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Internationale Tagung "Anti-Feminism and Anti-Gender Politics in Authoritarian Regimes"

The Role of the State, Religion, and Feminist Counter-Strategies in the Near and Middle East and Eastern Europe The political ascent of authoritarian populist regimes has triggered fears over the erosion of existing and evolving democratic processes in various parts of the world. A particular concern are the anti-feminist and anti-gender policies advocated by authoritarian populist movements as they pose a direct threat to the individual rights of women and LGBTI*Q persons.

Veranstaltungsdaten

Anmeldung: 

If you wish to attend the conference, please register before 18 June 2023 and send an email to forum@herder-institut.de Since there is only a limited number of seats available at the Herder-Institute, we kindly ask you mention the days you wish to attend. You will receive timely confirmation before the conference. Invited speakers have already been registered. Registration is for external participants only!

Programm: 

21 June 2023, Wednesday

16:00 Guided tour through the Herder Institute (optional) with Heidi Hein-Kircher

17:00 Registration

17:30 Welcome Speeches

18:00 Keynote

Nadje Al-Ali, “Beyond Exceptionalism and Area Studies: Transnational Feminist Perspectives on Anti-gender/feminist Discourses and Politics”
20:00 Meet and Greet

22 June 2023, Thursday

09:30 – 11:00 Anti-Gender Politics in times of Multiple Crises: An Outcome or a Cause?
Chair: Pierre Hecker

Alev Özkazanç, “Transformations in the Gendered Character of the State under Authoritarian-Populist Regimes: The Case of Turkey”
Elżbieta Korolczuk, “Anti-gender Campaigns as a Challenge to Liberal Democracy”
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 – 12:45 Anti-Gender Politics: Instrumentalizing the East-West Divide?
Chair: Annette Henninger

Mojca Pajnik, “Anti-gender Mobilization: Defending ‘the Traditional’ from a Post-sexual Imaginary in Central-Eastern Europe”
Dina Wahba, Salzburg, “The Co-construction of Militarized Masculinities: The Wutbürger and the NAFRI local realities and global connections”
12:45 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 15:30 Doing Gender Politics in Authoritarian Contexts: Moving with, along or against the state?
Chair: Heidi Hein-Kircher

Katie Kraft, “Distilling Diffuse Totalitarianism: Russia, Anti-genderism, and the Strengthening State”
Helen Rizzo, “Thirty Years of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Activism under Difficult Social and Political Conditions: The Case of Egypt”
15: 30 – 16:00 Coffee Break

16: 00 – 17:30 Keynote

Dalia Leinartė, “Women’s Rights in Eastern-Central Europe: from de jure to gender backlash”
19: 00 Conference Dinner

23 June 2023, Friday

09:30- 11:15 Secular and Religious (Anti)Feminisms and Women´s Rights
Chair: Funda Hülagü

Ayşe Durakbaşa, “Cracks in Erdoğan’s Authoritarian Rule: Women’s Agency, Anti-feminist backlash and Feminist Resistance”
Nadezhda Beliakova, “‘Traditional Values’ as the (Dis)Connection Between Secular and Religious Antifeminism in Post-Soviet Russia”
Anna Heller, “Perspectives of Islamic and Secular Feminism on Women’s Rights in Iran”
11:15 – 11:30 Coffee Break

11:30 – 13:00 Feminist and Queer Counterstrategies: Challenges and Prospects I
Chair: Ayşe Durakbaşa

Zeynab Peyghambarzadeh, “Claiming Visibility and Belonging by the Iranian LGBTQIA+ Movement”
Jennifer Ramme, “Feminist and LGBTQ* Solidarities and Counterstrategies in the light of the Right-wing Consolidation of Power in Poland”
13:00 – 13:45 Lunch

13:45 – 15:15 Feminist and Queer Counterstrategies: Challenges and Prospects II
Chair: Alev Özkazanç

Magdalena Grabowska, “Towards the New Social Contract? Abortion Protests, Social Reproduction in the time of Polycrisis, and the longer (De)democratization Processes in Poland”
Selin Çağatay, “Bringing the Counterpublic back in. Reconceptualizing Feminist Politics in times of Anti-gender Mobilizations”
15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break

15:30 – 17:00 Wrap up and Discussion on Future Research Cooperation

Moderators: Pierre Hecker, Heidi Hein-Kircher and Funda Hülagü

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