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Scadenza: Love, Desire & Intimacy (Anthrometronom Blog) Studi di Genere, Scienze sociali, Scienze umane We all think we know what love is—until we try to define it. The moment we reach for words, love shape-shifts: it’s personal and political, tender, tumultuous, and at times, painful—both fleeting and forever. Desire, just as elusive, threads through our bodies, our relationships, our societies, leaving traces that call to be explored. And intimacy? It lingers in relations with ourselves and the world, in radical acts of care and moments of violence, in the spaces between self and other.We invite you to creatively explore love, desire, and intimacy in all their entangled, messy, and diverse forms. Whether in the shape of stories, poems, text fragments, pictures, experimental pieces, or theoretical reflections—we want to hear your voices. How do these forces move through and shape your life, your research, your movements/activism, your relationships? How do they interweave with the political, the social, the everyday?Inspired by the affective turn in anthropology—where affects and emotions have taken center stage—as well as by current research on embodiment, gender, and sexuality, we seek contributions that stretch across personal and academic realms, revealing how the personal is entangled with broader structures of power and possibility. In times marked by the global rearticulation of fascism, patriarchy, and imperialism, we see this special section as a beacon of hope—a space to resist, connect, and imagine otherwise.This is an open invitation to let your words wander. To approach love, desire, and intimacy not just as subjects of study, but as lived experiences that resist easy categorization. Your contributions will become part of a multi-faceted section on the [Anthro]metronom Blog, bringing together different voices, perspectives, and creative modes of expression.[Anthro]metronom publishes essays, reflections, and creative works by students, scholars, and activists, all connected—broadly speaking—to the field of psychological anthropology. Our aim is to make these contributions accessible to a wider audience, fostering dialogue across disciplines and perspectives.

Scadenza: 26 settembre 2025 Espaces, politisations et savoirs minoritaires Studi di Genere, Scienze sociali, Scienze umane

Scadenza: 30 settembre 2025 Gender & Violence: Power Dynamics and Their Representations, 19th–21st Centuries Studi di Genere, Scienze sociali, Scienze umane Gender & Violence: Power Dynamics and Their Representations, 19th–21st CenturiesWe encounter violence not just in ongoing international conflicts. Violence – which we define as targeted, external influence that causes an individual bodily harm – remains a crucial everyday reality that structures the social fabric on the global, national, and local levels. Gender hierarchies, in particular, continue to be shaped not just by concrete attacks but also by the ways in which these attacks are represented and debated. Discourses about violence remain saturated with gendered images of aggression, strength, weakness, and victimhood. But (how) have representations of violence as a gendered phenomenon themselves had social or political impacts on gender hierarchies? In what way have debates on violence and gender interacted with other categories, above all, race, religion, and class? The proposed conference addresses the longue durée of public negotiations of gender and violence and their attendant power dynamics, raising not least the question of what role those affected by violence themselves have played in these negotiation processes.The conference seeks a more nuanced understanding of the ways in which gender hierarchies are intertwined with the often ambivalent public perception of certain behavior as violent or non-violent. We invite contributions that trace the interrelation between gender and violence in relation to the (re)production of or challenges to power structures within European and North American history as well as in global perspectives. Since the nineteenth century, at least in Europe and North America, popular media, the social sciences, and parliamentary politics have become central sites for seemingly endless public debates about the gendered aspects of violence. War-time propaganda – for instance, during World Wars I and II – referenced violence against women to justify combat while, at the same time, further reinforcing binary oppositions of brutal men and vulnerable women. Conversely, sensationalized reports of female terrorists or of woman vigilantes avenging male assaults stoked fears of gender disorder and served as a justification for political measures. To this day, journalistic reports, popular media, (case) law, and academic analyses remain central modes of negotiating the relationship between gender and violence. These representations have had political consequences, but beyond these, we ask how they have impacted the lives of men, women, and those and those who identify as non-binary. Whose accounts of violence have been publicly acknowledged, whose experiences have been disavowed, concealed, or suppressed? Whose narratives have led to political reforms intended to stop certain forms of violence?We invite scholars from different methodological and historical backgrounds to convene and develop a common research agenda. The presentations could explore the impact of representations of violence on power dynamics in the following thematic areas (among others): Gender and Violence in the Media, Artistic and Scholarly Discourses (e.g., popular/high culture, criminology, gender studies, etc.) Gender and Violence in Religious, Denominational, and Ideological Contexts History of Violent Rituals in (Previously) Homosocial Spaces (e.g., in the military, in professional contexts, in schools/academia, sports, and clubs) Gendered Spaces: Histories of Public and Private Violence (e.g., history of domestic violence/intimate partner violence/intergenerational violence, violence in education, the creation of shelters, and debates on legal protections against sexual violence) Gender Violence in Politics (e.g., parliamentary debates, policy initiatives, movements protesting different forms of violence) The conveners intend to publish a selection of papers from the conference as a special issue in a peer-reviewed journal or as an edited volume in a peer-reviewed book series.The conference will take place from May 21–22, 2026 and will be hosted by the German Historical Institute in Rome.Please submit an abstract (max. 500 words) and a short biography (max. 150 words) in English via the GHI conference platform by September 30, 2025.https://app.smartsheet.eu/b/form/01975a6f59727236bf300d208eec43e2The organizers are applying for third-party funding and will arrange and pay for participants’ accommodation. Participants will make their own travel arrangements; funding subsidies for travel are available upon request for selected scholars, especially those who might not otherwise be able to attend the workshop, including junior scholars and scholars from universities with limited resources.For further information regarding the event’s format and conceptualization, please contact Raphael Roessel. For other logistical questions, or if you have any difficulties submitting your information online, please contact Nicola Hofstetter-Phelps.roessel@ghi-dc.orghofstetter-phelps@ghi-dc.orgOrganisiert von Raphael Rössel (GHI Washington), Daniel Gerster (Forschungsstelle für Zeitgeschichte in Hamburg), Claudia Kemper (LWL-Institut für westfälische Regionalgeschichte, Münster), and Petra Terhoeven (GHI Rome)VeranstaltungsortGerman Historical Institute Rome; Via Aurelia Antica, 391, 00165 Roma RM, Italy; Rome

