Voluntary work, networking, feminist history writing, abuse of power, precarious working conditions, activism – these are some of the keywords that the first plenary event will use to address issues that have preoccupied historians in various professional fields for many years. The same topics were already discussed at the “Schweizerische Historikerinnentagungen” (Swiss Historians’ Conferences) in the 1980s and 1990s. With the Historians' Unconference, the Swiss Network of Female Historians is inviting historians to revisit such issues together. Noemi Steuerwald (doctoral student at the University of Bern), Béatrice Ziegler (professor emeritus and participant in the first “Schweizerische Historikerinnentagungen” in 1983), Pauline Milani (co-editor of the lexicon on the history of women in Switzerland and lecturer at the University of Fribourg) and Barbara Rettenmund (theatre-creating historian, teacher and co-organiser of the 7th “Schweizerische Historikerinnentagungen” in 1993) will talk about progress, stagnation, groundbreaking shifts, new phenomena and visions for the future in the everyday professional life of historians in Switzerland. The talk will be moderated by Anna de Quervain (member of the Grand Council of the canton of Bern and former board member of the Swiss Network of Female Historians). The plenary session will open the Historians’ Unconference and provide input for the rest of the event.