The Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies (NOG) at Utrecht University (The Netherlands) provides a platform for gender sensitive and postcolonial research. Since 1995, the NOG has offered a highly successful training programme and research environment for postgraduate students, PhD students and senior researchers. The NOG teaching and research staff consists of an international team of professors and senior lecturers from various universities.
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Public Lecture by Gayatri C. Spivak (June 23, 2025, Utrecht)
Public Lecture by Gayatri C. Spivak Pan-Africanism & Decolonization: W.E.B. Du Bois in the World Hosted by the NOG in collaboration with the IOS Gender, Diversity & Global Justice Platform Theaterzaal, Bibliotheek Neude, Utrecht June 23 2025, 16:00-18:00h A leading voice in literary theory, postcolonial studies, and feminist thought, [...]
NOG Research Day: October 2, 2025
Fierce & Fearless or Stealthy & Strategic? Reclaiming the Feminist Project in the University NOG Research Day 2025Hosted by the Radboud Network for Gender and Diversity Studies, Radboud University, 2 October 2025What constraints and possibilities does the current political conjecture pose for the future of gender studies and academic [...]
Masterclass: Paradoxes of Trans Recognition by CQ Quinan
NOG Masterclass: Paradoxes of Trans Recognition CQ Quinan 3-4 June: 13.15-16.00hUtrecht University On Tuesday June 3, and Wednesday June 4, dr. CQ Quinan (University of Melbourne, AUS), will give the NOG Masterclass 'Paradoxes of Trans Recognition'. Paradox is a central trope in trans studies – we might even say [...]
Publication: NOG Research Day 2024 Round Table (Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies)
The NOG is proud to announce that an article version of the opening Round Table of the NOG Research Day 2024, entitled 'Gender in Trouble, Gender in Transformation' has been published in the latest issue of Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies (Vol. 28, Issue 1, April 2025). The journal is open [...]
Doing Gender Lecture – Andreja Novakovic
The Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies organises the DOING GENDER Lecture Series in cooperation with her partners. These lectures stress the importance of doing gender work combined with an active involvement in the practice of gender theory and research. The concept of DOING GENDER supports a hands-on approach [...]
Masterclass & CfP: Feminist Life Writing Today: A Masterclass with Leigh Gilmore
In her career as a scholar of life writing and feminist theory, Professor Leigh Gilmore has made a signification contribution to research at the intersection of these two fields. In recent years, her work has focused particularly on women’s testimonial practices regarding sexual abuse. In her latest book, The [...]