Op 27 november 2020 is Janneke van Mens-Verhulst overleden. Een klein half jaar heeft ze geleefd met de wetenschap dat ze niet meer zou genezen van kanker. De gemeenschap van genderstudies in Nederland verliest daarmee een markante onderzoeker en een geweldig collega. Janneke was van 1972 tot 2020 verbonden aan de [...]
In the week of November 8-12, 2021 the Cobra Museum is hosting a four-day masterclass for the students from the fashion department of the Rietveld Academy and the UU master Gender Studies around artist Claude Cahun. This masterclass is a unique collaboration between these two groups of students. In this performative [...]
The Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies in cooperation with her partners organises the Doing Gender Lecture Series. 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 issues [...]
On Friday October 16, 2020 NOG PhD Milica Trakilović will defend her PhD thesis Unraveling the Myth: Tracing the Limits of Europe through its Border Figurations at Utrecht University. More than a mere geographic location, Europe is also an idea that is sustained by notions such as insularity, historical erasure and [...]
In the past few months we have been developing a conversation on the global COVID-19 pandemic with a group of international partners initiated by professor David Oppenheimer (Berkeley, Centre on Comparative Equality and Anti-Discrimination Law). These conversations resulted in the design of a course which will be taught online globally. Utrecht will [...]
Hélène Phoa was a graduate of the Research Master Gender Studies at Utrecht University and affiliated with the Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies NOG. She graduated in 2018. Hélène was too young when she passed away in 2019. In memory of her life, her courage and her commitment to Gender [...]
These are momentous times. After weeks of shut down and Covid-19 related anxieties, the world has erupted in mass protests in support of #blacklivesmatter and anti-racist struggles. The Graduate Gender Programme (GGeP) at Utrecht University together with the Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies (NOG) stands in solidarity with the growing [...]
We’ve received the sad news that Sandra Gnjatović passed away. Sandra started her research master Gender and Ethnicity at Utrecht University in September 2014. Sandra was very passionate about artistic practices as her bachelor from the Royal Academy of Art in the Hague shows. From 2014-2016 she was one of the [...]
Due to the Coronavirus this seminar has been cancelled. On March 18, 2020 Prof. Luisa Passerini (European University Institute) will give a presentation on Visual Intersubjectivity. She will talk about her ERC project ‘Bodies Across Borders: Oral and Visual Memory in Europe and Beyond’ and her book Conversations on Visual Memory [...]
NOG Masterclass with Alison Harvey Wednesday February 26, 2020 Utrecht University 10.00 – 13.00 hrs Double Agents: Community-Engaged Scholarship in the Marketized University In the contemporary climate, there are increasing pressures to deploy academic research to address emerging societal issues and challenges. This masterclass focuses on the opportunities and exigencies of [...]
On Friday March 6, 2020 at 4.00 p.m., Professor Sarah Bracke - appointed as Professor of Sociology, in particular the Study of Gender and Sexuality - will deliver her Inaugural Lecture, with the title: "It’s the Birth Rates." Sex, Gender, and Race in Europe’s 'Muslim Question'. You're welcome to join: Auditorium [...]
The Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies in cooperation with her partners organises the Doing Gender Lecture Series. 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 issues [...]
