2022 | Symposium “Gender Studies as a Critical Discipline”

The symposium ‘Gender Studies as a Critical Discipline in Times of Authoritarian Populism’, held to mark Andrea Maihofer’s departure into emeritus status, brought together academics in Basel to discuss processes of social transformation, authoritarian populism and debates surrounding democracy, freedom and academia. The focus was on the role of gender in current social tensions and polarisation, as well as the importance of intersectional, critical and dialogue-oriented gender studies.