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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

🦄🔔Attention queers🦄🔔 Queer fragments is starting today in Florence! ⚜️⚜️ We're so excited to welcome all our amazing speakers, the programme is packed and enticing! Join online here if you're interested! 💻 www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

🧑‍🎓Martin will present their work on the legal regulation of intersex and gender-affirming care, as well as the contemporary controversies surrounding these issues in the UK, Germany, and Australia

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

👩‍⚖️Irene will discuss her research on the dignity-based model of sex work regulation and its implications for sex workers’ rights in Italy, France and Sweden

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The speakers will present the legal understanding of self-determination and the role of human dignity regarding the lives of sex workers, intersex people and transgender people ⚧️

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

💥🦄Attention queers, event announcement!🦄💥 Join our two speakers from the EUI Max Weber Program, Irene Pollini and Martin Gramc, talking about the double standards of human dignity💅 📍Sala dei Levrieri, Villa Salviati 🗓️9 June, 14:00 - 15:30 💻Register here: www.eui.eu/events?id=58... See you there!

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Georgia-Taygeti Katakou: Archiving the Greek Left: Friendship, Queerness, and Counter-Communities of Emotion ****

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Zsófia Anna Veszely: Queer Comrades: Teenage Friendship and Same-Sex Desire in Hungarian Sex Education during the Cold War **** Barbara Trojanowska: Heartfelt Friends: Women-Loving Women in Habsburg Galicia’s Public Discourse ****

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Dani Carron: “Deutschland – Einig Hetenland? [Germany – United Hetero-land?]” Queer Engagements with German Reunification, 1989–1991 **** Michał Narożniak: Wojciech the Hermaphrodite and Leon Wachholz: Early-Modern Lives, Fin-de-Siècle Forensics, and the Emergence of Gender Identity Category ****

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🌈Look at that QFSWG delegation in Prague!🌈 Many of our members are presenting at the "Queering 20th century East Central Europe" conference in Prague 🏛️💅 The keynote, Ann Cvetkovich, talked about queer methods, emotions and the archive 🦄💡 You can see our list of presenters and their topics below!

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EUI Department of History @eui-history.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

A joyful and enraged call to action On 4-5 June, join the conference Queer fragments, organised by our @eui-qfg.bsky.social working group 👉 loom.ly/3kc_wuM The conference will bring together researchers, thinkers, and artists discussing why queer lives are made disposable, triable, and unlivable

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Georgia-Taygeti (she/her) @georgiakat.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

My secret passion is excel, budgets, and fundraising (to ensure brilliant researchers and activists can attend conferences without socioeconomic barriers)! We have spent much of this past year working on the Queer Fragments conference and it's a joy that it is finally here. @eui-qfg.bsky.social

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

About the photograph: Lina Pallotta: Porpora New York City, 1993 B/W Photograph 80x120 cm Centro Pecci (Prato, Italy)

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

💥🦄Good morning queers 🦄💥 Yesterday, 17 May, was IDAHOBIT (International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia) 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We chose to commemorate it with a photograph of Porpora Marcasciano, Italian writer and trans activist, by artist Lina Pallotta (details below) 📷📷 Our struggle continues!

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Hello queers! 🦄 The EUI just turned 50 🇪🇺 For the next 50 years, we demand gender and grant equality, equal and trans-inclusive healthcare for all researchers, condemnation and concrete actions against international crimes and genocides! 🇺🇦🇵🇸 Wishing for a brighter future ahead, happy birthday 🎂

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

The editors Roman Kuhar (University of Ljubljana) and Adriana Zaharijević (University of Belgrade) will present the main findings of the book, reflect on recent developments in anti-gender mobilizations, and discuss how feminist and other actors can respond to contemporary challenges. Can't wait!

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Attention queers! 🦄🦄 💥Upcoming book talk: "Anti-Gender Mobilizations in the Post-Yugoslav Space"💥 Organised by @biljanak.bsky.social, Martin Gramc, and Vita Zalar 💅 📍Emeroteca, Badia Fiesolana, 🕰️12 May, 18.00-19.30 💻Register here: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

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Democratic backsliding and gender equality: anti-gender mobilizations in the post-Yugoslav space

This book talk will introduce the 2026 edited book ‘Anti-Gender Mobilizations in the Post-Yugoslav Space’ (Palgrave 2026).

