From the intensifying assaults on abortion rights in the United States to the targeting of LGBTQIA+ communities and the racialized policing of bodies, gender and sexuality remain key sites of cultural and political struggle. In the wake of the overturning of Roe v. Wade, and amid escalating far-right attacks on healthcare access, trans rights, and gender-affirming care, the lecture series “Gender, Sexuality, Power: Critical Perspectives on the US and Beyond” examines how gendered and sexual norms continue to shape public life. The series brings together researchers from the FU Berlin and international colleagues whose work advances current debates in Gender, Sexuality, and Queer Studies. Approaching the topic from a wide range of disciplinary perspectives, the speakers will trace how power has been organized through (or: around?) gender and sexuality, both historically and in our current political moment.

The series is open to students from all disciplines, as well as all members of the university community and the broader public. Please see the course catalogue for a list of bookable modules.