The Historical Network Research (HNR) community is pleased to invite you to the fourth seminar in the Spring 2026 Series.
11 May 2026 | 13:00 CET (online)
Minja Bujaković
The European University Institute, Florence, Italy
Tracing the Network Continuity: From the Socialist to the Communist Women’s Movement (1907–1934)
n this seminar, Minja Bujaković presents ongoing research on the relationship between the Socialist Women’s Movement (1907–1917) and the Communist Women’s Movement (1920–1935). Challenging the tendency to treat them as separate formations, the talk argues that the earlier movement provided the relational infrastructure for the latter, making the transition better understood as network continuity rather than rupture. Drawing on historical network analysis and prosopography, it reconstructs the social composition and trajectories of women active across both movements, with particular attention to class, education, and transnational experience. It also considers the role of the anti-war Zimmerwald movement (1915–1917) as a key moment of filtration in consolidating the founding network of the Communist Women’s Movement.
About the speaker
Minja Bujaković is a fifth-year Ph.D. researcher at the European University Institute in Florence. Her research explores socialist and communist women’s organizing from 1907 to 1935, focusing on transnational networks, international political organizing, and women’s activism. She combines Historical Network Research with prosopographical analysis to examine how left-wing women’s movements maintained continuity across the political ruptures of the early twentieth century, with particular attention to the biographical and organizational ties that connected successive generations of activist women.
Zoom details
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The HNR Online Seminar Series is a relaxed, community-oriented forum designed to foster sustained discussion around ongoing research in historical network analysis. Each session features an extended presentation followed by ample time for discussion. We warmly welcome all interested participants.
With the speaker’s consent, the session will be recorded and made available via the HNR YouTube channel.
