Webinar lecture - Female Religious Activists from the Soviet Union and the Negotiation of Anti-Gender Discourse in Late Cold War Transnational Networks

On February 18, 2026, at 3PM. CET. there is upcoming lecture webinar organised by Working Group 3 of the COST Action CA23149 - Democratization at stake? Comparing Anti-Gender Politics in CEE and NME countries (Antigender-Politics). The webinar will be about - Female Religious Activists from the Soviet Union and the Negotiation of Anti-Gender Discourse in Late Cold War Transnational Networks by author: Nadezhda Beliakova (Bielefeld University). The paper delves into the idea how anti-gender discourse was negotiated and gradually shaped within transnational religious activist networks during the late Cold War, with a particular focus on female religious dissidents from the Soviet Union.

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