Gender Studies Seminar Series: “The crisis of racism-sexism in the ivory tower”

The Gender Studies Seminar Series invite researchers to share their insight on key issues for gendered and sexualized lives and knowledges, and to engage in critical discussions about the development of gender studies as an interdisciplinary and intersectional research field. Bringing together scholars from various research fields and theoretical traditions, this seminar series offers a platform for critical reflexions and new insights. Seeking to provide a space for intellectual exchanges around the role of knowledge production in turbulent times, the spring 2024 Gender Studies seminar series at the Department of Gender Studies put the focus on critical contributions and interventions into conditions for knowledge production – in gender studies, in higher education, in modes of situated knowledge, and under forms of enduring coloniality.

Dounia Bourabain conducts research on instances of everyday racism in various contexts, including clothing stores, primary education, and higher education institutions. Her current project explores the racialized and gendered aspects of higher education institutions. Latest publications include: “Everyday sexism and racism in the ivory tower. The struggles and resistance of women early career academics in Belgium”, in Tijdschrift voor genderstudies, vol. 26, no. 2, 2023

Learn more about Dounia Bourabain´s research on Research Gate.