Call for Papers: Gender Campus

Frist: Winter School meccanica feminale 2025Gender Studies, MINT

Frist: Decentering Western Frameworks in the Study of Anti-Gender Politics in the CEE

Frist: Still ‘Vexing’ for Care in Neoliberal UniversitiesGender Studies 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: New fellowships at CAIS: Time and Space for Focus and InspirationGender Studies 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"Gender Studies, Sozialwissenschaften, Geisteswissenschaften 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: 11. Interdisziplinärer Workshop Kritische SexarbeitsforschungGender Studies

Frist: En-Gender 2025Gender Studies, Sozialwissenschaften, Geisteswissenschaften

Frist: 27. April 2025 Digital intimacies, young people and everyday lifeGender Studies Call for papers | International conference Digital intimacies, young people and everyday life 25-26 September 2025 - University of Padova, Italy The digital space is gradually contributing to shaping the concept of intimacy, transforming what was once considered the exclusive domain of the private sphere into a continuous flow of data, desires, and connections. From social media to dating apps, from digital tools for self-expression to algorithmic imaginaries, intimate relationships are constantly redefined in the digital environment in increasingly complex and multifaceted ways. For young people, digital media has become an essential part of their everyday lives, as they are the fastest group in taking up, transforming and abandoning new technologies. In their daily media practices, young people establish, maintain, and perform relationships while negotiating the need for privacy with the desire for visibility. Digital platforms act as affective architectures, creating new marketplaces where emotions, identities, and relationships are continuously profiled and monetized. As Laurent Berlant (1998) noted, these “contradictory desires” are intrinsic to the intimacy of daily life. By welcoming the ambiguities and paradoxes of intimacy, connection and identity, the field of digital intimacies contends with the constant interplay between public and private in everyday life. How is intimacy experienced in a context where everything seems mediated through algorithms and regimes of visibility? What new forms of affection, sexuality, and bonds emerge in the digital daily lives of young people, and what risks do these transformations entail? How do young people draw on, negotiate and transform representations and models of intimate relationships? This conference invites researchers to investigate the multiple ways in which young people interact with, negotiate, and reinvent intimacy in a progressively digitalized world. Intimacy is not limited to romantic or sexual relationships, but includes a broader spectrum of dimensions, such as friendships, family bonds, personal identity, and emotional well-being. We welcome approaches that move beyond and challenge heteronormative, Western-centric notions of intimacy, inviting broader and more inclusive conceptualizations. The goal of the conference is to create a critical discussion space to reflect on the opportunities, challenges, and contradictions inherent in digital intimacies, exploring its intersections with the social, cultural, and technological dimensions of daily life. While the digital offers new possibilities for connections, self-expression, and identity construction, it simultaneously raises questions about privacy, surveillance, commodification, and inequalities. While the main focus of the conference lies within media, cultural, and gender studies—particularly concerning young people, digital intimacies, and everyday life—interdisciplinary perspectives are welcome. We invite presentations on the following topics, but not limited to: Dating, relationships, and intimate connections Sexual expressions and practices, including sexting and pornography Gender identities, performances and representations LGBTQIA+ activism and communities Intersectional perspectives on digital intimacies Friendship and networks of care Constant connection and digital disconnection in interpersonal communication Bodies, health, and sex education Online and offline abuse in intimate relationships Datification and commodification of intimacy Platforms, algorithms, and digital monitoring, including intimate partner surveillance and location tracking Intimate citizenship and rights Methodological and ethical challenges in doing research with young people and digital intimacies Abstract Submission Please submit your 350-400 words abstract in English, including contact details before 27 April 2025. Abstracts will be reviewed via a blind peer review process.

Frist: 27. April 2025 Classism, Religion, and Gender. On the Inter-section of Hidden InequalitiesGender Studies, Geisteswissenschaften, Sozialwissenschaften Klassismus, Religion und Geschlecht. Zur Intersektion verborgener Ungleichheiten November 7–8, 2025, Berlin „Vom Tellerwäscher zum Millionär“– längst ist diese Illusion über den US-amerikanischen Kontext hinaus präsent. Es wird suggeriert, dass hartes und engagiertes Arbeiten fast automatisch zu Erfolg führt. Empirisch ist dieses Credo widerlegt, und doch hält es sich in unserer vermeintlichen Leistungsgesellschaft hartnäckig. Kaum wird dabei von Klassismus gesprochen, denn Klassismus dürfte es in einer Leistungsgesellschaft doch gar nicht geben, oder? Soziologische und erziehungswissenschaftliche Forsch ungen können bereits auf viele Arbeiten zu Klasse als Kategorie sozialer Ungleichheit zurückgreifen. Auch intersektionale Perspektiven finden Berücksichtigung, insbesondere mit Blick auf die klassische Triade von „Race, Class und Gender“. Religion als soziale Kategorie bleibt häufig entweder unbenannt oder wird im Zusammenhang Soziologische und erziehungswissenschaftliche Forsch ungen können bereits auf viele Arbeiten zu Klasse als Kategorie sozialer Ungleichheit zurückgreifen. Auch intersektionale Perspektiven finden Berücksichtigung, insbesondere mit Blick auf die klassische Triade von „Race, Class und Gender“. Religion als soziale Kategorie bleibt häufig entweder unbenannt oder wird im Zusammenhang einer säkularen Moderne gelesen, oft durch Dichotomien wie modern vs. traditionell, säkular vs. religiös, sexuell befreit vs. unterdrückt. Auf der Tagung sollen Diskurse zu Klasse, Geschlecht und Religion zusammengedacht werden. Folgende Fragen sind dabei leitend: Welche Rolle kommt Klassismus in der Verwobenheit mit Religion und/oder Geschlecht in unserer Gesellschaft zu? Welche Bedeutung kommen Religion oder religiösen Institutionen und Gemeinschaften in Debatten zu Klassismus zu – oder ist Religion bislang zu Recht nur marginal diskutiert worden? Inwiefern tragen Religion und/oder Geschlecht dazu bei, Klassismus zu begünstigen (oder zu minimieren)? Inwiefern kann eine interdisziplinäre Betrachtung von Klassismus zur Förderung von sozialer Gerechtigkeit beitragen? Wo lässt sich Klassismus in der Praxis beobachten? Information zur Teilnahme: Für die Präsentationen stehen 20 Minuten sowie zehn Minuten zur Diskussion zur Verfügung. Die Präsentationen können in deutscher oder englischer Sprache gehalten werden. Vorschläge für einen Beitrag sind in Form eines Abstracts (ca. 300 Wörter) bis zum 27. April 2025 einzureichen. Einreichungen sollen folgende Aspekte umfassen: Titel des Beitrags; Fragestellung und Erkenntnisinteresse; Kurzlebenslauf. Abstracts und Nachfragen bitte an klassismustagung2025@gmail.com. Die Benachrichtigungen über die Annahme der Beiträge erfolgt bis zum 10.05.2025. Tagungsort ist die Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Die Tagung findet vom 07.-08. November 2025 in Kooperation mit der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung und dem Graduiertenzentrum der Theologien der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin statt. Eine Tagungsgebühr wird nicht erhoben. Für alle Vortragenden kann ein Honorar ausgezahlt werden. Sollte Kinderbetreuung benötigt werden, wenden Sie sich bitte an die tagungsverantwortlichen Personen. Im Anschluss an die Tagung ist die Veröffentlichung eines Sammelbands geplant.

