National Conference “Homophobia, Misogyny, and Backwardness – 20 Years Later”

Scientific Council of the Conference:

Dr hab. Inga B. Kuźma, Professor at the University of Łódź

Dr hab. Edyta B. Pietrzak, Professor at the Lodz University of Technology

Program

9:00 Registration

9:30 Opening of the exhibition by the informal group Łódź Gender, “Łącznik” Gallery [between buildings C and T]

10:00 Official opening of the conference, room C140

10:15–10:30 Revisiting the 2005 exhibition “Your Intolerance”

10:30–11:15 Gender Seminar, “In Defense of Femininity” – Theoretical and Political Implications of Gender Critical Feminism
(Dr Ewa Hyży)

Coffee break

11:30–13:00 Panel discussion: “Homophobia, Misogyny, and Backwardness – 20 Years Later”
(Zdzisława Janowska, Maria Szyszkowska, Magdalena Rek-Woźniak, Wojciech Woźniak, Marzena Chińcz, Tomasz Drabowicz, Katarzyna Zajda, Michał Płaczek, Renata Szczepanik, Karolina Messyasz, Tomek Streit, Marta Konarzewska, Iza Desperak)

13:00–14:00 Lunch break

14:30–16:00 Session

Adrian Makoć, AHE – Feminine Professional Titles as Markers of Political Identification: An Empirical Study of Language Attitudes in Poland in 2025

Adam Oziemski, SDNS UŁ – Alternative Sports Spaces: LGBTQ+ Groups in Polish Sport

Jaro Kubiak, Polish Rainbow UK / Łódź Gender / ACT UP London – presentation

16:30 Coffee break

17:00–17:30 Closing remarks

17:30–18:15 Herstory walk through the Faculty building

Accompanying Events

Friday, October 10, 6:00 p.m.
Queer Łódź – meeting with Natalia Różycka
Venue: Memo Mediatheque

Monday, October 13, 2:00 p.m.
Opening of the exhibition “Where Did the Gender Library Come From?”
Venue: Genderteczka, Municipal Library, Branch No. 9, 2 Chryzantem Street

Monday, October 13, 4:00 p.m.
Board game “Femininity, Masculinity – It’s All a Game”, Association 9dwunastych
Venue: Municipal Library, Branch No. 9, 2 Chryzantem Street
[Note: registration via form required – link to the form]

Tuesday, October 14, 9:30 a.m.
Opening of the exhibition
Venue: “Łącznik” Gallery, Faculty of Economics and Sociology, University of Łódź, POW 3/5, Rewolucji 1905 r. 39
[the gallery is located in the connector between buildings]

Tuesday, October 14, 5:30–6:15 p.m.
Herstory walk through the Faculty building
Meeting point: “by the pillar,” 1st floor, Institute of Sociology, Building A, 41 Rewolucji 1905 r.