Elisabeth Joris

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Elisabeth Joris (* 1946 in Visp ) is a Swiss historian .

Life

Joris grew up in Visp and has lived in Zurich since 1966. She studied history and French literary history at the University of Zurich . In 1980 she graduated from Rudolf Braun with a licentiate . She was a co-founder of the Critical Upper Valais group and the opposition Valais publication Rote Anneliese .

She worked as a middle school teacher and published numerous articles on women's and gender history in Switzerland. In 1986 she and Heidi Witzig published a pioneering collection of sources on Swiss women's history. In 2010 she received her doctorate from the University of Zurich. Joris was co-editor of the feminist magazine Olympe . In 2020 she received an honorary doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Zurich.

She is married and has two kids.

Fonts (selection)

As an author
  • Elisabeth Seiler-Joris: Social change in Upper Valais in the second half of the nineteenth century. Zurich 1979 (Licensed thesis, University of Zurich, 1980).
  • with Heidi Witzig : Good women, rebellious women: How industrialization affected the everyday life and context of women (1820–1940). Chronos, Zurich 1992.
  • with Adrian Knoepfli: A woman shapes a company: On the history of the company and the Feller family. Chronos, Zurich 1996.
  • Liberal and headstrong: the pedagogue Josephine Stadlin - the homeopath Emilie Paravicini-Blumer. Scope of action for educated women in the 19th century. Chronos, Zurich 2010 (dissertation, University of Zurich, 2010).
As editor
  • with Heidi Witzig: Women's stories: documents from two centuries on the situation of women in Switzerland. Limmat, Zurich 1986.
  • with Katrin Rieder and Béatrice Ziegler : Deep drilling: women and men on the major tunnel construction sites in Switzerland, 1870–2005. Here + now, Baden 2006.
  • with Erika Hebeisen , Angela Zimmermann: Zurich 68: collective departure into the unknown. Here + now, Baden 2008.
  • with Renate Wegmüller: "Voting, voting and being elected is our motto and our goal from now on". Brief history of women's suffrage in sources. eFeF, Wettingen 2011.
  • with Bruno Meier, Martin Widmer: Historical encounters. Biographical essays on Swiss history. Here + now, Baden 2014.
  • with Rita Schmid: So that things run smoothly. A critical look into the apparently familiar world of the retail trade. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2019.

literature

  • Rea Brändle : «Not let up». In: The weekly newspaper . March 8, 2007.
  • Heinz Nigg : Elisabeth Joris: Elisabeth Joris, 1946, historian and high school teacher, Zurich. In: Ders .: We are few, but we are all: Biographies from the 1968 generation in Switzerland. Limmat, Zurich 2008, pp. 114–124.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Short biography , Kulturplatz , Swiss TV website , accessed on October 14, 2012.
  2. ↑ Stefan Keller : Interview with Elisabeth Joris. In: WOZ The weekly newspaper . November 3, 2016, accessed November 12, 2019.
  3. ↑ Elisabeth Joris and her standard work. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . April 7, 2002, accessed October 14, 2012.
  4. ^ A b Heinz Nigg: Elisabeth Joris: Elisabeth Joris, 1946, historian and high school teacher, Zurich. In: Ders .: We are few, but we are all: Biographies from the 1968 generation in Switzerland. Limmat, Zurich 2008, p. 114.
  5. ↑ a b Rea Brändle: «Not let loose». In: The weekly newspaper . March 8, 2007.
  6. ↑ Short biography and reviews of works by Elisabeth Joris at perlentaucher.de
  7. ↑ Dr. Elisabeth Joris. Honorary doctorate 2020 from the Philosophical Faculty. Website of the University of Zurich, accessed on May 3, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Joris, Elisabeth
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seiler-Joris, Elisabeth (former name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss historian
DATE OF BIRTH 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Visp