Frist: 27. April 2025 Digital Intimacies, young people, and everyday lifeGender Studies, Sozialwissenschaften, Geisteswissenschaften Digital Intimacies, young people, and everyday life | University of Padova The digital space is gradually contributing to shaping the concept of intimacy, transforming what was once considered the exclusive domain of the private sphere into a continuous flow of data, desires, and connections. From social media to dating apps, from digital tools for self-expression to algorithmic imaginaries, intimate relationships are constantly redefined in the digital environment in increasingly complex and multifaceted ways. For young people, digital media has become an essential part of their everyday lives, as they are the fastest group in taking up, transforming and abandoning new technologies. In their daily media practices, young people establish, maintain, and perform relationships while negotiating the need for privacy with the desire for visibility. Digital platforms act as affective architectures, creating new marketplaces where emotions, identities, and relationships are continuously profiled and monetized. As Laurent Berlant (1998) noted, these “contradictory desires” are intrinsic to the intimacy of daily life. By welcoming the ambiguities and paradoxes of intimacy, connection and identity, the field of digital intimacies contends with the constant interplay between public and private in everyday life. How is intimacy experienced in a context where everything seems mediated through algorithms and regimes of visibility? What new forms of affection, sexuality, and bonds emerge in the digital daily lives of young people, and what risks do these transformations entail? How do young people draw on, negotiate and transform representations and models of intimate relationships? This conference invites researchers to investigate the multiple ways in which young people interact with, negotiate, and reinvent intimacy in a progressively digitalized world. Intimacy is not limited to romantic or sexual relationships, but includes a broader spectrum of dimensions, such as friendships, family bonds, personal identity, and emotional well-being. We welcome approaches that move beyond and challenge heteronormative, Western-centric notions of intimacy, inviting broader and more inclusive conceptualizations. The goal of the conference is to create a critical discussion space to reflect on the opportunities, challenges, and contradictions inherent in digital intimacies, exploring its intersections with the social, cultural, and technological dimensions of daily life. While the digital offers new possibilities for connections, self-expression, and identity construction, it simultaneously raises questions about privacy, surveillance, commodification, and inequalities. While the main focus of the conference lies within media, cultural, and gender studies—particularly concerning young people, digital intimacies, and everyday life—interdisciplinary perspectives are welcome. We invite presentations on the following topics, but not limited to: Dating, relationships, and intimate connections Sexual expressions and practices, including sexting and pornography Gender identities, performances and representations LGBTQIA+ activism and communities Intersectional perspectives on digital intimacies Friendship and networks of care Constant connection and digital disconnection in interpersonal communication Bodies, health, and sex education Online and offline abuse in intimate relationships Datification and commodification of intimacy Platforms, algorithms, and digital monitoring, including intimate partner surveillance and location tracking Intimate citizenship and rights Methodological and ethical challenges in doing research with young people and digital intimacies Abstract Submission Please submit your 350-400 words abstract in English, including contact details before 27 April 2025. Abstracts will be reviewed via a blind peer review process. Please submit your abstract via Google Forms: https://forms.gle/cmmfHvcbfh5ZzjYo6

Frist: 27. April 2025 Lessons from the non-binary. Potentiale soziologischer Forschung über/mit NichtbinaritätGender Studies, Sozialwissenschaften, Geisteswissenschaften Lessons from the non-binary. Potentiale soziologischer Forschung über und mit Nichtbinarität. Ad-hoc-Gruppe auf dem 42. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie „Transitionen“ vom 22.-26.09.2025 an der Universität Duisburg-Essen Die binäre Geschlechterordnung wird zunehmend mit Kategorien konfrontiert, die sich außerhalb der Dicho-tomie ‘männlich’ und ‘weiblich’ bewegen. Mit dem Arbeitsbegriff ‘nichtbinär’ lassen sich diese unterschied-lichen geschlechtlichen Positionierungen fassen, die sich immer mehr in Selbstbeschreibungen, medialen Re-präsentationen und rechtlichen Entwicklungen – etwa im Kontext des Selbstbestimmungsgesetzes – zeigen. Die Personenkategorie Nichtbinär scheint im Entstehen zu sein: Ihre Herausbildung ist Teil eines unabge-schlossenen und kontingenten Prozesses, eine Möglichkeit geschlechtlicher Identifikation im Werden. Dabei befindet sie sich in einem Spannungsfeld zwischen einer (explizit) antikategorialen Verortung und dem Status als (sich institutionalisierende) Personenkategorie (Amin 2022). Diese Transition der Möglichkeiten geschlechtlicher Verortung ist das zentrale Thema unserer Ad-hoc Gruppe. Im Rahmen des Panels wollen wir ontologische, epistemische und theoretische Perspektiven aufzei-gen, die Nichtbinarität zum Ausgangspunkt haben und/oder von Nichtbinarität ausgehen, um diese zueinan-der in Bezug setzen zu können. Bisher werden Themen rund um Nichtbinarität oft als Erweiterung bestehen-der Identitätskategorien verhandelt. Theoretisierungen von Nichtbinarität und umfassende empirische Ar-beiten, welche Potenziale in verschiedene Richtungen ausloten, gibt es wenige (Monro 2019, Darwin 2020). Obwohl sich die Soziologie seit jeher mit gesellschaftlichen Transitionen auseinandersetzt, ist der Wandel der Geschlechterordnung in diesem Punkt noch nicht ausreichend erforscht. Wir möchten aktuell entstehende Forschungsansätze zusammenführen und nach der Produktivität von Nichtbinarität als (soziologische) Per-spektive fragen. Im Anschluss an Brubakers (2016) ‘thinking with trans’ soll ein Raum für ‘thinking with non-binary’ aufgemacht werden.

