--- title: "Symposium: “No Uprising Without Women: On the Future of the Forgotten Female Revolutionaries”" url: "https://www.salzkammergut.at/en/oesterreich-veranstaltung/detail/430292081/symposium-no-uprising-without-women-on-the-future-of-the-forgotten-female-revolutionaries.html" description: Starting with the 17th century, forms of resistance by women from various eras and perspectives are identified and discussed. The goal is to identify ways to sustainably pass on women’s moral courage to future generations. image: "https://www.salzkammergut.at/fileadmin/user_upload/salzkammergut/1_Logos_Grafiken/Destinationslogos-Kleinstversion-WEB-8.png" date: 2012-03-05 modified: 2026-06-30 --- # Symposium: “No Uprising Without Women: On the Future of the Forgotten Female Revolutionaries” Symposium: “No Uprising Without Women: On the Future of the Forgotten Female Revolutionaries” =============================================================================================== 03.10.2026 / 10:00- 19:00 Gmunden, Lake Castle Ort Vorträge, Diskussion ![](https://assets.tourdata.at/260x195/419535/A7C04CD435A60C8F41F6BD1EA304225B921B6E5052A87BB1E435FA4454840AD5/symposium-ohne-frauen-kein-aufstand-ueber-die-zukunft-der-vergessenen-revoluzzerinnen.jpg) Open copyright © Daniela Köppl, Daniela Köppl Close copyright [ ![A young girl with long brown hair is standing in front of a pile of branches outdoors in sunny winter weather.](https://assets.tourdata.at/x550/419535/A7C04CD435A60C8F41F6BD1EA304225B921B6E5052A87BB1E435FA4454840AD5/symposium-ohne-frauen-kein-aufstand-ueber-die-zukunft-der-vergessenen-revoluzzerinnen.jpg "© Daniela Köppl, Daniela Köppl") ](https://assets.tourdata.at/1920x/419535/A7C04CD435A60C8F41F6BD1EA304225B921B6E5052A87BB1E435FA4454840AD5/symposium-ohne-frauen-kein-aufstand-ueber-die-zukunft-der-vergessenen-revoluzzerinnen.jpg) Ort 1 4810 Gmunden [ open in Google Maps ](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Ort%201%2C%204810%20Gmunden "Link will open in a new window") [ Open in Apple Maps ](https://maps.apple.com/place?address=Ort%201%2C%204810%20Gmunden "Link will open in a new window") ![](https://static.ecmaps.de/staticmap.jpg?experience=webarchitektur-meta&lat=47.9114672&lon=13.7920378&width=991&height=450&project=ttg-basemap&zoom=2000&server=meta.tourdata.at) Free entry [ Event information ](#ttgCollapseBeschreibung) ------------------------------------------------- Starting with the 17th century, forms of resistance by women from various eras and perspectives are identified and discussed. The goal is to identify ways to sustainably pass on women’s moral courage to future generations. **The Courage to Make History – from history to HERstory** This year’s edition of the communale oö 2026 art and culture festival is dedicated to a pivotal chapter in the region’s history: the Upper Austrian Peasants’ War of 1626. The theme will be explored in a wide variety of ways throughout the region—starting from the roots of the past and branching out far into the present and future. Courage, freedom, and resistance remain the defining themes of that era, even 400 years later. Documented and shaped by the individual fates of men, as recounted in heroic myths, these narratives often remain unquestioned to this day. The “communal oö 2026” initiative also aims, under the theme*“Commemoration*,” to provide “space for memories, the preservation of history and traditions, and reflection.” But what is there to preserve when one is scarcely present in Europe’s collective memory? When women—then as now—are excluded from decision-making and their commitment to social justice remains invisible? Resistance was and is feminine. Without HERstory, there is no complete HIStory. From the Peasants’ Wars through the French Revolution to the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement —women were and remain indispensable actors in historical upheavals: as leaders, organizers, accomplices, and rebels. They risked and continue to risk their lives in the struggle for political voice and religious self-determination. Yet their contribution is scarcely embedded in the social consciousness. **Symposium: “No Uprising Without Women: On the Future of Forgotten Female Revolutionaries.”** The interdisciplinary symposium “No Uprising Without Women: On the Future of Forgotten Female Revolutionaries” brings them out of the shadows and puts female protest and activism in the spotlight. Because: “Whoever controls history also controls the present and the future.” (George Orwell) Beginning in the 17th century, the symposium explores forms of resistance by women across various eras. The goal: to find ways to sustainably pass on women’s moral courage to future generations. The participating experts are: Dr. **Veronika Helfert,** historian and curator, [winner of the 2026 Edith Saurer Prize](https://www.edithsaurerfonds.at/StipendiatInnen/2026.html) from [the Edith Saurer Fund | 2026](https://www.edithsaurerfonds.at/StipendiatInnen/2026.html), founding member and board member of [fernetzt](https://fernetzt.univie.ac.at/uber-fernetzt-der-verein/). Association for the Promotion of Young Research on Women’s and Gender History **Lisa Hofer-Falkinger**, Women’s Working Group of the [ÖBV – Austrian Association of Mountain and Small Farmers](https://www.viacampesina.at/die-oebv/wer-wir-sind/), part of the global small farmers’ movement [“La Via Campesina”](https://viacampesina.org/%22%20%5Ct%20%22_blank) with organizations in 73 countries and 200 million members Associate Professor Mag.a Dr.in **Elke Zobl**, associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies and director of the Society & Sustainability program area | Contemporary Art and Cultural Production within the [Science and Art](https://w-k.sbg.ac.at/teammitglied/elke-zobl/) focus at the University of Salzburg and the Mozarteum Mag.a **Christine Eder**, [theater director](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Eder) of, among others, “Proletenpassion 2015 ff” (NESTROY Theater Prize 2015), “Alles Walzer, alles brennt!” (Dorothea Neff Prize 2017), and[“Der Aufstand”](https://salzburg.orf.at/stories/3310529/)—a contemporary, performative historical reconstruction of the Peasants’ Wars in Salzburg (Werfen Castle, 2025) Opening: Mag.a **Margot Nazzal**, Head of the Department of Culture and Society for the State of Upper Austria Mag. **Stefan Krapf**, Mayor of the City of Gmunden DI Dr. **Ulrike Feichtinger**, Deputy Mayor of the City of Gmunden Dr. **Andreas Hecht**, Cultural Affairs Officer for the City of Gmunden Side Program: Starting at 7:00 p.m., the symposium invites you to the Hipphalle for the opening reception of the exhibition “Not Fit for Marketing – Women Farmers Beyond the Idyll” by the Artiné Art Association. In cooperation with communale oö 2026. 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