For those of you who, like me, missed the latest Academia@WorkplacePride live webinar in the “Keeping Members Connected” series of the Workplace Pride Foundation, you can watch it HERE

The topic of academia and the inherent challenges for LGBTI persons studying or working within its many layers, is an area sorely in need of attention and discussion. After the inaugural webinar on the 24thof August 2020, Academia@WorkplacePride wants to make further progress and look more deeply into substantive topics.

“Queering the Curriculum”

This webinar focuses on the educational aspects of academia and in particular the curriculum. Is there an LGBTI lens on the curriculum? If so, what are the implications and is this as relevant in the STEM disciplines as it is in the humanities and the social sciences?

Speakers from the universities of Amsterdam and Leiden will discuss how they can be more inclusive on the basis of the following questions:

What does it mean to 'queer' a curriculum?
What is heteronormative in their discipline?
How do different faculties incorporate queer concepts?
Is the curriculum queered in the Netherlands just like as in other countries or are their national differences?

Event: Academia@WorkplacePride “Queering the Curriculum”
Date/Time: Monday, November 23, 2020: 12:00 - 13:00 CEST
Audience: Workplace Pride Members, stakeholders, and friends

Moderator: Dr. Andrew DJ Shield (Assistant Professor of
Migration History, Leiden University, Humanities)

Guest Speakers:

Prof.dr. Martine de Vries (Professor in Medical Ethics and Health Law at Leiden University Medical Center)
Dr. Marie-Louise Janssen (Lecturer in Gender and Sexuality studies at the University of Amsterdam)
Looi van Kessel (University Lecturer at Leiden University Centre for Arts in Society)