Frist: 27. April 2025 Liebe, Sexualität und Intimität im Exil – historische und aktuelle PerspektivenGender Studies, Sozialwissenschaften, Geisteswissenschaften Die Jahrestagung 2025 der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Exilforschung (öge) widmet sich unter dem Titel Liebe, Sexualität und Intimität im Exil bisher wenig beachteten Erfahrungen von Geflüchteten. Sie blickt aus historischer und aktueller sowie aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive auf diese Komplexe und fragt nach emotionalen, romantischen oder körperlichen Erfahrungen. Gefühle – so hält die Historikerin Ute Frevert fest – sind schließlich handlungsmotivierend und demnach als zentrale Analysekategorie zu berücksichtigen, wenn wir agency im Exil beforschen. „Es gibt, mein Liebster, nur einen Ort der Welt, an dem ich mich wie in meinem Land fühle, und der ist in deinen Armen. Dort kann ich ruhen. Dort kann ich frei atmen. Dort habe ich keine Angst, ich selbst zu sein. Mit dir, mein Liebster, ganz egal in welchem Land, wäre ich in meinem Land.“ Mit diesen Worten reflektierte die Wiener Schauspielerin Hedwig Schlichter, die nach überstandener Flucht aus Österreich und später aus Frankreich 1940 in Argentinien angekommen war, ihr „Schicksal der Emigrantin“. Über viele Jahre verfasste Schlichter Briefe an jenen Mann, den sie bei der Überfahrt von Bordeaux nach Buenos Aires kennen und lieben gelernt hatte – ohne diese Briefe jedoch jemals abzuschicken. Der Grund dafür ist nicht bekannt, die Identität des Adressaten genauso wenig, und doch erlaubt dieser kurze Abriss vielfältige Anknüpfungspunkte für die Erforschung von Liebe, Sexualität und Intimität im Exil. Er wirft die Frage auf, wie intime Beziehungen in den transnationalen Kontexten des Exils praktiziert werden konnten, wenn doch Nähe, folgt man der Kulturtheoretikerin Lauren Berlant, ein bestimmendes Element davon war; wie sich sexuelles Begehren in Zeiten der politischen Extreme entwickelte; wie geliebte Menschen neben all den Ungewissheiten der Emigration Sicherheit bieten, die Brücke zum Herkunftsland schlagen oder aber zu Verzweiflung und dem Gefühl von Verlust beitragen konnten. Die Jahrestagung 2025 der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Exilforschung (öge) widmet sich unter dem Titel Liebe, Sexualität und Intimität im Exil bisher wenig beachteten Erfahrungen von Geflüchteten. Sie blickt aus historischer und aktueller sowie aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive auf diese Komplexe und fragt nach emotionalen, romantischen oder körperlichen Erfahrungen. Gefühle – so hält die Historikerin Ute Frevert fest – sind schließlich handlungsmotivierend und demnach als zentrale Analysekategorie zu berücksichtigen, wenn wir agency im Exil beforschen. Dies machte nicht zuletzt auch Marion Kaplan in ihrer 2022 erschienenen Studie zum Transitland Portugal deutlich. In der mit Gefühlen von Angst, Trauer und Wut verbundenen Fluchtsituation konnten emotional communities (Barbara Rosenwein) für Stabilität und Zugehörigkeit sorgen und die Basis für innige Beziehungen bilden. Auch die Familie, (Schein-)Ehen oder queere Netzwerke vermochten den Alltag im Exil zu erleichtern und alternative und ermächtigende Handlungsoptionen zu eröffnen. Zudem gerieten herkömmliche Geschlechterrollen vielfach ins Wanken, da nun oft Frauen – zumindest vorübergehend – die Rolle der Familienerhalterinnen übernahmen. Parallel dazu radikalisierten sich aber teils auch gewaltvolle Beziehungsformen in der sozialen Isolation des Exils, geschlechterhierarchische Strukturen konnten sich verschärfen und Männlichkeits- und Weiblichkeitsbilder sowie emanzipative Errungenschaften einen Backlash erleiden. Sowohl historisch als auch in gegenwärtigen Regimen wird/wurde Sexualität zudem vielfach politisch instrumentalisiert. Lesbische, schwule, queere und inter- oder transsexuelle Menschen erleben/erlebten Ausgrenzung und werden/wurden verfolgt – im Nationalsozialismus, in Putins Russland oder aber im Syrien der vergangenen Jahre. Doch auch in vermeintlich demokratischen Systemen, in Polen oder in den USA, sorgt die Forderung nach Abtreibungsrechten oder nach juristischer und gesellschaftlicher Gleichstellung von LGBTQIA+-Personen wiederholt für empörte Reaktionen bis hin zu gewaltvollen Ausschreitungen. Jungen Frauen wurde vielfach eine triebhafte Sexualität diagnostiziert, die es etwa NS-Behörden erlaubte, die Betroffenen als „asozial“ zu stigmatisieren und sie als solche zu Abtreibungen oder Zwangssterilisationen zu zwingen; auch Frauen in der Sexarbeit traf dieses Schicksal. Die in diesem Kontext oft erlebte sexuelle Gewalt gab in einigen Fällen letztendlich den Anstoß dazu, den Weg ins Exil zu beschreiten. Oft verknüpften sich sexuelle, queer-feindliche, misogyne Gewalterfahrungen mit antisemitischen oder rassistischen, weshalb die Historikerin Anna Hájková unter der Forderung „Queering the Holocaust“ dafür plädiert, sich überschneidende und multiple Zugehörigkeiten in den Fokus zu nehmen. Speziell in Zwangs- und Unterdrückungsstrukturen war das Sprechen über Liebe, Sexualität und Intimität nicht leicht. Die Tagung fragt deshalb zugleich nach Formen der Medialisierung und Darstellungen dieser Komplexe und nach methodischen Ansätzen, um diese in ihrer historischen und aktuellen Bedeutung zu erfassen. Welche Funktion hatten Briefe oder Tagebücher, um Begehren zu artikulieren, welche Codes wurden verwendet, um „verbotener“ Sexualität Ausdruck zu verleihen, welche geschlechterspezifischen Kommunikationsformen lassen sich dabei erkennen? Wie dienten künstlerische Ausdrucksformen (Malerei, Literatur, Film, Musik) dazu, um über Liebe, Sexualität und Intimität im Exil zu sprechen; welche formsprachlichen, motivischen, ästhetischen Bezüge wurden dabei hergestellt? Die Österreichische Gesellschaft für Exilforschung (öge) beschäftigt sich in ihrer Jahrestagung 2025 eingehend mit der Geschichte und Gegenwart von Liebe, Sexualität und Intimität im Exil. Dabei werden insbesondere interdisziplinäre Beiträge begrüßt, die Ansätze aus der Exilforschung, der Frauen- und Geschlechtergeschichte, der Zeit- und Kulturgeschichte, sowie der Queer Studies, der Soziologie oder der Politikwissenschaften miteinander verbinden. Auch politische und künstlerische Organisationen sind eingeladen, Projekte vorzustellen. Neben Beiträgen zur Geschichte des Exils im Nationalsozialismus, sowie aus weiteren historischen Kontexten, sind explizit aktuelle Perspektiven erwünscht. Geografisch ist der Call for Papers offen und soll zugleich die Möglichkeit für vergleichende Beiträge geben.

