QueerRunde: Zurich ’24
The two-day workshop “QueerRunde: New directions in the anthropology of gender and sexuality” brings together anthropologists based in Switzerland, Germany and the Netherlands working in the field of Gender and Sexuality Studies. The event creates a collegial space for presenting and discussing participants’ current research as well as for networking between junior and senior scholars at different stages of their careers. The workshop is organized in collaboration with the Working Group “Gender & Sexualities | Queer Anthropology” of the German Anthropological Association. For more information, please contact Stefan Binder (stefan.binder@isek.uzh.ch) and Anne Kukuczka (anne.kukuczka@uzh.ch).
Thursday, May 16
16:00 – 17:00
Welcome by Workshop Organizers and Informal Networking
17:00 – 18:30
Prof. George Paul Meiu, University of Basel
Public Keynote: Underlayers of Citizenship: Queer Objects, Intimate Exposure, and the Rescue Rush in Kenya
19:00 onwards
Dinner for Workshop Participants
Friday, May 17
9:00
Arrival and Welcome
9:15 – 10:00
Yicun Jin (PhD candidate), University of Amsterdam
Autonomy and its dilemma: The entanglement of politics and commerce in a sex club in Amsterdam
Discussant: José Meléndez Duarte, M.A (PhD Candidate), University of Bern
10:00 – 10:45
Dr. Marion Wettstein (Postdoctoral Researcher), Heidelberg University
Queer answers to Nepali cultural heritage: The case of “rainbow teej”
Discussant: Dr. Kumud Rana (Lecturer/Assistant Professor), Lancaster University
10:45 – 11:15
Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:00
Luay Ranko (PhD candidate), University of Cologne
From Damascus to Berlin: Coming Out Journeys of Muslim Gays. Renegotiating Religion, Reproducing Masculinity, Redefining Morality
Discussant: Dr. Serena Dankwa (Postdoctoral Researcher), University of Basel
12:00 – 12:45
Dr. Ursula Probst (Postdoctoral Researcher), Freie Universität Berlin
Precarious Freedoms. Sex Work and the Ambivalences of “European” Liberties in Berlin
Discussant: Prof. Wikke Jansen, Heidelberg University
12:45 – 14:00
Lunch Break
14:00 – 15:00
Wrap-Up and Final Discussion
General Information
Organizing Team
Dr. Stefan Binder
Anne Kukuczka, M.A.
Enya Sarina Fritschy
Location
University of Zurich
Andreasstrasse 15
CH-8050 Zurich
Room AND-3-02 (Thursday)
Room AND-5-03 (Friday)

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