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Gender/Sexuality Research Group @genderpl.bsky.social · 4d

The conference “Gender and Sexuality Studies in Local and International Perspectives” is just 1 day away! 🎉

We will map 🗺️ the contemporary state of the field, both from the perspective of Polish research & teaching, as well as the potential for international collaboration 🌎

55 Dobra Street, 10-17

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Gender/Sexuality Research Group @genderpl.bsky.social · 7d

And now a selection of speakers seating on the Polish-language panel: dr Ludmiła Janion (Gender/Sexuality Research Group, ASC, UW), dr hab. Dobrochna Kałwa (WH, UW), dr Konrad Sierzputowski (IKP, UW) & mgr Izabella Tyborowicz (MSD, UW). 🎉

Ludmiła Janion jest kulturoznawczynią, adiunktką w Ośrodku Studiów Amerykańskich Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego, członkinią Pracowni Gender/Sexuality. Jej zainteresowania naukowe koncentrują się wokół przemian kulturowo-społecznych lat 90. w Polsce i Europie, studiów nad seksualnością oraz teorii queer.

Ludmiła Janion is a cultural studies scholar, assistant professor at the American Studies Center, University of Warsaw, and a member of the Gender/Sexuality Research Group. Her research interests focus on the cultural and social changes of the 1990s in Poland and Europe, sexuality studies and queer theory.

Historyczka, absolwentka Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, od 2012 adiunkta na Wydziale Historii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego. Naukowo zajmuje się kulturową historią kobiet/gender, historią mówioną i metodologią. Członkini redakcji czasopism „Aspasia” i „Women’s History Review”, członkini Komisji Historii Kobiet Komitetu Nauk Historycznych PAN i zarządu International Federation for Researchers in Women’s History.

Historian, graduate of the Jagiellonian University, and assistant professor at the Faculty of History, University of Warsaw since 2012. Her research interests include the cultural history of women/gender, oral history, and methodology. She is a member of the editorial board of the journals "Aspasia" and "Women’s History Review," and a member of the Women’s History Commission of the Committee on Historical Sciences of the Polish Academy of Sciences and the board of the International Federation for Researchers in Women’s History.

Kulturoznawca, muzykoznawca, badacz współczesnych kultur LGBTQ+, adiunkt w Instytucie Kultury Polskiej UW. Jego zainteresowania naukowe obejmują: aktualną muzykę popularną, historię mediów audiowizualnych, transformacje kultury cyfrowej oraz wernakularne strategie i praktyki queer — online i offline.

Konrad Sierzputowski is a cultural anthropologist, music scholar, and researcher of contemporary LGBTQ+ cultures and assistant professor at the Institute of Polish Culture, UW. His academic interests include contemporary popular music, the history of audiovisual media, transformations of digital culture, and vernacular queer strategies and practices — both online and offline.

Doktorantka Międzydziedzinowej Szkoły Doktorskiej UW, absolwentka Instytutu Kultury Polskiej, w którym ukończyła kulturoznawstwo ze specjalizacją z kultury wizualnej, absolwentka filmoznawstwa w Instytucie Sztuki PAN. Obecnie studiuje gender studies w Instytucie Badań Literackich PAN. W ramach projektu doktoranckiego prowadzi badania nad queerowymi performansami na polskiej scenie klubowej, przede wszystkim skupiając się na kulturze ballroomowej i dragu.

PhD student at the Interdisciplinary Doctoral School at the University of Warsaw, graduate of the Institute of Polish Culture, where she graduated in cultural studies with a specialization in visual culture, and a graduate of film studies at the Institute of Art of the Polish Academy of Sciences. She is currently studying gender studies at the Institute of Literary Research of the Polish Academy of Sciences. She researches queer performances of the Polish club scene, primarily focusing on ballroom and drag culture.

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Gender/Sexuality Research Group @genderpl.bsky.social · 7d

The conference is fast approaching ⏳. Please get to know some of our wonderful speakers: dr Josef Šebek (Charles University), dr Camilla Bruun Eriksen (University of Copenhagen) & prof. Andrea Pető (Central European University) on the English-speaking panel ⬇️

Josef Šebek jest adiunktem w Instytucie Literaturoznawstwa Porównawczego i Literatury Czeskiej na Wydziale Humanistycznym Uniwersytetu Karola oraz współpracującym badaczem w CEFRES (Centre français de recherche en sciences sociales). Specjalizuje się w materializmie kulturowym, socjologii Pierre’a Bourdieu oraz współczesnej francuskiej socjologii literatury. Jego zainteresowania obejmują również gatunki pisarstwa biograficznego i studia queer.

