The goal of the "Duke University - Leuphana University Gender, Queer and Transgender Studies Workshop for Doctoral Candidates" is to facilitate doctoral candidates’ development of their dissertations, provide doctoral researchers the opportunity to present their work to an international scholarly audience, enable access to key international archives, and develop and consolidate international networks and scholarly exchange between both faculty and doctoral candidates.

The project is led by Ben Trott (Leuphana University) and Gabriel N. Rosenberg (Duke University) is primarily oriented toward doctoral candidates in the humanities. This ongoing project began in the 2023-24 winter semester.