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

Fotograaf: MaartjeHensen.com

Bezoekadres

Spuistraat 134

Postadres

Postbus 1642
1000 BP Amsterdam

Contactgegevens

Social media

linkedin.com/in/athinius/

Onderzoek
Publicaties
2025

Nadkarni, D., & Thinius, A. (2025). Notes Towards a Decolonial Praxis of Cultural Analysis: Exemplarity and Listening as Other. In M. Aydemir, N. Roei, & A. Kuryel (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/10.5117/9789048559794

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. (in press). Sex Traits and Individual Differences: Stabilising and Destabilising Binary Categories in Biological Practice. British Journal for the Philosophy of Science. 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.
Prijs / subsidie

Thinius, A. (2022). NWO Rubicon Fellowship. https://www.nwo.nl/onderzoeksprogrammas/rubicon/toekenningen/toekenningen-rubicon-2022

Lidmaatschap / relevante positie

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) (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. (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, ...).
2021

Thinius, A. C. (2021). Genders as genres: Understanding dynamic categories. [Thesis, fully internal, Universiteit van Amsterdam]. [details]
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