Josef Šebek is an assistant professor at the Institute of Czech and Comparative Literature at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University and an associated researcher at CEFRES (Centre français de recherche en sciences sociales). He specializes in cultural materialism, the sociology of Pierre Bourdieu, and current French sociology of literature. His other interests include genres of life writing and queer studies.

Dr Camilla Bruun Eriksen jest profesorą w Katedrze Studiów Nordyckich i Lingwistyki (Uniwersytet Kopenhaski). Specjalizuje się w studiach kulturoznawczych i teorii krytycznej, zwłaszcza w poststrukturalistycznej teorii feministycznej i teorii afektu.

Dr Camilla Bruun Eriksen in an associate professor at the Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics (University of Copenhagen). She specializes in cultural studies and critical theory, especially post-structuralist feminist theory and affect theory.

Andrea Pető jest profesorą w Katedrze Studiów nad Płcią na Uniwersytecie Środkowoeuropejskim w Wiedniu (Austria) oraz doktorą nauk ścisłych Węgierskiej Akademii Nauk. Jest autorką licznych publikacji w wiodących czasopismach, takich jak „East European Politics and Society”, „Feminist Theory”, „NORA”, „Journal of Women’s History” i „European Journal of Women’s Studies”, a także autorką 7 monografii. Prowadzi zajęcia z europejskiej historii porównawczej płci i społeczeństwa, płci i polityki, ruchów kobiecych, metod jakościowych, historii mówionej i Holokaustu.

Andrea Pető is a Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University, Vienna, Austria, and a Doctor of Science of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. She has published widely in leading journals including East European Politics and Society, Feminist Theory, NORA, Journal of Women’s History and European Journal of Women’s Studies, as well as authored 7 monographs. She teaches on European comparative social and gender history, gender and politics, women’s movements, qualitative methods, oral history, and the Holocaust.

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Gender/Sexuality Research Group @genderpl.bsky.social · 14d

#MartaUsiekniewicz recently took part in the "Silent Echos: Golden Age Crime Fiction and Trauma" Conference organized by @goldenagemysteries.bsky.social & Florida State University. She presented a paper on "Consumption, Trauma, and Masculinity in Dorothy L. Sayers’ Lord Peter Wimsey Series" 💡

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Gender/Sexuality Research Group @genderpl.bsky.social · 16d

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Gender/Sexuality Research Group @genderpl.bsky.social · 16d

This week 🗓️ in Kraków #JoannaMąkowska will discuss her translation of Claudia Rankine’s iconic “Citizen: An American Lyric” (recently pub. in Poland by Karakter), alongside Prof. Paulina Ambroży&Dr. Bartosz Wójcik.

This event is the lead-up to the Polish Association of American Studies conference 🚅

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Gender/Sexuality Research Group @genderpl.bsky.social · 18d

REMINDER ‼️

Join us on October, 6th for a conference on "Local & International Perspectives on Gender & Sexuality Studies." It is an event in celebration of the upcoming inauguration of the new Gender & Sexuality MA studies program at the University of Warsaw ✨

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Feminist Review @feministreview.bsky.social · 24d

Valerie Solanas’ utopian world-building: Feminist poetics of anger and political violence in SCUM Manifesto (1967)
By Aleksandra Julia Malinowska
#anger #affect #eloquentrage
#FR140: journals.sagepub.com/share/QRHHBX...

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Gender/Sexuality Research Group @genderpl.bsky.social · 22d

Available for purchase at: www.wuw.pl/product-pol-...

Gender. Perspektywa antropologiczna. Kontynuacje

Wydany w 2007 roku dwutomowy zbiór Gender. Perspektywa antropologiczna znacząco przyczynił się do zaistnienia problematyki płci i seksualności w polskiej etnologii i antropologii kulturowej, a także w...

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Gender/Sexuality Research Group @genderpl.bsky.social · 22d

🚨NEW PUBLICATION🚨

#JędrzejBurszta has recently contributed a Polish-language chapter on the relationship between religious individualism & young LGBT+ believers' attitudes towards parenthood in Poland to the Uni of Warsaw Press edited volume "Gender. Perspektywa antropologiczna. Kontynuacje" 📖

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Gender/Sexuality Research Group @genderpl.bsky.social · 27d

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Gender/Sexuality Research Group @genderpl.bsky.social · 27d

We are co-hosting a conference to celebrate the upcoming inauguration of the new Gender & Sexuality MA studies program at the University of Warsaw. The 1st panel (in PL), "Gender i Queer po polsku" explores local scholarly perspectives and the 2nd (in ENG) focuses on transnational networks! ✨

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Feminist Review @feministreview.bsky.social · Aug 28

#FeministReview 140 is out! Our most recent #Currents Issue includes research and theoretical articles, and open-space creative writing, with many of them being open access. Have a look and join the conversations with us and the authors. Enjoy your reads!
#FR140: journals.sagepub.com/toc/fera/140/1

