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ATGENDER internships
ATGENDER offers a few research-internships for MA students in the field of Gender Studies. The internships will support the ATGENDER Conference ‘Gender Studies and the precarious labor of making a difference’ September 2024, Utrecht, the Netherlands. What we offer: Supervised internship in which you design and execute a research project (preferably a project based on…
Read moreCall for Papers for Spring Conference 2024 at Utrecht University
Once every three years ATGENDER organises a conference in the spring or in September with a focus on the role of Gender Studies expertise in activism and professional employment, like NGOs, nonprofit and profit organisations. [2020 London – Caring in Uncaring Times; 2017 Vilnius Bridging Gender Research and Policy Making; 2014: Barcelona – A New…
Read more#NotInOurAcademia
AtGender agrees: Not in our academia! Academic censorship on sexual misconduct and power abuse. #NotInOurAcademia #NoEnNuestraAcademia #NãoNaNossaAcademia #MeTooAcademia If you want to sign this open letter, please sign the form here and your name will be added. Sexual misconduct is rife in higher education. In the UK, for example, sexual harassment carried out by academic staff towards…
Read moreList of Candidates September 2023
Dear AtGender members, As you know, AtGender is looking for new board members. The elections will be organized during the AtGender General Assembly (on Wednesday, September 6th 2023). We are sharing with you a list of candidates for board members and their motivation letters. AtGender team. Helen Aadnesgaard is…
Read moreCall for Candidacy: New ATGENDER Board Members
We are looking for 3 new enthusiastic board members to join our board from September 2023. Board members serve for a three-year term (which can be extended for one additional term if re-elected). Each member of the Board serves in several working groups that are responsible for particular tasks, such as finance, ‘Teaching with Gender’ book series, communication,…
Read moreVacancy: Call for an ATGENDER Office Manager
ATGENDER: European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation is looking for an office manager located in Utrecht for 8 hours per week, starting September 2023. ATGENDER is a professional organization in the field of international gender studies – more information can be found on our website: www.atgender.eu TASKS Help in coordinating board meetings and support conference logistics,…
Read more2023 Spring Conference Travel Grants Announcement
It is now possible to apply for the travel grants that ATGENDER has made available for students/precarious scholars who cannot cover the travel/accommodation costs. To apply, please send a short statement of motivation (100-150 words max.) to <info@atgender.eu> explaining: a) your employment/student status b) which costs you can cover, and which costs (with the approximate…
Read moreATGENDER Conference 2023 (4th-6th September 2023) Kadir Has University, Istanbul
Dear ATGENDER friends, The Call For Papers for the upcoming ATGENDER Conference Feminist Pedagogy of/beyond Borders is out. While we share it with you, we extend our solidarity with the people affected by the recent earthquake in Turkey and Syria. You can find the details of the conference here.
Read moreDear ATGENDER friends, We would like to share that we are working on the next ATGENDER Spring conference. The conference will be held at the Kadir Has University, Istanbul, Turkey, from the 4 to the 6 September 2023. The focus of the conference is on pedagogy, and the main concepts addressed are borders, boundaries, transgression,…
Read moreFundraising from ATGENDER for the Earthquake in Turkey and Syria
Dear ATGENDER friends, Turkey and Syria are affected by two earthquakes that occurred on the 6th and 7th of February 2023. While earthquakes are conceived as natural disasters, they are also significantly gendered and political (through factors, including corruption, classed urbanisation, the lack of coordination of humanitarian relief, the lack of support for women and LGBTQ+ people,…
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