MotherNet Final Conference 2024

Thinking through Motherhood:
Images, Experiences and Narratives Across Time

January 23-25, 2024 | Vilnius, Lithuania

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Conference Agenda

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Date: Tuesday, 23/Jan/2024
10:00am - 1:00pm	ESR Symposium Location: Room 92 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5.) Chair: Rūta Morkūnienė
10:00am - 11:00am	Virtual session I Location: Virtual (Zoom) 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 - 11:10am	Break Location: Virtual (Zoom)
11:10am - 12:10pm	Virtual session II Location: Virtual (Zoom) 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 - 6:00pm	Registration Location: Lobby of Auditorium Aula Parva (Main university building, Universiteto str. 3)
2:00pm - 2:30pm	Opening 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 - 4:00pm	Keynote I: Professor Pragya Agarwal "The Otherhood in Motherhood: From the Margins of Motherhood" Location: - Chair: Julie Rodgers
4:00pm - 4:30pm	Coffee break Location: Lobby of Auditorium Aula Parva (Main university building, Universiteto str. 3)
4:30pm - 4:45pm	Walk to Faculty of Philology (Universiteto str. 5)
4:45pm - 6:15pm	Parallel session 1: Theories of Motherhood Location: - Chair: Andrea O'Reilly	Parallel session 2: Transgressive Motherhood Location: Room A7 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Loic Bourdeau	Parallel session 3: Motherhood and Media I Location: Room 122 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Atėnė Mendelytė	Parallel session 4: Motherhood and Literature I Location: Room A9 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: María Sebastià-Sáez
6:30pm - 8:00pm	Welcome reception Location: MO Bistro at MO Museum (Pylimo str. 17)

Date: Wednesday, 24/Jan/2024
8:30am - 2:00pm	Registration Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
9:00am - 10:30am	Parallel session 5: Motherhood and Health Sciences Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Rūta Morkūnienė	Parallel 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) Chair: Ieva Bisigirskaitė	Parallel session 7: Motherhood and Marginality Location: Room 122 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Pragya Agarwal	Parallel session 8: Roundtable: Negotiating Non-motherhood Location: Room A9 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Julie Rodgers
10:30am - 11:00am	Coffee break Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
11:00am - 12:20pm	Keynote II: Professor Valerie Heffernan "Representing Maternal Regret" Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Eglė Šumskienė
12:20pm - 12:30pm	Margaretha Fahlgren "Mothernet Mentoring programme" Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
12:30pm - 2:00pm	Lunch Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Parallel session 9: Oppressive Motherhood Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Ieva Bisigirskaitė	Parallel session 10: Maternal Utopias and Dystopias Location: Room A7 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Rūta Šlapkauskaitė	Parallel session 11: Motherhood and Mental Health Location: Room 122 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Ciara Bradley	Parallel session 12: Depictions of Motherhood in Contemporary French Literature: Ethics and Poetics Location: Room A9 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Dovilė Kuzminskaitė
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Coffee break Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Keynote III: Lucy Jones "Matrescence & Matroecology" Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Jenny Björklund
7:00pm - 9:00pm	Conference dinner Location: Restaurant "Trinity" (Vilniaus str. 30)

Date: Thursday, 25/Jan/2024
9:00am - 2:00pm	Registration Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
9:30am - 11:00am	Parallel session 13: Motherhood and Time Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Diana Ramašauskaitė	Parallel session 14: Motherhood and Creativity Location: Room A7 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Mercedes Carbayo Abengozar	Parallel session 15: Maternal Experiences and Representations Location: Room 122 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Violeta Gevorgianienė	Parallel session 16: Motherhood in Literature II Location: Room A9 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Lisa Matilda Grahn
11:00am - 11:30am	Coffee break Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
11:30am - 12:30pm	Keynote IV: Eglė Kačkutė "Vilnius University Motherhood Studies in Europe: Present and Future" Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Valerie Heffernan
12:30pm - 1:30pm	Lunch Location: Lobby of Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)
1:30pm - 3:00pm	Parallel session 17: Mothers in Workplace Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Anne O' Brien	Parallel session 18: Motherhood and Media II Location: Room A7 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Valerie Heffernan	Parallel session 19: Motherhood in Literature III Location: Room A9 (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5) Chair: Jenny Björklund
3:00pm - 4:00pm	Closing session Location: Auditorium Krėvės (Faculty of Philology, Universiteto st. 5)

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MotherNet Final Conference 2024

Thinking through Motherhood: Images, Experiences and Narratives Across Time

January 23-25, 2024 | Vilnius, Lithuania

Conference Agenda

Thinking through Motherhood:
Images, Experiences and Narratives Across Time