Dr. Iris van der Tuin (the Netherlands) – Co-President
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Iris van der Tuin is assistant professor of Gender Studies in the Department of Media and Culture Studies at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. Her work on feminist epistemologies and generations within feminism has received attention in journals as European Journal of Women’s Studies, Australian Feminist Studies or Women: A Cultural Review. Van der Tuin’s track record displays networking activities since the year 2000, when she began representing students in the Board of the Dutch Association for Women’s Studies (NGV). After a consecutive 5-year period as co-coordinator of WeAVE, the student network of ATHENA2 and ATHENA3, Van der Tuin accepted the invitation to become a co-chair of ATGENDER to continue the legacy of ATHENA, AOIFE and WISE. With ATGENDER’s first, preliminary Board, she has worked hard on settling ATGENDER’s internal organization, increasing the number of members, continuing the activities of ATHENA, AOIFE and WISE, and strengthening the communication and cooperation with key players in Europe (e.g. the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), Quality in Gender+ Equality Policies (QUING), and several journals in the field of European Gender/Women’s/Feminist Studies). |