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

During the workshop, we will discuss with Dr Adriana Zaharijević (University of Belgrade) the last chapter of her book "Judith Butler and politics" (EUP, 2023), touching upon Butler's concepts of non violence and the ontology of the body.

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

☮️Workshop announcement!☮️ "Depending on a relation: Judith Butler as a philosopher of peace" Organised by @biljanak.bsky.social, Martin Gramc, and Vita Zalar. 📍Emeroteca, Badia Fiesolana ⏳11 May, 15.00-17.00 💻Register here: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

🚨Upcoming event🚨 Book presentation by Paul van Trigt (University of Leiden). 📚Join this fascinating book presentation on the history of disability, human rights, the welfare state, religion, and ethnicity! 📍Sala del Torrino, Villa Salviati 🕰️5 May, 11-13 💻Register here: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

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Lola Dickinson @loladickinson.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Had the best time at the Sexuality, Activism and the State in Modern Europe workshop last Friday! Co-organised with the wonderful @zsofia-v.bsky.social and @georgiakat.bsky.social

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Joseph Price @joseph-price.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Really enjoyed speaking at the European University Institute last Friday for a workshop discussing sexuality and activism across Europe organised by @zsofia-v.bsky.social, @georgiakat.bsky.social and @loladickinson.bsky.social

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

💥🦾Panel 3 - *Policing Desire*: @loladickinson.bsky.social (Birkbeck, University of London), Elisabetta Cavallin (EUI), and Miruna Chirilă (EUI)🦾💥

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

💥🦾Panel 2 - *Sexual Governance*: Aliesia Soloviova (EUI), Merlin Sophie Engel (Freie Universität Berlin), and @zsofia-v.bsky.social v.bsky.social (EUI)🦾💥

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

💥🦾Panel 1 - *Recovering Activist Voices*: Anna Feleki (EUI), @joseph-price.bsky.social (University of Warwick), Jan Daniel Schubert (EUI), and @georgiakat.bsky.social (EUI) 🦾💥

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

💥🦾 The keynote presentation ‘Shared authority and queer oral history’ was delivered by @npapadogian.bsky.social (University of Stirling) and chaired by @elisaheinrich.bsky.social (EUI) 🦾💥

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

👏 Thank you to all the participants of the “Sexuality, activism, and the state in modern Europe” workshop 👏 We had a great day of inspiring presentations, illuminating discussions and thought-provoking questions ✨🦄💥 👀🎤Find a sum-up of the keynote and panels in the thread! 🎤👀

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

The workshop brings together scholars from law, history, economics, and political science to explore how norms and inequalities related to gender and sexuality are challenged, contested, and reconfigured through advocacy, activism, and institutional change Looking forward to the discussions!

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

🚨🚨Multidisciplinary Research Workshop coming! 💥🦾 Organised by researchers in the EUI Max Weber Programme 📚 📍Emeroteca, Badia Fiesolana 🕰️28 April, 9:30-18:00 💻You can register here: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Yesterday (April 26) was lesbian visibility day 🦄💅🦾 We are celebrating with a trans-inclusive version of the historical Labrys Pride flag 💻You can read more about the flag's history here: www.thepinknews.com/2025/05/27/l...

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

This workshop explores how minority studies have reshaped knowledge production, institutional structures, and academic research 🦾 Join the discussion with experts on disability studies, Romani studies, Dalit studies, intersex and trans studies, gender studies, and postcolonial studies‼️

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

👀💅ATTENTION QUEERS💅👀 👉Interdisciplinary workshop: "Minority studies go universal?"👈 💬 Organised by Vita Zalar, Khushi Singh Rathore, Rajkumar Sahoo, Martin Gramc 📍Emeroteca, Badia Fiesolana 🗓️23 April, 13:00 - 18:30 💻 Registration: www.eui.eu/events?id=58...

