Course: *Trans* Archives, Arts, AffectsIn Collaboration with NICA“We were there – erasing us is a real act of violence,” claimed scholar Syrus Marcus Ware about the lack of records on transgender community members in the Canadian national queer archive (2017, 174). The message that transgender people “don’t exist,” even within queer [...]
Mélissa (Lili) Aïnseba is s a PhD candidate in the Department of Media and Culture Studies and part of ERC-funded project RESPIRE, which focuses on how planet Earth breathes and suffocates at the current socio-political-environmental conjuncture. In the project, breathing and suffocation are understood not as metaphors but as material [...]
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, and the [...]
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 feminisms? How [...]
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 that transness [...]
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 access, and [...]
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 to gender [...]
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 #MeToo Effect: [...]
The Graduate Gender Programme at Utrecht University is organising a film series entitled Frames of Palestine, screening a variety of films that show the Palestinian occupation and struggle.The program for part 4 is as follows:Israelism by Erin Axelman & Sam Eilerstein (2023)When: Friday, April 11, 2025, 17:15h – 19:00h.Where: Janskerkhof 2-3, Room [...]
On Thursday May 8, 2025, Dr. Veronica Frigeni will give the masterclass “Comics and Reproductive (in)Justice”. Drawing the Line. Graphic Narratives of Reproductive Justice in Contemporary Italy Italy’s reproductive crisis is unfolding within a deeply contested landscape, making it a crucial case study for examining the intersections of reproductive justice, state [...]
Transgender Health Care reading groupApril 14, May 12, June 16 2025 (15:30-17:30)Utrecht UniversityThree reading group sessions dedicated to critically discussing transgender health care, grounded in frameworks of transgender liberation and disability justice.Trans politics have become a lightning rod for contemporary culture wars and a primary target of right-wing nationalist politics. Anti-trans [...]
Masterclass with Prof. Mandy Rose: Virtual Reality and the Immersive Turn In this masterclass, we will critically analyze immersive technologies through, amongst others, media, postcolonial, and gender studies lenses, reflecting on their ethical implications. We will also explore the potential of decolonial storytelling to enable new ways of engaging with social [...]
