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- Frist: Winter School meccanica feminale 2025 #mfbw25 | Schwerpunkt: Digitale Transformation | 18. bis 22.2.2025 | Uni Stuttgart Winter School & Networking für MINT-Studentinnen und Fachfrauen. Aktuelle Themen aus den Bereichen Maschinenbau, Ingenieurswesen, Elektrotechnik und Social Skills in Kursen & Lunchtalks mit erfolgreichen Role Models. Exkursion zu Transnet BW und zur Materialprüfungsanstalt der Uni Stuttgart, außerdem buntes Rahmenprogramm mit viel Zeit zum Netzwerken. Kurse schon ab 25€, Teilnahme als Bildungszeit möglich.
- Frist: CfP EWIS 2025 Beyond De-Democratization: Decentering Western Frameworks in the Study of Anti-Gender Politics in the CEE and the SWANA Regions
- Frist: Still ‘Vexing’ for Care in Neoliberal Universities, A Workshop for Early Career Researchers with a Keynote by Prof. Dr. Luisa Schneider (VU Amsterdam) Organised by Anna Kerstin Kraft (Assistant, PhD Student in Gender Studies, University of Basel) and Yamila Sofia Pita (PhD Student in Gender Studies, University of Bern) April 25, 2025 (9:30 a.m. — 5:30 p.m.) Center for Gender Studies, Rheinsprung 21, 4051 Basel (Switzerland) We care deeply about the well-being of researchers who ‘ethico-politically’ (Puig de la Bellacassa 2011) engage with sensitive topics because we know how it feels. The experience of qualitative research often involves significant ‘emotional labour’ (Hochschild 1983, Rogers-Shaw et al. 2021), from engaging with research participants and processing their stories to analysing the data we collect in a way that respects and carefully reflects participants' experiences (as well as our own). This prolonged involvement can be emotionally draining, especially when compounded by the often solitary and isolating experience of fieldwork and academic writing under increasingly precarious working conditions (Nicholls et al. 2021, Schulz et al. 2023, Signoret et al. 2019). It leaves us wondering: Does anyone (really) care about us and our work? This question emerges against the backdrop of remarkable efforts by researchers/activists to build collective care strategies while actively critiquing the neoliberal university’s inadequate responses to the need for better care (Mallon and Elliott 2021, Nicholls et al. 2021, Velardo and Elliott 2018, Ward 2015). Neoliberal policies and regulations adopted by universities have sparked considerable concern and debate among academics, as these fail to address the well-being of researchers, reducing it to a private, individual responsibility. This perspective overlooks the crucial point that institutional politics itself are a major source of distress, and that qualitative research is immanently filled with potential risks (Schneider 2020). Building on this critique, we argue that these dynamics not only shape who can engage in academic research (or who can access the privileged domains of academia), but also influence the kind of knowledge that can be produced. Instead of assuming responsibility for supporting researchers, neoliberal universities often frame vulnerability in research as an issue that can be ‘managed’ through individualised self-care practices, while leaving the power relations and structural deficiencies of the institutional setting untouched (Gill and Donaghue 2016, Schulz et al. 2023). This ignores two critical realities: first, that vulnerability is an immanent part of research (Behar 2022[1996]), and second, that vulnerability is unequally distributed (Cole 2016). Inadequate attention to the vulnerability and well-being of researchers particularly affects those who don’t have the privilege of (emotionally) disengaging. Faced with insufficient institutional awareness and support, we feel compelled to continue our work and insist that universities take responsibility for care practices that go beyond band-aid solutions such as recommending ‘mindfulness’ or ‘bubble baths’ (Kim and Schalk 2021, Schulz et al. 2023). Aligning with the work of researchers such as Emily Jay Nicholls, Jade Vu Henry & Fay Dennis, who ask: “How can we make universities more hospitable and in doing so, how might we do them otherwise” (Nicholls et al. 2021: 66f.), we invite early career researchers to join us in exploring the following topics: risks in research and accountability of universities; vulnerability in research and disrupting epistemological inequalities; resistance and relational/collaborative practices of care. Through a keynote-based discussion in the morning and two dynamically moderated sessions in the afternoon, we hereby aim to create a forum for exchange including a critical lecture of preparatory texts that we will carefully place in connection to our own research experiences and practices. There will also be room for networking and connection throughout the day.
- Frist: Are you researching the social, political, media-related or cultural effects of digitalization? Do you want more freedom for your project and are interested in interdisciplinary exchange? A fellowship at CAIS releases you from your regular work obligations and offers many opportunities for stimulating discussions. Application The next deadline for applications is 28 February 2025. The earliest possible start date for new fellowships is April 2026. Working groups can currently apply for meetings in 2026. Please use the application forms provided on our website. The funding program is open to excellent scholars and practitioners at all career stages and from all disciplines. Both fundamental research and applied projects are welcome. Questions? Please contact esther.laufer@cais-research.de<mailto:esther.laufer@cais-research.de>. Concentration and Inspiration Fellows spend either six or three months in Bochum. During this period, CAIS finances their leave from work through compensation or grants. Individual offices and meeting rooms with modern facilities provide optimal working conditions. Comfortable apartments are provided free of charge. Fellows are members of the vibrant interdisciplinary research community at CAIS and of an international network of alumni, working groups, and affiliates. Regular joint activities foster academic and social exchange at the Center. These activities include breakfast on Tuesdays, colloquium and dinner on Wednesdays, as well as occasional workshops on Thursdays. Fellows can invite guests for collaboration and receive financial support for their research expenses. Fellowships of six months usually start in October or April. Fellowships of three months can start in October, January, April, or July. Exceptions are possible after consultation. Funding and Facilities Fellows at CAIS should ideally be on sabbatical leave with a full salary. In that case, they will receive an additional grant of €600 per month. Alternatively, reimbursement for the costs of their salary or of a substitute can be paid within reasonable limits. Fellows with no regular income will receive a grant of €2000 per month. Fellows with a regular income below €1400 will be given a grant that covers the difference to the full grant. Fellows with a full or compensatory grant receive an additional payment of €100 per month for each child under the age of 18. In Germany, full and compensatory grants are not subject to social security contributions and are usually tax-exempt. The Fellows are responsible for checking whether they qualify for tax exemption, especially if they reside abroad. Fellows are provided with individual offices at CAIS and rent-free, fully furnished apartments that are allocated according to individual requirements. In addition, CAIS will cover travel expenses for one return-trip to Bochum. Alternatively, CAIS can cover the costs of a daily commute if the Fellow lives close to Bochum. Fellows can request financial support for research expenses. They can furthermore apply to invite a Visiting Fellow with whom they wish to collaborate for up to three weeks. It is also possible to invite up to three experts based in Europe for half-day workshops. CAIS will cover the travel and accommodation expenses for these guests and pay them a daily allowance of €24. Fellows and alumni can apply for grants of up to €5000 for innovative measures of knowledge transfer. Further costs will not be covered by CAIS. In particular, social security contributions and insurance fees cannot be paid.
- Frist: 5. Internationale Tagung Frauen in der Landwirtschaft vom 2. bis 4. April 2025 in Bozen Vernetzen – Wissen – Handeln Die Südtiroler Bäuerinnenorganisation lädt in Kooperation mit dem Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (WIFO), der Freien Universität Bozen und dem Eurac Research zur 5. Internationalen Tagung „Frauen in der Landwirtschaft“ vom 2. bis 4. April 2025 in Bozen ein. Im Fokus stehen die Herausforderungen und Bedürfnisse von Frauen in der Landwirtschaft. Expertinnen und Experten aus dem In- und Ausland widmen sich aktuellen Themen und praxisnahen Lösungen. Frauen spielen eine tragende Rolle in der Landwirtschaft – als Bäuerinnen, Unternehmerinnen, Forscherinnen und Multiplikatorinnen. Doch welche Herausforderungen bringt der gesellschaftliche Wandel mit sich? Welche Perspektiven eröffnen sich für kleinstrukturierte Betriebe und die zukünftige Arbeit in der Landwirtschaft? Diese und weitere Fragen stehen im Mittelpunkt der Tagung, die sich speziell den Anliegen und Erfahrungen von Frauen widmet. Themenschwerpunkte: Spannungsfeld Gesellschaft – Landwirtschaft: Die Rolle der Landwirtschaft in der Gesellschaft und ihre Wahrnehmung, Landwirtschaft im Wandel: Politische Maßnahmen und technologische Innovationen, Biodiversitätsfreundliche Landwirtschaft Kleinstrukturierte Landwirtschaft: Geschlechterverhältnisse, Wirtschaftliche und soziale Bedeutung, Innovationen und Zukunftsperspektiven Arbeitsplatz Landwirtschaft: Bäuerin-Sein in Zeiten des Wandels, Heraus-forderungen und Chancen, Vereinbarkeit von Arbeit, Familie und Pflegeaufgaben, Beruf Bäuerin: Attraktivität, Krisenbewältigung und Zukunftsaussichten Die Veranstaltung bietet Vorträge, praxisorientierte Workshops, Betriebsbesichtigungen und vielfältige Gelegenheiten zum Netzwerken. Mit Beiträgen von Fachleuten aus Wissenschaft, Praxis und Politik wird ein breites Spektrum an Themen beleuchtet. Eingeladen sind Bäuerinnen und Landwirtinnen, Beratungs- und Lehrpersonen der bäuerlichen Hauswirtschaft und Landwirtschaft, Wissenschaftler*innen, Politiker*innen sowie alle, die sich mit dem Thema „Frauen in der Landwirtschaft“ befassen und weitere Interessierte – wir freuen uns auf Ihre Teilnahme! Anmeldung Wir möchten Sie gerne auf die 5. Internationale Tagung zum Thema Frauen in der Landwirtschaft aufmerksam machen, die vom 2. bis 4. April in Bozen in Südtirol (Italien) stattfinden wird. Ab dem 1. Februar können sich Interessierte für die Teilnahme anmelden. Wir laden Sie herzlich ein, das Event in Ihren Medien anzukündigen und stehen Ihnen für Interviews, Artikel oder andere Medienanfragen gerne zur Verfügung.
