lambda nordica is a peer-reviewed open-access academic journal based in the Nordics and dedicated to interdisciplinary research in lesbian/gay/bi/trans* and queer studies. Find us at https://publicera.kb.se/lambdanordica/indexhttps://bsky.app/profile/lambdanordica.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/lambdanordica.bsky.social/post/3micejunhz22sThe first issue of 2026 is here! "Queering National Histories", a special issue edited by Elsi Hyttinen and íris Ellenberger, examines queer lives and histories situated within political, power-relational, and cartographical peripheries in the Nordic countries. https://publicera.kb.se/lambdanordica/issue/view/578330 Mar 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:rm3cvzq4adqajdphveemvivx/app.bsky.feed.post/3micejunhz22shttps://bsky.app/profile/lambdanordica.bsky.social/post/3mhsovoqasc2uIn Gothenburg on April 16? Come to our symposium! We will discuss how and why minoritised academics face backlash, what this backlash looks like in practice, and how it can be addressed. ⏰ 16:30 - 18:30 Location: Room J330, Faculty of Humanities, Renströmsgatan 6, Göteborg https://www.gu.se/en/event/academic-freedom-and-collegial-solidarity-in-times-of-pressure24 Mar 2026 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:rm3cvzq4adqajdphveemvivx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsovoqasc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/lambdanordica.bsky.social/post/3mg3cazsprc2aWe are changing submission systems! Please send all NEW submissions to our NEW platform which you can find here: https://publicera.kb.se/lambdanordica/about/submissions If your article is already being processed in the old system, you will keep working in the old system until the piece is published.02 Mar 2026 12:52 +0000at://did:plc:rm3cvzq4adqajdphveemvivx/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg3cazsprc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/lambdanordica.bsky.social/post/3m73dzhdbsc26New open issue out now! https://www.lambdanordica.org/index.php/lambdanordica/issue/view/90 No less than six research articles, one essay, and two reviews! We're exploring Christian communities as contexts of queer desires and resistance; queer youth; queer waiting, and bottom shaming! Open access - go ahead and read it now!03 Dec 2025 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:rm3cvzq4adqajdphveemvivx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m73dzhdbsc26https://bsky.app/profile/lambdanordica.bsky.social/post/3m4v6j3l3j22gJoin a collective of writers behind lambda nordica’s special issue on Queer Grief to explore how queer grief is lived, felt, and imagined. See more info here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/queer-grief-a-conversation-tickets-1864202292239?aff=oddtdtcreator05 Nov 2025 13:42 +0000at://did:plc:rm3cvzq4adqajdphveemvivx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4v6j3l3j22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/lambdanordica.bsky.social/post/3lzpvas3frk2xOUT NOW! A special issue of lambda nordica on QUEER GRIEF edited by Paul Boyce, Trude Sundberg and Antu Sorainen. The issue seeks to open up intersecting perspectives on queer lives, desires, death, and grieving. Queer being, the contributions suggest, is also queer grieving. Have a look! https://www.lambdanordica.org/index.php/lambdanordica/issue/view/8926 Sep 2025 06:57 +0000at://did:plc:rm3cvzq4adqajdphveemvivx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzpvas3frk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/lambdanordica.bsky.social/post/3lnuwipt5hk2zONLINE FIRST! Richard Vytniorgu and Jaime Garcia-Iglesias' article "Bottom Shaming, Shame Anxiety, and Sexual Wellbeing" explores bottom shaming as a concept, both historically and transculturally, and discusses it in relation to shame and sexual wellbeing (https://doi.org/10.34041/ln.v.990)28 Apr 2025 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:rm3cvzq4adqajdphveemvivx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnuwipt5hk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lambdanordica.bsky.social/post/3lmjkya3yok2sWe also have a new online-first article! Oscar von Seth explores entanglements of waiting and queerness in Michael Cunningham’s The Hours (1998), asking if waiting, a universal human activity and unavoidable aspect of life, can be understood as a queer cultural phenomenon. https://doi.org/10.34041/ln.v.100611 Apr 2025 08:10 +0000at://did:plc:rm3cvzq4adqajdphveemvivx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmjkya3yok2shttps://bsky.app/profile/lambdanordica.bsky.social/post/3lmhkkvoxsc2qONLINE LAUNCH of the special issue on "Queering intimacies, families and companionships" on 23 April 2025, 15:00 to 16:15 (EEST). Editors Annukka Lahti, Pauliina Lukinmaa, Jaana Vuori, and Kathryn Almack will present the issue and authors will introduce their works, followed by a general discussion10 Apr 2025 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:rm3cvzq4adqajdphveemvivx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmhkkvoxsc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/lambdanordica.bsky.social/post/3lle2iv56fc2zAll members are welcome to join the annual meeting of the Association Lambda Nordica, April 10 2025 at 18:00. The meeting is held in Stockholm, with the possibility of digital participation via Zoom—we kindly ask you to contact info@lambdanordica.org for information on venue, agenda, and/or link.27 Mar 2025 10:07 +0000at://did:plc:rm3cvzq4adqajdphveemvivx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lle2iv56fc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/lambdanordica.bsky.social/post/3lhvw6pdvrk26Richard Vytniorgu and Jaime Garcia-Iglesias’ article on bottom shaming, shame anxiety, and sexual wellbeing among gay, bisexual, and men who have sex with men is out now (online first). You find it here: https://www.lambdanordica.org/index.php/lambdanordica/article/view/99011 Feb 2025 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:rm3cvzq4adqajdphveemvivx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhvw6pdvrk26