Queer Studies Student Collective












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            <tr> <th style="background:#f4dede; color:#7a0000; text-align:left; padding:16px; width:28
            bottom:3px solid #b40000;"> Leading university: </th> <td style="padding:16px; border-bott
            #b40000;"> Charles University, Faculty of Humanities </td> </tr> <tr> <th style="backgroun

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            leader: </th> <td style="padding:16px; border-bottom:3px solid #b40000;"> Matěj Hřib </td>
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            Participating<br>universities: </th> <td style="padding:16px;"> Charles University, Univer
            Copenhagen, University of Milan, University of Warsaw </td> </tr> </table>


            The project brings together a collective of PhD students researching queerness and gender 
            during the 4EU+ mini-grant workshop “Representing Same-Sex Desire: Local contexts, global 

            Building on that collaboration, the initiative aims to establish an international student 
            queer theory that promotes horizontal, research-driven learning and explores European pers
            the predominantly US-centric queer studies canon. A central goal is to develop a syllabus 

            methods for a queer theory seminar to be offered as a hybrid 4EU+ course for BA and MA stu
            2026. The group will meet monthly online and gather for a three-day in-person meeting in P
            grant supporting travel, accommodation, and organizational work.


            The project aims to create a shared syllabus and teaching methodology for a joint queer th
            integrating European scholarly traditions and LGBTQI+ lived experiences, to build a transn

            of early-career queer and gender researchers, and to experiment with peer-led, horizontal 
            across 4EU+ institutions.


            Activities include online meetings focused on research and syllabus development, followed 
            day meeting in Prague to finalize the syllabus. Additional online meetings will develop th
            pedagogical methods.


            The expected output is a complete syllabus and pedagogical framework for a new 4EU+ queer 
            be taught in the spring semester of 2026.