George Mosse Fund

The Foundation George Mosse Fund of the University of Amsterdam (Stichting George Mosse Fonds van de Universiteit van Amsterdam) is a Dutch foundation (stichting) that aims to promote gay and lesbian studies.^[1] It was founded in 2001 at the University of Amsterdam, with a bequest from George Mosse's inheritance,^[2] given out of appreciation for the cultural-historical education and research on homosexuality in Amsterdam.^[1] The foundation is known primarily for its Mosse Lectures^[3] and its QueerTalk events.^[4]

George Mosse Fund

George Mosse Fonds
Named after	George Mosse
Formation	2001
Fields	Queer studies
Official language	Dutch
Parent organization	University of Amsterdam
Affiliations	IHLIA LGBT Heritage
Website	mosse.nl

Mosse Lectures

Simone van Saarloos during her Mosse Lecture of 2016.

An initiative of the George Mosse Fund, the Mosse Lectures is a series of public lectures held annually in Amsterdam, organized by the George Mosse Fund, in collaboration with IHLIA.^[5] The series was inaugurated by Hafid Bouazza, a Moroccan-Dutch writer.

Year	Lecturer	Title	Ref.
2002	Hafid Bouazza	"Homoseksualiteit en Islam" [Homosexuality and Islam]	[6]
2003	Marjan Sax	"Naar een nieuwe seksuele revolutie" [Towards a new sexual revolution]	[3]
2004	Dolly Bellefleur (Ruud Douma)	"Transformatiekunst, miskende muze" [Transformation art, unsung muse]	[3]
2005	Bas Heijne	"De eeuwige homo" [The eternal gay]	[3]
2006	Maaike Meijer	"Leve de penisnijd" [Long live the penis envy]	[3]
2007	Gerardjan Rijnders	"De buik vol" [The belly full]	[7]
2008	Gerrit Komrij	"Waarom zijn Nederlanders zo dol op homoseksuelen?" [Why are the Dutch so fond of homosexuals?]	[8]
2009	Gloria Wekker	"Van Homo Nostalgie en betere tijden. Multiculturaliteit en postkolonialiteit" [On Gay Nostalgia and better times. Multiculturalism and postcolonialism]	[9][10]
2009[lower-alpha 1]	Marjolijn Kok	"Queering the questions: Archaeology and fragmentation"	[11]
2010	Stephan Sanders	"Homoseksualiteit & het Goede Leven. Over homoseksueel denken, doen en zijn" [Homosexuality & the Good Life. About homosexual thinking, doing and being]	[12]
2011	Maxim Februari (Marjolijn Februari)	"Wat is seks eigenlijk?" [What exactly is sex?]	[13]
2012	Ted van Lieshout	"Drijft de emancipatie homo's terug in de kast?" [Is emancipation driving gays back in the closet?]	[14]
2013	Jet Bussemaker	"Grenzen aan homo-emancipatiebeleid: burgerwacht of politieagent? – Over de 'red lines' van het homo-emancipatiebeleid" [Limits to gay emancipation policy: civilian or police officer? - About the 'red lines' of the gay emancipation policy]	[2]
2014	Mohammed Benzakour	"HoMa: Zwierige redder in nood" [HoMa: Graceful lifesaver]	[1]
2015	Hedy d'Ancona	"Voorbij de M/V-maatschappij?" [Beyond the M/F society?]	[15]
2015[lower-alpha 1]	David Bos	"Equal rites before the law: religious celebrations of same-sex relationships in the Netherlands, 1967-1970"	[16]
2016	Simone van Saarloos	"Are You Out To Be Gay?"	[17]
2017	Gert Hekma	"Vijftig jaar homo-acceptatie uit de kast. Van onbereikbaar ideaal tot ontoereikend perspectief" [Fifty years of gay acceptance out of the closet. From unreachable ideal to inadequate perspective]	[18]
2018	Karin Spaink	"Tussen Grewel en Fortuyn: Identiteit, herzuiling, privilege en verschil" [Between Grewel and Fortuyn: Identity, re-pillarification, privilege and difference]	[19]
2019[lower-alpha 1]	Joke Swiebel	"1969: roze revolutie of verloren strijd?" [1969, pink revolution or lost battle?]	[20]

