Congratulations to Professor Stefan Hanß who has just been awarded the German History Article Prize 2023 for his recent article ‘Gendering the Material Renaissance: Women, Industriousness and the Female Body at the Court of Württemberg’.

The Prize is awarded by The German History Society and Oxford University Press, and the official announcement can be found here: https://www.germanhistorysociety.org/2023/10/17/german-history-article-prize-2023/

The Bodies, Emotions and Material Culture Collective recently published an interview with Stefan, Laura Gowing and Beverly Lemire which relates to this work, and the broader topic of women’s work:

https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/bodies-emotions-material-culture/2023/08/07/women-labour-and-embodiment-in-the-material-renaissance-interview-with-laura-gowing-stefan-hans-and-beverly-lemire/

(c) A lacemaker next to her child with toys in a highchair. N. Maes, The Lacemaker, c.1656, oil on canvas, 45.1 x 52.7 cm. © The Metropolitan Museum New York, 32.100.5, https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection.

Related