FENIX: Network for Research on Women Exiles & Migrants. Founder and Coordinator: Eugenia Helena Houvenaghel (Utrecht)

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4th Fenix Congress: Publications

The fourth Fenix congress (2019) highlights the experiences of Spanish women refugees during transit in France in the 1930s and 40s. The reflection revolves around the concepts of ‘Agency’ and ‘Transnationalism’. The results of this encounter are published in the 7th Special Issue of the Fenix Network: The female face of refugee transit: Spanish Women Refugees in France (1936 – 1945) in Impossibilia. Revista Internacional de Estudios Literarios (N° 20, 2020).

The introduction to the monograph (Houvenaghel 2020) is titled “Transit: A Pivotal but Often Overlooked Phase in Refugees’ Trajectories.” Spanish refugee women in transit in France