Video Blog 12: Grand Narrations
In this installment of the Abortion Figurations video blog series, Marta Bucholc talks about the idea of grand narratives. Why do we need grand stories? Why are we not satisfied with short and obvious answers? Watch to find out!
Video Blog 11: Evolution of Abortion in Chile
In the newest installment of the Abortion Figurations project video blog, our team member Carolina Mosquera Vera will talk about abortion rights in Chile. She explains how the current, 2017 law, was a significant liberalization in relation to the Pinochet-era liberalization, and the role of the feminist movement in these changes. Currently, the debate is […]
14 May 2024: Gender Wars Network Seminar
Join us on Tuesday, May 14th, 2024 for an online discussion of the Gender Wars network. Marta Bucholc, Lourdes Peroni, Iskra de Vries, Carolina Mosquera Vera, and Marta Gospodarczyk will talk about the Abortion Figurations project, which will be followed by comments from Prof. Flávia Biroli (University of Brasília, member of Gender Wars network) and […]
Publication Alert – Law and (De) Civilization, HSR Special Issue
Marta Bucholc, the Project’s PI, Robert Van Krieken, and CFR’s fellows: Florence Delmotte and Hugo Canihac, have edited a special issue of Historical Social Research focusing on the processes of (de)civilization in studying law. Check it out here: https://www.gesis.org/en/hsr/current-issues/2024/492-law-and-decivilization. The introduction to the special issue authored by the editors (Law and (De)Civilization: An Introduction, DOI: https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.49.2024.11) is […]
Video Blog 10: A Global Human Community?
In this installment of the Abortion Figurations video blog series, Marta Bucholc talks about the idea of a global human community. When and how did the idea of unity and communion between all citizens of the world emerge? What are the connections between this idea and the idea of human rights? Watch to find out!
Video Blog 9: M.L. v Poland
On 14 December 2023, the European Court of Human Rights issued a judgment in the case of M.L. v Poland. The court has ruled, that the 2020 ruling of the Polish Constitutional Tribunal, prohibiting abortion on grounds of foetal abnormality, has resulted in the plaintiff’s human rights being violated. In this installment of the project’s […]
21-22 March 2024: Gendered Autocratization Conference
From March 21st to 22nd, members of the Abortion Figurations team were accepted to the Gendered Autocratization Conference at the Centre on Law and Social Transformation in Bergen, Norway. The main discussions centered on the use of anti-gender rhetoric in different countries, collaboration among junior scholars in gender research, and exploring specificities at regional and […]
Video Blog 8: Abortion Legalization in Argentina
In the newest installment of the project’s video blogs, our team member, Carolina Mosquera Vera, talks about the process of abortion legalization as it happened in Argentina, one of our fieldwork countries. Check it out!
13 March 2024: Kiedy prawo stwarza outsiderów
On 13 March 2024, our PI Marta Bucholc has given a lecture “Kiedy prawo stwarza outsiderów” [When Law Creates the Outsiders] as an annual lecture in memory of dr Lena Kondratiewa-Bryzik. The lecture (in Polish) was organized by the Poznań Human Rights Center. Check out the pictures from the event: https://www.facebook.com/PHRC.HumanRights
SAG Bulletin on Academic Freedom with Marta Bucholc
Marta Bucholc has published an article in the new SAG Bulletin on Academic Freedom! Her piece considers the academic freedom in Poland after the October 2023 elections. Find the complete issue here: https://www.sagw.ch/sagw/aktuell/publikationen/details/news/bulletin-1-24-akademische-freiheit.
