SkeivForsk - UiB Queer Research Seminar

Today, Tuesday, 6 May, SKOK organizes an open seminar on «Trump, anti-gender politics and academic freedom» in Bergen Global 14:15 – 16:00

Under the current Trump administration, federal agencies have been instructed to remove terms like 'gender', 'sexuality' and 'diversity' from official documents and websites as part of a comprehensive anti-gender strategy. This censorship has sparked debates about the erosion of academic freedom and the broader implications for research and education. Panelists are Haley McEwen (University of Gothenburg) and Jon Braddy (Florida Gulf Coast University) and Kari Jegerstedt (Senter for kvinne- og kjønnsforskning SKOK UiB). Randi Gressgård will moderate the discussion The seminar is part of the PhD course on S*x & Politics, which is a collaboration with SKOK, LawTransform and SkeivForsk Read more in the comments below.🔻

On Monday, 12 May, there is a screening of “Are You Proud?” which charts the LGBTQI+ movement's journey toward equality, celebrating the community's achievements while highlighting ongoing struggles.

The viewing is followed by a panel discussion with Tone Hellesund from the Department of History (UIB) and Francesca Feo and Siri Gloppen from the Department of Government (UiB). This will reflect on the present and future of LGBTQI+ activism and everyday experiences in a time of growing gender backlash and attacks on q***r rights globally.
Doors at the Akademiske Kvarter, Tivoli opens at 18:00. The film starts: 18:30 and both the movie and panel talk are in English.
This event is part of the "Film & politikk" series by DEMOS and the Department of Government/Institutt for politikk og forvaltning ved UiB and marks the International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia (May 17) .
Read more in the comments below 🔻

Important discussion tomorrow - join if you can!

Reminder: Tomorrow, we are organizing this very timely panel about anti-gender politics and academic freedom with LawTransform and SkeivForsk - UiB Q***r Research Seminar at Bergen Global CMI/UiB. Come join us on Tue 6 May 🕦 14:15-16:00. Link in the comments below 👇

The panel:

Haley McEwen has published extensively on anti-gender politics, including a SAIH report on the global anti-gender movement and its attacks on academic freedom.

Jon Braddy recently co-ran an international course on q***r theory with UiB as one of the partner universities. His institution has now cancelled the course until further notice. Braddy will talk about his personal experience, but not on behalf of the university.

Kari Jegerstedt is head of Centre for Women’s and Gender Research (SKOK) and has been co-teaching with Jon Braddy.

Randi Gressgård (SKOK) will moderate the conversation.

Welcome!

Debatt: – Smått utrolig fra KrF om transpersoner

"Revisiting Territorial Cohesion Through the Lens of Q***r Rural Life Stories in Portugal" this Friday - 17 January - at 12:15 in Bergen Global.

At the first SkeivForsk meeting of 2025, Pedro Fidalgo, a guest researchers at Skeivt Arkiv will give a talk on q***r history in Portugal.

After the seminar, we will have be a "housekeeping session" for the UiB interfaculty network for Q***r Research to discuss plans for the semester - and all are welcome to join!

SkeivForsk - UiB Q***r Research Seminar in collaboration with Skeivt arkiv and LawTransform

Photo credit KLMircea 2015 (Flickr)

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Kjærlighet og begjær mellom kvinner: Brev og dagbøker forteller. Skeivt arkivs Heidi Rohde Rafto skriver i i Bergens magasin «På Høyden». Link i kommentarfeltet.

Lawtransform, SkeivForsk and Senter for kvinne- og kjønnsforskning SKOK are proud to present a joint masters/PhD course: S*x and politics in a global perspective. 🎉🌎

https://www.uib.no/en/skok/174258/sex-and-politics-global-perspective -essay-10-etcs-

We will touch upon topics such as the pink line (Mark Gevisser), and and how q***r and trans issues are used as pretext for violence.

The course will run in Spring 2025, beginning in February with a two-week intermediate between each meeting. If all the requirements are fulfilled, the course can give a total of 10ETCS.

Read more (+registration) in the link below. ⬇️

https://www.lawtransform.no/phd-course-sex-and-politics-in-a-global-perspective/