White Innocence: Reflections on Public Debates and Political-Analytical Challenges. An Interview with Gloria Wekker DiGeSt: Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies Volume 5 Issue 1 (2018) Nella van den Brandt, Lieke Schrijvers, Amal Miri, and Nawal Mustafa. You can find the journal here . A pre-print version of the article is available on my Academia page. I had…… Continue reading New publication: Interview with Gloria Wekker
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Let’s talk about sex… “Contested Privates: Religion and Homosexuality in Public Discourse”
This past year, I have been working on an article and conference presentation together with my dear colleague Jelle Wiering (Rijksuniversiteit Groningen). We are both anthropologists, we found out that we even studied together in the BA cultural anthropology at Utrecht University. Five years later, we are both PhD candidates in universities on different sides…… Continue reading Let’s talk about sex… “Contested Privates: Religion and Homosexuality in Public Discourse”
Women converting to Islam in the Netherlands: ‘van Hagelslag naar Halal’
[This blog was previously published on the website of ‘Cultures, Citizenship and Human Rights’, a research focus area (and community) at Utrecht University, NL on Oct. 17 2016] In public debates in contemporary Western Europe, religious traditions are often met with suspicion when it concerns the freedom of women. Monotheistic traditions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) are in…… Continue reading Women converting to Islam in the Netherlands: ‘van Hagelslag naar Halal’
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