Dr. A.C. (Alex) Thinius
Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen
Literatuurwetenschap
Expertisegebied: Filosoof, docent, en interdisciplinair socio-cultuureel onderzoeker. Theorie van sociaal-culturele verandering, vooral op het gebied van sekse en gender. Lopend onderzoek: concepten van sekse en gender in biowetenschappen en biomedicijn
Bezoekadres
- Spuistraat 134
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Postbus 1642
1000 BP Amsterdam
Contactgegevens
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Onderzoek
Voor mijn meest recente publicaties, onderzoeksprojecten en activiteiten, kijk aub op mijn website:
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Publicaties
- refereed (6)
- wetenschappelijk (3)
- vakpublicatie (1)
- populair wetenschappelijk (6)
- congresbijdragen (14)
- overige (1)
- erkenning (25)
- proefschrift (1)
2025
- Boulicault, M., Gompers, A., Aalami, L., Danielsen, A. C., Dore, E. C., Homan, P., Lee, K. M. N., Miyagi, M., Niederriter, H., Sanogo, A., Sudai, M., Thinius, A. C., & Richardson, S. S. (2025). Three maxims for countering sex essentialism in scientific research. Biology of Sex Differences, 16(83). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13293-025-00748-x
- Ichikawa, K., Boulicault, M., Thinius, A. C., DiMarco, M., Murchland, A. R., Maldonado, B., Higgins, A. S., & Richardson, S. S. (2025). Sex in the medical machine: How algorithms can entrench bioessentialism in precision medicine. Big Data & Society, 12(4). https://doi.org/10.1177/20539517251381674
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
2025
- Thinius, A. C. (2025). The Double Historicity of Sex and Gender. Archives of Sexual Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-025-03308-x
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.
Prijs / subsidie
- Thinius, A. (2022). NWO Rubicon Fellowship. https://www.nwo.nl/onderzoeksprogrammas/rubicon/toekenningen/toekenningen-rubicon-2022
Lidmaatschap / relevante positie
- Thinius, A. (2022-). GenderSci Lab, Harvard University. https://www.genderscilab.org/
- 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.
Mediaoptreden
- 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
Spreker
- 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
Andere
- Thinius, A. (participant) (25-7-2025). International Society for the History, Philosophy, and Social Studies of Biology (ISHPSSB) conference. July 20-25, 2025, Porto, Portugal, Porto. Biology and Sexes (Discussion) (participating in a conference, workshop, ...). https://virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/73530/symposium/90
- 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).
- Aytac, U. (organiser), Schaafsma, G. (organiser), Klarenbeek, L. M. (organiser) & Thinius, A. (organiser) (23-5-2019 - 24-5-2019). Amsterdam Graduate Conference in Political Theory 2019, Amsterdam (organising a conference, workshop, ...). https://amsterdampoliticaltheory.weebly.com/
- Thinius, A. (participant) (29-4-2019). Wijsgerig Festival Drift, Amsterdam. "What is gender, anyways? Existential, affective, and socio-economic aspects in a film by Xavier Dolan" Introduction to film screening of "Laurence (…) (participating in a conference, workshop, ...). https://www.facebook.com/events/filmtheater-de-uitkijk/film-en-filosofie-drift-x-uitkijk/578273785984107/
- 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).
- Thinius, A. (visiting researcher) (1-8-2018 - 20-8-2018). University of Mumbai (visiting an external institution).
- Thinius, A. (organiser) (12-4-2018). Masterclass with Mari Mikkola: Feminist metaphysics, and Pornography, Amsterdam. This is a masterclass with Mari Mikkola (Oxford) for PhD students and Master’s students to get to know and discuss in further detail some aspects of (…) (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- Thinius, A. (organiser) (11-4-2018). Humanist Feminism and the Wrong of Injustice, Amsterdam. Gender based injustice is wrong, but what exactly makes it wrong? In her 2016 book “The Wrong of Injustice”, Mari Mikkola defends and reframes a (…) (organising a conference, workshop, ...).
- 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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Nevenwerkzaamheden
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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.