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Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · 1d

Outrageous. One of the very first symptoms of a wanna-be) authoritarian regime is their declared dislike for Sociology and Gender Studies. Those are usually the first they go after, as we saw in Brazil during Bolsonaro, in Hungary, etc. It's time to rise. #publicSociology
#academicfreedom

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Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · 1d

The IV Monsters Summer School invites PhD students to explore monstrosity as a site of possibility. Together, we will reflect on queer challenges, methods, and resistance in times of reactionary politics and shrinking citizenship and democracy.

Reclaim monstrosity, apply now 👾

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Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · 1d

What if we stopped fearing the monster and instead embraced monstrosity as a space of resistance, solidarity, and radical belonging?

Reclaim monstrosity, apply now 👾

Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · 1d

Highlights:
🔹Lectures by leading international scholars
🔹Hands-on workshops & group discussions
🔹Activist & cultural events
🔹Networking

Confirmed speakers:
🔹Ana Cristina Santos
🔹David Paternotte
🔹Judith Takács
🔹 Luisa Semedo
🔹Maggie O’Neill
🔹Miguel Cardina

Reclaim monstrosity, apply now 👾

Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · 1d

👾 Open Call – PhD Monsters Summer School IV - Monsters Under Pressure: the queer art of resistance.

Apply until Nov 30 2025!

📅 17–21 May 2026
📍 Centre for Social Studies, Univ of Coimbra, Portugal

👉 More: www.ces.uc.pt/summerwinter...

Apply: ces.uc.pt/cessummersch...

Reclaim monstrosity💥

Monsters Under Pressure: the queer art of resistance

www.ces.uc.pt

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Ineke Sluiter @inekesluiter.bsky.social · 5d

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Global academic freedom group warns Trump is dismantling US higher education

Report from Scholars at Risk counts some 40 attacks against academic freedom in the US in the first half of 2025

www.theguardian.com

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Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · 10d

Amazing week spent at the University of Macerata as an invited keynote speaker for the #SOCIN2025 conference with #ERUA. So much food for truly interdisciplinary thought. And listening to @inekesluiter.bsky.social keynote... what a treat!

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Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · 23d

The evaluation process has been carefully designed and thoroughly explained. The focus on feasibility on B2 only will make room for more cutting edge proposals to get shortlisted avoiding desk rejection. The ERC is a rare gem in wonderful hands! 💎

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Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · Aug 5

Once upon a time, the beginning of the world. 🥹

National Park Timanfaya, Land of Fire, Island of the 1000 🌋🌋🌋

#timanfaya #lanzarote

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Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · Jul 23

Take your rosaries from my ovaries (again)

Protect LGBTQI youth (again & again)

Please join the Public Consultation this week before it's too late for Portuguese schools. The input from the international community is precious. Here:
dge.mec.pt/noticias/con...

#StopTERFs #notinmyname
#sexeducation

Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · Jul 13

⚠️Attention prospective PhD students - last Call for Applications!
🇬🇧PhD programmes taught in English (check which before applying)
🫣Deadline: 15th July

📚Join us in a vibrant community of engaged scholars at the @ces-uc.bsky.social , Univ of Coimbra, Portugal

+Info: www.ces.uc.pt/en/doutorame...

Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · May 20

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CES-UC | Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra @ces-uc.bsky.social · May 8

📣 O projeto ‘PULSAR | O papel de profissionais LGBTQ+ para uma saúde inclusiva’ (CES-UC) apresenta um questionário sobre experiências de profissionais de saúde LGBTQ+ em Portugal 👉 O objetivo é identificar desafios, necessidades e promover ambientes de trabalho inclusivos

Experiências de profissionais de saúde LGBTQ+ em Portugal

Inquerito realizado para recolher as experiências de profissionais de saúde LGBTQ+ em Portugal, no âmbito do projeto de investigação "PULSAR", coordenado por Mara Pieri no Centro de Estudos Sociais da...

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Apr 26

📣 LGBTIQ equality academics and experts: #HaveYourSay in the EU's consultation on the new LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 👉 buff.ly/YJXpmlr

On #LesbianVisibilityDay, we mark the strength and stories of lesbian women, plus research from @anacristinasantos.bsky.social @ces-uc.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/QsbOcvF

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Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · May 14

Tools to think critically about how we live and what we aim for. The #RainbowMap 2025 is out 🌈

With #ILGA-Europe, discover how 49 European countries are performing when it comes to LGBTI human rights.
🔗 rainbowmap.ilga-europe.org/

Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · Apr 27

These boots were made for walking. I'm grateful to the ERC for this honor and responsibility I share w/ incredible colleagues and the institution that has always been my home of academic freedom.
Much more to come soon... Onwards!

