De laatste jaren kent hekserij als denkbeeld een heropleving, voornamelijk binnen het activisme van kunstenaars, feministen, queers en ecologisten. Als reactie tegen onderdrukking streven ze naar een meer ethische en minder individualistische bestaansorde. Dit maakt hekserij vandaag tot een metafoor voor militant anders-zijn, een andere manier van leven, leren en de wereld begrijpen. Tijdens een zesdaagse workshop zorgen choreografe Latifa Laâbissi en curatrice Anna Colin voor een fysische en theoretische verkenning van de hedendaagse figuur van de heks. Met teksten, ficties, reconstitutie, lichaamspraktijken, filosofische en antropologische inzichten zorgt Alternatives sorcières voor een immersie in de historische verbeelding en beleving van de heks.

Van 15 t.e.m. 20 mei in de Manchesterstraat 21 te 1080 Brussel. Meer informatie:

• http://www.kfda.be/nl/programma/workshop-alternatives-sorcieres
• https://www.facebook.com/events/188064631968247/

The registrations for Prof. Rosi Braidotti’s 2018 summer school at Utrecht University (the Netherlands) are now open!

The 2018 summer school, titled “Posthuman Ethics, Pain and Endurance,” which will take place between the 20th-24th of August 2018 at Utrecht University, in Utrecht, the Netherlands, combines an introduction to the basic tenets of Braidotti’s brand of critical posthuman theory with an overview on contemporary debates about the ethical implications of posthumanism and the so-called ‘posthuman turn’.
While the emphasis of the course will be on the mutually enriching relationship between the posthuman, neo-materialism, and the ethics of affirmation, this year the main topic will be both the practical and theoretical issues around the notions of pain and endurance in the contemporary world.

Please click on the following registration link if you are interested in participating: https://www.utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/culture/posthuman_ethics_pain_and_endurance

Or send an e-mail to receive more information to: gw.braidottiass@uu.nl

Europe’s demography in terms of ethno-cultural composition is rapidly diversifying in an unprecedented way. This topic has become a priority issue for policymakers at the national and EU-level. There is a great concern on how to deal adequately with superdiversity as it affects all realms of society.

The second edition of the Summer School ‘Europe: Diversity and Migration’ addresses these issues from an interdisciplinary perspective and provides participants with insights, information and tools based on theoretical perspectives, empirical case studies and several field visits.

• Where: Stadscampus, University of Antwerp, Belgium
• When: 25 June – 6 July 2018
• Who: Master students and final year Bachelor students who are interested in deepening their knowledge about Europe related diversity and migration issues. Students from all disciplines are encouraged to apply.
• Registration fee: €400. University of Antwerp students are entitled to a refund of €150.
• Application details: Online through Mobility Online before 16 April 2018.
• More information: www.uantwerpen.be/europe-diversity-migration

The seminar is an annual interdisciplinary conference, jointly organised by the University of Antwerp, the Ghent University and The Vrije Universiteit Brussel. It relates gender to broader issues of diversity, epistemology and questions of (in)equality in power in society, culture and politics from a critical research perspective.

This year’s focal question is “How to study the complexity of femininities, masculinities and gender fluidity?” The previous years have witnessed a growing interest in men’s and masculinities’ studies and a renewed attention to femininity as a theoretical paradigm or concept. Building on this literature, the upcoming seminar will reflect upon what masculinities and femininities there are, how they emerge, get shaped, interact with each other, prevail or get marginalized. In a similar vein, the concept of gender fluidity deconstructs or at least distinguishes more than the binary feminine-masculine construct, pointing at a broad range of sex or gender constructions that exist on a continuum between what tends to be labelled as men and women. It is thus not only interesting to look at these three concepts in themselves, but especially at their interplay and how they interact. Academic speakers, practitioners and PhD students are invited to inquire about the concepts of femininities, masculinities and gender fluidity and how to integrate them into research from a theoretical, empirical and a methodological point of view.

More information and registration: https://www.uantwerpen.be/en/research-groups/ced/events/2018-gender-research/

We are delight to invite you to the summer school “Prejudice, discrimination, and the diversity challenge” which will take place at the University of Geneva from 2 to 6 July 2018.

Where does prejudice come from? How do prejudice and discrimination affect people’s achievements, performances, and well-being? How can institutions reduce prejudice? How do laws prevent prejudice and protect minorities? What are the advantages of the inclusion of minority groups in the labor market? 

Deadline: 15 April 2018

For more information and inscription:

http://www5.unige.ch/genevasummerschools/programme/courses/prejudice-discrimination-and-diversity

The Department of Transboundary Legal Studies, the Centre for Gender Studies, and the Global Health Law Groningen Research Centre of the University of Groningen cordially invites you to participate in our fourth International Law for the Sustainable Development Goals Workshop: Gender, Health & Sustainable Development- The role for international human rights law.

