By Sandra Ponzanesi Professor of Media, Gender and Postcolonial Studies, Utrecht University Achille Mbembe came to Utrecht to ask a hard question: how do we make solidarity futureproof? From abolition and anti-apartheid to Gaza and planetary justice, he called for sharing, caring, and repairing—with Africa as a laboratory of [...]

On Wednesday January 7, 2026, NOG member Guanqin He will defend her PhD dissertation “Blooming in the Cracks: Women Migrant Workers and their Everyday Practices in the China’s Plaform-mediated Gig Economy.” In her dissertation, Guanqin He uncovers the less visible and often undervalued lived experiences of women migrant workers [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

This masterclass brings together the methodologies of drag and collective dance and movement. The event is organized by the minor program Gender and Sexuality in Society and Culture in collaboration with NOG, and engages with methodologies of embodied knowing and play. Together with Mx. Science (Saskia de Wildt), and [...]

On Friday November 21, 2025, NOG member Elisa Melo Franco Santos will defend her PhD project ‘Unruly Pictures: Queering Children's Literature under Dictatorial Regimes in Brazil (1964-1985)’. In her disseration, Melo Franco Santos shows that the picturebooks reflect the social, political, and cultural contexts of their time and place. [...]