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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Gender Studies Dissertation Prize Award Ceremony: 31 October 2025
Invitation Ceremony Gender Studies Dissertation Award 2025 ~ Feminist Cultural Fund Gender&knowledge The Dissertation award has been initiated by the Dutch Feminist Culture Fund Gender&knowledge to stimulate and spread feminist knowledge with a particular focus on historical knowledge and a critical reflection on culture and science from an intersectional [...]
In Memoriam: Selma Leydesdorff (1949-2025)
On October 6, 2025, Selma Leydesdorff passed away. She was a prominent historian and professor emeritus of Oral History and Culture at the University of Amsterdam, internationally recognized as a pioneer in the field of oral history. Leydesdorff's scientific field of work was the systematic collection and recording of individual [...]
Double Inaugural Lecture Prof. dr. Kathrin Thiele & Prof. dr. Birgit M. Kaiser, Utrecht University
September 29, 2025, 16:15-17:15h, Utrecht University Hall, Domplein 29, Utrecht. Kathrin Thiele, Professor of Gender, Culture & Ecologies and academic director of NOG, and Birgit M. Kaiser, Professor of Comparative Literature, will deliver their inaugural lectures on September 29, 2025. Thiele will give her inaugural lecture titled 'Who's Afraid of [...]
Doing Gender Lecture & Masterclass – Leticia Farfán
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 [...]
Public Lecture by Achille Mbembe (November 25, 2025)
Public Lecture by Achille Mbembe Futureproof Solidarity Organized by the International Spinoza Prize Foundation, in collaboration with NOG, IOS Gender, Diversity & Global Justice Platform, Network for Environmental Humanities, Pathways to Sustainability (Critical Pathways), and OSL: Netherlands Research School for Literary Studies Theaterzaal, Bibliotheek Neude, Utrecht (Neude 11, 3512 [...]
40 Years of Gender Studies at Radboud University
In 1985, the first institute for Women’s Studies in the Netherlands was established at the Radboud University. Now, 40 years later, it still exists as Radboud Gender & Diversity Studies. Radboud Gender & Diversity Studies offers interdisciplinary courses that students register for in increasing numbers. Our courses are taught by [...]