Collegium Carolinum,
the German Historical Institute Warsaw (DHIW),
the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO),
in cooperation with the Faculty of Arts, Charles University,
cordially invite you to the sixth lecture of the Prague Histories Forum in the winter semester 2026/27:
ASSOC. PROF. HADLEY Z. RENKIN (CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY, VIENNA)
Queer Histories and Affective Architectures in Hungary
Tuesday, 5 January 2027, 15:50–17:20
Faculty of Arts, Charles University
Špork Palace, Hybernská 3, Prague 1
Room 303, attic floor
The lecture will also be available online via Zoom. Please register using the following link: https://maxweberstiftung.zoom-x.de/meeting/register/yq0DKEQFRjS4TW3N2dNDeA
How do historically accumulated feelings shape queer belonging, relationships, and political action?
Hadley Z. Renkin traces the changing emotional landscapes of queer life in late socialist and postsocialist Hungary: from fear and connection under socialism to hopes of personal and political transformation after 1989, and subsequent experiences of disillusionment, shame, grief, and anger. Bringing sociological and anthropological approaches to emotions into dialogue with queer perspectives on history and disidentification, the lecture examines how feelings take shape within specific historical circumstances. Its concept of “affective architectures” explores how these accumulated experiences sustain complex, sometimes competing forms of queer identification, solidarity, and politics.
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Hadley Z. Renkin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Gender Studies at Central European University, Vienna. His research examines Hungarian sexual politics, LGBTQ movements, and the intersections of sexuality with national and transnational belonging. He is co-editor of The Routledge Handbook of Sexuality in East Central Europe (2025).
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