Scadenza: 30 settembre 2025 Atelier Santé, Sciences, Corps Studi di Genere, Scienze sociali, Scienze umane

Scadenza: 30 settembre 2025 Convegno internazionale sul pensiero di Rosi Braidotti Studi di Genere, Scienze umane Rhizome Rosi: Convegno internazionale sul pensiero di Rosi Braidotti15 - 16 gennaio 2026, Columbia Global Center - Reid Hall - 4 rue de Chevreuse - ParisQuesto convegno propone di riunire ricercatrici, ricercatori, artiste, artisti, professioniste e professionisti desiderose e desiderosi di avviare un dialogo con le proposte teoriche di Rosi Braidotti.Il convegno ha in particolare lo scopo di costituire un luogo di incontro «intergenerazionale», dando la priorità alle riprese e ai prolungamenti contemporanei del pensiero di Rosi Braidotti. Gli interventi possono adottare le norme accademiche tradizionali delle comunicazioni orali o assumere forme più sperimentali.Il pensiero di Rosi Braidotti occupa una posizione fondamentale all’interno dei dibattiti contemporanei sul femminismo, sul postumanesimo, sulle soggettività nomadi e sulla critica delle pratiche di produzione del sapere.Proseguendo e rinnovando le riflessioni di Gilles Deleuze, Félix Guattari, Luce Irigaray e della tradizione materialista australiana (Val Plumwood e la scuola di spinozismo critico), Braidotti propone una riconfigurazione etica e politica del soggetto attraverso i concetti di nomadismo, di materialismo vitale, di divenire e di postumanità.In un contesto segnato da crisi ecologiche, sociali, tecnologiche ed esistenziali, l’approccio braidottiano apre uno spazio di riflessione inedito, all’incrocio tra la filosofia continentale, gli studi di genere, la teoria critica, le scienze umanistiche ambientali e gli studi post- e transumanisti.La nozione di «rizoma» sintetizza queste diverse dimensioni. Essa consente di pensare contemporaneamente un soggetto molteplice, fatto di biforcazioni e ibridazioni; una politica anti-gerarchica, critica nei confronti delle strutture di potere verticali e arborescenti; e un metodo di riflessione trasversale, capace di attraversare i campi disciplinari per tessere e arricchire i diversi ambiti del sapere. Questo approccio rizomatico conduce a una critica radicale dell’umanesimo classico e dei dualismi moderni, rifiutando l’idea di identità fisse a favore di un soggetto «nomade», sempre in "divenire", attraversato da appartenenze affermative eterogenee.Le proposte di comunicazione (titolo, abstract di 300-500 parole, bibliografia indicativa, breve bio-bibliografia) devono essere inviate al seguente indirizzo : rhizomerosi@gmail.comSi prega di indicare eventuali esigenze tecniche qualora la vostra presentazione richieda attrezzature o spazi specifici.Scadenza per l’invio delle proposte : 30 settembre 2025Comunicazione degli esiti : 20 ottobre 2025Lingue accettate : francese/inglese/italiano.

