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Academic Freedom Under Attack: A Transatlantic Conversation

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A Transatlantic Conversation took place on November 5, 2025, as the third installment in the Race, Migration, and Coloniality in Europe Working Group at Yale University’s series on the rise of the Far Right in Europe, this time in partnership with the CEU’s Gender Studies Department.

Global Blackness and Decolonial Black Feminisms – Round Table Co-Organized by the Department of Gender Studies

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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.

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

Book Cover: Innocence and Victimhood

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.

Our Applied Track Students Complete Summer Internships

September 30, 2025
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Five students on the Applied Track have successfully completed their internships as part of the requirements for their MA in Critical Gender Studies degrees and are due to graduate in June 2026.

Míra Balkay interned at the Budapest Institute in Hungary where she engaged in a wide range of research and operational activities, including assisting in designing field experiments on labour market discrimination against Roma applicants and people with autism spectrum disorder.

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.