The Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies (NOG) at Utrecht University (The Netherlands) provides a platform for gender sensitive and postcolonial research. Since 1995, the NOG has offered a highly successful training programme and research environment for postgraduate students, PhD students and senior researchers. The NOG teaching and research staff consists of an international team of professors and senior lecturers from various universities.
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Doing Gender Lecture – Rita Segato – June 8, 2026
The Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies organises the DOING GENDER Lecture Series in cooperation with her partners. These lectures stress the importance of doing gender work combined with an active involvement in the practice of gender theory and research. The concept of DOING GENDER supports a hands-on approach [...]
Panel on Violence, power and masculinity with Rita Segato – June 9, 2026
This panel brings into dialogue the work of Rita Segato on sexual violence, masculinity, and the modern-colonial transformation of patriarchy. Building on Segato’s influential theorization of sexual violence as a structured practice of power—articulated through the “mandate of masculinity” and its communicative and territorial logics—the discussion will explore how [...]
Masterclass Lynnée Denise: From DJ Scholarship to Turntable Epistemology
Masterclass with Lynnée Denise From DJ Scholarship to Turntable Epistemology: Subversive Methodologies in Creative Research Organized by Open University The Netherlands (OU) & Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies (NOG) May 28, 2026, 13:30-17:00h, Open University, Study Center The Hague Description This masterclass and workshop are hosted by Lynnée [...]
Masterclass Teagan Bradway: Queer and Trans Narrative Theory
Masterclass with Prof. dr. Teagan Bradway Queer and Trans Narrative Theory June 2, 2026: 13:00 - 17:00 hrs Leiden University What is queer about narrative form? How has narrative shaped queer and trans theory? And what can contemporary queer and trans narrative teach us about the politics of gender, [...]
NOISE Summer School 2026
NOISE Summer School 2026 Sites of Struggle and Contestation: Social Reproduction Theory Netherlands Research School of Gender Studies 24 – 28 August 2026, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. In what ways does the reproduction of human life—biological, social, cultural, and affective—function as a precondition for capitalist accumulation? How can we [...]
Symposium and Workshop: Women’s Everyday and Oral Histories in the Middle East
The Centre for Gender Studies at Groningen University is co-organizing a two-day symposium and workshop on women's oral and everyday histories in the Middle East, put together by Dr. Donya Ahmadi and Dr. Sepideh Yousefzadeh (Rudolf Agricola School, Development, Security and Justice group), in collaboration with ICOG (The Groningen [...]