Scadenza: 30 settembre 2025 Savoirs situés: se positionner? Studi di Genere, Scienze umane, Scienze sociali Savoirs situés : se positionner ? Journées d’études 30-31 octobre 2025 au pays basqueLes relations entre science et société sont marquées depuis quelques décennies maintenant par ce qui est souvent présenté comme une crise de confiance. En tout cas, le diagnostic apparaît de façon récurrente dans les débats publics sur la place de la science dans la société. Et il commence à être mobilisé dans des travaux de recherche qui, prenant acte de ce désamour consommé, proposent parfois d’en faire l’inventaire (Baromètre « Sciences et société. Vague2 », 2022), plus souvent d’exposer les possibles chemins de la réconciliation (Hopf et al., 2019 ; Reddy, 2023). Le caractère critique de cette situation a été particulièrement souligné lors de la pandémie de COVID-19, où l’existence – et le succès – de discours concurrents à ceux qui sont produits en laboratoire sont (re)devenus une préoccupation majeure des pouvoirs publics (Hatton et al., 2022). Aujourd’hui, semble-t-il, la validité scientifique peut être balayée d’un revers de « fake news » par plus ou moins n’importe qui, pourvu qu’il ou elle ait un peu d’audience et offre des solutions alternatives à la complexité scientifique.Ce cadrage des rapports entre science et société mérite discussion. Il a pour référence implicite une science qui se manifeste dans le quotidien des citoyen∙nes par les outils techniques qu’elle permet de développer ou les prescriptions claires qui émanent de ses résultats ; une science pourvoyeuse de solutions aux difficultés que nous vivons ; une science qui assure et qui rassure. Or, cela pose problème, surtout dans l’objectif de (ré)engager des liens réciproquement nourrissants entre science et société. Quel dialogue pouvons-nous en effet (r)établir si nous ne comprenons que partiellement les parties impliquées et donc les enjeux de la conciliation ?Ces journées d’études proposent de contribuer à pallier cette difficulté en réunissant chercheuses et chercheurs (masterisant٠es, doctorant٠es, post-doctorant.es) qui s’interrogent sur l’inscription de leurs travaux au-delà des cénacles académiques, au sein du monde dans lequel nous vivons. Réfléchir à l’inscription de ses travaux dans le monde renvoie, pour commencer, à envisager celles des auteur٠ices qui produisent ces savoirs, lesquels étant, de ce fait, situés (Harraway, 1988). Il s’agit par ailleurs de penser la circulation extra-académique des savoirs que nous produisons, leurs usages pratiques et abstraits, matériels et immatériels. Pour rendre possible ce partage réflexif autour de l’inscription de nos travaux dans le monde auquel nous appartenons, qu’il engage des discussions sur nos méthodes ou nos productions théoriques, nous proposons de nous réunir de façon atypique.