1. Extra Mosse Lecture that is not part of the annual series.

See also

• LGBTQ portal

• List of public lecture series
• LGBT history in the Netherlands

References

1. "Mosse-lezing 2014 door Mohammed Benzakour" [Mosse Lecture 2014 by Mohammed Benzakour] (in Dutch). COC Nederland. 8 September 2014. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
2. "Mosse-lezing door minister Bussemaker" [Mosse lecture by minister Bussemaker] (in Dutch). COC Nederland. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
3. Grevelink, Maaike (2010). Lof van de lezing. Gids voor de 154 meest prestigieuze lezingen [Praise of the lecture. Guide to the 154 most prestigious lectures] (in Dutch). Elsevier. pp. 191–192. ISBN 978-90-6882-798-9.
4. "Woensdag 25 januari: QueerTalk #4 Pride and Proud: queering the sex worker movement". IHLIA LGBT Heritage. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
5. "Tussen Grewel en Fortuyn: Identiteit, herzuiling, privilege en verschil" [Between Grewel and Fortuyn: Identity, re-pillarification, privilege and difference] (in Dutch). University of Amsterdam. 20 September 2018. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
6. Bouazza, Hafid (20 September 2002). "Nederland slikt te veel onzin van moslims" [The Netherlands swallows too much nonsense from Muslims]. NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 February 2019.
7. "Gerardjan Rijnders houdt mosse-lezing" [Gerardjan Rijnders gives Mosse Lecture] (in Dutch). Toneelgroep Amsterdam. 17 October 2007. Archived from the original on 7 February 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
8. Komrij, Gerrit (26 September 2008). "Waarom zijn Nederlanders zo dol op homoseksuelen?" [Why are the Dutch so fond of homosexuals?]. De Groene Amsterdammer (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 February 2019.
9. Wekker, Gloria (16 September 2009). "Van Homo Nostalgie en betere tijden. Multiculturaliteit en postkolonialiteit" [On Gay Nostalgia and Better Times. Multiculturalism and Postcolonialism] (PDF) (in Dutch). Utrecht University. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
10. Bowen, John R.; Bertossi, Christophe; Duyvendak, Jan Willem; Krook, Mona Lena, eds. (2014). European States and Their Muslim Citizens: The Impact of Institutions on Perceptions and Boundaries. Cambridge University Press. p. 255. ISBN 978-1-107-03864-6.
11. "Een queer kijk op de archeologie, Amsterdam" [A queer view on archeology, Amsterdam]. De Nederlandse Grondwet (in Dutch). Montesquieu Institute. 18 November 2009. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
12. Sanders, Stephan (2010). "De homo is van politieke kleur verschoten" [Gays have changed political colors]. Folia (in Dutch). No. 4. p. 8. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 June 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
13. van Toor, Bob (22 September 2011). "Marjolijn Februari: 'Ik weet niets van homo's – of van seks'" [Marjolijn Februari: 'I know nothing about gays - or about sex']. Folia (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 February 2019.
14. van Lieshout, Ted (22 September 2012). "Drijft homo's de kast weer in? de emancipatie" [Drives gays back into the closet? the emancipation]. NRC Handelsblad (in Dutch). Retrieved 6 February 2019.
15. "Mosse-lezing 'Voorbij de M/V-maatschappij?' door Hedy d'Ancona" [Mosse Lecture 'Beyond the M/F society?' by Hedy d’Ancona] (in Dutch). COC Nederland. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
16. "Emancipatoire invloed kerkelijke zegening paren van gelijk geslacht" [Emancipatory influence church blessing couples of equal sex] (in Dutch). COC Nederland. 30 March 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
17. "Agenda" (in Dutch). Openbare Bibliotheek Amsterdam. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
18. "Afscheidssymposium voor Gert Hekma" [Farewell symposium for Gert Hekma] (in Dutch). COC Nederland. 7 June 2017. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
19. "Donderdag 20 september: Mosse-lezing 2018 door Karin Spaink" [Thursday 20 September: Mosse Lecture 2018 by Karin Spaink] (in Dutch). IHLIA LGBT Heritage. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
20. "Extra Mosse-lezing: 1969, roze revolutie of verloren strijd?" [Extra Mosse Lecture: 1969, pink revolution or lost battle?]. Gay News (in Dutch). 9 January 2019. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

External links

• Official website