Frist: 28. April 2025 Saisir les savoirs en mouvement : le genre au prisme de la santéGender Studies, Sozialwissenschaften, Geisteswissenschaften Appel à contributions « Saisir les savoirs en mouvement : le genre au prisme de la santé » | TETRAS Les doctorant·es du TETRAS, laboratoire nancéien de sociologie, organisent les 13 et 14 octobre 2025 un colloque scientifique intitulé « Saisir les savoirs en mouvement : le genre au prisme de la santé ». Cet événement entend prolonger des réflexions esquissées lors du séminaire itinérant du RJCSS et encourager la décentralisation des échanges scientifiques chère au réseau. Il s’adresse aux jeunes chercheur·euses ainsi qu’aux chercheur·euses titulaires en sciences sociales (notamment sociologie, anthropologie, histoire et philosophie) désireux·ses d’interroger leurs terrains à partir des questions développées dans cet appel. L’évènement sera suivi d’un nouvel appel en vue d’une publication (numéro de revue ou ouvrage collectif) destinée à valoriser les échanges qui s’y seront tenus. Ce colloque entend explorer la construction, la circulation et la transformation des savoirs sur le corps et la santé, envisagée au sens large : depuis les échelles du biopouvoir jusqu’aux pratiques de soin de soi à des échelles plus locales et intimes. L’enjeu est de mettre la focale sur le fait que ces savoirs sont pris dans des rapports de genre et peuvent contribuer à les transformer (à travers les conceptions normatives qu’ils portent, à travers les personnes qui les mettent en circulation, etc.). L’appel se structure en quatre axes : il s’agit d’abord d’interroger la place qui est faite aux savoirs expérientiels et minoritaires (à travers les épistémologies féministes, mais aussi les travaux sur l’autonomisation des patients). Ensuite, l’appel propose des réflexions concernant l’intériorisation des savoirs et la manière dont ils peuvent être négociés subjectivement et collectivement (reconfiguration des identifications genrées à la faveur d’une intervention médicale, hybridations entre plusieurs savoirs concurrents, etc.). Le troisième axe porte sur les supports et la matérialité des savoirs (Sont-ils saisis dans des dispositifs ? S’agit-il de récits ou de savoirs pratiques ? Comment l’espace intervient-il dans leur circulation ?). Enfin, l’appel interroge les « temporalités » de ces savoirs en questionnant leur rôle dans les parcours biographiques, la manière dont ils peuvent participer à construire des âges genrés, ou encore circuler à travers les générations. Les propositions de communication prendront la forme d’un résumé de 3000 à 4000 signes (espaces compris) maximum hors bibliographie. Elles sont à envoyer à l’adresse savoirsgenresante@gmail.com avant le 28 avril 2025. Merci d’y faire figurer le titre de la communication, l’axe ou les axes dans lesquels elle pourrait s’inscrire ainsi que votre nom, prénom, statut, rattachement institutionnel et adresse e-mail. Le comité scientifique reviendra vers les communicants pour les notifier de sa décision le 26 mai 2025.

