This year, the 28th edition of the NOISE Summer School will take place online from August 30 to September 3 and will introduce you to cutting-edge scholarship on borders, boundaries and the politics of belonging, by looking at the intersection of feminist cartographies, digital media and affect theories. In this summer school we will not only […]
Er is geen denker die meer invloed heeft gehad op het hedendaagse denken over genderongelijkheid dan de Amerikaanse filosoof Judith Butler. Cultuurwetenschapper Margriet van Heesch presenteert het gedachtegoed van Butler en hoe haar rigoureuze omdenken vleugels gaf aan een nieuwe generatie feministen en aan de huidige LGBTQI+-beweging. ‘Ik ben een lesbienne, maar dat wil niet […]
This two-day digital conference aims to bring together researchers, activists, and community organizers to discuss how discourses on gender and sexuality have evolved in the Middle East and Europe amid the rise of far-right and authoritarian movements. Our conference has three objectives. First, to situate far-right and authoritarian actors in their respective socio-historical contexts, and […]
Bi Conference Online is a free daylong conference for anyone who wants to learn more about bisexual, pansexual, polysexual, plurisexual, queer, fluid, and unlabeled experiences. Enjoy a day of stimulating interdisciplinary discussions and presentations.
Op zaterdag 25 september vieren Transgenders Amsterdam en Vereniging Genderdiversiteit vijftig jaar transgender bijeenkomsten in Amsterdam en in Nederland met een symposium over transgenders (waaronder we ook Crossdressers en non-binaire personen verstaan) in het CREA-theater in Amsterdam. Sprekers zijn Sunni Kharagjitsingh, Joep Roeffen, Henny Riesenbeck, Eliza Steinbock en Kam Wai Kui, de wethouder van de […]
This interdisciplinary conference brings together scholars working on the histories of sexualities, gender diversity and queer in the Nordic and Baltic countries. While open for the different forms of sexualities and gender diversity in the past, the conference also commemorates the fifty years that have passed since the decriminalization of homosexuality in Finland in 1971. […]
As part of October Diversity Month, the Utrecht Centre for European Research into Family Law (UCERF) and the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights (SIM) will host an interactive research workshop on practical and theoretical aspects of gender-identity registration. The workshop will include presentations by senior and junior researchers. Following the workshop, we invite you to join us for drinks for further […]
Wie behoren er tot de geschiedenis van de vrouwenbeweging? Hoe gaan we om met ‘foute’ feministen? En waarom denken we nog steeds in termen van golven als het over feminisme gaat? Tijdens de Gendergeschiedenisdag op vrijdag 29 oktober verkent Atria aan de Universiteit Utrecht nieuwe perspectieven op de geschiedenis van vrouwenbewegingen. In korte pitches worden […]
On 5 November, Lieke Hettinga will defend their thesis titled Appearing Differently: Disability and Transgender Embodiment in Contemporary Euro-American Visual Cultures. In their dissertation, they examine how contemporary cultural practices shape and reimagine the legibility and intelligibility of disability and transgender embodiment. Through an analysis of various aesthetic practices, Hettinga brings forth critical approaches to the […]
ICSSSGD 2021: 15. International Conference on Same-Sex Sexualities and Gender Diversity aims to bring together leading academic scientists, researchers and research scholars to exchange and share their experiences and research results on all aspects of Same-Sex Sexualities and Gender Diversity. It also provides a premier interdisciplinary platform for researchers, practitioners and educators to present and […]