Antwerp Gender and Sexuality Studies Network

Mogelijk interessant voor sommigen: Een opleiding rond genderdiverse zorgomgeving

Een genderdiverse zorgomgeving: samen sterker Kennis rond genderdiversiteit in je team en op de werkvloer als zorgverlener, leidinggevende of zorgvrager

Interesting programme for the Women in Science day on the Matilda effect!

BeWise event: Women in Science day 2024 automatic textWomen in Science Day conferences continue to explore how to speed up the transition to gender equality in scientific careers.

For those in business studies: invitation to EUROUT, a LGBTQ+ conference for graduate students, MBAs, PhDs and alumni from top business schools. The brainchild of OiB, every year the event brings together over 500 delegates from more than 50 schools and 50 companies. We aim to inspire diversity and inclusion in the professional world and beyond.

EUROUT Conference 2023 EUROUT is Europe’s leading LGBTQ+ business conference for graduate students and alumni from top business schools as well as professionals. EUROUT 2023 will take place in person from November 16-18, 2023.

📌Make some room in your agenda for these upcoming events:
➡️ "Is there a gay science?" (16 November) A masterclass based on William Marx’ "Un savoir gay". This event is in French, questions and comments in English are welcome: https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/events/francqui-chair-william-marx/masterclass2/
➡️"The French touch in literary studies today" (17 November). This doctoral conference invites PhD students to reflect on research activities conducted in French. This event is in French, questions and comments in English are welcome: https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/events/francqui-chair-william-marx/doctoralconference/

The Belgian Network for Gender History is organising a symposium about (breaking) silences within oral history research. With keynote speakers Prof. Estelle Freedman (Stanford University) and Prof. Emily Bridger (University of Exeter).

Program and registration: https://forms.gle/BYSDW1wb3SRDbjqd8

CfP: 'Feminism(s) in the media: Public outreach and cultural transformations' (Ghent) seeks contributions about the history of feminism and the history of feminist literature!

Submission deadline: 15 November

Feminism(s) in the Media: Public Outreach and Cultural Transformations – Conference 2023 Call for papers Feminism(s) in the Media: Public Outreach and Cultural Transformations Ghent University, Belgium 14 – 15 September 2023 en francais In partnership with Antwerp University (Belgium), Gothenburg University (Sweden), Leuven University (Belgium) and the Vrije Universiteit Brussels (VUB...

📌The A* Network invites you to join the online workshop on Latin American Trans Histories organized by Dr Patricio Simonetto and Professor Mir Yarfitz on 7 and 8 July for two days of workshops and roundtables. For more information⬇️⬇️⬇️

Latin American Trans Histories Latin American Trans Histories WorkshopOnline, 7th-8th July 2022 Who is trans or tr****ti, non-binary or ma**ca? Before these words were invented, how did gender-variant Latin Americans understand themselves? How can scholars of various identities most usefully engage with archives, art, and activis...

📌A* member Nicola Brajato 's article "‘Designing with a hard-on’: The q***r sexual politics of Bernhard Willhelm’s fashion" has been published in Q***r Studies in Media & Popular Culture, 6:3. For more information ➡️ tinyurl.com/2p92suu9

Nieuwe blog: Regenboogkleuren zijn een teken van politiek en sociaal verzet
https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/antwerp-gender-sexuality-network/blog/

📌 CfP: The Forum for Belgian Research in the History of Women, Gender and S*xualities is organizing a symposium on the complexities of silence in oral history after MeToo. Apply before 15 May! ⬇️

Call for papers - Silence is (not) an option: Re-Thinking Oral History post-MeToo - AVG-Carhif Silence occurs in every oral history interview and comes in many forms. This symposium will readdress these complexities. Papers may focus upon the strategies of historical actors, as well as on the potentially unexpected consequences of breaking silences. We also welcome proposals that reflect on i...

✏️Hoe werd woke een scheldwoord? Emeritus hoogleraar Jef Verschueren legt het uit in deze blogpost ⬇️

A* Blog | Antwerp Gender and S*xuality Studies Network | University of Antwerp Blog Hoe ‘woke’ een scheldwoord werd Jef VerschuerenTaalverandering is van alle ­tijden. De term ‘Woke’ is al minstens een eeuw oud. Het werd eerst gebruikt in de Afro-Amerikaanse gemeenschap, meestal in ‘stay ­woke’, als oproep om alert te blijven voor raciale ­ongelijkheid. Vanaf de...

📌 On Wednesday 30 March 2022 (16:00-17:30), Patricio Simonetto (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, UCL Americas, UCL) will give a presentation titled: “Was S*x Inflexible? A Q***r History of Gender Transgressions in Early Twentieth Century Argentina.”
This lecture is organised at the UAntwerpen by Marjolein Van Bavel, Magaly Rodriguez and A* Antwerp Gender and S*xuality Studies Network.
✍️ Click the link for more information and free registration: https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSeoFbFfcz2DDV.../viewform

📌 On March 1, A* member and PhD candidate in fashion and gender studies Nicola Brajato will be a guest speaker at the online symposium "Tailoring Suits, Shaping Bodies", at University of Applied Arts Vienna. He will present a paper titled "Q***r(ing) Tailoring: Rethinking the suit, gender, and sexuality for a post-tailoring material and symbolic vocabulary".