- Frist: 14. Februar 2025 Navigating Rural Transitions: Exploring liveable futures 30th European Society for Rural Sociology Congress, 7–11 July 2025, Rīga, Latvia Session organizers: Henk van Milligen, Clara Lina Bader, Laura Esche (Rural Sociology Group, Wageningen University), Prisca Pfammatter (Geography Institute, University of Bern) The proposed WG engages with queer (farming) ruralities to contribute to an understanding of livable rural lives and futures in all their diversities. Ensuring livable rural lives for all means taking seriously and placing centrally the lived experiences marginalized by i.e., heteropatriarchal constructions of “the rural”. Doing so allows for a more complex - and accurate - view of rural areas as neither conservative and traditional nor as an escape from social norms and institutional oppression. Rather, one that can bring to light the tensions underlying these assumptions and how queer rural (farming) identities persist and thrive despite, and because of, what everyday livable rural and agricultural lives look like. More than that, in and through the working group we strive towards queering different binaries (rural/urban, masculine/feminine, straight/queer, nature/culture, private/public) and exploring the opportunities that thinking about and with “the rural” through queer lenses can contribute to liveable futures. Submissions can include, but are not limited to, the following issues: Importance of Sexuality and Gender in Rural (Agricultural) Practices Beyond Binary Ontologies Exploring Liveable Futures: Queer Utopias The objectives of the session: On The Ground: Gain insights into queer, rural agricultural practices; Institutional: Spark new (necessary) debates surrounding the harm of binary institutional systems. Incentivise organisations to look at ecological but also social and political diversity. Understand governance of queer lives in rural areas; Futuring: Visibilise existing alternatives. Expanding and queering the imagination of the possible. We encourage contributions from master students as well as non-academic submissions. Informal queries can be addressed to laura.esche@wur.nl and prisca.pfammatter@unibe.ch. Abstract submission (max 250 words) through the conference website by 14th February 2025.
- Frist: 14. Februar 2025 Call for abstracts for the special issue Gender Aspects of Memory in Central and Eastern Europe This special issue invites feminist interdisciplinary contributions that engage with the gendered dimensions of memory in Central and Eastern Europe. We welcome theoretical and empirical papers that adopt diverse methodological approaches, with the aim of examining the interplay between individual and collective memory. We invite submissions addressing (but not limited to) the following themes: New and revisited theoretical and methodological approaches in memory studies Gender and memory in the digital age Comparative memory research Gender, race, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, … intersectionality as analytical categories in research of memory Postcolonial perspectives on memory in post-socialist contexts Gendered dimensions of contested memories in illiberal, nationalist, populist, and far-right politics The role of history and memory in activism / Memory activism Gendered dimensions of religion in politics and culture Memories of everyday life and labour during state socialism Memory and narratives of post-socialist transformations Media, political, and personal narratives of the past Preliminary schedule: 14. 2. 2025: Deadline for abstract submission (300 words) 7. 3. 2025: Abstracts selection/confirmation sent to the authors 15. 10. 2025: Articles submission 8/ 2026: Issue publication Submit your abstract to the issue guest editors: zuzana.madarova@uniba.sk, agata.sustova-drelova@savba.sk. Put journal editors genderteam@soc.cas.cz in the copy.
- Frist: 14. Februar 2025 Entre ruptures et continuités: regards croisés sur les mutations des réalités LGBTQ+ contemporaines 92e Congrès de l’Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS) Montréal, 6 et 7 mai 2025 Le 92e Congrès de l’ACFAS est organisé par l’École de Technologie Supérieure en collaboration avec l’Université Concordia. Il se tiendra du 5 au 9 mai 2025 à l'École de Technologie Supérieure de Montréal. Contexte Au Canada, comme ailleurs dans la Francophonie, les dernières années ont été marquées par une recrudescence des débats touchant les communautés lesbiennes, gaies, bisexuelles, trans et queers (LGBTQ+). Ces débats révèlent la présence de luttes persistantes entourant la visibilité grandissante des réalités LGBTQ+ dans diverses sphères sociales, culturelles et politiques, ainsi que sur les façons dont ces réalités sont mises en récit, sur l’identité des acteurs sociaux qui contrôlent la production de ces récits et sur les objectifs que ceux-ci devraient servir. Pour les communautés LGBTQ+, ces luttes témoignent d’une volonté de se réapproprier les récits formulés à leur égard et les modes de production dont ils découlent, notamment dans le but de dépasser les conceptions victimaires ou stigmatisantes qu’ils peuvent véhiculer. Historiquement, les personnes LGBTQ+ n’ont eu que peu de contrôle sur la mise en récit de leurs réalités et expériences qui, selon les époques, ont été réduites à un péché, à un crime ou à une pathologie. Aujourd’hui, si plusieurs communautés LGBTQ+ ont obtenu des gains politiques significatifs, les réalités LGBTQ+ demeurent souvent méconnues du reste de la population, ce qui peut mener vers l’exacerbation de mécompréhensions et de stéréotypes nocifs. De plus, lorsque les réalités LGBTQ+ circulent dans l’espace public, elles sont souvent racontées par des acteurs ne faisant pas partie de ces communautés ou cadrées de façon à les stigmatiser davantage. Dans une perspective résolument socioculturelle et politique, le colloque 418 – Entre ruptures et continuités: regards croisés sur les mutations des réalités LGBTQ+ contemporaines vise à examiner les transformations qui traversent les communautés LGBTQ+, notamment au Québec, au Canada et dans la Francophonie.
- Frist: 15. Februar 2025 An der Universität Augsburg findet im Herbst 2025 eine interdisziplinäre Tagung zum Stellenwert körperlicher Unversehrtheit in modernen Gesellschaften statt. Das Recht auf „körperliche Unversehrtheit“: So einfach und klar wie das Grundgesetz in Artikel 2 eine Antwort auf die Gewalterfahrungen der nationalsozialistischen Massenverbrechen zu geben versuchte, so komplex waren historische Hintergründe und zeitgenössische Debatten über die Frage nach einem Recht auf Selbstbestimmung über den eigenen Körper. Unser Verständnis der (westlichen) Moderne und ihrer Ambivalenzen (Zygmunt Bauman) ist von der Vorstellung geprägt, die Gesellschaft habe sich seit dem 19. Jahrhundert zunehmend individualisiert und überwiegend autonom handelnde Subjekte hervorgebracht. Das souveräne Selbst, so die Annahme, zeichne sich gerade dadurch aus, dass es Verfügungsgewalt über sich selbst besitze. Im Gegensatz zur Frühneuzeitforschung hat sich die Geschichtswissenschaft für das 19. und 20. Jahrhundert aber bisher eher ausschnitthaft damit beschäftigt, wie Menschen über die Integrität ihrer und anderer Körper verfügen wollten und konnten. Dabei ist die Frage, wie sich Vorstellungen von (Un)versehrtheit und damit verbundene soziale Praktiken gewandelt haben, elementar für eine Analyse moderner Gesellschaften, weil sie unterschiedliche Dimensionen von Ungleichheit produzieren, katalysieren oder auch infrage stellen. Ausgangspunkt unserer Überlegungen ist deshalb, (Un)versehrtheit von Körpern in Ideal und Praxis mithilfe der Zusammenführung von drei Forschungssträngen zu untersuchen: Körpergeschichte, Gewaltforschung sowie Forschungen zur (internationalen) juristischen Normsetzung und deren kultureller Aneignung sollen ein vertieftes Verständnis der Denkfigur körperlicher Unversehrtheit ermöglichen. Die Tagung soll dabei um drei Themenfelder herumgruppiert werden: 1. Menschen bilden, Körper disziplinieren – Familie und Erziehung Gewalt in Erziehungskontexten hat seit der Jahrtausendwende aus einem gegenwartsbezogenen Aufarbeitungsimpuls heraus Aufmerksamkeit erfahren, z.B. im Rahmen der Erforschung sexualisierter Gewalt in den christlichen Kirchen. Zugleich ist die Empirie für Gewalterfahrungen im privaten Raum dünn. Gerade dort war und ist Unversehrtheit als Wert, Ideal oder gar Norm brüchig, können doch Kinder und Frauen bis heute offenbar nicht im selben Maße wie erwachsene Männer körperliche Selbstbestimmung für sich beanspruchen, obwohl rechtliche Regelungen zum Schutz vor Gewalt existieren. Am Beispiel von Familie und Erziehung muss die Zivilisierungsthese, die von einer zunehmend gewaltfreien Moderne ausgeht, deshalb hinterfragt werden. 2. Werte schöpfen, Körper schinden – Arbeit und Arbeitskampf In den letzten Jahren wurde verstärkt Gewalt am Arbeitsplatz als Teil einer sozial-, alltags- und kulturgeschichtlichen Perspektive auf die Geschichte der Arbeit erforscht. Der Arbeitsplatz als Ort, an dem (körperliche) Arbeit vergütet und bewertet wird, an dem der Körper im Arbeitsprozess genutzt, aber nicht selten auch abgenutzt oder versehrt wird, ist insgesamt aber noch zu selten in körper- und gewaltgeschichtliche Fragestellungen einbezogen worden. Auch hier treffen unterschiedlichste Ansprüche aufeinander, etwa bei der Frage, inwiefern Prostituierte eigentlich über ihre körperliche Integrität bestimmen oder welche Belastungen Pflegepersonal zugemutet werden können. Zugleich lohnt es sich, Gewalt im Rahmen von Arbeitskämpfen in die Überlegungen miteinzubeziehen, wenn etwa Streikbrecher:innen physisch von Kolleg:innen angegangen werden. 3. Wunden heilen, Körper formen – Medizin und Reproduktion Am Beispiel der Medizin scheinen sich die Grauzonen eines vermeintlich modernen Ideals körperlicher Unversehrtheit besonders plastisch darzustellen, ist es doch offensichtlich, dass der Eingriff in die körperliche Integrität Bestandteil des Heilens ist. Hinzu kommt die Diagnose der neueren Medizingeschichte, dass Diversität bis heute weder in der Diagnostik noch in der Behandlung angemessen berücksichtigt wird, so dass medizinische Praktiken Körper abseits der selbstgesetzten Norm nicht selten schädigen. Darüber hinaus ist die Reproduktionsmedizin Teil der Auseinandersetzung über die Rechte ungeborenen Lebens, die mit dem Recht der austragenden Person auf Selbstbestimmung gegebenenfalls konfligieren. Wir laden alle Historiker:innen und historisch arbeitenden Sozialwissenschaftler:innen ein, ihre Themenvorschläge im Umfang von etwa 2.000 Zeichen bis zum 15. Februar 2025 an sophia.dafinger@uni-a.de zu senden. Eine Publikation der Beiträge ist geplant. Kontakt sophia.dafinger@uni-a.de
