Dr. A.C. (Alex) Thinius
Faculty of Humanities
Literatuurwetenschap
Area of expertise: Philosopher, educator, and interdisciplinary socio-cultural researcher. Theory of socio-cultural change, especially in the area of sex and gender. Current research: concepts of sex and gender in life science and biomedicine
Visiting address
- Spuistraat 134
Postal address
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Postbus 1642
1000 BP Amsterdam
Contact details
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Research
For most recent publications, research projects, and activities, please refer to my website:
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Publications
- refereed (4)
- academic (2)
- professional (1)
- popular scientific (6)
- conference contributions (14)
- other output (1)
- recognitions (18)
- doctoral thesis (1)
2025
Nadkarni, D., & Thinius, A. (2025). Notes Towards a Decolonial Praxis of Cultural Analysis: Exemplarity and Listening as Other. In M. Aydemir, A. Kuryel, & N. Roei (Eds.), The Future of Cultural Analysis: A Critical Inquiry (pp. 55-70). Amsterdam University Press. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13224858, https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048559800-004, https://doi.org/10.2307/jj.22361586.6 [details]
2024
- Thinius, A. C. (2024). Sex-Gender in Life-Science Research: Conceptual Renegotiations and an Enactivist Vision. In A. Dufourcq, A. Halsema, K. Smiet, & K. Vintges (Eds.), Purple Brains: Feminisms at the Limits of Philosophy (pp. 106-118). Radboud University Press. https://doi.org/10.54195/HSOV8373_CH08
- Thinius, A., & Trappes, R. (2024). Sex Traits and Individual Differences: Stabilising and Destabilising Binary Categories in Biological Practice. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1086/731829
2023
- Thinius, A. C. (2023). Genders as genres: Understanding dynamic categories. Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies, 26(2), 203. https://doi.org/10.5117/TVGN2023.2.009.THIN
2024
- Ichikawa, K., Boulicault, M., Thinius, A. C., DiMarco, M., Murchland, A. R., Maldonado, B., Higgins, A. S., & Richardson, S. S. (2024). Sex in the medical machine: How algorithms entrench bioessentialism in precision medicine. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13369533
2016
- Seidel, M., & Thinius, A. (2016). A Snowslide of Entities: Does Sosa’s Existential Relativism Provide a Barrier Against Being Buried? In A. Bahr, & M. Seidel (Eds.), Ernest Sosa: Targeting His Philosophy (pp. 101-118 ). (Münster Lectures in Philosophy; Vol. 3). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32519-4_7 [details]
2024
- Thinius, A. C., & Trappes, R. (2024). Binary Categories, Messy Individuals. Web publication or website, British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. https://www.thebsps.org/short-reads/binary-categories-thinius-trappes/
2025
- Thinius, A. C. (2025). Wie is er bang voor Judith Butler? 1/2: Genders als genres. Digital or Visual Products https://soundcloud.com/felix-en-sofie/s7e04-wie-is-er-bang-voor-judith-butler-12-alex-thinius
2022
- Thinius, A. C. (Author). (2022). Opnieuw Denken Over de Witte Man 1/2 - Alex Thinius. Digital or Visual Products https://open.spotify.com/episode/6arJJpIvheLWGMJgFxH6SI?si=z11aAJzNRXuoXbukJcjceg
2018
- Thinius, A., & Vasterling, V. (2018). Het onbehagen van mannen. Wijsgerig Perspectief op Maatschappij en Wetenschap, 58(3), 32-41. https://www.filosofie.nl/nl/artikel/50028/het-onbehagen-van-mannen.html [details]
2015
- Thinius, A. C. (Author). (2015). Sex, Lügen und Revolution oder love, peace and understanding? Review von Laurie Penny's 'Unsagbare Dinge'. Web publication/site, Literatur und Feuilleton. Literaturkritik von Komparatisten.
2011
- Thinius, A. C. (Author). (2011). Auf der Suche nach Eindeutigkeit in „Auf der Suche“. Web publication/site, Missy Magazine. Magazin für Pop, Politik, und Feminismus.
