On Tuesday, December 2, 2025, prof. dr. Manjeet Birk (Carleton University, Canada) will give the Workshop "The Researche's Song: Storytelling through the lens of Critical Race Theory". Description In this workshop prof. Birk will share principles of various forms of storytelling as feminist and anti-racist research methodology to sing the researcher’s [...]
The sad news reached us that Paul Mepschen has passed away in November 2025. Some of you might have known him or his work. Paul was an Assistant Professor at UCU, where he taught among other topics on decolonizing anthropology and the anthropology of power. Paul has given many guest lectures [...]
On Friday October 31, 2025 the Gender Studies Dissertation Prize was awarded for the second time for the best feminist dissertation defended at a Dutch university between 1 July 2022 and 30 April 2025. The Dissertation award has been initiated by the Dutch Feminist Culture Fund Gender&knowledge to stimulate and spread feminist knowledge [...]
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 perspective. For [...]
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 experiences through [...]
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 Complexity?', followed [...]
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 [...]
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 TA) November [...]
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 lecturers from [...]
Fierce & Fearless or Stealthy & Strategic? Reclaiming the Feminist Project in the University NOG Research Day 2025 Hosted by the Radboud Network for Gender and Diversity Studies, Radboud University, 2 October 2025 Radboud Gender & Diversity Studies hosts the annual NOG Research Day on Thursday 2 October, 2025. Titled [...]
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 [...]
NOG Course Unmaking Man: Masculinities and Denial of Gender Plurality Mark Rutte, the Secretary General of NATO, calling Donald Trump, the American President, the “daddy” who needs to use strong language, has brought about many reactions. These reactions discuss his remark as the colonial mindset of Global North toward the [...]
