Joke Swiebel will defend the dissertation 'Homopolitiek in Nederland (1966-2023). De symbolische kracht van wetgeving'. Supervisor is Prof. W.G.J. Duyvendak. The co-supervisor is Dr D.J. Bos.
Karaktermoord is een terugkerend thema in de hedendaagse politiek. Uit cijfers van het Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken blijkt dat vooral vrouwelijke politici en bestuurders de afgelopen jaren aanzienlijk meer werden bestookt met haatberichten dan hun mannelijke collega’s. Van Sylvana Simons tot Femke Halsema, telkens weer zetten (sociale) media de aanval in om bepaalde vrouwen, maar ook mannen, […]
What has it meant, historically, to want to "abolish the family"? In this lecture, Sophie Lewis will ask: how might revisiting the post-fifties archive of radical anti-familial rebellion, especially the purposively forgotten and buried archives of youth liberation and family abolition, help "educate our desire" for reproductive justice and gender freedom in the twenty-first century? […]
Les lesbiennes sont un groupe social encore peu étudié, tant en Belgique qu’ailleurs dans la francophonie et par-delà. L’objectif de ce colloque est de fournir un premier état des lieux des réalisations, besoins et enjeux relatifs à la transmission et à la conservation de l’histoire et de la mémoire des lesbiennes en Belgique au XX […]
“We were there – erasing us is a real act of violence,” claimed scholar Syrus Marcus Ware about the lack of records on transgender community members in the Canadian national queer archive (2017, 174). The message that transgender people “don’t exist,” even within queer archives, has been echoed by institutional archives worldwide (Hayward 2017). As […]
In recent decades, critical, cultural, political and legal discourses on the family have undergone significant shifts leading to new perspectives on the ways in which societies conceive of, recognise and experience affective bonds. New legislation, such as civil partnerships, same-sex marriages and increased access to technologies of reproduction, have enabled new family forms to be […]
The politics of trans have been richly researched, but how might we navigate the terrain of trans desire(s), expanding from the desire of to the desire for trans? One of the most undertheorized dimensions of trans life remains the field of desire of those who are sexually attracted to trans subjects – or bodies – […]
We are excited to launch a new call for project proposals to support the groups and projects that address the intersectional impact of injustice, racialisation, racism and specific harms affecting the lives of racialised LGBTI communities across Europe. Deadline for applications is Tuesday, 2 April, 09:00 CEST. Why we launch this call Last year, ILGA-Europe […]
What can we learn from transgender persons about being a woman? With Dr Lieks Hettinga. The bestselling book Detransition, Baby was called 'perhaps the first great trans realist novel' by The Guardian. It exposes the dreams and sometimes harsh realities of the trans community. One character has an urgent desire to have children, another decides […]
In recent decades, critical, cultural, political and legal discourses on the family have undergone significant shifts leading to new perspectives on the ways in which societies conceive of, recognise and experience affective bonds. New legislation, such as civil partnerships, same-sex marriages and increased access to technologies of reproduction, have enabled new family forms to be […]