Frist: 30. April 2025 Transformation of Gender Order and the Far RightGender Studies, Sozialwissenschaften, Geisteswissenschaften 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: 30. April 2025 Gender‹ed› Thoughts – Working Paper SeriesGender Studies, Geisteswissenschaften, Sozialwissenschaften

Frist: 01. Mai 2025 Yearbook for Women's History: Feminism and the making of the built environmentGender Studies Yearbook for Women's History: Feminism and the making of the built environment from past to present For the 44th issue of the Yearbook of Women’s History (guest editors: Lidewij Tummers and María Novas), we invite contributions that explore feminist architectural practices in past and present – whether through built projects, design approaches, or biographies. How have feminist frameworks (re)shaped our understanding of architecture and urban planning? How were women involved in the making of houses, institutional buildings such as asylums, schools, prisons, monasteries, shops, markets, governmental buildings? Whose stories remain untold, and what can we learn from them? Yearbook for Women's History: Feminism and the making of the built environment from past to present Gender theorists and activists often highlight the historical notion that “cities are made by men.” But is this entirely true? Or does this perspective omit and erase critical aspects of history? The scarcity of women in the architectural canon compels us to ask: why is this the case? What were – and are – the institutional gatekeepers that systematically excluded women, people of colour, and other marginalized groups from the proverbial drawing board, nowadays and in the past? Recent research into these questions has uncovered a wealth of historical information that challenges the supposed absence of women and other marginalized groups from architectural history and theory. Feminist critiques of urban planning and development from the 1980s and 1990s exposed how the built environment often failed to accommodate everyday practices tied to female roles. This failure was largely attributed to the lack of female representation in planning structures. But feminism is about more than simply the presence of women. It is a critical lens and theoretical framework through which the nature and impact of gender inequality can be explored. As such, feminist architecture challenges entrenched norms and reimagines how spaces are designed and inhabited. Starting from this premise, the Yearbook of Women’s History aims to examine how the built environment was shaped within and beyond the confines of architects' offices. How have local authorities, clients, building firms, activist organizations, and knowledge institutions been influenced by feminist ideas, intersectional perspectives, or decolonial thought on architecture? How have feminist contributions influenced the development of buildings, districts, and entire cities? And in what ways were such perspectives excluded or ignored? For the 44th issue of the Yearbook of Women’s History (guest editors: Lidewij Tummers and María Novas), we invite contributions that explore feminist architectural practices in past and present – whether through built projects, design approaches, or biographies. How have feminist frameworks (re)shaped our understanding of architecture and urban planning? How were women involved in the making of houses, institutional buildings such as asylums, schools, prisons, monasteries, shops, markets, governmental buildings? Whose stories remain untold, and what can we learn from them? We are looking for articles that vary in length (3000-6000 words). We will also consider experimental pieces – poems, short explorations, visual essays, and creative interventions. We welcome contributions that employ different perspectives and scales of analysis from all over the world. We invite authors from academia, museums and cultural and heritage institutions, NGOs, and activist organisations. We welcome contributions from a wide range of disciplines, including but not limited to architecture, history, cultural studies, anthropology, and social and cultural geography. Abstracts of 200-300 words are to be submitted by 1 May 2025 to jaarboekvrouwengeschiedenis@gmail.com. Lidewij Tummers, Feminist Architect and Researcher María Novas, Senior Lecturer and Scientific Researcher, ETH Zürich Tentative timeline: 1 May 2025: Deadline for abstracts 30 May 2025: Information concerning acceptance sent to the writers 15 September 2025: Submission deadline for articles to be submitted to peer review February/March 2026: Revised articles due April/May 2026: Copy-editing September 2026: Publication

Frist: 01. Mai 2025 Call for papers: Feminism, Antifeminism, and the Mobilization of RegretGender Studies, Sozialwissenschaften, Geisteswissenschaften 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: 11. Mai 2025 Ausschreibung: Caroline von Humboldt-Preis 2025Gender Studies

Frist: 12. Mai 2025 HOWTO GENDER STUDY. Methoden und Praktiken in den Gender StudiesGender Studies, Geisteswissenschaften, Sozialwissenschaften Autumn School veranstaltet vom/ organised by the Zentrum für transdisziplinäre Geschlechterstudien (ZtG) Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 29.9. – 2.10. 2025 Die Autumn School "HOWTO GENDER STUDY. Methoden und Praktiken in den Gender Studies" bietet eine vertiefende Auseinandersetzung mit den methodischen Ansätzen und Herausforderungen, die in der inter- und transdisziplinären Forschungspraxis der Gender Studies von zentraler Bedeutung sind. Dabei wird davon ausgegangen, dass sich die Wahl der Methode, der Forschungsgegenstand und die Forschungsfrage angemessen aufeinander beziehen. In einführenden Vorträgen wird das Rahmenthema skizziert: Gender Studies sind nicht an ein spezifisches Set an Methoden gebunden, sondern schöpfen aus einer Vielzahl disziplinärer Ansätze, in denen die Methodenwahl oft stark vorgegeben ist. Gender Studies bringen eine kritische Perspektive mit, die bestehende disziplinäre Methodologien und Methoden herausfordert und deren Anwendung neu zu denken vermag. Stärken der Gender Studies sind die Transdisziplinarität und Methodenvielfalt. Sie haben damit das Potential, wissenschaftstheoretisch reflektiert in die jeweiligen Fächer zurückzuwirken. Diese Stärken sind mit der Herausforderung verbunden, die Disziplinen, ihre Gegenstände und Methoden zu kennen und zugleich die Geschlechterordnung ihres Wissens und ihrer Gegenstände kritisch zu reflektieren. Im Mittelpunkt der Autumn School stehen an der Forschungspraxis orientierte Panel und Einzelworkshops, in denen erfahrene Forschende verschiedene methodische Ansätze vorstellen und die Teilnehmenden in deren kritische Reflexion und Umsetzung einführen. Unterschiedliche Panels und Workshops werden von Forschenden aus verschiedenen Disziplinen durchgeführt. Zum Teil besteht die Möglichkeit, eigene methodische Forschungsansätze vor- und zur Diskussion zu stellen. Dabei wird auch auf die Herausforderungen eingegangen, die sich aus den divergierenden wissenschaftstheoretischen Positionen der Gender Studies ergeben – etwa bei der Publikation in Journals, die spezifische methodische Zugänge präferieren. In einer Podiumsdiskussion sollen die Chancen und Herausforderungen der Inter- und Transdisziplinarität in den Gender Studies mit Forschenden, mit Expert*innen der Forschungsförderung und etablierter Publikationen erörtert werden. Die Autumn School richtet sich an Promovierende sowie fortgeschrittene Masterstudierende und bietet die Möglichkeit, ECTS-Punkte zu erwerben - jeweils 4 ECTS für Teilnahme, Vor- und Nachbereitung und spezifische Arbeitsleistungen sowie ggf. 2 ECTS für ein Portfolio. Die Teilnahme ist auf Deutsch und Englisch möglich. Sie bewerben sich für eine verbindliche Teilnahme an der Autumn School für eine der drei Panelreihen 1-3 mit einem Motivationsschreiben sowie für einen der vier Einzelworkshops. Nähere Informationen finden Sie hier: https://hu.berlin/autumn-school-gender-studies-panels-workshops Bewerbungsschluss: 12. Mai 2025 Bewerbung unter: https://hu.berlin/autumn-school-gender-studies (oder als Gesamt-pdf an: ZtG Sekretariat ztgsekre@gender.hu-berlin.de ) Achtung! Bestandteil der gesamten Autumn School ist ein englischsprachiges Kursprogramm (Panel 4) zum Thema „Sociological Mixed-Methods-Designs – Who does research? Unequal opportunities in science“, das für das Netzwerk Intergender konzipiert ist. Hier erfolgt die Bewerbung mit spezifischen Anforderungen nicht am ZtG, sondern direkt bei intergender: edyta.just@liu.se

