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Re-Thinking “Europe” with Central-Eastern Europe: Towards Non-Occidentalist and Decolonial Epistemics in/of Queer Studies (2025)
Book Chapter
Kulpa, R. (2025). Re-Thinking “Europe” with Central-Eastern Europe: Towards Non-Occidentalist and Decolonial Epistemics in/of Queer Studies. In Go West! Conceptual Explorations of “the West” in the History of Education ( 181-203). De Gruyter. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783111408989-011

A simple question: What is Europe? is often focal for numerous disciplines such as area studies, cultural geography, history, postcolonial studies, and recently also gender & sexuality studies. Although richly diverse, perhaps one common thread among... Read More about Re-Thinking “Europe” with Central-Eastern Europe: Towards Non-Occidentalist and Decolonial Epistemics in/of Queer Studies.

Italy: Post-1990 Policies and Trends at Europe's Southern Border (2023)
Book Chapter
Paynter, E., & Soliman, F. (2023). Italy: Post-1990 Policies and Trends at Europe's Southern Border. In A. Vila-Freyer, & I. Sirkeci (Eds.), Global Atlas of Refugees and Asylum Seekers (161-176). Transnational Press London

This chapter focuses on how Italy’s position as a key port of entry for migrants reaching Europe has influenced shifts in trends and policy, including external border governance, as well as asylum protocols and reception and detention policies. We si... Read More about Italy: Post-1990 Policies and Trends at Europe's Southern Border.

Dangerous Liaisons: Neoliberal Tropes of the ‘Normal’ and ‘Middle-Class Respectability’ in the Post-socialist LG(BT) Activism (2022)
Book Chapter
Kulpa, R. (2022). Dangerous Liaisons: Neoliberal Tropes of the ‘Normal’ and ‘Middle-Class Respectability’ in the Post-socialist LG(BT) Activism. In M. Blidon, & S. D. Brunn (Eds.), Mapping LGBTQ Spaces and Places. A Changing World (279-291). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-03792-4_17

This chapter explores the emerging, post-1989 logics of neoliberalisation of gender and sexuality activism in Central-Eastern Europe (CEE). By looking at a case study from the early 2000s LG(BT) activism in Poland (the impactful “Niech Nas Zobaczą” /... Read More about Dangerous Liaisons: Neoliberal Tropes of the ‘Normal’ and ‘Middle-Class Respectability’ in the Post-socialist LG(BT) Activism.

Antisemitism and Homophobia in Polish Liberal Discourses: The Cultural Logic of Comparison and a Proposal for Intersectionality (2020)
Book Chapter
Kulpa, R. (2020). Antisemitism and Homophobia in Polish Liberal Discourses: The Cultural Logic of Comparison and a Proposal for Intersectionality. In M. Derks, & M. van den Berg (Eds.), Public Discourses About Homosexuality and Religion in Europe and Beyond (147-169). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56326-4_7

This chapter examines the discursive mechanism of drawing comparisons between antisemitism and homophobia in Polish (Catholic) culture that were popular among the left and liberal opinion makers in the mid/late 2000s. It questions the problematic nat... Read More about Antisemitism and Homophobia in Polish Liberal Discourses: The Cultural Logic of Comparison and a Proposal for Intersectionality.

Decolonizing Queer Epistemologies: Section Introduction (2016)
Book Chapter
Kulpa, R., & Silva, J. M. (2016). Decolonizing Queer Epistemologies: Section Introduction. In G. Brown, & K. Browne (Eds.), The Routledge Research Companion to Geographies of Sex and Sexualities (139-142). Routledge

(Un)translatable queer? Or what is lost and can be found in translation... (2012)
Book Chapter
Kulpa, R., Mizielińska, J., & Stasinska, A. (2012). (Un)translatable queer? Or what is lost and can be found in translation... In S. Mesquita, M. K. Wiedlack, & K. Lasthofer (Eds.), Import - Export - Transport. Queer Theory, Queer Critique, and Activism in Motion (115-145). Zaglossus

Perhaps some of the most interesting recent developments in queer studies are those books criticizing the US American bias within the discipline (e.g., Hemmings 2007; Mizielinska 2010; Downing and Gillett 2011), and a move towards embracing “non-West... Read More about (Un)translatable queer? Or what is lost and can be found in translation....

LGBT Issues and the Queer Approach (2010)
Book Chapter
Kulpa, R. (2011). LGBT Issues and the Queer Approach. In J. T. Ishiyama, & M. Breuning (Eds.), 21st Century Political Science: A Reference Handbook (856-864). SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.4135/9781412979351.n99

The primary focus of this chapter is to introduce the reader to the contemporary debates surrounding LGBT issues in U.S. politics. It is done by looking at LGBT movements and major issues raised by those communities. First, a historical context is of... Read More about LGBT Issues and the Queer Approach.

Names Project: AIDS Memorial Quilt (2008)
Book Chapter
Kulpa, R. (2008). Names Project: AIDS Memorial Quilt. In J. C. Hawley (Ed.), LGBTQ America Today: An Encyclopaedia. Greenwood Press