Crossing Borders. Higher Education and the Modernisation of Womanhood. Denmark 1940-1970 - International Member of the Project's Advisory Board

Description

The research project Crossing Borders relies on the thesis that the meaning
ascribed to education in the modernization of Danish womanhood changed between
1940 and 1970 and that professional education played an important but overlooked
role to women’s entry into higher learning. The aim of the research project is to
explore the thesis from a dual and comparative perspective: a study of female
students at the teacher college at Jonstrup and a study of professionally trained
women’s entry into Aarhus University. The project will explore and compare
gendered affective encounters when women enrolled in professional colleges and
universities. It investigates their social background, motives and ambitions, and it
situates the findings in a historical context of a rising welfare state and changing
narratives about women’s educational possibilities. A quantitative study of the
enrolment of female students across higher education institutions will frame the
two research projects.

Period	1 Sept 2021 → 30 Aug 2024
Held at	Aarhus University, Denmark
Degree of Recognition	International