The Institute

The mission of the International Women’s Studies Institute (IWSI) is to provide access to interdisciplinary knowledge about European women artists (writers, painters, architects), active from the Middle Ages to contemporary times, through the fostering of transdisciplinary collaboration among researchers and through public programming to make new research accessible to wide audiences. The institute is directed by Professors Carla Rossi (University of Zurich) and Consuelo Lollobrigida (University of Arkansas Rome Center).

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The Institute is particularly involved in the following projects:
- Setting up the Italian Women's Library (Biblioteca Femminile Italiana)
- Promote research on European women illuminators
- A Two-year postgraduate specialisation course in Women's Studies

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Institute director:

Prof. Carla Rossi

Head of the Modern & Contemporary Art Department

Prof. Margherita Abbozzo

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Head of the Department of Gender Issues in Translation Studies

Prof. Betül Parlak Cengiz

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Anna Waser, 1678-1714, Self-portrait, reproduced by kind permission of the Kunsthaus Zürich, Fotografie, Bildrechte und Bildarchiv

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