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Two VENI scholarships to Gender Studies
Iris van der Tuin and Marta Zarzycka, two members of the project group Gender studies of the Research Institute for History and Culture (OGC), have been granted a VENI scholarship. A VENI scholarship is an individual scholarship of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) for excellent researchers who have recently completed their doctorates. Dr. Iris van der Tuin was awarded a scholarship for the study 'The material turn in the humanities': Humanities scholars study language or artistic symbols. But recently they have started looking more and more at the material sides of art and at the bodily dimension of experiencing art. This project will map the epistemological consequences of this turn. Dr. Marta Zarzycka was awarded a scholarship for the study ‘Images at war: photography, gender and humanitarian aid’: The main road of scholarship on photography capturing war and conflict has focused on the empathic responses of the Western audiences. This project examines how images produce contemporary notions of identity, citizenship and sovereignty of subjects of war.
Erasmus Prize for ATHENA Network!
The ATHENA-network has been awarded the Erasmus Prize for its contribution to Social Inclusion. The ATHENA-network had been nominated as a success story and model of best practice in the framework of the European Commission's Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP). The project has been included in a publication by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Education and Culture (DG EAC) as an example of the best practice for the Erasmus Programme. On May 19, 2010, during the Lifelong Learning Programme Conference under Spanish Presidency in Barcelona, the Erasmus Prize was awarded. The prize was accepted by Berteke Waaldijk, academic director of ATHENA3, and Rosi Braidotti, founder of ATHENA and academic coordinator of ATHENA2. For more information: www.athena3.org
PANN foundation subsidy
The PANN foundation organizes heterofriendly gay parties for all gay, lesbian, bisexual and heterosexual youths. Besides that, PANN foundation initiates and funds other, societal, activities. All this is for the advance of the emancipation and integration of homosexual youth. The PANN foundation grants subsidy for, and organizes diverse activities to advance emancipation. Why is this important for you? The PANN foundation has a yearly budget out of which money is awarded to different projects. If you want to do research or write a thesis about homosexuality for which you need money, you can send in a request to the PANN foundation.
You can find more details about the possibilities of funding for your projects here. The text in the document is available in both Dutch and English.
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 (June 2009).
Below, the first video of What's up with Gender. Sequels gender 2 and gender 3 you can find by clicking on the links. Have fun!
Below, the first video of What's up with Gender. Sequels gender 2 and gender 3 you can find by clicking on the links. Have fun!
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 (June 2009) can now be seen on youtube. Please click here for Bad Brya's rap.
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.
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! 