The event, which will take place on zoom, is free via a subscription through Eventbrite. For more information ➡️ https://bit.ly/3GKGsYJ

📌 SAVE THE DATE! The A* network invites you to Dr. Patricio Simonetto's​ (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Institute of het Americas, University College London) lecture "Was S*x Inflexible? A Q***r History of Gender Transgressions in Early Twentieth Century Argentina” on 30 March 2022, 4.00-5.30pm.

For more information⬇

Was S*x Inflexible? | Antwerp Gender and S*xuality Studies Network | University of Antwerp Op woensdag 30 maart 2022, zal Patricio Simonetto​ (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, Institute of het Americas, University College London) een lezing geven, met als titel: “Was S*x Inflexible? A Q***r History of Gender Transgressions in Early Twentieth Century Argentina.”In the early twenti...

📌 You are all invited to the next Fulbright Belgium and Luxembourg race and identity discussion group on November 16th, 2021, 4pm. This time, the focus will be on "The Empire Strikes Back: A Posttranssexual Manifesto" by Sandy Stone. To register, email [email protected] ⬇

New blog post by Emma Verhoeven on solidarity with Hungary (in Dutch)

A* Blog | Antwerp Gender and S*xuality Studies Network | University of Antwerp Blog Wie wint er bij een regenboog-voetbalstadion? Emma VerhoevenUAntwerpen hangt de regenboogvlag uit. Ze doet dat als teken van solidariteit met de Hongaarse LGBT-gemeenschap. Vorige week keurde de regering van Viktor Orban namelijk een wet goed die het verbiedt om homoseksualiteit af te beelden o...

Open access ebook on Gay Neighborhoods, with a contribution by Bart Eeckhout, Robbe Herreman & Alexander Dhoest

The Life and Afterlife of Gay Neighborhoods: Renaissance and Resurgence Edited by Alex Bitterman, PhD and Daniel Baldwin Hess, PhD will published in late 2020 by Springer N

📌 The new A* blog "Wat de politieke entree van moslimvrouwen teweeg kan brengen: Euforie en onbehagen over welbespraakte vrouwelijke moslimpolitici" by Samira Azabar, Sakina Loukili and Ibtissam Abaaziz is available now on our website ⬇️⬇️⬇️

A* Blog | Antwerp Gender and S*xuality Studies Network | University of Antwerp Blog Waarom is vrouwendag nodig? Martha Claeys (Departement Filosofie, UAntwerpen)Vrouwen laten disproportioneel vaak het leven als gevolg van partnergeweld. Ze verdienen in België nog steeds minder geld voor gelijk werk. Vrouwen in België ontvangen een pensioen dat gemiddeld 25% lager ligt dan d...

📌The CFP for "Gender studies in Belgium: a state of the art" (21-22 October 2021, Brussels) is out now. You can find all the information (in Dutch) at the following link ➡️ https://www.sophia.be/nl/2021/02/09/cfp-gender-studies-in-belgium-a-state-of-the-art/

CfP Gender studies in Belgium: a state of the art – Sophia CfP Gender studies in Belgium: a state of the art >> Bekijk de volledige CfP met praktische informatie hier.

💥Check out the A* three new blogs for International Women’s Day. Available now on our website ⬇️⬇️⬇️

A* Blog | Antwerp Gender and S*xuality Studies Network | University of Antwerp Blog Waarom is vrouwendag nodig? Martha Claeys (Departement Filosofie, UAntwerpen)Vrouwen laten disproportioneel vaak het leven als gevolg van partnergeweld. Ze verdienen in België nog steeds minder geld voor gelijk werk. Vrouwen in België ontvangen een pensioen dat gemiddeld 25% lager ligt dan d...

📌 The UAntwerpen Team Diversity (Department University & Society) oganises two free online lectures for students and staff on the impact of COVID 19 on women:

➡️8 March 2021, from 12.30 - 13.30 pm
"The negative impact of COVID 19 on academics with care responsibilities and/or a high teaching load" by prof. dr. Birgit Van Puymbroeck.

➡️9 March 2021, from 12.30-13.30 pm
"The increase of cyberviolence on women during the pandemic"
by prof. dr. Catherine Van de Heyning.

You can subscribe and find out more about the lectures at this link: http://bit.ly/3aIm4Lg

Gender | University of Antwerp International Women's Day 8 March 2021Team Diversity (Department University & Society) oganises two free online lectures for students and staff on the impact of COVID 19 on women. 1. The negative impact of COVID 19 on academics with care responsibilities and/or a high teaching loadby prof. dr. Birgi...