Faculty News

Gender Studies Professor Elissa Helms Gives a Talk on Gender and Genocide at the University of Bern

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Gender Studies Associate Professor Elissa Helms was invited to give a talk on October 6 at the University of Bern, Switzerland as part of the lecture series organized by the Department of Anthropology and Cultural Studies on “The Question of Genocide.” The series, put together in response to student and faculty concerns about genocide being committed by Israel in Gaza, asked speakers to reflect on the concept of genocide through their expertise in various contexts.

Visiting Professor Adriana Qubaiova Holds a Workshop in Salzburger Kunstverein

“Paradise Now” by Leila Shawa’s

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.

Meet Our New Faculty Member – Dr. Tyanif Rico Rodríguez

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The Department of Gender Studies is delighted to welcome Dr. Tyanif Rico Rodríguez as a new permanent faculty member.

New OA collaborative monograph by ZARAH project team: “Women’s Labour Activism in Eastern Europe and Beyond: A new transnational history” (UCL Press, August 2025)

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The collaborative monograph presents a deeply researched, inclusive history of women’s labour activism in Eastern Europe, Austria, Turkey and transnationally, from the age of empires to the late twentieth century. It explores women’s activism and organizing to improve the working conditions and living circumstances of lower-income and working-class women and their communities in the region and internationally.

Andrea Peto received OPUS MIRABILE PRIZE for the Project „Silenced“, the memorial for women as victims of wartime sexual violence 

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The Scientific Committee on Art History of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences has awarded the first prize in the category of exhibitions the 2022 OPUS MIRABILE PRIZE to the exhibition ‘Silenced’, coordinated by the Budapest City Archives in the framework of the Municipal of Budapest „Silenced” project, and the edited book Silenced’ edited by Edit András, József Mélyi and Andrea Pető (BFL 2022), the catalogue of the exhibition. The award ceremony will take place on 23 May 2025 in Budapest.