Scadenza: 01 ottobre 2025 Collection Genre(s) & Sexualité(s), Éditions de l’Université de Bruxelles Studi di Genere, Scienze sociali, Scienze umane Appel à projets de manuscrits (2025): Collection Genre(s) & Sexualité(s), Éditions de l’Université de BruxellesLa Structure de recherche interdisciplinaire sur le genre, l’égalité et la sexualité (STRIGES) de l’ULB lance un appel à la soumission de projets de monographies scientifiques pour sa collection aux Éditions de l’Université de Bruxelles.La collection Genre(s) & Sexualité(s) est dirigée par David Paternotte et Cécile Vanderpelen-Diagre, entouré·es d’un comité éditorial international[i]. Résolument interdisciplinaire, elle souhaite faire connaître des travaux de recherche francophones et anglophones, belges et étrangers.Pour plus d’informations : https://www.editions-ulb.be/fr/collection/?collection_ID=38FinancementSTRIGES prendra en charge les frais d’édition de l’ouvrage sélectionné par le comité éditorial de la collection. Ces frais, évalués à environ 3000 euros, permettent d’assurer la mise à disposition de l’ouvrage en version physique. Une mise en accès libre sur la plateforme OAPEN peut être envisagée moyennant un budget supplémentaire à apporter.ProcédureSont admises à la soumission les monographies scientifiques en études de genre. Les ouvrages attendus compteront entre 300.000 et 800.00 signes, espaces comprises, et seront rédigés en français ou en anglais.Les personnes intéressées sont invitées à soumettre : Le formulaire de soumission des Éditions de l’Université de Bruxelles dûment complété (y compris les annexes); Une lettre de présentation dans laquelle les soumissionnaires présenteront librement leur ouvrage en soulignant en particulier 1) l’apport de leur recherche en études de genre; 2) l’originalité de leur démarche; Une proposition de calendrier exposant les éventuelles étapes restantes avant le dépôt du manuscrit final auprès du comité scientifique de la collection. Les documents doivent être envoyés à david.paternotte@ulb.be et cecile.vanderpelen@ulb.be au plus tard le 1er octobre 2025.La sélection des propositions sera terminée pour le 15 novembre et les résultats seront annoncés dans la foulée. Le Comité éditorial procèdera à l’évaluation des propositions reçues. Toutes les questions relatives au présent appel peuvent être adressées à striges@ulb.be

Scadenza: 01 ottobre 2025 Racialised Space and the Politics of Emotion Studi di Genere, Scienze sociali, Scienze umane

Scadenza: 10 ottobre 2025 Geschlechter des Sozialen. Dialoge zu Verortungen und Perspektiven soziologischer Theorien Studi di Genere, Scienze sociali, Scienze umane Geschlechter des Sozialen: Dialoge zu Verortungen und Perspektiven soziologischer TheorienCfP für die gemeinsame Frühjahrstagung der Sektionen „Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung“ und „Soziologische Theorie“ in der DGS, 12.-13.03.2026, Dortmunder U, HochschuletageEs ist ein soziologischer Gemeinplatz, die Allgegenwärtigkeit der Geschlechterverhältnisse zu konstatieren: Geschlecht, so ist spätestens seit der Popularisierung des „Doing-Gender“-Theorems seit den 1980er Jahren klar, wird in sozialen Praktiken und Diskursen permanent hergestellt, verhandelt, stabilisiert und verschoben. Geschlechterverhältnisse prägen gesellschaftliche Reproduktion, sozialen Wandel, Wissensproduktion und soziale Praktiken. Die Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung hat ihren Stellenwert als theoriegenerierendes Feld vor diesem Hintergrund immer schon begriffen und ernst genommen: Wichtige gesellschaftstheoretische Diagnosen, wie etwa die „doppelte Vergesellschaftung von Frauen“ (Regina Becker-Schmidt), die Einbindung in die „heterosexuelle Matrix“ (Judith Butler) oder die Problematisierung der Annahme von „Arbeit aus Liebe“ (Gisela Bock und Barbara Duden) sind längst zum Kernbestand soziologischer Reflexion avanciert. Gleichzeitig werden Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung sowie die feministische Theorie auch heute noch häufig als Spezial- oder Sonderdiskurse gesehen und gesellschafts- wie sozialtheoretisch selten systematisch berücksichtigt. Geschlechterforschung gehört als „dissidente Partizipierende“ (Sabine Hark) mittlerweile zwar zum Kern der Soziologie, ihre Theorieproduktion hat in der Disziplin allerdings allenfalls den Status einer „eingebundenen Außenseiter:in“ (Patricia Hill Collins): eine Einordnung, die möglicherweise selbst Ausdruck eines epistemischen Ungleichverhältnisses ist und zur kritischen Reflexion theoretischer Kanonbildung auffordert. Die geplante Tagung soll stärker als dies bislang häufig geschieht, zur wechselseitigen Irritation anregen: Allgemeine soziologische Theorie und Ergebnisse der Geschlechterforschung sowie Kernthemen feministischer Theorien sollen in einen produktiven, kritischen, kontroversen Dialog treten. Die geplante Tagung möchte damit die Trennung von allgemeiner Gesellschaftstheorie, soziologischer Theorie und Sozialtheorie auf der einen und „besonderer“ Geschlechterforschung und feministischer, queerfeministischer und intersektionaler Theorie auf der anderen Seite herausfordern.