- Frist: 20. Februar 2025 Thinking far-right movements globally: on banning gender and the rise of anti-wokery. A workshop with Prof Nadje Al-Ali, Brown University Abstract At a moment of a global surge of right-wing, misogynist and queerphobic populism, this workshops brings together feminist scholars who want to collectively make sense of and think through some of the far-reaching dynamics and local manifestations of anti-feminist and antigender backlashes. We touch upon phenomena such as the global “anti-woke” agenda that seeks to delegitimize feminist and LGBTIQ+ lives and rights, as well as the associated nationalist and populist anti-migrant and anti-refugee sentiments and policies. Other possible topics might include the emergence of trad wives, femosphere and manosphere communities but also various forms of queer and feminist resistance, such as digital activism and art. The workshop examines feminist responses to the rise of right-wing political movements and ideologies and asks what tools and strategies between academia and politics might help mobilize against this anti-gender discourse transnationally. How can we de-center and de-exceptionalize the contexts we study and instead think collectively about global connections and entanglements between political, religious, and economic factors that have enabled this rise and momentum in far right-policy agendas? In a spirit of pushing back against fear and defeatism, this workshop invites papers that analyse the broad spectrum of far-right misogyny and queer and transphobia - and transnational, de- and postcolonial feminist critiques thereof – between academia, politics and our everyday lives. We particularly encourage PhD and early-postdocs to apply. During this 1-day workshop, a mentor model will ensure that each paper will be read prior, and feedback will be provided on the day by one reader and by Prof Nadje Al-Ali, who will be present to introduce and contextualise her new co-edited book Resisting Far-Right Politics in the Middle East and Europe: Queer Feminist Critiques (Edinburgh University Press, 2024, with Tunay Altay and Katharina Galor). Participants are also welcome to present project ideas and concepts that do not yet exist in written form. Dates: Abstract Submission Deadline: 20.2.2025 Notification of Acceptance: 27.2.2025 Submission of paper (4000 words): 10.3.2025 Workshop Date: 17.3.2025, from 12:00 to 18:00, room 4799 Géopolis, University of Lausanne
- Frist: 24. Februar 2025 CfP – Queer(ing) geography through arts-based methods Co-convenors: Prisca Pfammatter, Leandra M. Choffat (both University of Bern, Bern), Prof. Miriam Tola (John Cabot University, Rome) In recent years arts-based methods, as well as queer perspectives, have gained attention within the academic realm and the discipline of geography (Gieseking, 2023). Nonetheless, examining queer practices and perspectives through arts-based methods is still peripheral to geographical research. Especially in current times, when political and social repression against LGBTIQ+ people is on the rise, it is urgent to do research in novel ways to examine realities and geographies that do not follow the linear development of cis-endo heteronormative life. We need to go beyond conventional approaches to capture and value the complex spatial and emotional relations, structural entanglements, and realities that characterize queer lived realities. Finding ways of (un)doing research means troubling and disrupting binaries, such as mind/body, subjective/objective, research participants/researcher, and the power relations that often go with them. Using arts-based methods in queer geographies allows an exploration of embodied practices and social relations that disrupt the cis-endo heteronormative logics of community, sexual and gender identity, and activities in space and time (Ahmed, 2014; Halberstam, 2005). Arts-based methods allow research participants to portray their place-based perspectives and highlight oftentimes undervalued forms of knowledge. They alter power hierarchies between researcher and researched by questioning the role of the experts and facilitating reciprocity and care (Carpenter, 2022). Besides conventional forms of data dissemination, these methods also allow for creative ways to portray the results in non-academic settings. Within the process of queering geographical research through arts-based methods, a critical engagement with the power dynamics involved in queer realities and research processes is crucial. This means being mindful of our own positionality as researchers, not to (re)appropriate notions of relationality and community, particularly those related to Indigenous, black, and trans practices and histories (Bradway & Freeman, 2022), and paying attention to the accessibility of communities and research processes (Nachman et al., 2023). In this session, we encourage contributions that include, but are not limited to, the following forms: Empirical or theoretical research using arts-based methods (such as theatre, poetry, dance, photography, zine-making, and many others) to examine queer geographies, practices, and communities. Methodological inputs on specific arts-based methods in relation to queer geographies, Critical inputs analyzing the benefits and limits of queering arts-based methods situating conversation in intersectional power structures, Artistic and/or activist inputs examining queer geographies through creative media practices. The session will be structured into two parts. The first part consists of 4-5 three-minute introductions of the submitted work, and the second part will be structured as a world café to facilitate active discussions among panel participants. Due to the format of this panel and the limited availability of hybrid sessions at the conference, we are planning an in-person session. Abstracts (max. 300 words) are submitted via email to Leandra Choffat (she/her; leandra.choffat@unibe.ch) and Prisca Pfammatter (she/her; prisca.pfammatter@unibe.ch) until Monday, 24th February 2025. We are looking forward to your applications and an inspiring session! Sources: Ahmed, S. (2014). Queer Feelings. In The Cultural Politics of Emotion (S. 144–167). Edinburgh University Press. Bradway, T., & Freeman, E. (Hrsg.). (2022). Queer kinship: Race, sex, belonging, form. Duke University Press. Carpenter, J. (2022). Picture This: Exploring Photovoice as a Method to Understand Lived Experiences in Marginal Neighbourhoods. Urban Planning, 7(3), 351–362. https://doi.org/10.17645/up.v7i3.5451 Gieseking, J. J. (2023). Reflections on a cis discipline. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 41(4), 571–591. https://doi.org/10.1177/02637758231191656 Halberstam, J. (2005). In a queer time and place: Transgender bodies, subcultural lives. New York University Press. Nachman, J. R., Hayhurst, L. M. C., McSweeney, M., & Wang, R. (2023). Co-creating knowledge on bicycling: A decolonial feminist participatory action research approach to arts-based methods. Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, 16(1), 16–34. https://doi.org/10.1080/2159676X.2023.2243955
- Frist: 28. Februar 2025 Call for Papers: Special Issue of Continuum: Journal of Media & Cultural Studies: ‘The Future of Nonbinary’ Guest editors: CQ Quinan (University of Melbourne) & Claude Kempen (University of Melbourne / University of Potsdam) This special issue entitled ‘The Future of Nonbinary’ addresses the emergent field of nonbinary studies, which currently finds itself at a critical juncture. Next to the more established and rigorous fields of gender studies and transgender studies, nonbinary studies remains under-theorised and open-ended. Despite the increasing visibility of nonbinary identities in media and culture, the term “nonbinary” risks becoming just another identity category, obscuring its potential for critical engagement. Hence, this issue seeks to respond to gaps in nonbinary theorising and invites contributions that explore the theoretical and practical implications of nonbinary subjectivities, expressions, and struggles. This assessment of nonbinary studies raises critical questions that we hope this special issue will begin to address: What directions does the concept of nonbinary lead us toward? What kinds of futures, possibilities, and limitations does it encompass? How can we effectively ground nonbinary as a label, a theoretical concept, or even a methodological approach? Drawing from the existing valuable (yet limited) nonbinary research ranging from philosophy and linguistics to Black studies and socio-legal analysis, this special issue will expand and interrogate the current landscape of nonbinary scholarship, showcasing contributions that challenge dominant narratives and offer fresh perspectives. It especially invites scholars and creatives to problematise how nonbinary can be grounded as a label, concept, or method. In addition, the issue invites engagement with critical voices, such as Kadji Amin (2022), who have questioned the supposed (and possibly imaginary) subversive potential of nonbinary, as well as with research that has opened nonbinary up to newfound radical futures beyond identity categories – towards a politics informed or occupied by nonbinariness, in the collective struggle towards dismantling the gender binary. By bringing together a range of contributions across gender studies, media studies, and the arts, this special issue aspires to enrich and expand, not consolidate, the fast-evolving field of nonbinary studies and provoke fruitful discussions that envision a dynamic future for nonbinary as identity, informant, and inspiration. This special issue will feature both research articles (approximately 6,000 words) and shorter creative pieces, such as poetry or artistic works (approximately 3,000 words) exploring nonbinary potentialities. Possible topics could include (but are not limited to): Media representations in arts and culture Nonbinary in tension with trans Impacts of nonbinary legal recognition Nonbinary avant la lettre Nonbinary throughout history Nonbinary politics and activism Epistemologies and genealogies of nonbinary Trans and nonbinary temporalities Nonbinary medical transition Nonbinary language use Poetics and the imaginary For consideration, please email abstracts (250-300 words) by 31 January 2025 to CQ Quinan (c.quinan@unimelb.edu.au) and Claude Kempen (c.kempen@unimelb.edu.au). Authors will be notified if their abstract has been invited for full-paper consideration by 28 February 2025. Full-length submissions will be due by 30 June 2025. Please note that all copyrighted material owned by parties other than authors must be cleared for use in advance of the paper being uploaded to the submission portal.
