GENS: Behind the Scenes was inaugurated by Sara Anselmo and Lilli Settari, two master’s students at the Gender Studies department of Central European University, in Spring 2022. They were curious about the lives and careers of Gender Studies faculty members they had encountered as teachers, and keen to get to know them beyond the classroom - and at the same time, to give their peers and prospective students a chance to listen to personal, informative-but-fun interviews with their professors.

The first faculty member who sat down in front of Sara and Lilli's mics was Professor Francisca de Haan, the current and outgoing head of the Gender Studies Department.