Proposal submission: Please find the call for papers & digital artwork (PDF) attached. Deadline to receive proposals is 28 March 2018.

Workshop date & location: The workshop will run from 2pm-6:30pm on May 7th, 2018 at the University College Groningen in Groningen, the Netherlands.

Workshop programme: The workshop will feature Prof. Wendy Harcourt (confirmed), Professor of Gender, Diversity and Sustainable Development at the Erasmus University. Her keynote will be followed by a panel session with presenters selected from the call for papers. Selected artwork will be exhibited throughout the event. A full programme will be published closer to the event.

Jaarlijks biedt UCSIA de kans aan buitenlandse academici die belangwekkend wetenschappelijk onderzoek uitvoeren, hun onderzoek te verdiepen in samenwerking met academici van de Universiteit Antwerpen. Hiervoor nodigt de Universiteit Antwerpen twee ‘UCSIA-visiting scholars’ uit. Ze voeren postdoctoraal onderzoek uit naar thema’s die aansluiten bij de belangstelling van UCSIA: ethiek, religie of spiritualiteit in samenhang met interreligieuze en interculturele dialoog, wetenschap en cultuur, geneeskunde en maatschappij.

In 2017 komt dr. Anneke Newman naar het Centrum voor Migratie en Interculturele Studies. Anneke Newman is eveneens postdoctoraal onderzoeker aan het Laboratoire d’Anthropologie des Mondes Contemporains van de Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

• Wanneer? 29 november 2017, 18u-20u
• Waar? Universiteit Antwerpen, Hof van Liere, Prinsstraat 13, 2000 Antwerpen
• Meer informatie: http://www.ucsia.org/main.aspx?c=*UCSIA2&n=122473&ct=122473
• Inschrijven: http://www.ucsia.org/main.aspx?c=*UCSIA2&n=87971

The Centre for Research on Culture and Gender of Ghent University, is  happy to announce the lecture by Angela Willey (the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA) on her book “Undoing Monogamy: The Politics of Science and the Possibilities of Biology”.

Willey’s work is of interest not only to students and scholars who work on sexuality and relationships, but also to those interested in critical science studies, queer theory and feminist theorization of materiality.

“Covering a substantial range of topics, Undoing Monogamy is a highly generative book for anyone interested in feminist science studies, cultural studies of sexuality, and especially new materialism.” — Jennifer Terry, author of An American Obsession: Science, Medicine, and Homosexuality in Modern Society

“Reaching far into feminist science studies, new materialism, and feminist of color critique, Angela Willey refuses to privilege either biology or the social. Her deepest ethic is to recognize the animacy of both humans and nonhumans, of both culture and materiality, and the ways in which they make one another. An outstanding book, Undoing Monogamy opens up important questions for defining feminist science and its promise for democratizing science and society.” — Kim TallBear, author of Native American DNA: Tribal Belonging and the False Promise of Genetic Science

The lecture is part of the Doctoral Schools Specialist Course ‘How to Make Sense of Subjectivity in Research’ and is hosted by the Centre for Research on Culture and Gender. More information: http://www.culturegender.ugent.be/AngelaWilley

Time: 29 June 2017, 10:00
Venue: Jozef Plateauzaal, Campus Boekentoren, Plateau-Rozier, Jozef Plateaustraat 22, 9000 Gent.

Op 15 juni 2017 organiseert de Vrouwenraad  een middaglezing (van 12u – 14u) rond het interferentiedenken.

Evelien Geerts, doctoranda aan UCSC, de University of California, Santa Cruz in de VS, zal tijdens de lezing het model voorstellen en vooral het concept intersectionaliteit nog eens opfrissen om dan de meerwaarde en/of de valkuilen van dit interferentiedenken te kunnen begrijpen. Daarna wordt de theorie omgezet in praktijk: hoe kunnen we dit denken toepassen op voorbeelden uit onze eigen maatschappij? De middaglezing wordt beëindigd met een algemene bespreking van dit (toekomstig?) feministisch model. Evelien Geerts zal deze lezing en praktijkomzetting toegankelijk maken voor mensen uit de academische wereld en het middenveld.

Deelname is gratis maar inschrijven is verplicht vóór 13 juni 2017 bij Ashley Vandekerckhove via nvr.AVandekerckhove@amazone.be. De lezing gaat door in de vergaderzaal A207 van Amazone, Middaglijnstraat 10, 1210 Brussel.

Er zullen broodjes, met een vegetarisch aanbod, water en koffie aanwezig zijn.