- Frist: 28. Februar 2025 We are delighted to share with you a Call for Papers for a special issue of the journal Theory and Psychology titled Bridging Theory and Practice as a Feminist Concern. This issue aims to critically explore the intersections of feminist-psychological theory, practice, and movements, fostering dialogue across diverse contexts and disciplines. We welcome submissions from scholars, activists, and professionals at all career stages and from diverse backgrounds who are eager to contribute thought-provoking, challenging and innovative ideas and contributions. Please see the attached document for detailed information, including submission guidelines. The deadline for extended abstract submissions is February 28, 2025. Please feel free to share this with your network and those who may be interested. Should you have any questions, please contact the guest editors at bridgingtheoryandpractice@gmail.com.
- Frist: 28. Februar 2025 Are you planning to initiate an interdisciplinary collaboration? Do you want to discuss the practical applications of your research or get academic input to further a practical project? CAIS will fund your meetings and provides a productive environment for collaboration. Application The next deadline for applications is 28 February 2025. The earliest possible start date for new fellowships is April 2026. Working groups can currently apply for meetings in 2026. Please use the application forms provided on our website. The funding program is open to excellent scholars and practitioners at all career stages and from all disciplines. Both fundamental research and applied projects are welcome. Questions? Please contact esther.laufer@cais-research.de. Flexible Funding Working groups consist of two to ten members from different locations. They can spend up to three weeks in Bochum, or get together for up to three shorter meetings. CAIS provides modern meeting facilities and covers travel and accommodation expenses. Meetings can generally be conducted between January and March and from May to September. Funding and Facilities Working groups whose members are based in Germany can be funden with up to €10.000. International working groups can be granted up to €15.000. CAIS will reimburse travel and accommodation expenses. In addition, groups will be provided with catering and meeting rooms equipped with modern videoconference technology. After completion, working groups can apply for grants of up to €5000 for innovative measures of knowledge transfer. You do not have to include a calculation of costs in the application. However, it makes sense to check in advance whether the meetings you are planning can be financed by the maximum funding budget of € 10.000 or € 15.000. Please use the following allowances to calculate the funds required: € 92 for an overnight stay with breakfast per person € 57 for a full day of catering per person (coffee breaks, lunch and dinner) € 46 for half a day of catering per person (coffee breaks, lunch OR dinner) please use the current rates of the German Academic Exchange Service for the calculation of international travel allowances, € 180 for return trips within Germany, and € 50 for return trips within the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.
- Frist: 01. März 2025 Corps gros, sexualités et conjugalités La revue Regards Sociologiques lance un appel à article pour un numéro sur la thématique « Corps gros, sexualités et conjugalités ». Les articles complets, d’une taille comprise entre 50 000 et 70 000 signes, doivent respecter les normes d’écriture de la revue, rappelées ici : http://www.regards-sociologiques.fr/soumettre-un-article. Ils sont à envoyer au plus tard le 1er mars 2025 aux responsables du numéro (catherinemilon@yahoo.fr ; theo.rougnant@ehess.fr) et seront évalués en « double aveugle ». Les adresses indiquées ci-dessus peuvent être utilisées par les auteur·es pour obtenir d’éventuels renseignements sur les modalités de soumission des textes.
- Frist: 15. März 2025 Ein Themenheft des Vereins Feministische Wissenschaft Schweiz in Zusammenarbeit mit Elena Pont Diskriminierung aufgrund von Behinderungen (Ableismus) basiert auf einer Hierarchisierung von Differenz, die sich auf eine körperliche oder mentale Norm stützt. Vorurteile und gesellschaftliche Strukturen durchkreuzen den Alltag von als behindert geltenden Menschen. Die Unterordnung unter anti-solidarische kapitalistische Strukturen resultiert für behinderte Menschen in Formen der Fremdbestimmung, Gewalt und Existenzangst. Strukturelle Behinderung überkreuzt und potenziert sich mit anderen Diskriminierungsachsen, etwa aufgrund von Geschlecht, Sexualität, Ethnie oder Klasse. Wie werden Differenzen wahrgenommen, aber auch reproduziert – und kann darin jenseits von Essenzialisierung etwas Ermächtigendes stecken? Wie gestaltet die Beschäftigung mit Behinderungen oder Neurodiversität das feministische Denken und Handeln umfassender – und umgekehrt? Welche Rolle spielt in feministischen wie auch anti-ableistischen Perspektiven die Frage der Repräsentation und Aneignung? Welche Zusammenhänge gibt es zwischen feminisierter Care-Arbeit, Behinderungen und Prekariat, zwischen Ableismus und Patriarchat? Welche gegenseitigen Befruchtungen finden zwischen Disability Studies, Crip Theory und feministischer Wissenschaft statt – und wie übersetzen sich diese in hochschulpolitische Zugänge? Für das Heft 69 des Magazins FemInfo suchen wir Texte aus der Forschung und deren Umsetzung, die sich mit einer der genannten Fragen auseinandersetzen oder eigene Stossrichtungen zum Thema entwickeln. Ideen/Abstracts bis 15. März 2025 Beiträge (ca. 6’000-13’000 Z.) bis 1. Juli 2025 Kontakt: Nina Seiler, redaktion@femwiss.ch
- Frist: 15. März 2025 8. Konferenz der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Geschlechterforschung (SGGF), Basel, 8. & 9. September 2025 Die 8. Konferenz der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Geschlechterforschung (SGGF) wird an der Universität Basel ausgerichtet. Sie lädt Beiträge aus dem Bereich der Geschlechterforschung zum Tagungsthema «wissen - savoir - sapere - know(-ledges)» ein. Dieses Thema ist Ansatzpunkt, um den Austausch unter Wissenschaffenden der Geschlechterforschung aus verschiedenen Disziplinen und Forschungsbereichen zu fördern. Die Konferenz hat zum Ziel, die Geschlechterforschungs-Community zu fördern und Schweizer und internationale Forschende vernetzen. Eingeladen sind Teilnehmende aller Karrierestufen aus der Akademie und verwandten Fachgebieten, die sich mit dem Tagungsthema sowie mit anderen für die Geschlechterforschung relevanten Fragen und Themen auseinandersetzen. Keynote Speakers Elsa Dorlin Professur für Politische und Zeitgenössische Philosophie, Universität Toulouse (Frankreich) Katrin M. Kämpf Assistenzprofessur & künstlerisch-wissenschaftliche Mitarbeitende in Queer Studies, Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln (Deutschland) Call for submissions Die Konferenz heisst Beitragende aller Karrierestufen ebenso willkommen wie theoretische und empirische Beiträge aus allen Disziplinen sowie inter- und transdisziplinäre Zugänge, künstlerische Formate und andere Formen der Intervention und Auseinandersetzung mit dem Konferenzthema sowie weiteren für Geschlechterforschung zentralen Fragen und Themen. Wichtige Daten Einreichungen möglich ab: 01.02.2025 Deadline für Einreichungen: 15.03.2025 Annahmebestätigung: April 2025 Veröffentlichung des Konferenzprogramms: Mai 2025
- Frist: 16. März 2025 Call for Papers: A Special Issue on gender-based violence in and beyond Central and Eastern Europe CJIR is pleased to announce a call for papers for a special issue, titled “Deciphering Gender-Based Violence: Feminist, Postsocialist and Postcolonial Perspectives from Central and Eastern Europe,” to be published as part of its first issue of 2026 (April). The issue is edited by Julia Sachseder (CEU) and Maryna Shevtsova (KU Leuven). Gender-based violence (GBV) has historically been reduced to the misconduct of individual men, often framed as an isolated or even pathological phenomenon. However, feminist scholarship has been pivotal in challenging these biologistic and individualizing assumptions. Instead, they showed how GBV is a structural issue deeply embedded within gendered and racialized power relations, global political-economic hierarchies, and cultural norms (Anthias 2014; Sachseder 2020, 2023; Touquet and Schulz 2020). Over recent decades, feminist scholars have explored GBV across different contexts, from everyday violence and institutionalized discrimination to radicalization, gender-based extremism, transnational anti-gender movements, and conflict-related violence (Brown 2017; Pearson et al. 2020; Sosa 2021; Wright 2022). These bodies of work have highlighted the role of social norms, gendered ideologies, and gender narratives in shaping and perpetuating GBV (Bradley et al. 2022; Oparinde et al. 2020; Gqola 2007), and attended to how gender intersects with other relations of power, i.e. race, class, and sexuality (Bograd 1999; Christoffersen and Emejulu 2023; Sachseder 2023) across different settings. Crucially, feminists introduced the concept of the “continuum” to disrupt the private/public divide and to illustrate how violence operates across all social, economic, and political spheres (Boesten 2014; Cockburn 2004; Eriksson Baaz and Stern 2013; Gray and Stern 2019; Sachseder 2023). While much feminist theory centers on the violence women face, it also emphasizes women’s resilience and agency in resisting violence, challenging power structures, creating networks of solidarity, and working toward justice and protection. Building on these insights, GBV has been theorized and empirically analyzed as reinforcing or contesting power structures, from state-led repression and nationalist mobilizations to transnational networks of hate speech and anti-gender discourse (Boesten 2010; Cohn 2012; Enloe 2007; Gwiazda and Minkova 2022; Krizsán at al. 2024; Meger 2016; Nordstrom 2004). While existing scholarship has offered important insights into the dynamics of GBV, much of this work has been predominantly shaped by Western-centric epistemologies and methodologies, leaving the contributions of scholars from and within Central and Eastern Europe underexplored (see Hendl et al. 2023; Sereda and Mikheieva 2025; Sonevytsky 2022). This special issue aims to address this gap by anchoring GBV in the distinctive socio-political, economic, and cultural contexts of the region. In doing so, it invites scholars to engage with, contest, and/or advance feminist, postsocialist, and de/postcolonial theoretical frameworks rooted in and reflective of Central and Eastern European perspectives. Aim and Scope This special issue seeks to explore how the unique histories, social structures, and political relations of power of Central and Eastern Europe intersect with, complement or contest existing understandings of GBV. It invites scholars to re-examine and expand these understandings, both during armed conflict and in so-called “peaceful” settings. By doing so, the issue hopes to contribute to a more nuanced