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Journal of Women's History @jwomenshistory.bsky.social · Aug 22

🗃️Open-Access Alert #3: The ENTIRE Spring 2024 Issue of the JWH is open access. See Bonnie G. Smith's remembrance of Natalie Z. Davis, articles by Mytheli Sreenivas, Iris Berger, Michelle Arrow, Mary Louise Roberts, Tamika Nunley, María Martín Gómez, and Frances Luttikhuizen: muse.jhu.edu/issue/52077

Project MUSE - Journal of Women's History-Volume 36, Number 1, Spring 2024

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Gender/Sexuality Research Group @genderpl.bsky.social · Aug 27

All members presented papers on queer speculation in literature, film, and video games. #JoannaKaniewska received the prestigious @sfrareview.bsky.social Student Paper Award for her last year's paper titled “Re-Enchanting the Future: Witches in Feminist Science Fiction." Congratulations!

Gender/Sexuality Research Group @genderpl.bsky.social · Aug 27

This year’s @sfrareview.bsky.social annual conference at the University of Rochester included a large representation from the Gender/Sexuality Research Group: #JędrzejBurszta, #OlgaGajek, #AnnaMariaGrzybowska, #JoannaKaniewska, #AgnieszkaKotwasińska, #AnnaKurowicka, #AnnaTemel #JagodaTyczyńska

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Gender/Sexuality Research Group @genderpl.bsky.social · Aug 22

@ajmalinowska.bsky.social, our doctoral student member, has recently published with @feministreview.bsky.social. Check out her article "Valerie Solanas’ utopian world-building: Feminist poetics of anger and political violence in SCUM Manifesto (1967)": journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · Aug 14

💬 Women penalised for anger on inequality

A new study found that when women express anger about gender inequality, they are judged more negatively and gain less support for collective action. Tackling narrow gender norms may help

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#SciComm #GenderEquality 🧪

Women are derogated for expressing group-based anger which undermines collective action for gender equality

We investigate whether exposure to a woman who expresses anger about gender inequality is negatively evaluated and undermines collective action for gender equality. Research suggests that women are...

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Ira Solomatina @irasolomatina.bsky.social · Jul 21

Find my article on happy narratives in women's fashion publications in the latest issue of @femmediastudies.bsky.social alongside excellent research on media and gender from across the globe!
www.tandfonline.com/toc/rfms20/c...

Feminist Media Studies

Volume 25, Issue 5 of Feminist Media Studies

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redrum scare(d) corncob (no one said it made sense) @inquiline.myatproto.social · Aug 14

Congrats to @lportwoodstacer.bsky.social on new 📘 Make Your Manuscript Work, out with @princetonupress.bsky.social !!

Whenever early career scholars ask me for advice about publishing books, I always send 'em right to Laura's wellspring of excellent resources
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Make Your Manuscript Work

From the bestselling author of The Book Proposal Book, a practical, step-by-step approach to mastering the four pillars of scholarly writing for authors, editors, and publishing professionals

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Women's History Network @womenshistnet.bsky.social · Jul 7

📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025.

🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.

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#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage

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AG About Gender @aboutgender.bsky.social · Jul 31

🎧 A new episode of our podcast ‘About Gender – Studi d'altro genere’ is now online!

💬 This time we talk about gender and queerphobia with Giuseppe Burgio, Full Professor at the University of Enna ‘Kore’.

🎙️ Listen now on Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/7LYxLba...

Promotional poster for the podcast About Gender – Studi d’altro genere with a purple background. The top includes logos of various partners and institutions. The main text reads: "Podcast About Gender Studi d’altro genere – What is queerphobia? with Giuseppe Burgio". On the left, there is a circular photo of Giuseppe Burgio speaking into a microphone, with a colorful pride flag in the background. The bottom features the logos of the European Union, the Italian Ministry of University and Research, the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan, and the University of Genoa.

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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social · Aug 8

We will be exhibiting at the American Sociological Association Conference. Stop by our exhibit. Take advantage of our special conference discount offer. 30% off with free U.S. shipping. Use code: RASA25.

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#ASA25 @ASANews #Sociology

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CRASSH @crasshlive.bsky.social · Jul 3

💥 CRASSH at 25!
Be part of our 2026 anniversary programme!

Submit your ideas in response to our anniversary open calls for a special annual lecture and a series of funded half-day events on the theme of
'Knowledge in a Fractured World'
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CRASSH at 25! Anniversary open calls, submit your ideas on the theme of 'Knowledge in a Fractured World'.

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Feminist Review @feministreview.bsky.social · Jun 30

The agential cut and paste: Collaging feminisms
By Lily Atkinson
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