caring for their husband and children continued to be at the heart of a Latvian woman’s life. An educated woman and her choice to study and her choice of studies were perceived as a threat to the normality of society. This presentation will also provide an insight into how Latvian society reacted to it. The extensive and heated discussions on this topic show that interwar Latvian society often defined the social order through women and purposefully viewed education as an instrument of social control over women.
 
Zane Rozīte is a historian. She received her PhD at the University of Latvia in 2024. Currently, she is an expert librarian at the National Library of Latvia, and her book “Women in Latvian Intelligentsia: Social Portrait of Female Students, 1919–1940” will be published in 2025.

All interested are warmly welcome to join!
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/tallinn-estonia/online-seminar-new-insight-into-womens-history-in-latvia-social-portrait-of-female-students-1919/200028140023806
- **Event Categories**: workshops, womens-history-month, art, virtual, theatre, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 6

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Tallinn, Estonia
- **location**: Online event
- **full address**: Online event, Narva maantee 36, Kesklinn, Tallinn, 10120 Harju Maakond, Eesti,Tallinn, Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Online Seminar: New Insight into Women's History in Latvia: Social Portrait of Female Students (1919 being held?
  - **A:** Online Seminar: New Insight into Women's History in Latvia: Social Portrait of Female Students (1919 takes place on Mon, 12 May, 2025 at 01:15 pm to Mon, 12 May, 2025 at 01:15 pm at Online event, Narva maantee 36, Kesklinn, Tallinn, 10120 Harju Maakond, Eesti,Tallinn, Estonia, Tallinn, Estonia.
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  - **A:** Online Seminar: New Insight into Women's History in Latvia: Social Portrait of Female Students (1919 is organized by Sugu Ajaloos / Gender in History.
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  - **A:** Online Seminar: New Insight into Women's History in Latvia: Social Portrait of Female Students (1919 is ideal for learners, working professionals, and skill-builders looking to gain hands-on knowledge and practical expertise in a focused, interactive setting. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Tallinn, Estonia, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Online Seminar: New Insight into Women's History in Latvia: Social Portrait of Female Students (1919 sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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