Slavic and East European Maternal Studies Network

Soviet Milk

A celebration of breastfeeding as intergenerational bonding, and a discussion of the importance of breastfeeding in literature with Latvian author Nora Ikstena.

Breathing Into Marble

A seminar on adoption at the University of Vilnius and the Pasaka Cinema, Vilnius, discussing the novel Breathing into Marble by Lithuanian author Laura Sintija Cerniauskaite and its screen adaptation.

Limits of Motherhood

A seminar at Poltimore House, Exeter, on baby loss with Russian novelist Anna Starobinets, author of the memoir Look At Him, and Anna's translator Katherine Young.

Academic Conferences

The SEES Maternity Network will host two conferences, both with international speakers: the first at the University of Vilnius in January 2022 and a follow-up symposium at the Devon and Exeter Institution in July 2022.

Devon Mothers Exhibition

Between May and July 2022, Dr Muireann Maguire will curate an exhibition on the history of motherhood in Devon and the SW at the Devon and Exeter Institution.

Portrait of a Working Mother

In May 2022, Dr Egle Kackute will curate a photographic exhibition on contemporary working motherhood at the University of Exeter, by photographer Marina Cavazza.