Frist: 15. Mai 2025 Desigining the Feminist City: Projects, Practices, and Processus for Urban Public SpacesGender Studies, Geisteswissenschaften, Sozialwissenschaften Call for papers « Desigining the Feminist City: Projects, Practices, and Processus for Urban Public Spaces » | Open Cultural Studies “Open Cultural Studies” (www.degruyter.com/CULTURE) invites submissions for a special issue entitled “Designing the Feminist City: Projects, Practices, Processes for Urban Public Spaces”, edited by Cecilia De Marinis (BAU College of Arts and Design of Barcelona, Spain) and Dorotea Ottaviani (University of Sapienza, Italy). Description In her book “Feminist City. Claiming Space in a Man-Made World” (2020), Leslie Kern states that feminist urbanism acknowledges the influence of intersecting identities, such as race, class, sexuality, and ability, on individuals’ experiences within the city. This underscores the inadequacy of a one-size-fits-all approach to urban planning. Instead, we must prioritise considering the diverse needs and perspectives of all city dwellers. Kern advocates for prioritising a feminist reimagining of public spaces as inclusive, caring, comfortable, sociable, and playful. This evidences the urge for critical dialogue concerning the nature and significance of feminist practices in the design of urban public spaces. Situated within the broader framework of a feminist approach to the city, this dialogue establishes connections with extensive studies on feminist urbanism and the role of feminist practices in architecture. The journal issue we propose aims to explore feminist perspectives on the transformation of the contemporary city, particularly concerning the design of urban public space. It seeks to examine how these perspectives shape the urban environment and the way people inhabit it. By delving into feminist practices in the design and implementation of urban public space projects, we encourage contributors to focus on the design experience. This includes exploring design strategies, processes, and actions that embody a feminist approach to the design of urban public spaces, considering how feminist spatial practices often transcend disciplinary boundaries to enable more equitable social and spatial environments. Scholarly essays that explore such critical issues are welcome. Considering that questions of feminist cities can be analysed from a great variety of perspectives, topics may include, but are not limited to: How are feminist theories and practices embodied in the design and professional dimensions of urban public space? What processes and practices emerge from a feminist approach to the design of urban public space What defines a feminist urban public space? What defines a feminist approach to the design of urban public space? Is feminist design a process or a product? We invite contributors to offer reflections and insights on the following suggested themes (and beyond) concerning the design of urban public spaces: Feminist design strategies Feminist projects/artefacts Feminist design processes and methodologies (participations, collaborations etc) Feminist professional practices Etc. How to submit Submissions will be collected until May 15, 2025 via the online submission system at https://www.editorialmanager.com/culture/ Choose “Research Article: Designing the Feminist City » as the article type. Before submission, authors should carefully read the Instructions for Authors, available at https://www.degruyter.com/publication/journal_key/CULTURE/downloadAsset/CULTURE_Instruction%20for%20Authors.pdf All contributions will undergo critical peer review before being accepted for publication As a general rule, publication costs should be covered by Article Publishing Charges (APC); that is, be defrayed by the authors, their affiliated institutions, funders or sponsors. Authors without access to publishing funds are encouraged to discuss potential discounts or fee-waivers with the journal’s Managing Editor, Katarzyna Tempczyk (katarzyna.tempczyk@degruyter.com), before submitting their manuscript. Further questions about this thematic issue can be sent to Cecilia De Marinis (cecilia.demarinis@bau.cat) or Dorotea Ottaviani (dorotea.ottaviani@uniroma1.it). In case of technical problems with submission, please write to AssistantManagingEditor@degruyter.com

Frist: 31. Mai 2025 Gender equality and diversity in science between institutional change and politicsGender Studies, Geisteswissenschaften, Sozialwissenschaften Gender equality and diversity in science between institutional change and symbolic politics (working title) Universities and other research institutions contribute to the reproduction and transformation of power relations and structures in society through the production of knowledge about and for society. These places of knowledge production, therefore, play a key role in the context of gender equality and diversity: the way in which gender and diversity are approached and implemented in academia not only influences the structure and culture of academic institutions themselves but also makes a significant contribution to developments in society. This is why demands for gender equality and diversity in academia - both concerning researchers and research content - are still timely, even several decades after the introduction of the first gender equality measures and the institutionalisation of gender studies. Despite the legal and institutional anchoring of gender equality and numerous programmes to promote gender equality and diversity, these issues are still highly contested - now more than ever. For instance, the representation of women and marginalised groups among professors and diversity in research content (e.g., Gender-, Trans- and Diversity Studies) only increases very slowly. Discrimination and power structures persist, and successes in both areas are very fragile – a phenomenon that is also referred to as the ‘gender equality paradox’ (Hark and Hofbauer 2023). A striking development in recent years is the increasing (and often strategic) linking of equality and diversity with the promise of excellence and innovation, as well as with improved international competitiveness. It seems that framing equality and diversity policies with neoliberal arguments of the economic usability of diversity (e.g., diverse perspectives increasing the quality and social relevance of research, closing gender data gaps – in cases where they impact the economy –, or finding solutions for social challenges) increases their acceptance and popularity. The editors of the special issue are Laura Eigenmann, Patricia Graf and Kathrin Zippel. We invite submissions of one- to two-page abstracts by May 31, 2025, to be sent to laura.eigenmann@fu-berlin.de, patricia.graf@businessschool-berlin.de, gender-soz@polsoz.fu-berlin.de or the editorial office redaktion@femina-politica.de. Femina Politica is a feminist academic journal that promotes scholarly work by women and people with marginalised gender identities(such as trans*, inter*, non-binary, or gender-nonconforming persons) both within and outside academia. We invite the submission of high-quality abstracts and particularly welcome contributions that go beyond white, Eurocentric, cis-heteronormative feminism.

