Department Spotlights

Contesting Colonial Legacies in Academia and Beyond took place on October 3, 2025, co-organized by the CEU Department of Gender Studies, as part of the 52nd Austrian Association for American Studies (AAAS) Conference, the University of Vienna, and the AAAS. The roundtable, organized and moderated by Prof. Dr. Nadia Jones-Gailani (CEU), featured Professor Dr.

Adriana Qubaiova was invited to hold a workshop examining Gazan artist Laila Shawa’s  exhibited works from a gendered and feminist perspective, hosted by Salzburg Art Association on September 14. Titled “Reading Between the Walls: Looking for Gender; Seeing Sex" Adriana reviewed some of the dominant Orientalist dualisms that haunt Shawa's art pieces.