Derya Özkaya

We are thrilled to announce our new study group on Activism, Social Movements and Revolutions (ASMR) as part of the BSA @britsoci.bsky.social! We're a community of knowledge & practice aiming to advance ASMR through political engagement, research, events & collaborations. Join us! #Sociology #BSA

Call for Abstracts🪧🪧🪧

Global Student Movements Against Coloniality: Entangled Praxis of Hope, Resistance & Solidarity

This is for an edited book project we’ll propose under the
“Decolonial Entanglements” series (Routledge).

Deadline: 27 February 2026

🔗 www.southsouthmovement.org/global-stude...

Join us at the University of Graz for one semester! The new call for applications for visiting fellows at the field of excellence Dimensions of Europe is open. Deadline 15 March: dimensions-of-europe.uni-graz.at/en/visiting-...

Join us in Graz for a semester! The new call for applications for visiting fellows at the field of excellence Dimensions of Europe is open. Deadline 15 March: dimensions-of-europe.uni-graz.at/en/visiting-...

ASN European Conference: Reconfiguring National Identities amid Multiple Crises, 18–20 September 2026 As an interdisciplinary event, the conference welcomes contributions from anthropology, cultural studies, economics, geography, history, law, literature, political science, gender studies, psychology,...

Apply to the @asn-org.bsky.social conference in Belgrade next year organized by ifdt.bg.ac.rs/2025/12/asn-...

For the full program and details:
👉 facing-inequalities.uni-graz.at/en/

We are honored to welcome Prof. Nira Yuval-Davis for the keynote lecture “Racism, Bordering, and Contemporary Necropolitics.”

The conference brings together scholars, activists, and practitioners from around the world discuss how to confront multiple forms of inequality and imagine social change✊

📣 I am delighted to announce our international conference “Facing Inequalities – Strategies for Change”, taking place on 6–7 November 2025 at the University of Graz.

Reminder: we're still looking for paper and panel proposals for our section "Feminist Theory: Between Hope and Disappointment". Interdisciplinary approaches and a wide range of contexts welcome! #cfp @mmrovlje.bsky.social @deryaozkaya.bsky.social

@ecpr.bsky.social @nclpolitics.bsky.social @corinnepainter.bsky.social @deryaozkaya.bsky.social @ecprgender.bsky.social

Feminist Theory: Between Hope and Disappointment European Consortium for Political Research

Check out the feminist theory section call for the next European Conference on Politics and Gender (ECPG), to be held at Newcastle University 15-17 June 2026—Feminist Theory: Between Hope and Disappointment. Please share widely and join us in Newcastle! ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Ambivalent Activism Ambivalent Activism - Working with Contradiction, Hesitation and Doubt for Social Change; What if doubt, hesitation and ambivalence weren’t barriers to activism but powerful tools for change? This bol...

Really pleased to have a chapter about Rosa Luxemburg and prefigurative politics in this exciting new book about Ambivalent Activism. Out now! @brisunipress.bsky.social @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social @rosaluxglobal.bsky.social bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/ambivalent-a...

Feminist Theory: Between Hope and Disappointment European Conference on Politics and Gender, 15 – 17 June 2026, Newcastle University

🌸 #ECPG26 @ecprgender.bsky.social Section seeking Papers ⤵️
🌦️ Feminist Theory: Between Hope and Disappointment
🪑 @corinnepainter.bsky.social @mmrovlje.bsky.social @deryaozkaya.bsky.social
⌛👇 7 Nov buff.ly/3C2Xwn2

#Gender #Governance #PoliticalTheory #Sociology #Feminism

📅 Important Dates:
- Abstract Deadline: April 30, 2025
- Notification of Acceptance: June 30, 2025
- Full Paper Deadline: September 30, 2025
- Conference Dates: November 6-7, 2025

📄 Submit your abstract (300 words) and short bio (150 words) by April 30, 2025, to europe@uni-graz.at. A selection of papers will be published in a peer-reviewed journal or an edited volume!
💡 Limited financial support is available for independent and early-career researchers.

This interdisciplinary event will explore how mechanisms of exclusion and inclusion operate across society and how alternative strategies can challenge inequalities. We welcome contributions from scholars, practitioners, and activists from various disciplines.

📢 Call for Papers 📢
🔍 How are inequalities shaped, contested, and transformed through alternative imaginations and practices?
🌍 Join us at the International Conference “Facing Inequalities – Strategies for Change” on November 6-7, 2025, at the University of Graz, Austria!