Frist: 31. Mai 2025 Adolescent Masculinities in Sociology and PhotographyGender Studies, Sozialwissenschaften, Geisteswissenschaften

Frist: 01. Juni 2025 Teilnehmende gesucht: "Institutional innovation towards intersectional trans* pedagogies"Equality, Diversity, Sozialwissenschaften, Geisteswissenschaften

Frist: 30. Juni 2025 Thinking agriculture from the margins: Intersectional perspectivesGender Studies, Sozialwissenschaften, Geisteswissenschaften Call for Papers: Thinking agriculture from the margins: Intersectional perspectives The old image of the farm was a white, male-centered unit of production. Over the years the role of women, of migrant workers, of queers, were made visible. As contributions of “the margins” gain recognition, new social and ecological relationships are gaining prominence—reshaping how we think about agriculture, sustainability, and justice. With this Call for Papers we encourage scholars to (re)think agriculture from the margins. What alternative models exist beyond traditional family farming and extractivist agricultural systems? And how might marginalized perspectives—such as those of queer, racialized, and migrantized individuals—contribute to the development of sustainable and socially just agricultural practices? Furthermore, how do issues of racism, disability, and social justice intersect with access to farmland and natural resources? These critical questions lie at the heart of our Call for Papers, which seeks to explore intersectional approaches to sustainable agriculture. This call invites scholars and practitioners to engage with the socio-ecological dimensions of sustainability, centering marginalized perspectives that challenge dominant narratives and foster more inclusive, resilient agricultural practices. We welcome contributions that critically engage with, but are not limited to, the following themes: Gendered and Sexual Relations How do patriarchal structures, heterosexuality, and hegemonic gender roles shape rural life and agricultural labor? What alternative models and practices challenge these structures to promote more just gender and sexual relations? Queer Perspectives on Farm Life and Work What are the experiences of queer individuals in farming spaces? How do they contribute to just and sustainable agricultural practices? What challenges do they face, and what strategies of empowerment and co-existence have they developed? Migration and Racism in Agriculture How do migration and racialized/ethnicized structures influence agriculture? How can these dynamics be addressed to foster just working and living conditions? Disability and Agriculture How are disabled individuals involved in agriculture? How can disability-inclusive agricultural practices contribute to sustainable and adaptive farming models? Human and More-Than-Human Relationships How do marginalized perspectives conceptualize relationships between humans, animals, plants, and the soil? What role do these relationships play in shaping sustainable and just farming livelihoods? Practical Examples and Case Studies What existing projects and initiatives promote sustainability and justice in agriculture? What challenges and successes can be identified from these efforts?

Frist: 30. Juni 2025 The Body, Anatomy, and AestheticsGender Studies, Geisteswissenschaften, Sozialwissenschaften The Body, Anatomy, and Aesthetics In a 2022 article, one of a number of related works, and drawing on the work of Didier Deleule and François Guery (2014)– the late art theorist Marina Vishmidt critiqued the manner in which an analysis of ‘bodies’ seemed to be overly focused on the register of vulnerability, or the post-structuralist, discursive, or psychoanalytic dimensions, thus relegating bodies excessively to the realm of the abstract, to the exclusion of the concrete. Anatomy, with regards to both its aesthetic and scientific purposes, also has abstract and concrete dimensions – as innovative recent work analyzing anatomy within its broader social and historical contexts demonstrate. See, for example, the recent special issue of The Anatomical Record (Laitman and Smith, 2022), or the work of Michael Sappol (2004; 2024). This CfA is specifically interested in the body, inclusive of anatomy, and will seek to not only situate and read the body and anatomy within specific political economic contexts (which are not solely confined to capitalism, although this is a proposed focus) – but also, how those contexts produce the body (see, for example, Blayney et al., 2022) and anatomy themselves, and how this may be reflected back or interpreted through specific aesthetic works. This therefore additionally entails looking at the relationship between the abstract and the concrete – and therefore, for example, how the abstract of aesthetics, amongst other things, may relate back in a dialectical, mutually interlinked relationship with the concrete of the economy. In addition, this CfA wishes to concretize the body and anatomy, in both their individual and collective registers, and how the abstract and the concrete dialectically shape and produce each other in relation to the body and anatomy. In so doing, the interplay and distinction between the private body and the body that appears in the public sphere (see, for example, Butler, 2011), how this might be reflected in aesthetic works, and what this tells us about the public sphere – will also be considered. This CfA is therefore interested in articles that explore, but are not limited to: The body in aesthetic works and its relation to the public sphere Anatomy, aesthetics, and the public sphere The history of anatomy Queer, intersex, and trans anatomies Race, gender, class, and anatomy and the body in relation to the public sphere The evolution of the representation and understanding of queer, intersex, and trans bodies The production and mediation of the body within specific political economic contexts, including capitalism Urban design and the production and mediation of the body

