Anti-gender politics, "Current state and challenges of research on anti-gender movements"

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

CONFERENCE PROGRAMME

Current state and challenges of research on anti-gender movements

28 - 30 JANUARY 2026 , AMIENS, FRANCE 

VENUE: Logis du Roy Amiens

 

 Wednesday, 28/1/26 

P R E - C O N F E R E N C E

14:00-16:00 Core group meeting

16:00-18:00 Networking session

 

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)