Con­fe­rence: Eman­ci­pa­ting Sex? Theory and Poli­tics for Decon­s­truc­ting Power Rela­ti­ons, 30.–31.05.2025

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Kick-Off Con­fe­rence of the Plat­form for Love, Sex, and Body-posi­tive Rese­arch
Ber­lin, May 30–31, 2025, Insti­tut für Kul­tur­wis­sen­schaft, HU Ber­lin

The event aims to reflect on human sexua­lity, to bet­ter under­stand its under­go­ing pro­found trans­for­ma­tion cha­rac­te­ri­zed by poli­ti­cal, cul­tu­ral, and ethi­cal eman­ci­pa­tion from patri­ar­chal struc­tures of shame and guilt. Eman­ci­pa­ted sexua­lity requi­res an inter­sec­tional and trans­for­ma­tio­nal approach to reveal the com­plex inter­sec­tions of power and pri­vi­lege within the poli­ti­cal and cul­tu­ral land­scape. The only see­mingly pri­vate nature of human sexua­lity demands a femi­nist, deco­lo­nial, eco­no­mic, and eco­lo­gi­cal cri­tique that reco­gni­zes the pur­suit of con­nec­tion, love, and ful­fill­ment of human desire while being open to all gen­der iden­ti­ties. The event seeks inter­di­sci­pli­nary exch­ange at the inter­sec­tion of the huma­ni­ties and cul­tu­ral stu­dies.

Con­fe­rence pro­gram