and contextually grounded understanding of GBV to inform broader debates on gender-based violence, peace, and conflict. Additionally, the issue aims to explore how the transnational transmission of anti-gender narratives and extremist discourses shapes GBV in the region, as well as how intersections of gender, security, and political economy contribute to both its perpetuation and resistance. By incorporating comparative perspectives and analyzing the cross-border dynamics of radicalization and violence, it seeks to uncover broader structural and normative processes underpinning GBV across diverse contexts. Focus Areas We welcome interdisciplinary contributions that engage with the following themes: Feminist, post-socialist and de/postcolonial critiques of existing approaches to GBV, focusing on local experiences and resistances in Central and Eastern Europe Analyses of GBV in post-conflict transitions, including peacebuilding, state-building, and democratization processes in the region Exploration of how intersections of gender, race, class, and sexuality shape the production and perpetuation of GBV in Central and Eastern Europe Feminist conceptualizations of “violence as a continuum” and their applicability to historical and contemporary contexts in the region The role of toxic/hegemonic masculinities, racialized hierarchies, and political economy in shaping GBV Critiques of international legal frameworks addressing GBV, with a focus on issues of impunity and justice for survivors Feminist methodologies for studying GBV, particularly approaches that center marginalized voices and lived experiences in and from Central and Eastern Europe (Comparative) analyses of radicalization, gender-based extremism, and violence, through a focus on cross-border dynamics and the circulation of extremist discourses in and beyond Central and Eastern Europe Examination of the transmission of anti-gender narratives across borders, including their interaction with social norms, digital platforms, and populist political agendas in the region Cross-cutting studies on the intersections of gender, security, and social deviance to address how radicalization processes exploit or reinforce existing inequalities and vulnerabilities This special issue aims to foster a dialogue that transcends geographic and theoretical boundaries, connecting insights from Central and Eastern Europe with broader feminist and de/postcolonial debates. By doing so, we seek to expand our understanding of GBV as a deeply political, economic, and structural phenomenon and to explore pathways toward transformative justice. Submission Guidelines: Abstracts of 250–500 words should be submitted by mid-March, outlining the scope of the proposed contribution and its relevance to the special issue’s themes. Each submission must include the author’s name, affiliation, and a brief bio (up to 200 words). Full manuscripts of up to 10 thousand words excluding the list of references will be due by the end of September 2025. All submissions will undergo a double-blind peer review process. We encourage submissions from scholars at all career stages, particularly those from, or working on, Central and Eastern Europe. Important Dates: Abstract submission deadline: 16.03.2025 Notification of acceptance: 01.04.2025 Full manuscript submission deadline: 30.09.2025 All submissions should be sent directly to the CJIR editor-in-chief Michal Kolmaš at michal.kolmas@mup.cz. The Czech Journal of International Relations (CJIR) is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes scholarly work in International Relations (IR), and other related disciplines. The journal’s scope is not theoretically or geographically limited, yet it aspires to promote research that is pertinent to Central Europe (broadly conceived). In 2024, CJIR was attributed an Impact Factor of 0.6 by Clarivate's Web of Science and was placed within the 3rd Quartile for International Relations.
- Frist: 17. März 2025 Modalités de contribution La proposition, en format .odt, .doc ou .docx, contiendra : le titre envisagé ; un résumé de 5000 signes maximum (espaces et notes comprises) présentant le projet de l’article ; une brève bibliographie ; les nom(s) et prénom(s) de l’auteur-ice et adresse(s) mail ainsi qu’une courte notice biographique. Les propositions d’articles doivent être envoyées aux coordinateur-ices, au plus tard le 17 mars 2025 à Maria Kherbouche : maria.kherbouche@unige.ch et Axel Ravier : axel.ravier@unil.ch, ainsi qu’au comité de rédaction de la revue Genre, sexualité & société (revuegss@gmail.com) sous l’objet « Contribution GSS - Être LGBTI+ en dehors des centres urbains ». Il est indispensable de suivre les instructions typographiques et bibliographiques de la revue pour la rédaction des articles. Conformément à la politique éditoriale de la revue, chaque article sera soumis à une double évaluation anonyme. Les auteur-ices seront notifié-es par mail de l’acceptation de leur proposition le 1 avril 2025. À noter que l’acceptation d’une proposition ne signifie pas automatiquement acceptation de l’article en vue de la publication. La première version de l’article complet sera attendue le 30 juin 2025 pour une publication prévue au printemps 2026. Coordination Maria Kherbouche, assistante-doctorante, Université de Genève - Institut des études genre ; EHESS - Centre Maurice Halbwachs, maria.kherbouche@unige.ch Axel Ravier, doctorant contractuel, Université de Lausanne - Centre en études genre ; Université de Rouen-Normandie - DySoLab, Fellow Institut Convergences Migrations, axel.ravier@unil.ch Ce dossier de la revue Genre, sexualité & société vise à appréhender les pratiques, les caractéristiques sociales, les discours et les modes d’action des personnes LGBTI+ qui ne sont pas localisées dans les centres urbains. Cette proposition s’inscrit dans la continuité du colloque “Être LGBTI+ en dehors des centres urbains”, organisé conjointement par l’Université de Genève et l’Université de Lausanne en novembre 2024. En abordant ce thème, nous souhaitons poursuivre le développement des études sur les sexualités en dépassant ce qui nous semble avoir été longtemps un angle mort. En effet, depuis plus d’une vingtaine d’années, les centres urbains sont théorisés comme des espaces d’émancipation (Weston, 1995 ; Bech, 1997 ; Eribon, 1999), créant une dichotomie forte avec les zones rurales et les périphériques urbaines supposées LGBTI+phobes. Les discours homonationalistes (Puar, 2012 ; Jaunait, Le Renard, Marteu, 2013, Gabriel, 2015), qui ont des conséquences également sur le traitement politique et médiatique des personnes trans (Noukhkhaly, 2024), reprennent cette dichotomie pour altériser les quartiers populaires et ses habitant-e-x-s associé-e-x-s, décrits comme obscurantistes (Fassin, 2010 ; Clair, 2012 ; Mack, 2017). Ainsi, les enquêtes qui lient la prise en compte de l’espace avec des sexualités et identités de genre minorisées demeurent situées dans de grandes villes européennes et nord-américaines (Chauncey, 1994 ; Blidon, 2008 ; Leroy, 2009 ; Cattan et Leroy, 2010 ; Giraud, 2014 ; Bonté, 2021). Le constat est analogue pour les travaux qui explorent les mobilisations collectives LGBTI+ au prisme de la géographie : ils se centrent sur les marches des fiertés des grandes villes ou sur les festivals queer qui y voient le jour (Blidon, 2009 ; Markwell & Waitt 2009 ; Johnston, Waitt, 2015 ; Eleftheriadis, 2018 ; McCartan, 2022). Ce dossier souhaite donc décentrer cette perspective en se positionnant depuis les zones éloignées de la centralité urbaine, en mettant au premier plan les personnes et groupes LGBTI+ des quartiers populaires, des zones rurales ou péri-urbaines, tout en étant attentif à la multiplicité des rapports sociaux (de classe, de genre, de race, etc.) qui traversent et façonnent les expériences, et notamment les rapports à l’espace, et notamment les rapports à l’espace. Cet appel vise les travaux portant sur les « territoires délaissés » (Béal et al, 2025), une notion qui fédère diverses réalités urbaines et rurales autour des dynamiques sociales et politiques d’abandon par l’État, mais également sur la forte exposition médiatique de ces espaces, qui construit des imaginaires souvent réducteurs et stigmatisants liés à une supposée LGBTphobie généralisée. Pour ce faire, la critique d’une « metronormativité » des Gender and Sexuality studies (Halberstam, 2005), ainsi que la notion de « provincialisation de l’homosexualité » (Brown, 2008, 2019) nous semblent particulièrement heuristique pour analyser les vies LGBTI+ dans les villes excentrées des centres (Brekhus, 2003 ; Stone, 2018 ; Bain, Podmore, 2019, 2020, 2021). Ce dossier s’inscrit dans la continuité des travaux explorant les vécus des personnes LGBTI+ ou/et des groupes militants issus des espaces urbains périphériques et des milieux ruraux (Quéré, 2022 ; Bell et Valentine, 1995 ; Annes, 2012 ; Annes et Redlin, 2012 ; Brown, 2015, 2018 ; Giraud, 2016, 2023 ; Quéré, 2018 ; Gaissad, 2020 ; Zanotti, en cours). Il ambitionne également de montrer comment la prise en compte des rapports sociaux et spatiaux imbriqués peut contribuer à redéfinir et transformer les études sur les expériences LGBTI+. Ce dossier se veut interdisciplinaire et encourage la discussion via des cadres théoriques et des épistémologies critiques diverses (études postcoloniales, décoloniales, théories féministes et queer, analyses marxistes) dans les différentes disciplines des sciences sociales (sociologie, démographie, histoire, anthropologie, sciences de l’éducation, géographie, etc). Nous sollicitons des contributions aussi bien théoriques qu’empiriques, ainsi que des contributions sous la forme de traductions, d’entretiens individuels ou collectifs. Par ailleurs, nous encourageons particulièrement les articles qui explorent le thème de la périphérie à partir des expériences spécifiques des personnes lesbiennes, bisexuelles, trans et intersexes, afin de diversifier les approches et de ne pas limiter l’analyse aux vécus homosexuels masculins. Nous sommes conscient-e-x-s que les périphéries et « territoires délaissés », tout comme les vécus LGBTI+, se construisent différemment selon les contextes géographiques. Les références et interrogations proposées ici s’inscrivent principalement dans le contexte du Nord global. Pour autant, nous ne souhaitons pas universaliser les expériences à partir de ces recherches uniquement. Ainsi, nous accueillerons volontiers des contributions documentant les pratiques des personnes LGBTI+ résidant en périphérie des centres urbains, situées dans le Sud global. Ces propositions pourront suivre un ou plusieurs des quatre axes suivants. Nous accueillons très volontiers les contributions de masterant-e-x-s, doctorant-e-x-s, jeunes docteur-e-x-s et chercheur-e-x-s indépendant-e-x-s. Axe 1 : Être LGBTI+ et vivre en dehors des centres urbains : des modes de vie spécifiques ? Axe 2 : Mobilisations collectives LGBTI+ : engagement territorialisé ou délocalisé des centres vers la périphérie ? Axe 3 : Quels espaces fréquenter ? Faire lieu autrement, faire lieu ailleurs ? Axe 4 : Quelle(s) histoire(s) ? Quelle(s) méthode(s) ?
