Mnémosyne

Mnémosyne is a French association dedicated to the development of women's and gender history. It was created in 2000 on the initiative of the journal Clio. Femmes, genre, histoire, and takes its name from the Greek goddess of memory, Mnemosyne. The association works to promote the history of women and gender in France, within universities as well as in institutional, associative, and cultural settings devoted to teaching, training, research, and conservation. It marked the use of the term "genre" in France by organizing a master's seminar titled "Hommes, femmes, masculin, féminin : les usages du genre en histoire" in 2000. Mnémosyne is the French section of the International Federation for Research in Women's History. Since 2007 it has published the semiannual electronic journal Genre & Histoire, open to researchers from all disciplines whose work falls within the field of gender. In 2010 it coordinated the publication of the history textbook La place des femmes dans l'histoire. Une histoire mixte, designed as a pedagogical tool for secondary-school history teaching. In April 2021 it launched the podcast Du genre dans l'histoire. Since 2003 the annual Prix Mnémosyne has rewarded a master's thesis in women's or gender history, with each prize-winning work published, until 2006 by the Presses universitaires d'Angers and since 2007 by the Presses universitaires de Rennes. The association has been led by a series of presidents: Françoise Thébaud (2000–2008), Pascale Barthélémy (2009–2016), Julie Verlaine (2017–2020), Bibia Pavard (2020–2026), and Caroline Fayolle (2026–).

Mnémosyne was created in 2000 on the initiative of the journal Clio. Femmes, genre, histoire. It takes its name from the Greek goddess of memory, Mnemosyne. The association's purpose is the development of women's and gender history in France, in universities as well as in institutional, associative, and cultural places of teaching, training, research, and conservation. It marked the use of the term "genre" in France by organizing a master's seminar titled "Hommes, femmes, masculin, féminin : les usages du genre en histoire" in 2000. Mnémosyne is the French section of the International Federation for Research in Women's History. Since 2007, Mnémosyne has published a semiannual electronic journal, Genre & Histoire, open to researchers from all disciplines whose research falls within the field of gender; it includes scientific articles, summaries of defended works, and thematic bibliographies. In 2010, Mnémosyne coordinated the publication of the history textbook La place des femmes dans l'histoire. Une histoire mixte. The writing team was composed of academics and members of secondary education. It is intended as a pedagogical tool for teaching history in class, built around school curricula. It reveals the presence of women in the public sphere and brings out new history topics linked to the private sphere often considered anecdotal. In April 2021, Mnémosyne created a podcast, Du genre dans l'histoire. Since 2003, the annual Prix Mnémosyne has rewarded a master's thesis in women's or gender history. Each prize is published, until 2006 by the Presses universitaires d'Angers, and since 2007 by the Presses universitaires de Rennes. The association has been led by presidents: Françoise Thébaud (2000–2008), Pascale Barthélémy (2009–2016), Julie Verlaine (2017–2020), Bibia Pavard (2020–2026), and Caroline Fayolle (2026–).

• 2021

  Creates the podcast Du genre dans l'histoire.

• 2010

  Coordinates the publication of the textbook La place des femmes dans l'histoire. Une histoire mixte.

• 2007

  Mnémosyne begins publishing the semiannual electronic journal Genre & Histoire.

• 2003

  The annual Prix Mnémosyne is established to reward a master's thesis in women's or gender history.

• 2000

  Mnémosyne is created on the initiative of the journal Clio. Femmes, genre, histoire.

• 2000

  Organizes the master's seminar "Hommes, femmes, masculin, féminin : les usages du genre en histoire".

Academic and associative promoter of women's and gender history in France.

• Genre & Histoire

  Semiannual electronic journal published since 2007, open to researchers from all disciplines in the field of gender.

• La place des femmes dans l'histoire. Une histoire mixte

  History textbook coordinated by Mnémosyne in 2010, intended as a pedagogical tool for secondary-school history teaching.

• Du genre dans l'histoire

  Podcast created in April 2021.

• Prix Mnémosyne

  Annual prize since 2003 rewarding a master's thesis in women's or gender history; each prize is published.

1. 1Mnémosyne (association) — Wikipédiafr.wikipedia.org
2. 2Mnémosyne — Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Site officielmnemosyne.asso.fr