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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)


OpenEdition suggests that you cite this post as follows:
mxschnepf (April 29, 2024). QueerRunde: Zurich ’24. AnthroDesires. Retrieved June 16, 2025 from https://doi.org/10.58079/xv8b


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