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Please send your proposal by the end of February 2018ESREA Research NetworkEuropean seminar Paris, 4-6 July 2018:Pioneering Women and Men in European Adult EducationThe history of adult education has mostly focused on institutions: on their education or training activities, on the challenges these activities were supposed to respond to, or onideologies in which they were rooted. In this kind of research, some personalities have been recognized as influential figures for  their  role  as  initiators,  leaders  or  inspiring  examples.  As  in  other  domains  of activities, researchers in adult education have more often focused on men rather than women. Although their contribution to the development of adult education in Europe was essential during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, when no - or few - governmental adult education policies existed, there are many significant figures who do not feature in the literature.Given  the  importance  of  individual  actors  in  early  European  adult  education, surprisingly little has been written about these people, their biographies, motivations, and practices to promote the education of adults.Call for paper : http://www.esrea.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/ESREA_History_Network_Seminar_2018_2nd_call.pdf&#160;