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 […]
In a documentary by Peter Rodis (1970), Nina Simone is asked what freedom means to her, and she considers the question with serious reflection: “It’s just a feeling, it’s just a feeling.” Becoming more animated, she says: “I’ll tell you what freedom is to me: no fear. I mean really, no fear. It is something […]
In this symposium we propose to examine the bending of gender and genre in recently published works of fiction written by trans* authors. The keynote lectures will present novel methodological frameworks and theoretical concepts for the analysis of such texts, allowing students to study their transcending character. During the panel round, several researchers in the […]
In 2014 organiseerden historici Amandine Lauro en Magaly Rodríguez García aan de ULB een studiedag over de historiografie van subalterne groepen en mensen in de marge van de samenleving. Ze betreurden de terughoudendheid van Belgische historici om met deze concepten aan de slag te gaan en hun relatieve afwezigheid op het domein van de ‘subaltern […]
The workshop will consist of a maximum of ten presentations of twenty-minutes each (11:00-15:00, incl. breaks and time for questions). The participants will be asked to present a work-in-progress of a historical research project in which they are engaging—directly or indirectly—with porn archives. Scholars working on any aspect, region, and period of sexual history are […]
D’Aphrodite au biopouvoir, les dispositifs de la sexualité connaissent des formes multiples et produisent des identités variées dans le temps et dans l’espace. Alors qu’elles ont souvent servi de prestigieux modèles pour légitimer des pratiques et des normes actuelles (« le » droit, « la » démocratie, « la » philosophie), la Grèce et Rome […]
The dynamic landscape of gender and sexuality studies has witnessed a paradigm shift towards embracing diverse and inclusive perspectives. This transformation has been a part of the larger imperatives of global and local decolonization of higher education and research in general. Mainstream research on gender and sexuality has been a particular space for the reproduction […]
In 2018 is het Actieplan Veiligheid LHBTI 2019-2022 opgesteld om de veiligheid van LHBTI-personen te vergroten. Desondanks blijft de discriminatie van LHBTI+ personen hoog. Onderzoeks- en adviesbureau Breuer&Intraval evalueerde het actieplan. Informatie over het onderzoek vindt u hier (het rapport wordt begin mei openbaar). Op 20 maart is het onderzoek ‘Richten op de Regenboog’ van […]
The Sex Negativity research group, in collaboration with ARC-GS, the Queer Analysis research group, NICA and ASCA welcomes NYU scholar Dr. Emma Heaney for a one-day masterclass and lecture event titled 'Against Cisness'. Following on the recent publication of Dr. Heaney's edited collection Feminism Against Cisness, the event sets the stage for imagining the future […]
QueerCon Maastricht invites scholars from all academic disciplines and at every stage of their academic career to come together to advance LGBTQIA+ knowledge. The conference is the first of its kind in UM history, and it aims to be interdisciplinary, international, and intergenerational. A festival that aims to celebrate and advance LGBTQIA+ inclusion and equity runs parallel to […]