- Frist: 30. März 2025 Ungleichheiten neu denken: Theoretischeund methodologische Fragen intersektionaler Geschlechterforschung The examination of the concept of intersectionality as a theoretical approach and methodological approach as well as a power-critical instrument is productive, creative, and challenging at the same time. Against this background, we invite submissions on theoretical and methodological issues of intersectional analysis as well as on empirical research results of interdisciplinary gender studies. Editors are Anna Amelina, Barbara Gruning, Ingrid Jungwirth, and Catharina Peeck-Ho. We cordially invite you to submit an abstract by March 30, 2024.
- Frist: 31. März 2025 Für den Sammelband "Antifeminismen. Perspektiven aus Wissenschaft und Praxis", der 2026 in der gFFZ-Buchreihe "Genderforschung für die Praxis" beim Verlag Barbara Budrich erscheinen wird, suchen wir noch Beiträge (Einreichung der Abstracts bis 31.3.2025)
- Frist: 31. März 2025 Geschlecht und Sexualität sind seit jeher Gegenstand vielfältiger Prozesse der Transition und Transformation. Von vermeintlich eindeutigen Geschlechtertransitionen reichen sie bis hin zu subtilen Alltagspraktiken, die auf die Materialität des Geschlechtskörpers einwirken. Transgeschlechtliche Menschen befinden sich etwa in sozialen, körperlichen und juristischen Übergängen, die über eine lineare Bewegung von einem Geschlecht zu einem anderen hinausgehen mögen. Das neue Selbstbestimmungsgesetz rückt dabei Fragen zur Ermöglichung und Begrenzung der Gestaltbarkeit und Gestaltungsmacht von Geschlecht ins Zentrum. Intergeschlechtliche Menschen hingegen wurden im frühen Kindesalter lange Zeit Zwangstransformationen ihres Geschlechtskörpers ausgesetzt. Diese zurichtenden, medizinischen Eingriffe werden erst seit 2021 auch rechtlich infrage gestellt. Gesellschaftlich bleiben sowohl Legitimität als auch Notwendigkeit von Geschlechtsveränderungen vielfach umkämpft. Jenseits der problematisierten Geschlechtertransitionen prägen unzählige, vermeintlich unumstrittene Alltagshandlungen die Transformation von Geschlecht: vom Auftragen von MakeUp über Körperformung im Fitnessstudio bis hin zu Mutter-Kind-Kuren, Retreats oder Karrierecoachings für weibliche Führungskräfte. Auch Sexualität ist Gegenstand von Transformationsbemühungen, sei es durch – mittlerweile größtenteils verbotene – ‚Konversionstherapien‘, Sexual- und Paartherapien oder Präventionsprogramme. Gemeinsam ist diesen Phänomenen die Annahme eines defizitären Ausgangszustandes, der durch Transitionsprozesse zu verändern wäre – mit dem Ziel gesteigerter Gesundheit, Attraktivität, Lebensfreude und Funktionalität, der Konsolidierung von Identität oder emotionaler Balance. Geschlecht und Sexualität werden dabei zunehmend als verfügbar und individuell verantwortbar konzipiert. Implizit fließen sie in Krankheits- oder Störungsbilder sowie in Vorstellungen von Gesundheit, Erfolg, Schönheit und Glück ein. Diese Prozesse vereinen befreiende, emanzipatorische, aber auch restriktive und normierende Momente. In der Sektionsveranstaltung möchten wir diese Ambivalenzen beleuchten und laden Beiträge ein, die die Dynamiken und Implikationen von Veränderungsprozessen untersuchen – empirisch, theoretisch oder methodologisch. Mögliche Fragestellungen sind: Welche gesellschaftlichen Prozesse auf diskursiver, juristischer und organisatorischer Ebene (z.B. auch Bestimmungen zu Toiletten und Umkleiden) sind derzeit zu beobachten, in denen sich Vorstellungen, Zuschreibungen und Lebensweisen von Geschlecht wandeln? Welche Konzepte von Geschlecht und Sexualität liegen Transformationsprozessen zugrunde? Wie werden körperliche und soziale Aspekte wandelnder Geschlechtlichkeit und Sexualität konzipiert? Welche Formen der Transition oder Transformation werden angestrebt, welche verworfen? Welche Veränderungsdynamiken sind zu beobachten? Welche subjektive Bedeutung haben Transformationsprozesse von Geschlecht und Sexualität für Individuen und deren Subjektivierung? Wir bitten um die Einreichung von Beitragsvorschlägen (auch über die genannten Forschungsfragen hinausgehend) in Form von Abstracts, (maximal eine Seite) bis zum 31.03.2025 an: brodersen@gender.uni-kiel.de, robin.saalfeld@uni-jena.de und corinna.schmechel@uni-goettingen.de Organisation: Corinna Schmechel (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen), Robin Saalfeld (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena) und Folke Brodersen (Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel)
- Frist: 31. März 2025 Date : 20 et 21 novembre 2025 Lieu : Université d’Angers Organisation : TEMOS – UMR 9016 Modalités de soumission Les propositions de communication sont attendues pour le 31 mars 20225 à l’adresse suivante : nahema.hanafi@univ-angers.fr Elles devront comporter une brève notice bio-bibliographie ainsi qu’une présentation de la communication envisagée précisant l’ancrage (pluri)disciplinaire, les enjeux historiographiques, l’approche méthodologique ainsi que les matériaux mobilisés (800 à 1000 mots). A l’issue du colloque, des publications sont envisagées, moins sous la forme d’actes de colloque que de numéros de revue thématiques et/ou d’un ouvrage pensé collectivement. Les retours du comité scientifique auront lieu à la fin du mois d’avril 2025. Le colloque aura lieu les 20 et 21 novembre 2025 à l’Université d’Angers.
- Frist: 15. April 2025 Résumé Des bureaux de placement du XIXe siècle aux réseaux familiaux ou amicaux, et aujourd’hui aux plateformes numériques, les intermédiaires sont loin d’être une nouveauté dans le monde des services domestiques. Les recherches qui prennent le travail domestique pour objet occultent pourtant souvent ces mécanismes d’intermédiation. L’une des ambitions de ce numéro thématique est de combler ce manque en interrogeant les effets sur les services domestiques d’une intermédiation chargée, selon les cas, de la mise en relation, du recrutement, de la salarisation ou du management. Déplace-t-elle, supprime-t-elle ou, au contraire, reconduit-elle ces frontières entre, d’une part, relations intimes et relations économiques et, d’autre part, personnalisation (d’un travail souvent réalisé au domicile) et standardisation (généralement associée aux activités peu qualifiées) ? En quoi l’intermédiation modifie-t-elle le contenu du travail et les normes professionnelles ? L’appel distingue trois axes, que les contributions pourront explorer de manière croisée ou traiter séparément : le rôle le plus apparent d’un intermédiaire du marché du travail, à savoir la mise en relation de l’offre et de la demande les effets de l’intermédiation sur la segmentation, la stratification ou encore la professionnalisation du marché des services domestiques les contours de l’intermédiation — depuis son façonnage par les politiques publiques et acteurs économiques jusqu’aux situations contemporaines de désintermédiation. Les articles feront l’objet d’une évaluation anonyme selon la procédure en vigueur au sein du comité de rédaction de Sociologie du travail. Les échéances pour d’éventuels remaniements des articles retenus seront précisés au cours des différentes étapes du processus. La parution du numéro spécial est prévue au second semestre 2026. La sélection des contributions et leur évaluation étant anonymes, les auteurices ne doivent pas contacter les coordinateurices du numéro ni les membres du comité de rédaction mais bien soumettre leurs articles via le site internet de la revue. Les propositions d’articles, d’un volume total compris entre 65000 et 75000 signes, sont attendues le 15 avril 2025 au plus tard.
