Promoting the acceptance of sexual and gender diversity in education is increasingly under attack across Europe and beyond. Queer-feminist activists, the proponents of gender studies as well as queer-friendly youth and educational organisations face fierce opposition from right-wing extremists, religious fundamentalists and other groups with conservative agendas. Given these challenging circumstances, we want to create […]
The upcoming NOG Research Day will take place on Friday June 3, 2022, via Zoom. Organized by Maastricht University Centre for Gender and Diversity (the Netherlands), the program will include: a lecture by our keynote speaker SA Smythe (UCLA); a roundtable featuring recently launched research projects in the field of gender studies at Dutch Universities briefly presented […]
The GLBT Historical Society is delighted to be cohosting a groundbreaking conference in June gathering researchers, educators, community organizers and history enthusiasts from across the United States and beyond to showcase new directions in the histories of same-sex sexuality, transgender identities and gender nonconformity. The conference will take place on the campus of San Francisco […]
Sexuality and gender define what it is to be human: they are at the core of our existence. But how does society define and reinforce these concepts? How do these concepts impact our relationships within society, and what analytical tools have been developed to study their role in social and familial relationships? This three-week summer […]
Please join us for a conversation on the shifts in approaches to lesbian parenting and family formations throughout history. Touching on themes like assisted reproduction, co-motherhood, and the fight against the dominance of heterosexist family values in British society, we will discuss the various ways in which lesbian mothers have imagined and built relationships with […]
This dissertation examines the reimagination of sexual citizenship by same-sex desiring and trans* subjects in the Dutch Caribbean through cultural practices, focusing primarily on Curaçao. Analysing archival documents, performances, novels, photographs, letters to the editors of newspapers, and erotic lexicons, I propose approaching these subjects' cultural practices through the theoretical lens of what I call […]
As the world slowly emerges from the global pandemic and at the same time digests the major social changes regarding gender, race, and polarisation, we all know that we have crossed a threshold from which there is no way back. The workplace has been profoundly affected by these events and few groups have felt this […]
During this programme, participants build on their longstanding knowledge of sexuality as it intertwines with issues of ethnicity, nationality, class, and religion, deepening their familiarity with how sexuality is conceptualized. Participants will build on their previous coursework or professional experience in sexuality studies to investigate sexual health programming, and advocacy across a range of venues.
The ten-day summer school on SOGI in International Law is held each summer in The Hague and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The course focuses on the emergence of SOGI and intersex issues in different areas of international law. Participants learn about the history of the rights of LGBTQI+ persons in the international sphere, about current developments […]
Neglect and erasure of queer history has been the norm in all national histories until quite recently. In this conference we address how this highly problematic practice of history can also enable the eradication of LGBT+ rights in contemporary societies. For, in some places LGBT communities are seen as a national threat while in others, […]