George Mosse Fonds | |
Named after | George Mosse |
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Formation | 2001 |
Fields | Queer studies |
Official language | Dutch |
Parent organization | University of Amsterdam |
Affiliations | IHLIA LGBT Heritage |
Website | mosse |
The Foundation George Mosse Fund of the University of Amsterdam (Stichting George Mosse Fonds van de Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a Dutch foundation (stichting) that aims to promote gay and lesbian studies. [1] It was founded in 2001 at the University of Amsterdam, with a bequest from George Mosse's inheritance, [2] given out of appreciation for the cultural-historical education and research on homosexuality in Amsterdam. [1] The foundation is known primarily for its annual lecture. [3] [4]
An initiative of the George Mosse Fund, the Mosse Lectures is a series of public lectures held annually in Amsterdam, organized by the George Mosse Fund, in collaboration with IHLIA. [5] The series was inaugurated by Hafid Bouazza, a Moroccan-Dutch writer
Year | Lecturer | Title | Ref. |
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2002 | Hafid Bouazza | "Homoseksualiteit en Islam" [Homosexuality and Islam] | [6] |
2003 | Marjan Sax | "Naar een nieuwe seksuele revolutie" [Towards a new sexual revolution] | [3] |
2004 | Dolly Bellefleur (Ruud Douma) | "Transformatiekunst, miskende muze" [Transformation art, unsung muse] | [3] |
2005 | Bas Heijne | "De eeuwige homo" [The eternal gay] | [3] |
2006 | Maaike Meijer | "Leve de penisnijd" [Long live the penis envy] | [3] |
2007 | Gerardjan Rijnders | "De buik vol" [The belly full] | [7] |
2008 | Gerrit Komrij | "Waarom zijn Nederlanders zo dol op homoseksuelen?" [Why are the Dutch so fond of homosexuals?] | [8] |
2009 | Gloria Wekker | "Van Homo Nostalgie en betere tijden. Multiculturaliteit en postkolonialiteit" [On Gay Nostalgia and better times. Multiculturalism and postcolonialism] | [9] [10] |
2010 | Stephan Sanders | "Homoseksualiteit & het Goede Leven. Over homoseksueel denken, doen en zijn" [Homosexuality & the Good Life. About homosexual thinking, doing and being] | [11] |
2011 | Maxim Februari (Marjolijn Februari) | "Wat is seks eigenlijk?" [What exactly is sex?] | [12] |
2012 | Ted van Lieshout | "Drijft de emancipatie homo's terug in de kast?" [Is emancipation driving gays back in the closet?] | [13] |
2013 | Jet Bussemaker | "Grenzen aan homo-emancipatiebeleid: burgerwacht of politieagent? – Over de 'red lines' van het homo-emancipatiebeleid" [Limits to gay emancipation policy: civilian or police officer? - About the 'red lines' of the gay emancipation policy] | [2] |
2014 | Mohammed Benzakour | "HoMa: Zwierige redder in nood" [HoMa: Graceful lifesaver] | [1] |
2015 | Hedy d'Ancona | "Voorbij de M/V-maatschappij?" [Beyond the M/F society?] | [14] |
2016 | Simone van Saarloos | "Are You Out To Be Gay?" | [15] |
2017 | Gert Hekma | "Vijftig jaar homo-acceptatie uit de kast. Van onbereikbaar ideaal tot ontoereikend perspectief" [Fifty years of gay acceptance out of the closet. From unreachable ideal to inadequate perspective] | [16] |
2018 | Karin Spaink | "Tussen Grewel en Fortuyn: Identiteit, herzuiling, privilege en verschil" [Between Grewel and Fortuyn: Identity, re-pillarification, privilege and difference] | [17] |
2019 (Jan.) | Joke Swiebel | "1969: roze revolutie of verloren strijd?" [1969, pink revolution or lost battle?] | [18] |
2019 (Sep.) | David Weissman | “From activist filmmaker to queer community elder” [lecture in English] | |
2024 | Haroon Ali | "Onder één vlag?" [Under One Flag?] | |
2025 | Lisa Weeda | “Het archief-Jilles: een brief aan mijn grootvader” [The Jilles Archives: A Lettter to My Grandfather] |
o lectures were given, by Joke Swiebel and David Weissman respectively.
Due to the covid19-epeidemic, no Mosse lectures were held in 2020, 2021, 2022, and 2023.