Loes Oudenhuijsen
PhD candidate
- Name
- Dr. L.W. Oudenhuijsen MA
- Telephone
- 071 5272727
- l.w.oudenhuijsen@asc.leidenuniv.nl
For an overview of Loes Oudenhuysen's research and publications, visit her profile on the ASCL website.
Loes Oudenhuijsen works as a PhD candidate on her own project, titled ‘’Islam, everyday ethics, and its gendered contestations: ‘’wicked’’ women in Senegal from 1950 to the present.’’ The study aims to uncover historical transformations and continuations of gender norms in Senegal, through the figure of sexually transgressive, so-called ‘’wicked’’, women. The biographical narratives of such ‘’wicked’’ women furthermore serve to add to, as well as nuance and challenge, the dominant existing (historical) narrative of gender in Senegal. By creating an (online) archive of these biographical narratives, in collaboration with Senegalese scholars, professionals, and interlocutors, Senegalese women shall have access to a part of their history and that of their foremothers that may explain historical change and continuity with regards to their position as ‘’wicked’’ women.
In addition to her work at the ASCL, Loes is involved in Voice4Thought Foundation as an academic director. Voice4Thought is a non-profit foundation that offers a platform where different voices of the world participate in building an inclusive debate and critical knowledge on issues concerning our time, such as democracy, activism, radicalisation, to name a few. Voice4Thought works as an open platform that engages with researchers, artists, activists, bloggers, and institutions to co-create new forms of knowledge and reflection.
Loes holds a BSc in International Development Studies from Wageningen University, and an MA in African Studies (research) from Leiden University.
PhD candidate
- Afrika-Studiecentrum
- Wetenschappelijke staf
- Oudenhuijsen L.W. (5 March 2025), Situating "wicked" women: gender panic and savoir vivre in urban Senegal (Dissertatie. African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL), Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden University). Supervisor(s): Dijk R.A. van & Spronk R.
- Zurné L., Rana J. & Oudenhuijsen L.W. (2024), Introduction: sexist garbage, LOVA journal of feminist anthropology and gender studies 45: 7-14.
- Rana J. & Oudenhuijsen L.W. (2024), The timelessness of sexist garbage, LOVA: Tijdschrift voor feministische antropologie 45: 91-100.
- Zurné L. & Oudenhuijsen L.W. (2024), Sexualised researchers in ethnographic encounters: towards feminist approaches of fieldwork training and representation, Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies 27(2/3): 171-189.
- Oudenhuijsen L.W. (2022), Desiring researchers: reflecting on sexuality and fieldwork in Senegal, LOVA journal of feminist anthropology and gender studies (42): 21-38.
- Bruijn M.E. de & Oudenhuijsen L.W. (2021), Female slam poets of francophone Africa: spirited words for social change, Africa 91(5): 742-767.
- Oudenhuijsen L.W. (2021), Quietly queer(ing): the normative value of sutura and its potential for young women in urban Senegal, Africa 91(3): 434-452.
- Oudenhuijsen L.W, Feminists and other dangerous elements: the politicisation of gender and sexuality in Senegal. ASCL Africanist Blog. Leiden: African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL). [blog entry].
- Oudenhuijsen L.W. (2021), Introduction ASCL library web dossier 'African feminism' (African Studies Centre Leiden (ASCL)). [other].
- Oudenhuijsen L.W., Queer Senegalese migration can redefine activism. Africa at LSE. London: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). [blog entry].
- Oudenhuijsen L.W., Can women's football be a game changer?. Africa is a Country. [blog entry].
- Oudenhuijsen L.W., Quietly queer in Senegal. Africa Is a Country. [blog entry].
- Reinders S., Dekker M., Kesteren F. van & Oudenhuijsen L.W. (2019), Inclusive development in Africa. Synthesis Report Series. Leiden: INCLUDE: Knowledge Platform on Inclusive Development Policies.