Scadenza: 10 ottobre 2025 Séparations conjugales et institutions. Studi di Genere, Scienze sociali, Scienze umane

Scadenza: 15 ottobre 2025 Emancipation as Experience of Equality in Hierarchical Otherwise Sensorial Spaces Studi di Genere, Scienze sociali, Scienze umane Democratization of the Senses – Senses of Democracy: Emancipation as Experience of Equality in Hierarchical Otherwise Sensorial SpacesAn International and Transdisciplinary Conference Organized by the Department of Sports Science and Motologie and the Department of Studies in Culture and HistoryApril 4 – 6, 2025 at the University of MarburgRecent 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.

Scadenza: 15 ottobre 2025 Diversity and inclusion in sport and physical education Studi di Genere, Scienze sociali, Scienze umane

Scadenza: 17 ottobre 2025 Work in Progress Gender Studies 2025

Scadenza: 22 ottobre 2025 Sexual Metropolitans? Intercity Networks and Shared Cultures of Sexuality in Modern Cities Studi di Genere, Scienze umane, Scienze sociali PresentationAfter several decades of research, the history of sexuality has proved to be a good lens through which to observe the social and cultural implications of the processes of urbanisation that swept through Europe and the rest of the world between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Researchers have highlighted the role of large cities in the development of new forms of modern urban life and, particularly, in the emergence of new practices, notions, identities and common meanings related to intimacy, sexuality and affective relationships.Historiography has shown how this urbanising process has generated important similarities between large cities located thousands of kilometres apart, although each had its own rhythms and particularities. As far as the field of the history of sexuality is concerned, although recent works are beginning to propose comparative/global/transnational analyses that seek to understand these similarities or common dynamics, research centred on a single city still prevails.This session thus aims to bring together historians and other social scientists around a latent question in studies on urban history and the history of sexuality: the idea of a shared sexual culture between cities and urban centres, whose relations and links transcend the state or national framework. Beyond local specificities, is there a common substratum of shared practices, rituals, symbols, convictions or common meanings around sex and affective relations in modern metropolises? And if so, what role do circulations and networks connecting these cities play in the process?Proposals that analyze the circulation of ideas, people and objects, as well as the degree to which these circulations constitute networks linking cities are particularly encouraged. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries will be specifically targeted, though proposals that challenge this chronological framework may be considered. Proposals that study connections between cities within or beyond Europe will be equally valuable to the discussion.The session offers to address 5 axes:The inter-city circulation of cultural references (dresscodes, visual cues, mannerisms) and productions (shows, performances, artforms) showcasing modern gender expressions and sexualities.The connection between the development of urban leisure and sex tourism as a form of circulation connecting cities across borders.The inter-city networks and circulation of sexual activists, and how the urban framework shapes their ideas, trajectories and militancy.Inter-urban circulations linked to the sex market, whether from the point of view of sex providers (including forced or constrained displacements) or intermediaries (legal or illegal).The circulation of sex-related products and artefacts (contraceptives, sex toys, etc.), and how merchants, companies and shopkeepers contribute to a connected urban material sexual culture.InformationAbstracts (450 words) are due by October 22, 2025, on the dedicated platform: https://www.eauhbarcelona2026.eu/call-for-papers/.Presentations will be accompanied by a written paper of 3,000 to 6,000 words to be submitted in August 2026.

