(Trans—) Sexualities + Psychoanalysis Summer School
8 - 12 Jun 2026
June 8-12, 2026, University of Amsterdam | Public Lectures on June 8 and 11, 2026
Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis
A research community devoted to the comparative and interdisciplinary study of culture (in all its forms and expressions) from a broad humanities perspective
Upcoming events
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Screening: Contradict – Ideas For A New World
11 Jun 2026Documenting Audibilities x Auralities Seminar Screening and Q&A Thursday 11 June 2026, 15:30-18:00, University Theatre (Nieuwe Doelenstraat 16-18), Room 3.01. -
Book Launch: The Gloria Wekker Reader
12 Jun 2026We celebrate the ongoing legacy of the Afro-Surinamese Dutch feminist theorist and activist Gloria Wekker with the launch of The Gloria Wekker Reader (Duke University Press, 2026). -
Narratives, identities and the festering genocide wound: Some Postcolonial provocations
15 Jun 2026This presentation by Prof. Nelson Mlambo from the Nambia University of Science and Technology will seek to valorise how researching ‘historical-future’ narratives and faction (fact-ion) through the Namibian genocide ...
News
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2026 ASCA Awards
The 2026 ASCA Awards Committee, consisting of Fairuzah Atchulo, Selin Gerlek, and Ben Moore, has given awards to the following researchers: Yvette Lok Yee Wong, Laura Vermeeren, and Joost de Bloois. -
Palestine: Past, Present and Future Narratives
Academic director Prof. Ihab Saloul of the Amsterdam School for Heritage, Memory and Material Culture (AHM) will serve as series editor of a new book series at CEU Press, 'Palestine: Past, Present and Future Narratives'. -
Van Swiebertje tot Bridgerton: hoe televisie ons na 75 jaar nog steeds verbindt
Televisie is vaak doodverklaard, maar is na 75 jaar nog altijd springlevend – mede dankzij streaming en online. Geen ander medium maakt het ons zo makkelijk om met elkaar te praten over de wereld om ons heen. Dat ... -
How the ‘strange’ opens up our ideas about art and society
What happens when we make room for the unusual and the uncomfortable in the arts? In her new book Strange Tastes, Professor of Philosophy Monique Roelofs explores how the ‘strange’ can transform the way we see, feel ...
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ASCA PhD Community
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ASCA Research
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