Frist: 31. Juli 2025 Travail, emploi et organisations à l’ère du numériqueGender Studies, Sozialwissenschaften, Geisteswissenschaften 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: 10. September 2025 Creative Bodies — Creative MindsGender Studies CALL FOR PAPER Creative Bodies—Creative Minds The fourth international, interdisciplinary conference in gender research University of Graz, 30-31 March 2026 Since its inception in 2018, the interdisciplinary conference in gender research Creative Bodies—Creative Minds has, in its three cycles, brought together scholars, practitioners, and activists to explore the relationship between gender and creativity in a variety of fields. They engaged with everyday and vernacular creativities, including material and intangible DIY forms, creative self-fashioning, coping strategies, and resourceful adaptations to social and political circumstances by communities, groups, and individuals. These encounters have treated creativity as a social and collective process that is power-dependent and deeply gendered. The fourth conference aims to continue this line of inquiry by exploring more closely the relationship between creativity, vulnerability, and subversion. The last decade has seen an increasing focus on vulnerability in the humanities and social sciences, even what we could term a “vulnerability turn” in some disciplines, such as in cultural and gender studies. “Vulnerability” has also come to an increased usage in political rhetoric, policies, and everyday language. However, the concept of vulnerability has come under increasing academic, political and public scrutiny, highlighting its ambiguity, with both positive and negative connotations. Critical research has also discussed the (mis)uses of the concept in political debates and in concrete social policies, where it often deepens social marginalisation and vulnerability instead of reducing it. Gender studies and feminist scholars, in particular, have persuasively exposed the androcentric and paternalistic bias in the cultural understanding of vulnerability as a condition of passivity and lack of agency in need of remedy. Instead, they have emphasized the relational nature of vulnerability that makes it a universal dimension of human existence, bringing attention to its social and situational aspects. Exploring vulnerability in relation to resistance has been powerful in revealing the agentic potential of vulnerability to challenge oppression, inequality, and injustice, as witnessed, for example, in the mobilizations and democratic struggles of the last decade in Southeastern Europe. The fourth Creative Bodies—Creative Minds conference in 2026 invites interdisciplinary contributions that explore the entanglements between creativity, vulnerability, subversion and gender in different socio-cultural, political, economic and everyday settings. Keynote speakers: Isla Cowan, Independent Playwright and Theatre Maker, Edinburgh Jennifer Ramme, Department of Sociology, University of Graz The areas of interest include, but are not limited to: Everyday creativity, vulnerability, subversion and gender Creativity as a response to restrictive biopolitics and gender norms Intersectional approaches to creativity, vulnerability and subversion (race, ethnicity, age, class, gender, sexuality, ability) Collective creativities in contesting collective vulnerabilities Creativity, vulnerability and subversion in education, arts, and activism Material, temporal, situational, and relational aspects of creativity, vulnerability and subversion Creativity, vulnerability and subversion in the digital realm Creative subversion– subverting creativity imperatives Creative methodologies and creative research in social sciences and humanities Creative addresses of gendered vulnerabilities in medicine, science, and technology

Frist: 15. September 2025 Exploring LGBTIQ+ Narratives, Representation, and Communities in Video GamesGender Studies Beyond Avatars: Exploring LGBTIQ+ Narratives, Representation, and Communities in Video Games" LGBTIQ+ Studies, Communication & Culture Journal Abstract: The rise of video games in mass culture has established this cultural product as a key medium for exploring, representing, and experiencing LGBTIQ+ identities and narratives. From the inclusion or absence of queer characters and narratives that challenge traditional gender roles (Shaw, 2015; Phillips, 2020) to the ways in which LGBTIQ+ communities use video games as tools for expression, resilience, and self-discovery (Blanco-Fernández & Moreno, 2023), this medium provides a fertile field for critical scholarship. Traditionally criticised for the dominance of cis-hetero male users and behaviours, the development and evolution of the video game industry across its various branches has brought visibility to voices beyond heteronormativity (Ruberg, 2020). Academics such as Shaw and Friesem (2016), Ruberg (2017), and Belmonte Ávila and Encarnación-Pinedo (2024) have explored LGBTIQ+ representation in video games and gamer culture. This special issue aims to gather innovative research and interdisciplinary perspectives situated at the intersection of Queer and Game Studies. We invite contributions reflecting on the ways gender and sexual diversity are represented in video games; exploring how LGBTIQ+ individuals transform their gaming experiences; and interrogating the ways queer communities find a sense of belonging and engage in cultural activism through this medium. Reviews relevant to the special issue’s theme are also welcome. Should you have any questions, please address them to lucia.rodriguez@ucl.ac.uk, sergiogu@ucm.es, and mvicent@ubu.es. Topics of Interest Submissions may address, but are not limited to, the following topics: Representations of LGBTIQ+ characters and narratives in video games Inclusive game design: challenges and opportunities LGBTIQ+ gamers' experiences and gaming practices Queer game mechanics Problematic gaming and gender identity Hate speech: toxicity, homophobia, and transphobia in gaming communities Studies on avatars, character customization, and queer identity expressions Use of video games in LGBTIQ+ education and media literacy The impact of streaming platforms and LGBTIQ+ fandoms on gamer culture Presence of LGBTIQ+ individuals in the video game industry Languages Proposals in Spanish and English are accepted. Submission Guidelines Editorial standards: https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ESLG/about All research articles should follow the IMRaD structure: Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion, and Conclusions. Timeline – Key Dates Deadline for research papers: September 15, 2025 Deadline for book reviews: December 1, 2025 Publication of the special issue: February 2026 Special Issue Editors Sergio Gutiérrez Manjón – Lecturer of Audiovisual Communication at Complutense University of Madrid. Research focuses on Game Studies, digital communication, and media literacy. Secretary of the Spanish Society for Video Game Sciences (SECiVi). Lucia Gloria Vázquez Rodriguez – Lecturer of Digital Media at University College London. Researcher in Feminist Media Studies and Queer Film and Television, with extensive publications on queer communication. Member of the ReMAP research group (UCL) and the UNESCO-UNITWIN Network on Gender, Media, and ICTs. Mireya Vicent Ibañez – Lecturer of Video Games and Audiovisual Communication at the University of Burgos. Research focuses on Game Studies and digital media, with a particular interest in hate speech. Note: No payment will be required from authors for submission or publication.

Frist: 15. Oktober 2025 Emancipation as Experience of Equality in Hierarchical Otherwise Sensorial SpacesGender Studies, Sozialwissenschaften, Geisteswissenschaften 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.

Frist: 15. Oktober 2025 Diversity and inclusion in sport and physical educationGender Studies, Sozialwissenschaften, Geisteswissenschaften