Interdisciplinary journal for researchers of all levels on gender in the humanities, cultural studies and social sciences
It's the 8th of March and even though the world might seem more disunited than it was before, we in En-Gender think that this is a day of community, strength and the future! Paridhi GuptaEvery 8th March, the globe celebrates the International women’s day often oblivious to its origins within the socialist women’s movement. In … Continue reading Words for International Women’s Day
Commentary on “You’re either a ho or an innocent little baby” by Judith Bachmann, University of Heidelberg Just a week ago, the question of the agency of Pentecostal women in Africa arose in my seminar. We were discussing the words from a speech given by a very popular female pastor who described that rather than … Continue reading Religion and gender: Agency within the muddle of believers’ lives
Commentary by: Tirthankar Chakraborty At a time when India is witnessing a rapid deterioration of its constitutional ethos, when the fabled Preamble is reframed and reinterpreted, when the national priorities are shifting from progress and development to the golden traditions of yesteryears, one has to closely observe and study how institutions are being used to … Continue reading Commentary on: Gender Inequality and Religious Personal Laws
Trigger Warning: Research on gender-based violence. by Mascha Helene Lange I am dealing with the sensitive issue of gender-based violence on a daily basis. Every morning, my desk greets me with book titles such as Rape and Resistance, Framing the Rape Victim, or Just Sex? The Cultural Scaffolding of Rape.[1] I read autobiographical accounts of people who experienced gender-based … Continue reading Doing Emotionally Challenging Research in Emotionally Challenging Times – A Personal Reflection
Commentary by Zena Spiers This article presents an intriguing insight into the modern workplace employing the use of the writer’s own personal experience to explore the treatment of sexuality in “inclusive” businesses. The writer specifically, and successfully, draws comparisons between the ever-prevalent open plan office space and Bentham’s conception of the panopticon in maintaining a … Continue reading Commentary on: The Office Politics of Sexuality
The holidays (both winter and summer) are upon us and the year is (as most of us will think finally) almost over, but we do not want to let that happen without some last words of 2020 from us.
by Jonas Dyck, University of Heidelberg When I was offered to write something about my experiences with “gender” in religious studies, I was surprised by my own reaction to this offer. Not surprising was the mix of excited, joyful and nervous emotions I felt when I thought that strangers could read a text of mine. … Continue reading Gender in Religious Studies: The Experience of a Student
Commentary by Lucy Threadgold The article is a piece of new transnational research that brings together histories of colonial legacies in India, gender norms and sexuality, and experiments in psychiatry. This essay is successful in tying these complex topics together to create a cohesive argument and clear writing skills that cover a sizeable time period. … Continue reading Commentary on: Medical Imagination
by Anne, Rebecca L. Focusing on the influence of Catholic church ideology on the political landscape of Poland, this piece explores the desperate state in which Polish women seeking the right to abortion find themselves. The author outlines how after the fall of communism in Poland, women’s healthcare rights were dismantled resulting in the desolate … Continue reading Commentary on Piety, Patriarchy, and Politics
We (This is us) would like to say a few words. We want to make this journal a space for change, understanding this word in a twofold way. First, a place to exchange ideas, works, thoughts, doubts, and experiences. Second, but not far from the first, as a place where those exchanges could go further … Continue reading Before we launch the working paper series …
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