Queer history commonly refers to the study and documentation of the lives, experiences, cultures, and struggles and joys of LGBTQ+ people in the past. It covers a wide range of topics, including how gender and sexual diversity has been expressed, understood, and regulated in different societies, as well as how political, social, and cultural movements […]
The international conference Queer Pasts: What’s Queer in Queer History aims to discuss and critically explore the “queer” in queer and trans history. We invite dialogues about and engagement with methodologies, temporalities, theories and analytical approaches that interpret, imagine and preserve queer and trans history as queer. The conference will be held with in-person attendance.
The aim of the ‘Sex and Gender in Ancient Egypt: Roles, norms and transgressions’ conference, to be held in Paris on 12 and 13 June 2025, is, through the various communications which will be proposed, to establish an overview of the issues surrounding gender roles and sex relations in Ancient Egypt. This approach is in […]
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 […]
Mannen zijn mensen die zaad produceren, en vrouwen mensen die eicellen maken. Punt uit. Aldus Trump in zijn officiële decreet, uitgevaardigd één dag na zijn inauguratie. Gender is een gevaarlijke ideologie en biedt geen stabiele basis voor identiteit. Met één pennestreek haalde Trump een streep door al bijna drie eeuwen wetenschappelijke en maatschappelijke discussie. Sinds […]
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 […]