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

It will thematise histories of queer activism, sex education, HIV/AIDS, reproductive issues and many more! Keynote lecture 'Shared authority and queer oral history' by Nikolaos Papadogiannis (University of Sterling).

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

This one-day workshop, organised jointly by the Interviewing and Oral History Working Group and @loladickinson.bsky.social, aims to integrate the history of sexuality, sexual politics and sexual governance in 20th-century Europe into a coherent transnational analytical framework

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

💥💅🏽Join our Workshop on sexuality in Western, East Central and South Eastern Europe!💅🏽💥 🏫Sala del Torrino, Villa Salviati ⏳24 April, 9:30-18:00 🧑🏼‍🎨Illustration by Emese Veszely (1991 World AIDS Day in Budapest)

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Let's meet tomorrow at 5 pm in SS Annunziata, we March together for trans day of visibility! 🏳️‍⚧️🦾🏳️‍⚧️

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Thanks to all who joined our fantastic and inspiring talk with Angéla Kóczé! In case you missed it, don't worry: the book "Romani Women at the Edge of Neoliberal Europe: Discursive Emancipation and Structural Violence" (MUP) is coming out this summer and will be available at the EUI library 🌟🦾📚

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Academic freedom and integrity can do better than "gender critical" terfs‼️ Our working group will be protesting today at the EUI against the invitation of Prof. Alice Sullivan as a speaker in an event on academic freedom. Find here our statement and join us! 🦾💅

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Members of our working group too took to the streets in Florence for International Women's Day 2026: EUI is transfeminist! 🦾🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️💅

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Thank you Mart for all your activity, support, and labour that you put into the Working Group! ✨🦾

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Another extremely proud and emotional moment: congratulations to Dr Mart Chmielewski for successfully defending their thesis "The Bra Capital of Poland: Socialism, Capitalism, and Economic Change in the Polish Lingerie Industry, 1940s-2020s 💥💅🏽👏🏼

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Soon, you will be able to access Moisés’s first monograph, “Cruising the dictatorship: Queer Intimacies in Francoist Madrid” (Manchester University Press)! 🎉 Congratulations on this milestone, we can’t wait to see what’s next!

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Besides academic research, Moisés is making sure academic knowledge reaches the wider public: He co-founded Maricorners, an interdisciplinary platform promoting Spanish LGTBIA+ and queer studies, featuring information, new publications and its own MariPodcast 🎧(👇https://maricorners.es/)

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MariCorners – Asociación de Estudios Interdisciplinares LGTBIA+ y queer en español

Maricorners 2026: V congreso internacional de estudios interdisciplinares LGTBIA+ y queer El V Congreso MariCorners se celebrará el 22, 23 y 24 de abril de 2026 en la Universidade de Vigo. Pulsa el bo...

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

This research focuses on the global histories of HIV/AIDS and the transnational networks of activism and care since the 1980s, exploring how dissident sexualities were lived, regulated, and remembered.

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Here's the new post of our #EUIAfter series, which shows previous Working Group members and their fantastic projects after graduating from the EUI 🧑‍🎓 Meet Moisés Fernández-Cano, who is now a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the Global Histories of HIV/AIDS at the University of Stirling.

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

🧚🏽🧚🏽 EVENT ALERT 🧚🏽🧚🏽 Tomorrow, we will host @frammaturo.bsky.social in Palazzo Buontalenti to discuss her latest book, "The Politics of Pride Events"! Join us on premise or online, registration is available here: www.eui.eu/events?id=58... Looking forward to the juicy discussions!! 💥💅🏽

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Pride events: between the global and the local

In this event, Dr. Francesca Romana Ammaturo will be discussing her recently published book titled

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EUI Queer and Feminist Studies Working Group @eui-qfg.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

‼️Deadline approaching‼️ One week left to apply for the Queer Fragments Conference! 💥🌟 The great proposals we received made us even more eager to collect more to make this conference, as we promised, joyfully and enragedly queer. Find more detailed info on the application process in the CfP! 🦄💅

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