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The Centre for Research on Culture and Gender (CRCG) supports the call around the globe for a women's strike on March 8th 2017 (International Women's Day) in protest against gender inequalities and discriminations against women worldwide. Members of CRCG will also join the Universiteit Gent Women's Strike and invite all our colleagues at UGent to also join us in this collective action for a more equal, just and inclusive university. Because slow science is a feminist issue and solidarity is our weapon! 
Consider Signing the Petition
The Centre for Research on Culture and Gender has co-signed the open letter: 'Geen Tweederangsburgers in onze Democratische rechtsstaat', published in De Morgen on 28 February 2017. The letter protests against a new law that provides Belgian authorities with the possibility of deporting ‘foreign’ residents who are suspected of threatening public security, even if they were born in Belgium or have arrived on Belgian territory under the age of twelve.

Upcoming Events

7 March 2017: Lecture by Ann Furedi & Panel Discussion: 'The Moral Case for Abortion'

18:00-21:00 @VUB
Ann Furedi is a leading pro-choice activist and the chief executive of BPAS, The British Pregnancy Advisory Service. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion with Freddy Mortier,  Ladan Rahbari, Lucie Van Crombrugge, Anne Verougstraete and Carine Vrancken.
Information and Registration

Brown Bag Seminars:


@ Rozier, room 100.038 (next to Aud.O), 9000 Gent
The format of the seminars can vary but they will all be informal and discussion-oriented. You can bring your own lunch.

more information

'I'm Too Old for That Now':  The Importance of Life Course in Student Nightlife Normativities

21 March 2017: Valerie De Craene

12:30-14:30
Valerie De Craene graduated as (human) geographer at the Ghent University in 2009. Afterwards, she worked as a teaching assistant at the University of Leuven. Her doctoral research focuses on the deconstruction and (re)production of heteronormativities within student nightlife in Flanders. She is also editor of AGORA.


Register by sending an email to An.VanRaemdonck@UGent.be

Female Migrants in Belgium and Campaigns of Solidarity with Muslim Women


19 June 2017: Ladan Rahbari


12:00-14:00
Ladan Rahbari is a social anthropologist; she has a PhD in Sociology (University of Mazandaran), a Master’s degree in Anthropology (Tehran University) and a Bachelor’s degree in Italian Literature (Tehran University). She is now conducting a joint PhD research project at Ghent University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel.


Register by sending an email to Ladan.Rahbari@UGent.be

29 March 2017: Keynote Lecture
by Chia Longman:
"Reclaiming Sisterhood: The Sacred Feminine in Women's Well-being Culture"


International and Interdisciplinary Gender Studies Conference 
"Politiken der Reproduktion - Politics of Reproduction"  

@ Hannover (Germany), Landesarbeitsgemeinschaft der Einrichtungen für Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung in Niedersachsen – LAGEN
Information and Registration

6-8 April 2017: 2nd EPATH Conference: Contemporary Trans Health in Europe: Focus on Challenges and Improvements


@ Belgrade (Serbia), The Belgrade Gender Team of the Belgrade School of Medicine will be the host of this 2nd EPATH conference.
Information and Registration

17 May 2017: Lecture by Joz Motmans: Transgender Policy in Higher Education (in Dutch)
 

12:30 - 14:00 @ Raadzaal Ufo, Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 33, 9000 Gent
 
Information and Registration

18-19 May 2017: Inter University Gender Research Seminar:
Intersectionality: Theory, Concepts and Methods


@ VUB
The Gender Research Seminar is a yearly interdisciplinary course, organized by VUB, UGent and UA, that offers advanced training in research methods in the field of gender and diversity studies. The seminar relates gender to broader issues of diversity, epistemology and questions of (in)equality in power in society, culture and politics from a critical research perspective. In 2016-2017 the seminar will be organized at VUB. This year’s focus is on ‘Intersectionality: Theory, Concepts and Methods’. Intersectionality refers to the interaction between differentiating social categories such as gender, ‘race’, class, sexual orientation and age which impact upon individual experiences and create hierarchies of power, discrimination and privilege. Students are invited to reflect upon how intersectionality impacts upon key concepts, research design and methodology in their research. How does an intersectionality perspective affect our understanding of social phenomena? How does it change how we define and study our object of inquiry? How can we apply an intersectionality perspective when doing qualitative as well as quantitative research and interpreting data?
Information & Registration

Doctoral School Specialist Course:
How to Make Sense of Subjectivity in Research


This specialist course is for researchers who are interested in the topic of subjectivity and would like to have a clear and instructive presentation of the theoretical, epistemological and methodological issues at stake in this notion and how it relates to their own field of research. Four international speakers from various disciplines will be invited in order to explore how subjectivity is studied and conceptualized from within these different traditions. During the master classes doctoral students will be stimulated to reflect from their own disciplinary perspectives and research projects on the master class themes. We hope to offer a platform for both new and advanced researchers to discuss how the study of subjectivity can be conducted in a theoretically refined and methodologically adequate way.  The lectures are open to the public!




