Below you will find most of my work, which includes a variety of research outputs and publications. You can also visit my Google Scholar page to view my complete list of works or my Academia page for additional insights into my contributions to the field.
Books
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. The Question of Dutch Politics as a Matter of Theatre: Theatre and Performance After the 2008 Financial Crisis. Tectum Verlag, 2017.
Peer-Reviewed Articles
In press/accepted Language, Identity, and Transgender Narratives in Dutch Caribbean
Modernism. Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticsm.
In press/accepted Erotic Synergies and Variances in the Sexual Vernacular of the Postcolonial Dutch Caribbean. Small Axe: A Caribbean Journal of Criticsm.
Hertoghs, M, Isenia, W.J, Krebbekx, W & Roodsaz, R. Reclacitrance and Feminist Pedagogy: Autoethnographic Reflections on Anti-Gender Mobilizations at the University. Journal of Gender Studies/ Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies 27, no 2-3 (2024): 132 - 150. https://doi.org/10.5117/TVGN2024.2-3.003.HERT
De Vito, A., Colpani, A., Moi, G., Babudieri, S., Calcagno, A., Calvino, V., Ceccarelli, M., Colpani, G., d’Ettorre, G., Di Biagio, A., Farinella, M., Falaguasta, M., Focà, E., Giupponi, G., Habed, A. J., Isenia, W. J., Lo Caputo, S., Marchetti, G., Modesti, L., Mussini, C., Nunnari, G., Rusconi, S., Russo, D., Saracino, A., Serra, P. A. & Madeddu, G. "Assessing ChatGPT’s Potential in HIV Prevention Communication: A Comprehensive Evaluation of Accuracy, Completeness, and Inclusivity". AIDS & Behavior (e-pub ahead of print). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-024-04391-2
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian, and Eliza Steinbock. "How to Read Dr. Betty Paërl’s Whip: Intersectional Visions of Trans/Gender, Sex Worker and Decolonial Activism in the Archive." Feminist Review 132, no. 1 (2022): 24-45.
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian, Gianmaria colpani, and Naomie Pieter. "Archiving Queer of Colour Politics in the Netherlands: A Roundtable Conversation." Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies 22, no. 2 (2019): 163-182.
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian, and Gianmaria colpani. "Editorial: Imperial Entanglements and Archival Desires." Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies 22, no. 2 (2019): 113-123.
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. "Looking for Kambrada: Sexuality and Social Anxieties in the Dutch Colonial Archive, 1882–1923." Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies 22, no. 2 (2019): 125-143.
Chapters in Edited Volumes
“In press/accepted The Dutch Empire and its Legacies: A Comparative Analysis of Sexuality and Gender Regulation in Asia, the Americas and South Africa. In Colonialisms, Colonialities and Queer Politics: Rethinking Sexualities and Genders, edited by Sonia Corrêa, Gustavo Gomes da Costa Santos, and Matthew Waites. Oxford University Press.
In press/accepted Wie is er Bang voor Ras? (Zwarte) Barbie en de politiek van representatie (Who’s Afraid of Race? (Black) Barbie and the politics of representation. In Denken in het donker met Greta Gerwig, edited by Christl de Kloe. Leusden: Isvw Uitgevers.
In press/accepted Exploring the Self and Society: Personal Narratives and Social Constructs through (Auto)Ethnography in Performance. In Performance Research Methods, edited by Laura Karreman & Liesbeth Groot Nibbelink. Cambridge: Open Book Publishers.
Studies on Trans* and Same-Sex Loving People in Curaçao: a Review Essay”. In Handbook of Gender Studies in the Dutch Caribbean. Allen, R. M. & Bala, S. (eds.). Leiden: Brill, p. 427-439 (Handbooks in Caribbean Studies; vol. 01).
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. "Queer Sovereignties: Re-Imagining Sexual Citizenship from the Dutch Caribbean." In The Routledge Companion to Sexuality and Colonialism, edited by C. Schields and Dagmar Herzog, 274-282. Routledge, 2021.
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian, and Gianmaria colpani. "Strange Fruits: Queer of Color Intellectual Labor in the Netherlands in the 1980s and 1990s." In Postcolonial Intellectuals in Europe: Critics, Artists, Movements, and Their Publics, edited by S. Ponzanesi and A. J. Habed, 213-230. London: Rowman & Littlefield International, 2018.
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian, and Eliza Steinbock. "Magical Terms: On Defining and Positioning the ‘Decolonial’ and ‘Queer’ in Archival Practices." In Inward Outward, Critical Archival Engagements with Sounds and Films of Coloniality: A Publication of the 2020 Inward Outward Symposium, 9-12. 2020.
Encyclopedia Entries/With Pride (Dutch Rainbow History Project)
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. "André Reeder." Withpride.
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. "Anne Krul." Withpride.
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. "Edgar Cairo." Withpride.
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. "Felix de Rooy." Withpride.
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. "Fridi Martina." Withpride.
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. "Joanna Werners." Withpride.
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. "Ligya Wachter." Withpride.
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. "Strange Fruit." Withpride.
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. "SUHO." Withpride.
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. "Tieneke Sumter." Withpride.
Articles for a broader audience
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. "Black Achievement Month: Kunstsalon Villa Baranka Was Als een Moederrots." Atria: Kennisinstituut voor Emancipatie en Vrouwengeschiedenis, 2018.
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. "Felix de Rooy - Het Universele Niet Langer Als Wit Beschouwd." Theaterkrant, 2021.
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. "Kleur in Raden van Toezicht - Tactieken, Ervaringen en Genoegens." Theaterkrant, 2021.
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. “Excentrieke Soevereinen.” Theaterkrant, 2023.
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. “Het Huis van Fridi Martina.” Theaterkrant, 2023.
Reviews of books
Isenia, Wigbertson Julian. "Book Review: The Global Trajectories of Queerness: Re-Thinking Same-Sex Politics in the Global South." Tijdschrift voor Genderstudies 19, no. 4 (2016): 480-484.
Exhibitions
“Nos Tei”. Co-curation of an exhibition about the lgbtqia+ history in Bonaire for the first gay pride on the island. (Kralendijk, Bonaire). 2023.
“House of HIV”. Co-curation of the black pride room for the House of HIV 40 years of fighting, caring and grieving. 40 years of community activism at IHLIA LGBT+ Heritage. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). 2022.
“The inheritance of Strange Fruit: LGBTQI+ activism of colour then and now.” IHLIA LGBT+ Heritage. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). 2020.
“Nos Tei”. co-curation of Nos tei: IHLIA exhibition on Dutch black queer sexuality and politics at IHLIA LGBT+ Heritage. (Amsterdam, The Netherlands). 2019.
“Black Queer Diaspora”. Curation of Black Queer Diaspora in the Netherlands at Van Abbemuseum. (Eindhoven, The Netherlands). 2018.