- Frist: 30. April 2025 Submit a Manuscript to the Journal, Journal of Gender Studies, for a Special Issue on Critical Perspectives on the Nexus between the Transformation of Gender Order and the Far Right Across the globe, we can observe contradictory shifts in the gender order. On the one hand, there has been a shift towards greater gender liberalisation and flexibility. On the other hand, there is evidence of the persistence and re-stabilisation of gender-conservative, anti-feminist, anti-queer and anti-LGBT* structures (Arguedas-Ramirez 2024, Edström et al. 2024, Scheele/Roth/Winkel 2022, Antić/Radačić 2020, Kuhar/Paternotte 2018). In this context, the (re-)establishment of social justice – not only in relation to gender, but also connected to sexuality, race/ethnicity, class, ability, and age – is challenged. Indeed, we often observe a backlash against equality. One actor that takes part in contesting the gender order and in shaping its transformation, is the far right. Here we understand it as a spectrum of anti-democratic and anti-pluralist groups, movements, and parties including regressive neoliberal, authoritarian, populist, nationalist, libertarian, fundamentalist, neo-fascist. Worldwide, far-right actors refer to the disruptions in the gender order in a way that serves to advance their anti-feminist, racist political project (cf. Roth/Sauer 2022). The last years have seen an intensification in gender-sensitive research on the far right. The literature has showed that a gender-sensitive approach is crucial for a comprehensive understanding of far-right extremism (see among others Scrinzi 2024, Leidig 2023, Leidig/Baryarri 2023, Kisoyava et al. 2022, Worth 2021, Blee 2020, Sauer 2020, Dietze/Roth 2020, Geva 2020, Mattheis 2018, Köttig et al. 2017, Farris 2017, Fangen 2003). However, when it comes to the nexus of the gender order and the far right, the literature has thus far has focused on two lines of work. First, work dealing with the gender order within the far right. Second, work analysing how the far right addresses gender in its narratives, programs, and politics. In contrast, we have only begun to understand the complex dynamics, effects and contradictions of the nexus between the transformation of the societal gender order and the contemporary far right. This Special Issue contributes to filling this gap by exploring the role of the far right in the ambivalent transformation and contestation of the gender order. Since both the transformation of the gender order and the politicisation of gender by far-right actors can be observed globally (e.g. Goetz/Meyer 2023), the endeavor of understanding the far right’s part in the ambivalent transformation of the gender order must inevitably have a global focus. This endeavor has to bear in mind heterogeneities of far-right movements and of the different contexts in which they emerge. So far, studies of the far right focus mainly on Europe and the US. De- and postcolonial accounts of the far right in the Global South criticize the epistemic coloniality and orientalism that is a consequence of this methodological Eurocentrism/Westernism (e.g. Kumral 2024; Pinheiro-Machado/Vargas-Maia 2023; Masood/Nisar 2020). Alike, work to understand the nexus between the gender order transformation and the far right in a global perspective has to bear in mind historical path dependencies, regional particularities and ideological continuities in regional gender regimes, and their transformation (Bose 2023, 2015, Pinheiro-Machado/Varga-Maia 2023). By deliberately adopting a global perspective, the special issue wants to transcend the methodological eurocentrism of studies of the far-right and test whether gender is a suitable analytical category for relating and comparing phenomena across different regional developments. Our main objective is to gather empirical evidence from different disciplines on how the nexus between the far right and the transformation of the gender order manifests in different countries and regions of the world, how it materializes in different cultural, political, economic and religious contexts, how it unfolds on a transnational level, how it intersects with social categories like race, class etc., and how it is discussed in the wider public and conceptualized in scholarship. We also seek contributions with conceptual and theoretical considerations that deepen our understanding of how the contemporary far right is both an actor and a contributor in the transformation of the gender order. The contributions to the special issue can engage with the following questions and beyond: In what ways is the societal gender order in a given country/region the condition for far-right mobilisation successes, strategies, and programs? How does the far-right refer to the societal gender order in a given country/region? How do far-right actors politicize or depoliticize certain aspects of the gender order? The transformation of the gender order, and the contestations that go along with it, are taking place in numerous fields and arenas: school/education, media, culture, governments/legislative bodies, labor markets, organisation of care work, within private relationships and so on. Which arenas does the far right choose (not) to enter, and why? And what factors determine their success in these arenas? There is some literature on how the topic of gender is adopted and framed by the far right. But how are far-right discourses on gender addressed in contexts like education or jurisdiction? What impact does this have on broader discourses, in school or legislative processes? How do far-right actors adopt and build their ideology and program upon gender-conservative and -reactionary attitudes and structures present in the mainstream? How do they radicalize them? How do societal gender relations and the concept of gender shape the perception of far-right actors (and their gendered self-presentation) by the state, scholarship, and civil society? How does the far right engage internationally in the struggle over the interpretation of gender relations/gender order? How do international networks of the far-right relate to gender? What is the role of social media? In discourse, Eurocentric and white accounts of gender and the far right are hegemonic. How do perspectives from other regions of the world or an intersectional or de-/postcolonial analysis (ex. Indelicato/Magalhaes Lopes, 2024; Erel, 2018) challenge this Eurocentric and predominantly white understanding? Which intersectional perspectives help understand the nexus of the gender order and the contemporary far right? How does the far right affect lived experiences? How do individuals negatively affected by far-right gender-reactionary and anti-feminist ideologies experience these effects? And how do such attacks reshape the gender order at the everyday level? Submission Instructions Abstracts of approximately 600-800 words should be submitted by end of April 2025 to the following email addresses: marie.reusch@sowi.uni-giessen.de and viktoria.roesch@fb4.fra-uas.de. All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the Guest Editors, and feedback will be shared by the end of May 2025. Authors whose abstracts are selected will be invited to submit their full manuscripts. Manuscripts should adhere to the submission guidelines of the Journal of Gender Studies and will undergo a double-blind peer review process.
- Frist: 01. Mai 2025 Call for papers: Feminism, Antifeminism, and the Mobilization of Regret | Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society Feminism is forward-looking and world-building. Feminists everywhere can call to mind the manifestos, mobilizations, solidarities, creative inspirations, legal propositions, and revolutionary paradigms that inspire us to action and move us toward more just futures. At the same time, we may also be haunted by obstacles encountered, losses experienced, and regrets felt along the way. With over fifty years of feminist history behind the journal - and, we hope, another fifty years of feminist troublemaking ahead - Signs seeks essays that delineate both how feminists may experience, theorize, and productively apply the concept of regret and how it may, alternatively, thwart the development of feminist futures. As Andrea Long Chu asserts, “Where there is freedom, there will always be regret. . . . Regret is freedom projected into the past.” Janet Landman, similarly, has conceptualized regret as signifying the “persistence of the possible.” On the one hand, how can feminists engage these generative qualities of regret - freedom and possibility - in our thinking and action? If there are choices that we, individually or collectively, regret, how might our regrets motivate political or personal choices? On the other, how do false narratives deployed by the Right, such as threats of regret over abortion or gender transition, act to undermine individual transformation and broader social change? We seek essays that make theoretical, analytical, and/or activist interventions. We welcome papers that engage the complex dynamics and larger contexts of regret, from the personal, emotional, and creative realms to the social, political, and empirical; or that consider how regret converges with or departs from related affective terrains of shame, guilt, grief, or nostalgia. As always, Signs encourages transdisciplinary and transnational essays that address substantive feminist questions, debates, and forms of literary, artistic, and cultural representation and that minimize disciplinary or academic jargon. Possible areas of focus might include: How is regret, as affect and as political discourse, constructed in relation to gender, race, class, sexuality, nationality, and history? Whose harms are considered regrettable, and whose are merely collateral damage? How do regressive cultural phenomena such as “gender-critical” discourse; crusades against diversity, equity, and belonging initiatives; book banning; or “incel” culture position the loss of white, heterosexual, cisgender hegemony as regrettable? How can feminist action and discourse counter such framings? Some feminist and antiracist social media movements, such as #MeToo/#BalanceTonPorc/#YoTambien, #ShoutYourAbortion, or #BlackLivesMatter, resist social discourses that cast violent harm as a result of regrettable individual actions (such as what someone was wearing or where they were walking). Such movements resist regret and transform silence into speech; are they successful in dismantling power structures? Regret may stem from conflict within feminist movements. For example, regret may result in or from efforts to “call in” or “call out” negative behavior in our classrooms, communities, and online spaces. Must such regret end in irresolvable conflict, or can it produce new coalitions? Setbacks in progress toward political goals - for example, the overturning of Roe v. Wade - may lead to regret for past strategic choices. Such regret has the potential to cause paralysis or apathy; can it instead embolden us to develop new and more effective strategies? The social, political, and economic conditions of late capitalism around the world - such as lack of childcare, eldercare, healthcare, and housing - force impossible “choices” in relation to parenting, intimate relations, and work and create the conditions for regret. Nationalist ideologies of gender and family recast such constraints as “natural” and necessary. How can feminists counter such constraints and distortions? In “From a Survivor,” Adrienne Rich writes regretfully of her marriage and her husband’s suicide, “I don’t know who we thought we were / that our personalities/ could resist the failures of the race. . . . / Like everybody else, we thought of ourselves as special.” Where and how do regret and its related affects (shame, grief, loss, nostalgia) appear in or structure feminist art and literature? The deadline for submissions is May 1, 2025. Laura Green (Northeastern University) and Chris Bobel (University of Massachusetts Boston) will serve as guest editors. Manuscripts should be submitted electronically through Signs’ Editorial Manager system at http://signs.edmgr.com and must conform to the guidelines for submission available at http://signsjournal.org/for-authors/author-guidelines/.