Public lectures:
25 April 2017: Dan Zahavi (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
29 June 2017: Angela Willey (University of Massachusetts Amherst, US)
4 September 2017: Leora Farber (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
(4th lecture to be confirmed)
Information & Registration

29 June 2017: Lecture by Angela Willey 

(University of Massachusetts Amherst, US)
 

Undoing Monogamy: The Politics of Science and the Possibilities of Biology


10:00-12:00 @ Plateaustraat 22, Gent
This public lecture is part of the Doctoral School Specialist Course: How to Make Sense of Subjectivity in Research, and is hosted by the Centre for Reseach on Culture and Gender
In this talk, Willey both frames and traces the broad contours of Undoing Monogamy, a radically interdisciplinary exploration of the concept of monogamy in science and culture, propelled by queer feminist desires for new modes of conceptualization and new forms of belonging. She approaches the politics and materiality of monogamy as intertwined with one another such that disciplinary ways of knowing themselves become the object of critical inquiry. Refusing to answer the naturalization of monogamy with a naturalization of nonmonogamy, the talk suggests the need for a critical reorientation toward the monogamy question in the natural sciences, social sciences, and humanities. The talk traverses the books' treatments of colonial sexual science, monogamous voles, polyamory, and the works of Alison Bechdel and Audre Lorde to show how challenging the lens through which human nature is seen as monogamous or nonmonogamous forces us to reconsider our investments in coupling and in disciplinary notions of biological bodies. 

Call for Interview Participants

Unravelling the Monogamy-Nuclear Family Nexus:


If you are in a non-monogamous relationship constellation (open couple relationship, polyamorous relationship, polygamous relationship, commune or cohousing situation,...) and you are willing to share your experiences in an interview, please contact katrien.degraeve@ugent.be.
Interviews (in Dutch or English) take about two hours, are confidential and take place in the comfort of your own home or another location of your choice. Your participation would be really appreciated!
More Information

Other Announcements

State of the //Art// of the State: A Political Economy of Assisted Reproduction in Palestine/Israel


On 2 March 2017, Sigrid Vertommen, who is an affiliated member of the Centre for Research on Culture and Gender, successfully defended her PhD thesis in Political Sciences. Many congratulations, Dr. Vertommen!

Nonbinary and genderqueer genders


CALL FOR PAPERS: Special issue of the International Journal of Transgenderism: edited by Joz Motmans, Timo O. Nieder, and Walter Pierre Bouman

The editors of DiGeSt, Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies, announce that DiGeSt has been included in the VABB-SHW journal list!
They are currently welcoming submissions for their 9th issue, which is a general issue. Deadline for submissions: 10 July 2017.

 

 

CALL FOR PAPERS: The Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies (DiGeSt) is a bi-annual, peer-reviewed journal dedicated to the intersection of diversity and gender studies. For its 9th issue (vol. 5, issue 1) it welcomes contributions on current research that problematizes gender or/and focuses on issues dealing with diversity in all its manifestations. Submissions may include research from a broad array of disciplines in the arts and humanities, social sciences, psychology and educational sciences.

DiGeSt seeks original contributions written in English that present the results of new research, reflect on methodological challenges, engage with new theories or work across disciplines. We are especially interested in contributions that deal with the failure of modern societies to be the ‘open’ and just society they claim or want to be. Societal openness is defined as the condition in which individual life chances or the formation of social boundaries are not determined by social categories such as sex, gender, sexual orientation, ethnic origin, 'race', social origin, class, age, disability, (chronic) illness ... 

In addition to full essays (approximately 6,000 words), DiGeSt is interested in round table contributions, consisting of shorter notes (2,000-4,000 words) by different scholars addressing a topical issue, and book reports linked to ongoing research (What Are You Reading, 300-500 words).

All submissions should be sent to Birgit Van Puymbroeck, editor-in-chief, Ghent University, email: digest@ugent.be. All manuscripts are subject to anonymous peer review by knowledgeable scholars and professional practitioners, and if accepted may be subject to revision. DiGeSt is included in the Flemish Academic Bibliography for the Social Sciences and Humanities (VABB-SHW).

Recent Publications
Recent publications by CRCG staff members. For information on how to access the articles or books, click the book or journal link.

 

Articles

 
Bouman, W. P., Schwend, A. S., Motmans, J., Smiley, A., Safer, J. D., Deutsch, M. B., . . . Winter, S. (2017) Language and trans health. International Journal of Transgenderism, 18(1), 1-6. doi:10.1080/15532739.2016.1262127
 
Motmans, J. (2017). Gender dysphoria: social factors. In A. E. Wenzel (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology. New York: SAGE.
 
Rahbari, L. (2016) Modern Architecture, Spatial Precarity and the Female Body in the Domestic Spaces in Iran, Euro​pean Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, 1:2 (2016), 2. doi:10.20897/ejsa.201602
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