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Prof. Gloria Wekker nominated for 'Het Roze Lieverdje'
Our own Prof. Gloria Wekker has been nominated for 'Het Roze Lieverdje', a prize organised by political party Groenlinks to honour individuals in Amsterdam who contribute to sexual diversity and gay emancipation. The definite prize will be presented on February 14, 2010, Valentine's Day, in Club Church, Amsterdam.
Please support Prof. Wekker by casting your vote here. (Voting closes February 8, 2010)
Previous prize winners were Father Van Kilsdonk (2006) and Karin Spaink (2008).
Please support Prof. Wekker by casting your vote here. (Voting closes February 8, 2010)
Previous prize winners were Father Van Kilsdonk (2006) and Karin Spaink (2008).
For more information on the prize and its background visit http://amsterdam.groenlinks.nl/roze.
What's up with Gender? - video's finally online
You can now see the What's up with Gender? video's made by MC Bad Brya and director Claudia Tellegen online! These video's were made to celebrate the 21st anniversary of the Gender Studies programme at Utrecht University.
Please click on these links to see the video's in youtube: gender 1, gender 2, gender 3. Have fun!
Please click on these links to see the video's in youtube: gender 1, gender 2, gender 3. Have fun!
Prof. Azar Nafisi's lecture was a success
Thursday morning November 26 Prof. Azar Nafisi, best-selling author of Reading Lolita in Teheran held a lecture on women, literature and politics in Iran. In dialogue with Shervin Nekuee (author of De Perzische Paradox 2006) the audience caught a glimpse of Nafisi's views and work. She even read a touching paragraph from her newest book Things I've been silent about (2008).
Interview with Rosemarie Buikema on radio programme Het Wetenschapscafé
On Friday the 5th of June Rosemarie Buikema was interviewed by Harm Oving in the weekly radio programme Het Wetenschapscafé of Teleac. The programme was centered around the 7th European Femininst Research Conference. Click here to listen to the interview.
7th European Feminist Research Conference on Facebook
Enthousiastic participants of the conference created a facebook page. Not one, but two! This is the perfect place to exchange ideas, photos, comments etc. Click here for the Facebook page '7th European Femininst Research Conference'. Click here for the Facebook page 'Feminists to the 7th Power'.
Rap What's up with Gender on youtube!
Bad Brya's rap What's up with Gender that she wrote especially for the 21st birthday of Gender Studies at Utrecht University can now be seen on youtube. Please click here for Bad Brya's rap.
If you are interested in Bad Brya's music, t-shirts and other mechandise, check her website.
7th European Feminist Research Conference: Abstract Books and T-shirts still available
It is still possible to order a t-shirt (black with the 7th EFRC-logo at the front; with or without sleeves) or an Abstract Book (with all the paper abstracts). If you're interested send an email to: 7thfeminist@uu.nl
New book publication
Doing Gender in Media, Art and Culture edited by Rosemarie Buikema and Iris van der Tuin (Routledge, 2009) can be ordered with a 20% discount if you use this form. The book gives an overview of the most important debates within feminist theory over the past 15 years, and places these debates within the context of the various disciplines of Cultural Studies. For more information on the Dutch version of Gender in Media, Kunst en Cultuur (Coutinho, 2007), click here.
Gezocht: creatieve en zelfstandige stagiair voor de debatserie WomenSpeak! Ben je bachelorstudent met een hoofdrichting of minor in genderstudies? Geïnteresseerd in maatschappelijke thema’s in genderperspectief? En durf je het aan om in een stage inhoudelijk en organisatorisch vorm te geven aan enkele debatten onder begeleiding van een professionele debatprogrammeur? Dan is dit je kans: stuur een e-mail met motivatie en kort cv naar womenspeak@tumultdebat.nl of bel voor meer informatie met Josien Pieterse 030-2332430. Of vraag Iris van der Tuin naar de mogelijkheden. Zie ook http://www.womenspeak.nl/ en www.tumultdebat.nl/. Twee genderstudies studenten gingen je reeds voor en waren zeer enthousiast over deze stage.
The inaugural lecture of Prof. Marlene van Niekerk - The Fellow Traveler (A True Story) - can be ordered for free from the Graduate Gender Programme (as long as stock lasts). Send an email with your address to: nov@uu.nl
GEMMA is the first Erasmus Mundus Master on Women’s and Gender Studies in Europe. Gender Studies at Utrecht University is one of the partners in this project. For more information see GEMMA.
Especially for PhD students: a quick link to the PhD courses of the Graduate Gender Programme!
Attention students: Ask Annabel is the students’ organisation of the department of gender studies at Utrecht university. Since her emergence in 2004 she organises film screenings, debates, excursions, benefit performances and workshops. Check it out!
...and test your cyberfeminist abilities, play this Summa Cum Laude game! 
