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Dr. Holly Patch at the international conference “trans* – Perspectives, Experiences, Spaces”

9-10 July 2026 at the University of Koblenz

table with dish of grapes, conference poster, pen, and a cup of coffee

“Temporal effects: How cisheteronormativity and reproductive injustice engender preventing, postponing, and becoming in trans* biographies”

New publication by Dr. Holly Patch and Prof. Mona Motakef in the Open Gender Journal

Cover of Special Issue 3 (2026) of the journal *Open Gender Journal*, entitled “Reproductive Justice & Queer and Trans Reproduction”. The editors are Caroline Hammer, Elif Gül and Doris Leibtseeder. The background features a psychedelic wave pattern in shades of pink, purple and blue.

Argentine Gender Studies Researcher visits the Professorship

Dr. Victoria Cano Colazo is a Research Explorer Ruhr 2026 Fellow at the Professorship

Portrait María Cano Colazo

“Queer Reproductive Labor, Normalization, and Standardization”

New Review in Soziopolis

Screenshot of the review “Queer Reproductive Labor, Normalization, and Standardization” by Cornelia Schadler. The work being reviewed is a book by Julia Teschlade, Mona Motakef, and Christine Wimbauer with a pink cover featuring a stylized fruit.

Apply Now: Queer Ruralities Workshop

Workshop Series: TU Dortmund University (Germany) and University of New England (UNE) Parramatta Campus. Registration deadline: Friday, 22 May 2026

flyer for workshop series registration

Huge interest in the DGS Spring Conference, “Genders of the Social: Dialogues on the Positioning and Perspectives of Sociological Theories”, held at TU Dortmund University

Conference report “Wechselseitige Irritation” (Mutual Irritatio) published in Soziopolis

Mona Motakef and Katharina Hoppe at the lectern in front of the applauding audience

Book Presentation and Discussion in Cologne

11 May, 2026, 6:00–7:30 p.m., Alte Feuerwache, Cologne

Poster for the book launch of “On the Road to Normality? LGBTQ+ Families and Their Struggle for Recognition” by Julia Teschlade, Mona Motakef and Christine Wimbauer. Date: 11 May 2026, 6–7.30 pm, Alte Feuerwache, Cologne. Designed in purple and pink, featuring the book cover and a pomegranate graphic on it.

New issue of “Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte” (APUZ), featuring an article on “Marriage”

Prof. Mona Motakef, together with Dr. Julia Teschlade and Prof. Christine Wimbauer, has written a critical article on “marriage for all.”

Cover: Vol. 76, No. 12/2026, March 14, 2026 FROM POLITICS AND CONTEMPORARY HISTORY The Marriage of Georg Strack BETWEEN MONOGAMY AND POLYGAMY Anne Bittner MARRIAGES IN THE EAST AND WEST. A GERMAN LEGAL HISTORY Hedwig Richter ON THE ORIGINS OF THE HOUSEWIFE Karl Lenz · Marina A. Adler FROM BIOGRAPHICAL FIXED POINT TO OPTION Mona Motakef · Julia Teschlade · Christine Wimbauer “MARRIAGE FOR ALL.” EQUALITY ONLY WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE NORM? Julia Pauli A GOOD MARRIAGE. MARRIAGE IN MEXICO AND NAMIBIA Naema N. Tahir THE ARRANGED MARRIAGE. AN INVITATION TO A (NEW) UNDERSTANDING76. Jahrgang, 12/2026, 14. März 2026 AUS POLITIK UND ZEITGESCHICHTE Ehe Georg Strack ZWISCHEN PAARBEZIEHUNG UND POLYGAMIE Anne Bittner EHEN IN OST UND WEST. EINE DEUTSCHE RECHTSGESCHICHTE Hedwig Richter ZUR ENTSTEHUNG DER HAUSFRAU Karl Lenz · Marina A. Adler VOM BIOGRAFISCHEN FIXPUNKT ZUR OPTION Mona Motakef · Julia Teschlade · Christine Wimbauer DIE „EHE FÜR ALLE“. GLEICHSTELLUNG NUR IM RAHMEN DER NORM? Julia Pauli EINE GUTE EHE. HEIRAT IN MEXIKO UND NAMIBIA Naema N. Tahir DIE ARRANGIERTE EHE. EINLADUNG ZU EINEM (NEUEN) VERSTÄNDNIS

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