Activities News
What's happening in the Network right now? Here you'll find current calls for papers and event announcements.
CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTION
Conference: Queer In/visibility
The project Ethics of queer in/visibility is hosting a conference in Heidelberg from September 30 to October 2, 2026. The deadline for abstract submissions is March 31, 2026.
Queer Colloquium: Summer Term 2026
The Queer Colloquium provides an interdisciplinary and cross-level forum to exchange ideas, present ongoing research, discuss theory, and invite feedback and conversation. People from all disciplines either working in queer studies or with queer theory or methodologies or topics are warmly invited to participate (from BA to Postdoc level).
Events
On the 11th of May 2026, the Queer & Gender Studies Science Slam will take place for the third time as part of the Queer Festival. The Science Slam is a collaboration between hei_INNOVATION, the University of Heidelberg’s transfer agency; the University of Heidelberg’s Gender & Queer Studies Network; the Heidelberg Student Union; the Heidelberg Queer Festival; and the City of Heidelberg’s Office for Equal Opportunity. Registration is possible via the university’s event page.
Publication
OUT NOW! The Palgrave Handbook of Feminist, Queer, and Trans* Narrative Studies, published in July 2025 by Vera Nünning and Corinna Assmann, faculty members of Heidelberg’s English Department.
The Palgrave Handbook of Feminist, Queer and Trans* Narrative Studies provides a comprehensive overview of the intersection between narrative theory and feminist, queer and trans* theory. Bringing together eminent and emerging scholars from a range of disciplines, it foregrounds connections between new views on gender and recent developments in narratology. This field-changing volume shows how the proliferation of new ways to think about gender identity and sexuality demands a strong reconsideration of narratological methodologies.