Scadenza: 10 novembre 2025 Women's and gender history Studi di Genere, Scienze umane, Scienze sociali Women's and gender history in times of challenges to democracy, diversity and responsibilityWomen's and gender history have been changing the discipline of history for at least 50 years. They challenge conventional narratives and periodisations and disrupt perceived notions of what and who could become the object of historical inquiry. They pose new questions and do not hesitate to employ the entire repertoire of historical methods, sources and theories to answer them - self-confidently, critically, creatively. They examine and safeguard materials in and for established and new archives. They utilise the growing possibilities of digital methods. They respond to the challenges of the present, look to neighbouring disciplines for inspiration and engage with theoretical concepts from feminist theory, queer and trans studies and post-colonial studies. They take an appreciative, self-critical and intersectional approach to their own history (of origins), including the mechanisms of exclusion and power that also characterise women's and gender history and neighbouring fields such as the history of sexualities. This success story contrasts with an often discerning questioning and ongoing marginalisation of the entire approach within mainstream history. The current challenges to democracy, diversity and gender equality, the increasing attacks on the bodies and lives of women and queer and trans* people worldwide, the overwhelming problems of climate change, wars, poverty and growing social injustice also have an impact on women's and gender history in and outside academic contexts. Gender history in all its variations seems therefore more relevant than ever today, but must also face up to new questions and tasks. We therefore want to use this opportunity to take stock and develop future perspectives: Where does women's history stand today? How has it changed and what contribution does it continue to make to answering pressing questions? Where is the innovative potential of gender history? What has been achieved so far and where is the journey heading? Which historical topics, which methodological and theoretical questions intrigue us? Where do we see a need for research? How can we and how do we want to respond to current (scientific, political, social and academic) challenges? Where can we find new opportunities for co-operation, new points of contact, new sources of inspiration? How does women's and gender history position itself nationally and internationally, within the study of different historical periods and with regard to other disciplines? Why does so-called "general history" continue to struggle with the reception of the results of women's and gender history? And what content and narratives of gender history reach the public? What does it mean for those involved to write, teach and study women's and gender history? Who works where and how on which topics? Who is excluded or runs the risk of being excluded? What effects do biography and social background, institutional context, political views, gender identity, sexual orientation and generational affiliation have on our work? How can we assert ourselves and work together in solidarity in times of massive cuts in the university sector and the elimination of entire professorships for women's and gender history? How does the situation in Germany differ from that in other countries? How do colleagues cope?We are looking forward to a thematically diverse, methodologically and theoretically inclusive conference covering all historical periods and reflecting women's and gender history in all its variety and diversity. We would like to see contributions that not only present new empirical findings, but also situate their research self-reflectively in the field of women's and gender history, identify methodological and theoretical problems and/or question established approaches and concepts, put forward new theoretical proposals for discussion and generally invite a critical look at women's and gender history in its disciplinary and interdisciplinary constitution and interconnectedness.We ask for the submission of panel proposals (3 presentations of 20 minutes each plus introduction/discussion). However, individual presentations (20 min) and other formats, such as book presentations with discussion or roundtables, can also be submitted. Conference languages are German and English. Participants will need to pay a conference fee of approx. 120 euros. This also applies to speakers, except in exceptional cases. Please take this into account when applying for a panel. Students and people who otherwise cannot afford to attend will be charged a much lower conference fee. We are in the process of raising the necessary funds.Deadline for submitting panel and other proposals: November 10, 2025.If you have any questions, please contact geschlechtergeschichte2026@uni-bielefeld.de

Scadenza: 15 novembre 2025 Reassessing Foucault's transhistorical and transdisciplinary legacy