TRACE - Queer Citizenship over Time
@ces-uc.bsky.social
#trace_ces

European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Apr 26

📣 LGBTIQ equality academics and experts: #HaveYourSay in the EU's consultation on the new LGBTIQ Equality Strategy 👉 buff.ly/YJXpmlr

On #LesbianVisibilityDay, we mark the strength and stories of lesbian women, plus research from @anacristinasantos.bsky.social @ces-uc.bsky.social 👉 buff.ly/QsbOcvF

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Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · Apr 27

Thank you, also from my team and institution. Much more ahead in the years to come, and that's a promise! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️⚧️♀️

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Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · Apr 22

Sociologists of sexualities and gender, attention to this⤵️
Deadline extended: 30th April. 🔥
And don't forget to follow the ESA Sexuality Research Network on BlueSky! Together we're stronger. 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈✊🏽

@esasexuality.bsky.social
W/ European Sociological Association

ESA RN23 Sexuality @esasexuality.bsky.social · Apr 10

We would also like to remind you that the deadline for submitting your abstracts is approaching fast - 15 April 2025:

esarn23.wordpress.com/conference-2...

We look forward to seeing you in Palermo!

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Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · Apr 14

The attacks on knowledge and academic freedom are targeting LGBTQI+ issues mostly.
We must stand together, use all platforms, demand for more visibility and funding for LGBTQI research.
Sexual and gender diversity remain powerful indicators of the quality of Democracies.
✊🏽🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️⚧️♀️

The Guardian @theguardian.com · Apr 14

Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads

Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles Requests to remove books from library shelves are on the rise in the UK, as the influence of pressure groups behind book bans in the US crosses the Atlantic, according to those working in the sector. Although “the situation here is nowhere [near] as bad, censorship does happen and there are some deeply worrying examples of library professionals losing their jobs and being trolled online for standing up for intellectual freedom on behalf of their users”, said Louis Coiffait-Gunn, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (Cilip). Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · Apr 13

Same in Portugal, many of us will not set foot in the US for a while. It's simply not safe for scholars engaged in academic freedom and human rights. The costs of this deranged authoritarian turn will last for decades.

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Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · Apr 12

Trump asks? We answer.

Academic freedom is non-negotiable.
We'll respond to Trump's anti-DEI obsession w/ more & more research on each of the forbidden words, more & more books to fill the shelves emptied by force, more & more transfeminist & queer PhD programmes.

🏳️‍⚧️✊🏽🏳️‍🌈⚧️♀️
@ucoimbra.bsky.social

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Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · Mar 22

Madeira offers such a powerful statement of tropical wilderness just a stone away from Lisbon. 1h30 on the ✈️ and - bang - an endless gift of colour, ocean and amazement.

#Madeira #islander

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Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · Mar 15

🔥Attention, queer EU early career researchers! Enjoy academic freedom & excellence in a prestigious institution w/ longstanding work on LGBTQI+, ageing, gender, diversity, citizenship & democracy. 🌈✊🏽
⚠️PhD up to 8 years; not in Portugal for over 1 yr in the past 3 yrs; etc.
➡️Check & apply bf 30 June

European Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions

Postdoctoral Fellowships (MSCA) 2025 | Call for applications until 30 April 2025

www.ces.uc.pt

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Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · Mar 9

Resistance is only possible if we come 2gether, because attacks on freedom are tentacular. #IWD is transfeminist & more. Just read the list of forbidden words released by the ElonTrump Admin. Not all politicians are the same. Fight against populism, join the Left, bring another friend w/ u. Now. ✊🏽⚧️♀️

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Ana-Cristina Santos 🏳️‍🌈 (she/her) @anacristinasantos.bsky.social · Feb 22

Respect! And gratitude. We should all be doing this and whatever we can, standing up for human rights and for our collective dignity. Hell, yeah.

A big shout-out to brave Maine leaders and to our trans family and friends 🏳️‍⚧️
#dontpanicorganize

Trump Clashes With Maine’s Governor, Janet Mills, Over Trans Athletes

President Trump asked Gov. Janet Mills if her state would comply with the executive order he signed banning transgender athletes from women’s sports. He didn’t like her answer.

www.nytimes.com

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