As part of our ongoing efforts to foster a community of scholars of gender studies, we are excited to begin the summer semester 2026 with a new format called feminist forum!
The feminist forum is designed to provide a platform for advanced master students, doctoral researchers and post-docs to share their research and engage in discussions with their peers.
The first feminist forum is concerned with love: Love is a complex and multifaceted concept that has been explored from various perspectives in (queer-)feminist and gender theories. From the critique of romantic love and motherhood as a tool of patriarchal control to the celebration of queer love as a form of resistance, scholars have offered a wide range of insights into the nature of love.
We will hear and talk about three research projects:
- Aline Fehr: Feminist Theories of Love and their Relevance to Political Philosophy
- Gwendolin Ott: Construction of the subject in multiple love: A knowledge-sociological discourse analysis of relationship advice books for polyamory
- Lucas Schucht: Love of Masculinity in the Far Right
In the audience, there will be Honours students of the faculty of Social Sciences at Utrecht University, who are visiting Goethe University on a study trip, opening the opportunity for international networking and dialogue.