Scadenza: 30 novembre 2025 Theories and Politics of Time Studi di Genere, Uguaglianza, Scienze sociali The hegemony of linear clock time is shaped by the rationality of efficiency in capitalist societies. The associated time-is-money logic leads to a variety of time conflicts, such as time stress and time poverty for carers, or collective powerlessness in the face of the long-lasting effects of environmental destruction and extractivism. Who has how much and what kind of time available depends mainly on material and socio-political conditions. The distribution of time is gendered and embedded in intersectional inequalities.Theories of time from queer, feminist, ecological, decolonial, ableism-critical or intersectional perspectives emphasise different temporalities and their hierarchisation in Eurocentric and androcentric capitalism. Difference is temporalised, for example, when hegemonic and linear temporality marks other temporalities as ‘backward’. Terms such as chrononormativity or crip time illustrate how the hegemonic temporality produces heteronormative and ableism-centred standardisations and normalisations of time. Feminist theories of time, for example, emphasise the specificity of the temporality of care, which is characterised by simultaneity, cyclical temporality, and limited predictability. Time and temporality thus play a central role in maintaining hierarchical and intersectional gender relations.These diverse approaches to time theory point to the necessity of emancipatory and participatory time policies. Feminist time policies aim, for example, at redistributing and reducing wage labour time, slowing down social and political processes, or recognising different temporalities. They raise core questions about social and political participation and analyse the temporal prerequisites for democratic participation processes, especially for feminised care providers and precarious groups that are structurally excluded. In this respect, emancipatory time politics represent an essential lever for democratic participation and thus an effective strategy against accelerationist right-wing and (neo-)fascist politics.In political science, as in political theory, right-wing populism research, migration research, and international relations, gendered time-theoretical and time-political perspectives remain a research gap. In feminist political science, time theories and time politics tend to be discussed separately and occupy a marginal position. Feminist political science could benefit from interdisciplinary queer theory, decolonial, ableism-critical, ecological and feminist time theories in order to analyse dominant and marginalised time politics. This special issue aims to centre the topic of time and politics in feminist political science considerations, especially in the context of growing social and economic inequality and multiple crises. We want to examine the theoretical foundations of time, politics, and gender, as well as the conditions and consequences of time politics from a feminist perspective.We invite contributions that engage with critical theories and politics of time from different feminist perspectives on time. Possible thematic focuses include feminist perspectives on time theory and time politics concerning social and/or ecological processes of re_production, care relations, participation and democracy, coloniality, ableism, heteronormativity, time and space, or resistant feminist practices.Abstracts and ContactFriederike Beier and Hanna Völkle are the editors for this Special Issue. Abstracts of one or two pages should be sent to friederike.beier@fu-berlin.de and voelkle@posteo.de or to the editorial office at redaktion@femina-politica.de by November 30, 2025.As an intersectional feminist journal, Femina Politica supports scientific work by women and other marginalised gender identities (such as trans*, inter*, non-binary or gender-nonconforming persons) in and outside academia. It invites submissions of abstracts with qualified content. We invite the submission of high-quality abstracts and particularly welcome contributions that go beyond white, Eurocentric, cis-heteronormative feminism.Submission deadlineThe Special Issue editors will select contributions from the abstracts and invite authors to submit full papers. The deadline for manuscripts between 35,000 and 40,000 characters (including spaces, notes, and bibliography), prepared for anonymous double-blind review, is March 15, 2026. Information concerning the author should only be given on the title page. All manuscripts are reviewed by external reviewers (double blind) and editors. If necessary, a third review may be requested. The reviews will be returned by May 15, 2026.The final selection will be based on the (revised) full-length paper. The deadline for the final version is July 15, 2026.

Scadenza: 05 gennaio 2026 Espaces, normes et pratiques du travail à domicile Studi di Genere, Scienze sociali, Scienze umane Ce dossier vise à explorer, à partir de plusieurs champs disciplinaires, les espaces, les normes et les pratiques du travail à domicile. Il a pour ambition d'analyser les effets du cadre privé de l’habitat sur les formes du travail, ainsi que sur les manières d’habiter les espaces domestiques envisagés comme un lieu de travail mais aussi un lieu de vie. Ainsi, cet appel s’intéresse à la fois au travail que l’on réalise chez soi, mais aussi à celui qu’on effectue chez les autres.Les géographies sociales du travail constituent un champ de recherche en expansion, dont témoigne le numéro récent de la revue Carnets de Géographes consacré aux Géographies du travail (Chapuis, Estebanez, Ripoll & Rivière, 2023). La dimension spatiale du travail fait l’objet de recherches récentes, qui interrogent notamment les effets d'interdépendance entre travail et production de la ville, à l'instar des travaux du groupe transversal « Villes et métiers » du LABEX Futurs urbains. Des études s'attachent aux « monde[s] du travail », compris comme « groupe[s] de professions en interaction sur un territoire donné », comme le propose Marie Lécuyer dans son travail sur les travailleurs et travailleuses portuaires (2023). L’analyse des évolutions de la distribution des emplois, de la dimension spatiale des trajectoires professionnelles, ainsi que des pratiques et mobilités quotidiennes liées au travail, s’opère fréquemment en articulation avec les migrations, mises en avant dans un récent numéro double de la Revue européenne des migrations internationales (Schmoll & Weber, 2021) et dans un numéro spécial de la Chronique internationale de l'IRES (Magnan & Math, 2024). Les lieux du travail et leur inscription dans la ville sont aussi un champ de recherche important, particulièrement développé à propos des activités professionnelles dans l’espace public, qu’il s’agisse des marchés (Morange & Quentin, 2017) ou de la rue comme espace de travail informel (Collectif Rosa Bonheur, 2019 ; Jacquot & Morelle, 2023).Les propositions dans le cadre des Carnets de recherches et des Carnets de terrain feront l’objet d’une relecture en double aveugle par des spécialistes. Les propositions pour ces deux rubriques sont attendues le 5 janvier 2026. Les propositions dans le cadre des Carnets de débats, Carnets d’enseignement, Carnets de lectures et Carnets de soutenance ne font pas l’objet d’une relecture en double aveugle, mais seront relues par le comité de direction. Les propositions pour ces quatre rubriques sont attendues le 2 février 2026.Sophie Blanchard, Laura Durand, Emily Egan et Lilite Rossignol