- Thinius, A. C. (Author). (2011). Meek’s Cutoff – ein Western aus Sicht von Frauen?. Web publication/site, Missy Magazine. Magazin für Pop, Politik, und Feminismus.
2023
- Nadkarni, D., & Thinius, A. (2023). Vivek Narayanan’s ‘After’: Subverting ‘epic nationalism’ and the colonial legacy of epic genre writing. 92-93. Abstract from 27th European Conference for South Asian Studies, Torino, Italy.
- Thinius, A. C., & Trappes, R. (2023). Sex traits and individual differences: Stabilising and destabilising binaries in biological practice. Paper presented at Lisbon International Conference in Philosophy Of Science, Lisbon, Portugal.
2021
- Thinius, A. C. (2021). Masculinity and the Ontology of Men: From Connell’s ‘Hegemonic Masculinity’ to Enactment Classes. Abstract from OZSW Conference XX 2021, Tilburg, Netherlands. https://ozsw2020.files.wordpress.com/2021/11/book-of-abstracts.pdf
- Thinius, A. C. (2021). Masculinity and the Ontology of Men: ‘Hegemonic Masculinity’ after Connell. Paper presented at Workshop on Gender and Philosophy, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.
- Thinius, A. C. (2021). Trans* in digital communication: Conceptualizing dialectic aspects of sharing. Abstract from ASCA Workshop 2021, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
2019
- Thinius, A. C. (2019). What Kind of Situation is the Body in de Beauvoir?. Paper presented at Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex. UK Sartre Society Annual Conference 2019, Oxford, United Kingdom.
- Thinius, A. C. (2019). What are genders? Lessons from genre and enactment theory. Paper presented at Work in Progress Colloquium, Philosophy Department, Cambridge MA, United States. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12733962
2018
- Thinius, A. C. (2018). Caring in two modes of slowness: Existentialism and masculinities in Qu Xiao-Song’s Ji #3 and Bohren & der Club of Gore.. Paper presented at AS SLOWLY AS POSSIBLE, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Thinius, A. C. (2018). Ethnopluralism and the concept of plurality: Continuities and discontinuities with ALT. Paper presented at 2018 OZSW Graduate Conference in Theoretical Philosophy, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Thinius, A. C. (2018). If everything is violence is anything? Bodies and subjectivities as candidates for structural violence.. Paper presented at ASCA International Workshop 2018: Dissecting Violence, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Thinius, A. C. (2018). Social kinds, Hermeneutics, and Historical Essentialism: Bach, Mikkola, Stone. 15. Paper presented at Summer University 2018: The Biological and the Social between 1900 and Today , Budapest, Hungary.
2016
- Thinius, A. C. (2016). Diversity and Essence: How to rethink essentialism with Jean-Luc Nancy. Paper presented at The Future of Diversity, Tübingen, Germany.
2015
- Thinius, A. C. (2015). Perspectivism – Old wine in a new bottle? A philosophical view on the 'ontological turn' in cultural anthropology. Paper presented at OZSW Graduate Conference Theoretical Philosophy, Nijmegen, Netherlands.
2014
- Thinius, A. C. (2014). Pornographic Artefacts and Porn: Social recognition and successful intentions. Poster session presented at OZSW conference 2014, Nijmegen.
2017
- Thinius, A. C. (Composer), Liesenfeld, J. (Composer), de Jong, N. (Designer), & Lütke, S. (Producer). (2017). Aleion: inzwischen. Digital or Visual Products, Fattoria Musica Records.
Prize / grant
- Thinius, A. (2022). NWO Rubicon Fellowship. https://www.nwo.nl/onderzoeksprogrammas/rubicon/toekenningen/toekenningen-rubicon-2022
Membership / relevant position
- Thinius, A. (2017-2019). Representative for ASCA at AIHR PhD council, and board member of ASCA., .
- Thinius, A. (2012-2021). Associate member, Zentrum für Wissenschaftstheorie (ZfW), Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster.
