The Summer Institute on Sexuality, Culture and Society, founded in 1997, is an unforgettable learning experience to be shared with a group of international students and taught by a multidisciplinary faculty. Participants benefit from an exceptional networking opportunity through the sharing of experiences, research plans and diverse perspectives with both professors and fellow students from […]

The inaugural European Intersectional Humanities Summer School will be held at Maynooth University in Summer 2025. It will offer an innovative and transformative experience at the intersection of critical theory, social justice and humanities scholarship. Convened by Professor Anna Hickey-Moody, the Summer School will bring together scholars, activists and students for an immersive exploration of how intersectionality […]

This summer school focuses on the emergence of sexual orientation, gender identity (SOGI) and intersex issues in different areas of international law, such as human rights law, refugee law, international economic law, and international criminal law. The five-day summer school on SOGI 2025 in International Law is held each summer in The Hague. The course […]

DCDC is an international, cross-sectoral conference, hosted each year by The National Archives (UK), the British Library and Jisc. Founded in 2013, it brings together delegates from the gallery, library, archive, and museum sectors and the academic community (GLAMA) with the key aim of promoting cross-sector collaboration and knowledge sharing between communities. The physical and […]

Het KNHG lanceert in 2025 het KNHG Geschiedenis Fonds. Dit fonds beoogt historisch onderzoek van historici die in eigen tijd en voor eigen rekening onderzoek doen te faciliteren door toekenning van een beurs. Het onderzoek moet gericht zijn op een onderwerp uit de Nederlandse geschiedenis. Het moet worden uitgevoerd op eigen initiatief, inhoudelijk of qua […]

The concept of intimacy is used widely today, both by individuals, in the way they consider their relationships, and by the media and academia. The number of recent scientific events addressing this concept signals a growing trend. Unlike the concept of conjugality, intimacy encompasses relationships governed only marginally by institutions, and unlike sexuality, it is […]

On our own terms? On the contestations of feminist knowledges and minoritarian politics in current times We are at a time when critical knowledges and minoritarian politics are contested by a variety of actors, ranging from social movements to political parties and institutions. Think of the – by now (in)famous – anti-gender and anti-feminist discourses […]

We are at a time when critical knowledges and minoritarian politics are contested by a variety of actors, ranging from social movements to political parties and institutions. Think of the – by now (in)famous – anti-gender and anti-feminist discourses that pervade the global landscape, casting sexual and gender education as well as reproductive and LGBTQIA+ […]

For our next event on the 12th and 13th of November 2025 at Pianofabriek, Sophia is holding the sixth edition of her conference on the state of the art in gender studies in Belgium. Gender studies are fundamental to better understand, explain and question social inequality processes across our societies. In a context where these […]

This presentation will explore the social and cultural history of transgressive gender embodiments during the early twentieth century. The lecture will explore the practices and discourses of those who allegedly "changed their sex" before the popularisation of biotechnological treatments. Speaker: Patricio Simonetto