LGBTQ+ Week at Natolin

Date

Monday 15.03.21 19:30 to Sunday 21.03.21 19:00

Location

Natolin (Warsaw) Campus
ul. Nowoursynowska 84
PL-02/797 Warszawa
Poland

The College of Europe in Natolin had the pleasure to host, between 15-21 March 2021, the student-led LGBTQ+ Week, which featured many activities aimed at raising awareness on LGBTQ+ issues, identities and culture in a learning and joyful atmosphere.

Our Natolin students have worked over several months to deliver a varied programme. LGBTQ+ issues were tackled through an interdisciplinary approach, going from cultural-oriented initiatives, such as an artistic exhibition depicting LGBTQ+ art and activism, to more academic-oriented activities, such as a workshop on the demystification of the language of gender and queerness.

Please find below an overview of the two online lectures that took place during the LGBTQ+ Week:

Tuesday, 16 March 2021
ONLINE LECTURE 1 // 11:15-13:15

"A way through discrimination? LGBTQ+ activism and international support for human rights in the South Caucasus"

Guest speakers

  • Mr Mamikon HOVSEPYAN, Communication Officer at Pink Armenia;

  • Mr Giorgi TABAGARI, Georgian civil LGBTQ+ rights activist;

  • Ms Eleni TSETSEKOU, Head of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Unit of the Council of Europe.
     

Friday, 19 March 2021
ONLINE LECTURE 2 // 16:15-18:15

"How to defend LGBTQ+ rights across Europe?"

Guest speakers

  • Mr Marc ANGEL, Member of the European Parliament, Co-Chair of the European Parliament LGBTI Intergroup;

  • Dr Krzysztof Olaf CHARAMSA, Polish Catholic theologian and author;

  • Mr Ben MILLER, writer and historian, member of the board of the Museum Schwules Berlin;

  • Capt. Jaus MÜLLER, Captain of the Royal Netherlands Army, Chairman of Stichting Homoseksualiteit en Krijgsmacht.

Dr Krzysztof Olaf CHARAMSA, Polish Catholic theologian and author (online lecture 2)
Ms Tess HARTMANN-HERGOTT, student at the College of Europe in Natolin (online lecture 2)
Mr Marc ANGEL, Co-Chair of the European Parliament LGBTI Intergroup (online lecture 2)