- Frist: 31. Juli 2025 Colloque interdisciplinaire, du 20 au 21 mars 2025, au CNAM Paris Avec la «révolution numérique» (Cardon, 2019) amorcée dans les années 2000, la recherche en sociologie du travail s’efforce de rendre compte des effets induits par l’usage croissant des dispositifs numériques et des nouvelles technologies sur les structures de l’emploi, les organisations du travail, les conditions de travail, ainsi que sur son articulation avec la vie privée. Du côté de l’emploi, l’essor des plateformes numériques a fait émerger de nombreuses «zones grises de l’emploi» (Bernard & Abdelnour, 2018; Bureau et al., 2019; Azaïs et al., 2017) venant brouiller les frontières entre salariat et travail indépendant (Supiot 2000; Dupuy & Larré, 1998). Le développement des outils numériques de gestion et de communication est également venu transformer les modalités de contrôle et d’encadrement des travailleur·ses; et bouleverser – avec la progression du télétravail notamment (Schütz, 2021; Le Gagneur, 2023) – les frontières spatiales et temporelles du travail (Benedetto-Meyer & Boboc, 2021), amenant les travailleur·ses à repenser leurs modalités d’articulation des temps sociaux (Pizarro Erazo, Viera Giraldo & Landour, 2023). Ces éléments ont des répercussions sur le travail en lui-même, qui peut être amené à changer de nature, mais également sur les conditions de travail et la santé des travailleur·ses, qui peuvent se trouver améliorées (notamment par l’automatisation de certaines tâches dites «pénibles») mais aussi détériorées par l’intensification du travail. Ce colloque vise ainsi à faire le point sur les formes et les effets des transformations du travail, de l’emploi et des organisations à l’ère numérique. Comment le travail et l’emploi se transforment-ils, face à l’arrivée de nouveaux outils et modes de communication? Ces évolutions représentent-elles des gains, ou au contraire des pertes de droit, pour celles et ceux qui travaillent? Dans quelles mesure les évolutions numériques du travail et de l’emploi servent-elles les organisations? Comment ces mutations de l’univers professionnel viennent- elles modifier les organisations familiales et domestiques? Si le statut d’emploi influe sur le travail et ses conditions, comment cette équation se renouvelle-t-elle (ou non) face à l’accroissement des usages numériques? Et comment peut-on lire les usages, vécus et représentations sur ces transformations au prisme des rapports sociaux? Ce colloque se veut offrir un lieu de mise en discussion des interpénétrations multiples entre travail, emploi et numérique à travers une grille de lecture intersectionnelle. Nous encourageons pour cela les contributeur·ices à analyser la diversité des effets produits par le numérique en fonction des rapports de domination de classe, de genre, de race, d’âge ou de handicap qui traversent les organisations de travail et dans lesquels les individus sont pris. Ce colloque ambitionne également de favoriser le croisement entre différents regards disciplinaires, qui constituent une approche fructueuse pour mettre à l’épreuve la façon dont les usages des technologies numériques agissent sur le travail et l’emploi (Greenan et al., 2010 ; Bobiller Chaumon et al., 2022). Aussi, les communications de toutes les disciplines (sociologie, économique, gestion, psychologie, droit, histoire) sont les bienvenues et pourront s’inscrire dans un ou plusieurs des axes suivants: Axe 1 : Le numérique comme outil de rationalisation du travail Axe 2 : Les dispositifs numériques comme instruments de mise au travail Axe 3 : Les effets des technologies sur l’articulation des temps sociaux Axe 4 : Les travailleur·ses du numérique Axe 5 : Flexibilisation de l’emploi à l’heure du numérique Axe 6 : Conditions de travail et santé à l’épreuve du numérique Modalités pratiques du colloque Les personnes intéressées pour intervenir sont invitées à déposer une proposition de communication, de 3 500 à 4 000 signes (hors bibliographie) qui présentera le titre, l’objet, la problématique, la méthode utilisée et le ou les axes dans lesquels elles s’insèrent. Les propositions devront être déposées avant le 31 juillet 2024 sur la plateforme Sciencesconf en suivant la procédure suivante : Le dépôt de votre proposition nécessite au préalable la création d’un compte sur cette plateforme : https://portal.sciencesconf.org/user/createaccount Vous pourrez ensuite procéder au dépôt de votre proposition de communication en vous connectant au site du colloque : https://travnum2025.sciencesconf.org/, dans la rubrique Dépôts/Déposer un résumé et en recopiant votre texte rédigé dans le cadre prévu à cet effet. Pour tout renseignement, vous pouvez écrire à l’adresse suivante: travnum2025@sciencesconf.org Après notification d’acceptation (fin septembre 2024), les textes complets des communications retenues (30 000-35 000 signes tout compris) seront attendus pour le 1er février 2025. Ce colloque fera l’objet par la suite d’une valorisation sous forme d’un ouvrage collectif. Calendrier Dépôts de propositions de communication : le 31 juillet 2025 Réponse du comité : fin septembre Dépôts du texte final des communications : le 1er février 2025 Inscriptions gratuites en ligne : du 15 octobre 2024 au 1er mars 2025 Déroulement du colloque : les 20 et 21 mars 2025
- Frist: 15. Oktober 2025 Democratization of the Senses – Senses of Democracy: Emancipation as Experience of Equality in Hierarchical Otherwise Sensorial Spaces An International and Transdisciplinary Conference Organized by the Department of Sports Science and Motologie and the Department of Studies in Culture and History April 4 – 6, 2025 at the University of Marburg Recent studies from Radical Democracy Theory have not only critiqued the reduction of democratic processes to a representative, juridico-economic, or institutional act (cf. Agamben 2012:12; Balibar 2012; Mouffe 2005), but have paved the way for an ontic framing of “the democratic” itself. Politics, then, is no longer understood as a mere space of negotiation, as a “system of producing and deploying collectively binding decisions” (Comtesse et al. 2019; Friedrichs 2021: 24). The focus shifts to the epistemic institutions that precede democracy and the political (cf. Friedrichs 2021: 24; Rancière 2016; Rancière 2002; Abbas 2019; Marchart 2019). Particularly those discourses on democratic theory that follow Jacques Rancière seek to understand democracy as holistic process. Concepts like “democracy of the senses” (Butler 2010), “sensory citizenship” (Trnka et al. 2013), “senses of democracy” (Masiello 2018), “democracy as sensual space” (Dietrich 2022: 90), “political aesthesis” (Friedrichs 2021), “posthumanist democracy as a form of life” (Spahn/Wieners 2023), or the understanding of the pollical field as “somato-sensorial gestalt” (Linke 2006) point toward a novel understanding of democracy. Such approaches focus on the sensual prerequisites for the existence of a space for negotiations among equals and on the question which (non-human) actors are excluded from it. Moreover, they question a concept of understanding that is built exclusively on rational thinking. Jacques Rancière’s often cited phrase of a “(new) division of the sensual” (Ranciere 2008; 2008a; 2016) can thus be taken as call for the further integration of a somatic-sensual dimension into the discourse on democracy and participation. The interdisciplinary conference aims to explore how a sensual-meaningful, socio-somatic understanding of the democratic as a form of experience may look like (without furthering a dichotomy of logos and sensus). If indeed sensual perception and, consequently, the experience of relations of power and domination differ among social groups and if, in turn, political life is constituted by using the senses (cf. Ranciere 2002; 2008; 2008a; 2016; Bünger/Trautmann 2012; Trnka u.a. 2013; Vannini u.a. 2014; Kwek/Sefert 2016), then we must pay attention to a democratization of the senses in everyday social and political practices to account for the senses of democracy. The perception of different cultural constructions in social movement contexts and their somaticsensual inscriptions is only made possible by the existence of democracy. For this reason, democracy is a primordial precondition for dissident somatic reflections. The conference will focus on the question if and how the late-capitalist, Western modular and hierarchical understanding of the senses as (intertwined) expression of ocular-, logo-, androand anthropo-centrism (cf. Howes 2006; Mraczny 2012; Kwek/Seyfert 2016; Hubermann 2023) entails a hierarchical pre-structuring of the democratic political field. Visual culture, for example, produces “specific practices, discourses, and ways of speaking that encompass various fields and privilege them before others” (Marzny 2012, 197). At the same time, it becomes apparent that an understanding of democracy that considers the logos as superior to the sensus, excludes the articulation of somatic-affective discomfort from the democratic sensorium. The non-human Other is thus all but silenced. Equally little research has been done on the sensual-somatic basis of the animation of collective affects in both human and non-human contexts. The question arises how these affects produce a sensorium in a possibly discriminating way and how they are involved in sensorial-sensual processes of ordering and dividing (Slaby 2019; Ahmed 2004, 2014; Bucher 2017, 2018; Beer 2017). For this reason, the conference will focus on the analysis of the hegemonic use of the senses, particularly the visual sense. It aims to explore avenues toward a democratization of the senses through the irritation of the visual sense by the deployment of other senses. Based on our assumption that political emancipation hinges less on marginalized groups’ lack of knowledge than on their lack of opportunity to gain diverse experiences (cf. Rancière 2016), the conference also aims to open an egalitarian space of speech and experience. Equality is understood in terms of “enabling the juxtaposition of two voices” (Ranciere 2008, 11) and as the “fact of mutual understanding” (ibid., 14). The conference will provide hierarchically-different sensorial spaces and situations, thus creating, as we hope, a condition for political emancipation. This arrangement enables the sensorial perception in bodily interiors and interstices as a political public where sensorial inequality is collectively negotiated. We ask, how can we come to terms with the sensually and socially hierarchical distinction between meaning and the senses, as well as with the production of diverse sensual situations (not only) among humans? And how can strategies toward achieving a sensually accessible emancipation be developed? The conference format seeks to deconstruct dominant visual structures. We explicitly ask for multi-sensorial contributions like audio walks, sound installations and interjections, collective walks, and conversations. Lecture performances are equally welcome as sensorimotor and perception-oriented field trips, both with and without experiences of touch, considering and negotiating sensual-affective boundaries. To experiment with sensual didactics and irritate the fond habit of following the order of “eyes-seeing-thinking”, we discourage the classical lecture format and the showing of visual material in favor of otherwise-sensorial approaches. Please submit abstracts of maximal two pages or an audio format alike by Oct. 15th, 2024 to wuttig@uni-marburg.de and ellen.thuma@uni-marburg.de.