Art today is an increasingly multifaceted phenomenon, encompassing transgressive works that intervene in war, inequalities, ecological disasters, and revolutionary changes in technology. Carnal Aesthetics is a fascinating new examination of this aspect of contemporary visual culture. Employing recent theories of transgressive body imagery, trauma, affectivity and sensation, this book provides a [...]
On 10 January 2013 a seminar will be organised at Utrecht University about the interaction between life narratives and writing history. Papers will be presented on ways in which the critical analysis of memories and biographies inform – change, corroborate, disturb — historical narratives of national citizenship. Organisers are Berteke Waaldijk [...]
A chapter of the dissertation of Chiara Bonfiglioli (doctoral degree cum laude on September 14 at Utrecht University, NOG PhD student) won the graduate essay prize given by the Association of Women in Slavic Studies. The selection committee praised her work as original and well developed in terms of research and [...]
See below a message from our retiring NOG member professor Gloria Wekker. We are gratefull for the 18 years of productive, inspiring and harmonious cooperation and are delighted to announce her decision to stay affiliated as a professor of the NOG. Best wishes, NOG Board Dear colleague, contact, friend, In the past [...]
On the Verge of History. Rupture and Continuity in Women’s Life Narratives from Romania, Hungary and Serbia. Date: Friday January 11, 2013 at 12.45 hrs Location: Academiegebouw Universiteit Utrecht (Domplein 29) PhD thesis: After 1989, with the end of communist rule in Central and Eastern Europe, narratives about rupture and change [...]
National Research Day for PhD students in the field of Gender, Ethnicity, Sexuality and Diversity Friday March 9, 2012 – Radboud University Nijmegen The Netherlands Research School of Genderstudies (NOG) would like to thank all the participants for an inspriring day. Almost 30 young researchers presented their work to their peers as well [...]
Editors: Rosemarie Buikema, Gabriele Griffin and Nina Lykke Subject: This volume is published in the Routledge series ‘Advances in Feminist Studies and Intersectionality’. It centers on theories and methodologies for postgraduate feminist researchers engaged in interdisciplinary research, in a context of increasing globalisation, giving special attention to cutting-edge approaches at the [...]
