The Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies (NOG) at Utrecht University (The Netherlands) provides a platform for gender sensitive and postcolonial research. Since 1995, the NOG has offered a highly successful training programme and research environment for postgraduate students, PhD students and senior researchers. The NOG teaching and research staff consists of an international team of professors and senior lecturers from various universities.
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Workshop: ‘The Researcher’s Song: Storytelling through the lens of critical race theory’ with prof. dr. Manjeet Birk
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 [...]
In Memoriam: Paul Mepschen (1976-2025)
The sad news reached us that Paul Mepschen has passed away. 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 in [...]
Winner Gender Studies Dissertation Prize 2025: Rodante van der Waal
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 [...]
Gender Studies Dissertation Prize Award Ceremony: 31 October 2025
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 [...]
In Memoriam: Selma Leydesdorff (1949-2025)
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 [...]
Double Inaugural Lecture Prof. dr. Kathrin Thiele & Prof. dr. Birgit M. Kaiser, Utrecht University
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 [...]





