Summer Institute on Sexuality, Culture and Society Part 1-2-3

About

Part 1: Monday 22 June - Wednesday 8 July 2026
Part 2: Monday 13 July - Friday 24 July 2026
Part 3: Monday 28 July - Thursday 7 August 2026

The Summer Institute on Sexuality, Culture and Society, founded in 1997, is an unforgettable learning experience to be shared with a group of international students and taught by a multidisciplinary faculty. Participants benefit from an exceptional networking opportunity through the sharing of experiences, research plans and diverse perspectives with both professors and fellow students from a range of social and cultural backgrounds. The Summer Institute is a unique opportunity to study sexuality in all its diversities and is the only one of its kind in the world. The institute consists of three courses that can be taken separately or combined and stretched over seven weeks.

Course leader

Dr. Marie-Louise Janssen is a Cultural Anthropologist and senior lecturer in gender and sexuality studies at the Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam. She is one of the Academic Directors of the summerschool ‘Introduction to Sexuality Studies’, as well as a module coordinator in the ‘Summer Institute on Sexuality, Culture and Society’. Eddy Chouity (MSc) is a junior lecturer at the bachelor and pre-master sociology program at the University of Amsterdam and is the Associate Academic Director of Introduction to Sexuality Studies. In 2017, he graduated from the University of Amsterdam with a master of science in social sciences from the gender and sexuality track. Dr. Peter S Miller is a social anthropologist, ethnographer and educator specialised in the fields of Gender, Sexuality, Anthropology, Queer African Studies and Qualitative Methods.

Target group

Part 1
minimum second or third year Bachelor with (preferably) a background in social sciences and an expressed interest in sexuality studies. Master students and professionals will also be accepted if they can show a substantiated interest in sexuality studies.

Part 2 and Part 3:
a minimum of 6 EC in sexuality studies, Masters, early-stage PhD, working professionals, community advocate/activists.

If you are unsure about your eligibility for this programme or have admissions related questions, please contact the Summer Programmes Office by emailing summer-info-gsss@uva.nl.

Course aim

The Summer Institute on Sexuality, Culture, and Society will provide students with a unique opportunity to explore the social and cultural dimensions of human sexuality, and to gain knowledge of cutting-edge research on sexuality as conceptualized and practiced globally, pertaining to both theory and methodology.

Fee info

Part 1 only (3 weeks): €1750 | Part 2 only (2 weeks): €1500 | Part 3 only (2 weeks): €1500 | Part 1 and part 2 (5 weeks total): €3000 | Part 2 and 3 combined (4 weeks): €2500 | Part 1, 2 and 3 combined (7 weeks): €4000