(in Kooperation mit dem ZiFG der TU Berlin)

Die Reihe »Die Zukunft der Gender Studies« wird vom Margherita-von-Brentano-Zentrum der Freien Universität Berlin in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Zentrum für Interdisziplinäre Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung der Technischen Universität Berlin organisiert. Die Reihe zielt darauf, die aktuellen Herausforderungen der Gender Studies im Rahmen der (geo)politischen, sozio-ökonomischen und ökologischen Krisen der Gegenwart zu diskutieren und Möglichkeiten kritischer Intervention auszuloten.

«The Universities are the enemy» - From gender ideology to critical race theory and antisemitism

What had begun in the mid-1990s as a conservative reaction with the Vatican’s crusade against “gender ideology” turned into a neofascist revolution starting in the 2010s. First, this campaign, both in Europe and in Latin America, has since involved political movements and even governments. Second, it has targeted, starting with the United States and France, not only gender theory, but also Critical Race Theory – and since October 7, 2023, including in Germany, (alleged) antisemitism. Third, anti-intellectualism has now become a crucial component in many of these attacks, from Trump to Putin, Orbán and Erdogan, Bolsonaro and Milei. Finally, I will argue that today, paradoxically, gender studies can be most helpful in trying to make sense of this neofascist turn that was first launched against the concept of gender.

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