Conférence internationale "Current state and challenges of research on anti-gender movements"

PROGRAMME

Thursday, 29/1/26

9:30 Opening of the Conference & Welcome

9:45-11:15 Keynote lecture: Éric Fassin (Professor of sociology and gender studies, Paris-8 University )

Moderator: Marie Ruiz (Université de Picardie Jules Verne)

 

11:15 Coffee break

 

11:30-13:15 Panel 1 : “Revealing the historical, social-political and economic background conditions”

Funda Hülagü (University of Marburg): The Ideological Work of Anti-Gender Arguments: Religion, Crisis, and the State in Semi-Peripheral Capitalism

Tabatadze Sandro (Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University): Hybrid Regime Trajectories and Anti-Gender Policy Transfer: Selective Adaptation of Russian and Hungarian Policy Templates in Georgia

Wilk Marcin (Institute of History, Polish Academy of Sciences): The Girl as a Moral Figure: Emotional Legacies of Interwar Polish Expert Discourses in Contemporary Anti-Gender Mobilizations

Matt Whiffen (Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, KU Leuven): Absenting Queer Religious Experiences: Anti-Gender Sentiment and the Politics of LGBTQ+ Oral History Archives in Croatia

Discussant: Annette Henninger (University of Marburg) Chair: Meltem Ince Yenilmze (Izmir Demokrasi Unversitesi) 

 

13:15-14:30 Lunch break

 

14:30-15:15 Panel 2 : “Deciphering the triangle of state, civil society and anti-gender actors”

Šárka Kolmašová (Metropolitan University Prague), Susana Galán (Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals), Kateřina Krulišová (Nottingham Trent University): Constellations of Anti-Gender Politics across CEE and the NME/SWANA Region

Timo Koch (City St George University of London): The International Right-Wing Popular Front: Conceptualizing Anti-Gender Networks

Dobrinka Chankova (Varna Free University), Amal Linda Ferouani (Abou Bakr Belkaid University of Tlemcen): Gender and Anti-Gender Policies in Bulgaria and Algeria

Duygu Altınoluk (Kilis 7 Aralık University), Ebru Işık (Sinop University): Anti-Gender Movements in Türkiye: Epistemic Governance from National Politics to University Politics

Discussant: Marianna Muravyeva (University of Helsinki)

Chair: Susana Galán (Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals)

 

15:15 Coffee break

 

15:30-17:15 Panel 3: “Rethinking activism and forms of oppositions with a focus on unexpected allies”

Shaban Darakchi (Bulgarian Academy of Sciences): Through the "Neoliberal Utopian Gaze": Rethinking Anti-Gender Mobilization and Academic Resistance in Bulgaria Draga Gajić (University of Novi Sad & Udruženje za kulturu, afirmaciju i savjetovanje ''KAS'' Banja Luka): Resistance, collaboration, and new forms of activism in the times of crisis, polarization, and anti-gender rhetoric

Ceren Lordoglu (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University): Anti-gender politics impact on urban public space

Magdalena Grabowska (Polish Academy of Sciences): Reproductive work, care and political economy. Feminist and queer responses to backlash in Poland

Discussant: Maryna Shevtsova (KU Leuven)

Chair: Veronika Valkovičová (Comenius University Bratislava)

 

17:15-18:00 Wrap up of Day 1

 

Friday, 30/1/26

 

9:00-10:45 Panel 4: “Dissemination and outreach activities »

Eleni Meletiadou (London metropolitan university): Reclaiming the Narrative: Participatory Communication and Countering Anti-Gender Mobilizations in Higher Education in Albania, Kosovo, and Greece

Branko Bošković (University of Donja Gorica): Using social networks as a tool for engagement: How can COST Action „Anti-gender” advance in its achievements?

Nuket Elpeze Ergec (Cukurova University): Digital Stories as a Feminist Method: Give Voice to My Voice workshop

Pavla Dolezalova (NIMH): Propagandistic Attacks and Negative Framing of Transgender People in Czech Media Discourse: Impacts on Mental Health and Social Cohesion (WG2) 

Discussant: Kristine Margvelashvili (Ilia State University) Chair: Tanja Vuckovic Juros (University of Zagreb)

 

10:45   Coffee break

 

11:00-12:00 Panel Discussion: Funding Opportunities for Young Scholars and the COST Action CA23149 Sustainability

Chair : Marie Ruiz

 

12:00-13:30 Coffee break / Early Career Scholars Poster Session & Discussions

Ljiljana Kolarski (University of Belgrade): Resisting the Backlash: Feminist and LGBTQ+ Responses in Serbia

Kateřina Krulišová (NTU), Šárka Kolmašová (MUP): Misogyny Copy-Paste: Glocalised Aesthetics of V4 Anti-Gender Movements

Victoria Lisnic (Moldova State University): Anti-Gender and Anti-Feminist Speeches in Elections: Regional Trends in Romania and Moldova

Kristine Margvelashvili (Ilia State University): Anti-Gender Actors and Their Politics in Orthodox Europe: The Case of Georgia

Vanja Petrović (University of Belgrade): Contemporary Pronatalist Policies and Anti- gender Discourses in Serbia

Julia Walczak (University of Silesia): Legitimizing Anti-Gender Rhetoric through the Communist Memory Script

AdriannaZabrzewska (Edinburgh     Napier University):    Vulnerability  and      Reason: Discursive Strategies in Anti-Gender Movements

 

13:30-14:00 Lunch break

 

14:00-17:00 Early career scholars’ session

Kristine Margvelashvili (Ilia State University): Anti-Gender Actors and Their Politics in Orthodox Europe: The Case of Georgia

Vanja Petrović (University of Belgrade): Contemporary Pronatalist Policies and Anti-gender Discourses in Serbia

Chair: Mare Ushovska

 

C O N F E R E N C E  C L O S U R E

 

The conference is organised by COST Action Democratization at Stake (CA23149)

 

PROGRAM COMMITTEE :

Šárka Kolmašová , Metropolitan University Prague, Czech Republic 

Susana Galán, Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals, Spain 

Veronika Valkovičová, Comenius University Bratislava, Slovakia 

Magdalena Grabowska, Polish Academy of Sciences

Tanja Vučković Juroš, University of Zagreb, Croatia 

Kristine Margvelashvili, Ilia State University, Georgia 

Heidi Hein-Kircher, Martin-Opitz-Bibliothek, Germany

 

LOCAL ORGANIZER              Marie Ruiz, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, France