Scadenza: 03 febbraio 2026 Corps stigmatisés en contexte numérique Studi di Genere, Scienze sociali, Scienze umane Appareil physique et symbolique caractérisant l’être humain (Le Breton, 2008), le corps est soumis à des normes et injonctions permanentes qui déterminent sa légitimité. Ces normes variables selon des catégories telles que le genre, la classe, la race1, la sexualité ou encore l’âge, construisent un idéal corporel fondé sur l’accumulation de critères multiples, auxquels le corps est censé se conformer. Historiquement ancrée, cette codification du corps s’est s’accompagnée de processus de stigmatisation et de domination engendrés par les imaginaires impérialistes et postcoloniaux (Tonda, 2015), et les systèmes de classements sociaux (Bourdieu, 1979) ont contribué à construire des corps socialement différenciés et à établir une hiérarchie de légitimité entre eux. Dès lors, le corps est devenu un enjeu central dans la reproduction des rapports de pouvoir et des inégalités sociales. Ce faisant, les corps les plus hégémoniques – à la manière des corps blancs, minces, valides, présumés hétérosexuels ou cisgenres vus comme standards (Carof, 2021) dans les sociétés occidentales contemporaines – peuvent être pensés comme majorés, car gratifiés d’une valeur ajoutée qui contribue à les situer socialement et à façonner positivement les discours et les regards qui sont portés sur eux. Au contraire, les corps auxquels nous nous intéresserons ici, minorés2 car privés des fonctions, attributs, traits ou formes qui caractérisent les corps dominants ou prétendus « normaux » par la société, sont éloignés de ces standards. De fait, toute marque corporelle de différence, qu’elle soit ostensiblement visible ou qu’elle fasse l’objet d’une tentative de dissimulation, est souvent perçue comme une déviance ; cela pu être observé dans le cas de certaines orientations sexuelles ou identifications de genre (Macé, 2010). Cette différence opère comme un stigmate au sens goffmanien du terme (Goffman, 1975)3, engendrant des processus de discrimination, voire de pathologisation à l’encontre des corps handicapés, trans, gros, maigres, malades ou racisés. Cette stigmatisation se traduit par des difficultés à exposer ces corps dans l’espace public et à les y faire pleinement accepter (Héas et Dargère, 2014), le risque de sanctions sociales y étant plus élevé. En témoignent les cas de personnes médicalement désignées comme obèses ou en surpoids (Burford et Orchard, 2014), ou encore de femmes homosexuelles (Nicaise, 2017). Toutefois, dans une logique de résistance, le corps peut être exposé selon des stratégies de réappropriation ou de dissimulation, à l’exemple de femmes se définissant comme « gouines »4 et qui, pour échapper au stigmate dans l’espace urbain, surinvestissent des actes de féminité pour être identifiées comme hétérosexuelles et se conformer à la norme dominante (ibid.).Date limite de réception des propositions : 3 février 2026Retour des décisions aux auteur·ices des propositions : 24 mars 2026Dossier coordonné parHélène Bourdeloie (LabSIC, Université Sorbonne Paris Nord)Yann Bruna (Sophiapol, Université Paris-Nanterre)Dimitra Laurence Larochelle (Irméccen, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle)Parution en 2027