Conference Agenda

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Session Overview
Date: Tuesday, 23/Jan/2024
10:00am - 1:00pmESR Symposium
Location: Room 92 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5.)
Session Chair: Rūta Morkūnienė
10:00am - 11:00amVirtual session I
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Session Chair: Jennifer Redmond

ZOOM link:
https://fsf-vu-lt.zoom.us/j/85353671370?pwd=6agum30Z1obeMx7aXPQqV61LcFenuQ.1

Meeting ID: 853 5367 1370
Passcode: 217889

11:00am - 11:10amBreak
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
11:10am - 12:10pmVirtual session II
Location: Virtual (Zoom)
Session Chair: Elina Nilsson

ZOOM link: https://fsf-vu-lt.zoom.us/j/85353671370?pwd=6agum30Z1obeMx7aXPQqV61LcFenuQ.1

Meeting ID: 853 5367 1370
Passcode: 217889

1:00pm - 6:00pmRegistration
Location: Lobby of Auditorium Aula Parva (Main university building, Universiteto str. 3)
2:00pm - 2:30pmOpening session
Location: -

Welcome by:

  • Rector of Vilnius University, Professor Rimvydas Petrauskas 
  • Pro-Rector for Organizational Development and Community Affairs at Vilnius University,  Professor Vilmantė Pakalniškienė 
  • Dean of the Faculty of Philology of Vilnius University, Professor Mindaugas Kvietkauskas
2:30pm - 4:00pmKeynote I: Professor Pragya Agarwal "The Otherhood in Motherhood: From the Margins of Motherhood"
Location: -
Session Chair: Julie Rodgers
4:00pm - 4:30pmCoffee break
Location: Lobby of Auditorium Aula Parva (Main university building, Universiteto str. 3)
4:30pm - 4:45pmWalk to Faculty of Philology (Universiteto str. 5)
4:45pm - 6:15pmParallel session 1: Theories of Motherhood
Location: -
Session Chair: Andrea O'Reilly
4:45pm - 6:15pmParallel session 2: Transgressive Motherhood
Location: Room A7 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Loic Bourdeau
4:45pm - 6:15pmParallel session 3: Motherhood and Media I
Location: Room 122 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Atėnė Mendelytė
4:45pm - 6:15pmParallel session 4: Motherhood and Literature I
Location: Room A9 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: María Sebastià-Sáez
6:30pm - 8:00pmWelcome reception
Location: MO Bistro at MO Museum (Pylimo str. 17)
Date: Wednesday, 24/Jan/2024
8:30am - 2:00pmRegistration
Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
9:00am - 10:30amParallel session 5: Motherhood and Health Sciences
Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Rūta Morkūnienė
9:00am - 10:30amParallel session 6: When Real Moms Confront the "Ideal Mother": Maternal Resistance and Maternal Realities in Denmark, Russia and Lithuania
Location: Room A7 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Ieva Bisigirskaitė
9:00am - 10:30amParallel session 7: Motherhood and Marginality
Location: Room 122 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Pragya Agarwal
9:00am - 10:30amParallel session 8: Roundtable: Negotiating Non-motherhood
Location: Room A9 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Julie Rodgers
10:30am - 11:00amCoffee break
Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
11:00am - 12:20pmKeynote II: Professor Valerie Heffernan "Representing Maternal Regret"
Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Eglė Šumskienė
12:20pm - 12:30pmMargaretha Fahlgren "Mothernet Mentoring programme"
Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
12:30pm - 2:00pmLunch
Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel session 9: Oppressive Motherhood
Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Ieva Bisigirskaitė
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel session 10: Maternal Utopias and Dystopias
Location: Room A7 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Rūta Šlapkauskaitė
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel session 11: Motherhood and Mental Health
Location: Room 122 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Ciara Bradley
2:00pm - 3:30pmParallel session 12: Depictions of Motherhood in Contemporary French Literature: Ethics and Poetics
Location: Room A9 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Dovilė Kuzminskaitė
3:30pm - 4:00pmCoffee break
Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
4:00pm - 5:30pmKeynote III: Lucy Jones "Matrescence & Matroecology"
Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Jenny Björklund
7:00pm - 9:00pmConference dinner
Location: Restaurant "Trinity" (Vilniaus str. 30)
Date: Thursday, 25/Jan/2024
9:00am - 2:00pmRegistration
Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
9:30am - 11:00amParallel session 13: Motherhood and Time
Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Diana Ramašauskaitė
9:30am - 11:00amParallel session 14: Motherhood and Creativity
Location: Room A7 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Mercedes Carbayo Abengozar
9:30am - 11:00amParallel session 15: Maternal Experiences and Representations
Location: Room 122 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Violeta Gevorgianienė
9:30am - 11:00amParallel session 16: Motherhood in Literature II
Location: Room A9 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Lisa Matilda Grahn
11:00am - 11:30amCoffee break
Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
11:30am - 12:30pmKeynote IV: Eglė Kačkutė "Vilnius University Motherhood Studies in Europe: Present and Future"
Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Valerie Heffernan
12:30pm - 1:30pmLunch
Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
1:30pm - 3:00pmParallel session 17: Mothers in Workplace
Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Anne O' Brien
1:30pm - 3:00pmParallel session 18: Motherhood and Media II
Location: Room A7 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Valerie Heffernan
1:30pm - 3:00pmParallel session 19: Motherhood in Literature III
Location: Room A9 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
Session Chair: Jenny Björklund
3:00pm - 4:00pmClosing session
Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)