Media appearance
- Thinius, A. (12-01-2025). Wie Frauen von der Medizin benachteiligt werden [Web] Doktor Whatson. Wie Frauen von der Medizin benachteiligt werden. https://youtu.be/EdTrdS-A_do?si=uW-v5zzxJnQw-3SE
- Thinius, A. (15-01-2024). Man, roman, vrouw, novelle of sonnet? Wat als we gender net zo breed kunnen interpreteren als artistieke genres? [Web] Brainwash. Man, roman, vrouw, novelle of sonnet? Wat als we gender net zo breed kunnen interpreteren als artistieke genres?. https://www.brainwash.nl/lees/liefde-en-seks/2024/alex-thinius-gender-als-genre.html
Talk / presentation
- Thinius, A. (speaker) (2-4-2025). Gender als genre, Het Filosofisch Diner, Amsterdam. https://vuurwerkfilosofie.nl/agenda/gender-als-genre/
- Thinius, A. (speaker) (4-3-2025). The Specter that Haunts Binary Sex-Gender Categories: Conceptual Renegotiations of Sex and Gender in Health Research, O.P. Jindal Global University. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jindal-school-of-public-health-and-human-development-a43369256_guest-lecture-alex-activity-730232876545865728…
- Thinius, A. (speaker) (18-12-2024). Genders als genres: Wat betekent het eigenlijk om tot een gender te behoren?, Felix en Sofie, Amsterdam. https://www.felix-en-sofie.nl/event/wie-is-er-bang-voor-judith-butler
- Thinius, A. (speaker) (16-9-2022). Gender as Genre, Purple Brains, Nijmegen.
- Thinius, A. (speaker) (10-6-2022). Gender Requires Participatory Sense-Making: Ontological and Normative Consequences, Social Justice and E-Cognition, Wollongong. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.12733743
- Thinius, A. (invited speaker) (3-7-2018). Rethinking gender and sexuality: What does it mean to be of a particular gender?, LOVA Summer School 2018 'Unschooling the Anthropologist', Amsterdam.
- Thinius, A. (speaker) (14-7-2017). A kinder essentialism of gender? Gender classes, historical essentialism, and the meaning of sharing, Philosophy and Public Affairs colloquium, Department of Philosophy, University of Amsterdam. http://aihr.uva.nl/content/events/events/2017/06/ppa-thinius.html
Others
- Thinius, A. (organiser), Nadkarni, D. (organiser), Vaid-Menon, A. (participant) & Adamczak, B. (participant) (14-5-2020). The Poetics and Politics of Sharing. There are many aspects of sharing and ways in which we can share: Affect, stories, words can be shared; experience can be shared; instagram posts can (…) (organising a conference, workshop, ...). https://www.nica-institute.com/the-poetics-and-politics-of-sharing/
- Thinius, A. (visiting researcher) (1-9-2019 - 31-12-2019). Massachusetts Institute of Technology (visiting an external institution).
- Nadkarni, D. (organiser), Thinius, A. (organiser) & de Vries, N. (organiser) (10-4-2019 - 12-4-2019). ASCA International Workshop 2019 "Realities and Fantasies: Relations, Transformations, Discontinuities", Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...). https://realitiesfantasies.wordpress.com/
- Thinius, A. (participant) (21-11-2018). Postgraduate Seminar Philosophy, Sheffield. Paper presentation "Genders as types in pre-conceptual experience. Heinämaa's essential gender types and the influence of concepts on the (…) (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
- Thinius, A. (visiting researcher) (23-9-2018 - 20-12-2018). University of Sheffield (visiting an external institution).
- Kornel, A. (participant) & Thinius, A. (participant) (17-9-2017). "einfach, leicht, minimal? Simplizität in der Musik." Symposium of the Dachverband der Studierenden der Musikwissenschaften (DSVM) and the Department for Musicology at Münster University., Münster. Guitar performance of 'Ji#3 (Silent Mountain)' for Attila Kornel's paper "Chinesische Stille als musikalische Simplizität am Beispiel von 'Ji #3 (…) (participating in a conference, workshop, ...).
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Nadkarni, D., & Thinius, A. (2025). Notes Towards a Decolonial Praxis of Cultural Analysis: Exemplarity and Listening as Other. In M. Aydemir, A. Kuryel, & N. Roei (Eds.), The Future of Cultural Analysis: A Critical Inquiry (pp. 55-70). Amsterdam University Press.