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Read Elissa Helms (CEU Dept. of Gender Studies) and Andrea Krizsán (CEU CPS) on the Hungarian Government's Attack against CEU

November 24, 2017

Hungarian Government’s Attack on Central European University and its Implications for Gender Studies in Central and Eastern Europe

Helms, Elissa/Krizsan, Andrea: Hungarian Government’s Attack on Central European University and its Implications for Gender Studies in Central and Eastern Europe, Femina Politica, 2-2017, S. 169-173.

Romania ‘turns illiberal’ with moves against gay marriage

October 6, 2017

Romania is gearing up to hold a referendum to amend the constitution to prohibit gay marriage, a move that civil rights groups warn could put the country on an “illiberal” path alongside the likes of Hungary and Poland.

Read the comment of Prof. Andrea Pető in Politico's article

“Resistance Alone Is Not Enough” – Women’s Rights and Illiberal Democracies

August 31, 2017

Andrea Peto discusses some of the feminist theoretical interventions from recent years, e.g. neoliberal neopatriarchy, gender as symbolic glue, the illiberal polypore state, familialism and securitization of human rights.

READ the article of the The Green European Journal!

Far right and gender in Europe - FES - CEU Conference

June 27, 2017

„Populist right, far right and gender in Europe” - Summary of the conference of the FES in co-operation with the Departments of Political Science and Gender Studies at CEU, which took place on 5 April 2017 in Budapest. Film made by: Sára Haragonics and Asia Dér.

See video on the converence HERE