Hi! My name is Boka En.

I publish and teach in Gen­der & Sexuality Stu­dies, particularly on topics such as intimacies/​sexualities/​relationships, im-/possi­bilities of emanci­patory learning spa­ces, and LGBTIQ* move­ments. My PhD project is centred around inclusions and exclusions within and across LGBTIQ*-related activism and academia, particularly in relation to knowledge politics, legiti­macy and ethical expectations. Additionally, I currently work as a Coordinator at the Gender Research Office of the University of Vienna.

I have co-founded Qwir text + design, where I work on translations, other texts and design with Michael En. I am also a founding member of the Non-Mono­gamies and Contemporary Intimacies conference series, which seeks to bring together academics, activists, artists, thera­pists/coun­sellors and (other) practitioners, as well as the working group Inter*​Trans_​Nonbinary in the Austrian Gender Studies Association. Further, I have taught at, among others, the University of Vienna and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and have facilitated workshops, including for HOSI Wien and the Austrian Students’ Union.

Publications (selection)

• 2022. En, Boka & En-Griffiths, David. Power as usual? Intersectionality, Performativity, and BDSM in the West. In: Biele Mefebue, Astrid; Bührmann, Andrea; Grenz, Sabine (Eds.) Handbuch Intersektionalitätsforschung. Springer.
• 2021. En, Boka. The My absent_present queer body in academia. Queer STS Forum, 6.
• 2021. Gleichbehandlungsanwaltschaft Österreich (Ed.): Geschlechtersensible Sprache – Dialog auf Augenhöhe.
• 2020. En, Boka. Categorisation and Recognition: Musings on Misfitting and Misunderstanding. In: En, Michael (Ed.) Truths, Trust and Translation: A festschrift, love letter and thank you to Michèle Cooke, 85–100. Peter Lang. 
• 2020. En, Boka & En, Michael; mit En-Griffiths, David; Pilz, Felix; Pöll, Mer; Rosenthaler, Max. Beziehung(s)formen im queeren Alltag. In: Schadler, Cornelia & Raab, Michel (Eds.) Polyfantastisch? Nichtmonogamie als emanzipatorische Praxis, 45–63. Unrast-Verlag.  
• 2019. En, Michael & En, Boka. “Coming out” … as a translator? Expertise, identities and knowledge practices in an LGBTIQ* migrant community translation project. Translation Studies, 12(2), 213–230. 
• 2018. Cardoso, Daniel; En, Boka; En, David; Barker, Meg John; Muscarina, Sina; Pallotta-Chiarolli, Maria (Eds.). Non-Monogamies and Contemporary Intimacies. Special Issue des Graduate Journal of Social Science, 14(1).  
• 2017. En, Boka & Klaura, Andrea* Ida Malkah. Partizipation in universitärer Bildung – oder: Ermöglichen unmöglich? In: Isop, Utta (Ed.) Gewalt im beruflichen Alltag. Wie Hierarchien, Einschlüsse und Ausschlüsse wirken, 178–184. Neu-Ulm: AG Spak Verlag. 
• 2016. En, Boka & Pöll, Mercedes. Are You (Self-)Tracking? Risks, Norms and Optimisation in Self-Quantifying Practices. Graduate Journal of Social Science, 12(2), S. 37–57.
• Altenhofer, Marlene; Bachinger, Leo Matteo; En, Boka; Engelhart, Jasmin; Neumann, Victoria; Pöchhacker, Nikolaus; Pöll, Mercedes; Prendl, Angela (Eds.). Ideologies, Ambitions and Utopias in Science and Technology. Special Issue of the Graduate Journal of Social Science, 12(2).

Contact

Feel free to drop me an email at boka.en@univie.ac.at if there’s anything you’d like to talk about. I use they/​them pronouns.