Conferences, workshops and lectures

The IAG Women's and Gender Studies invites you to the anniversary event "35 years of IAG Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Kassel - Festive Reception and Open Day" on 29.11.2022 from 18:30 in the Campus Center (Lecture Hall 4/R 1124).

After greetings from Prof. Dr. Sonja Buckel (Vice President of the University of Kassel), among others, we want to look back on 35 years of IAG Women's and Gender Studies and look to the future.

At the round table "Gender Studies in Changing Times and Society", Prof. Dr. Mi You, Dr. Christine M. Klapeer, Prof. Dr. Mechthild Bereswill, PD Dr. Mieke Roscher and representatives of the Autonomous Queer* Department will discuss, among others.

Afterwards we look forward to a joint exchange over champagne and finger food.

July 2019, International Junior Researchers' Conference "Intersections of Gender and Myth in Canadian Culture and Media"

Organization: Tamara Schmitt

January 2018, organized by PD Dr. Kerstin Droß-Krüpe.

On Tuesday, 23.01.2018, the IAG FG will open its doors and cordially invites you to talk to us about the work in the IAG.

The event will take place in Nora-Platiel-Straße 3, room 0217, at 6.30 pm.

Among others, Dr. Pinar Tuzcu will give a lecture on "Decolonizing Popfeminism: Sexuality Debates in Postmigration Germany".

We look forward to discussing our work with you!

In the winter semester 17/18, IAG member Prof. Dr. Susanne Bach is organizing a conference on eroticism in literature and theater. The conference will take place from 26 - 28 October and can be attended by students as part of the Interdisciplinary Study Program in Women's and Gender Studies. The IAG FG supports the event.

You can find the conference program here and a newspaper article from the HNA about the conference here.

Dr. Silke Hackenesch is organizing the "Conference on the History and Practice of International Adoptions" on 17 and 18 November 2017. The conference is supported by the IAG FG.

For the first time, students of the Interdisciplinary Study Program Women's and Gender Studies are also able to attend a conference as part of the study program.

Further information on the conference can be found at

https://adoptionsconference.wordpress.com/

On Wednesday, February 11, 2015, the Medieval History Department invites you to participate in the workshop "Gender and Authority in Medieval Society", which will take place from 2 p.m. s. t. to 8 p.m. in the International House of the University of Kassel.

The event, conceived together with students, is tailored to the discussion with Dr. Susan Johns from the University of Bangor (UK) and her evening lecture. The workshop is the conclusion and highlight of the seminar "The Queen in the High Middle Ages" and offers students, young academics and experienced scholars the opportunity to discuss concepts of women's and gender studies and to put their own ideas up for discussion in an international setting.

One morning session is reserved for students of the seminar. The public lectures in the afternoon will deal with projections, practices and possibilities of action of noble women in different political and familial contexts in order to explore gendered notions of domination. The spatial and temporal focus will be on England and the Roman-German Empire in the period between 1000 and 1500 in order to identify the factors, situations and actions that determined the social, dominant and cultural positions and practices of these protagonists.

Flyer with all program information

In the winter semester 2013/14, a new series of workshops on strategic career planning for young female academics at the University of Kassel will be offered as part of the expansion of the central further education courses under gender equality aspects. In the mostly 2-day workshops, female early career researchers can prepare important career steps and strengthen and further develop interdisciplinary skills. The individual needs of the participants are taken into account by means of a preliminary inquiry.

Detailed information on the individual workshops can be found on the homepage for early career researchers.

Flyer for the workshop series

On 11.07.2013, the symposium "Masculinities and Care in the Context of Migration" will take place from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Senate Hall of the University of Kassel, which is based on Mart Busch's seminar "Diverse Masculinities" and is organized together with students. All interested parties are cordially invited.

The program for the symposium is here.

Contact and registration with Mart Busche.

• Colloquium "Unsere Zukunft hat Geschichte" 20 Jahre IAG Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung, 23.11.2007 in Kassel.

• Cooperation event transnational workshop "Equity in Access to Health Promotion, Treatment and Care for all European Women" in Berlin, Germany, 5th - 7th October 2007.
  
  Special Topics: access problems in elderly, migrants, poor women; further topics reproductive health, domestic violence
  program committee: European Women's Health Network (EWHNET), Berlin School for Public Health, European Institute for Women's Health (EIWH), University Kassel, University Vechta, Social Sciences and Public Health Institute (SOPHI)

• The Research Training Group "Public Spheres and Gender Relations. Dimensions of Experience" together with the Cornelia Goethe Centrum of the University of Frankfurt organized a symposium entitled "Im Zeichen des Geschlechts: Repräsentationen, Konstruktionen, Interventionen" from 4 to 6 October 2007 in Frankfurt.
  A detailed program can be found on the homepage of the Graduiertenkolleg.

• International Workshop "Ageing, Health and Gender"
  29 to 30 April 2005, Organization: Prof. Dr. G. Backes, Dr. Vera Lasch, Katja Reimann
  A cooperative event: Department 04, IAG Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Kassel and European Women's Health Network - EWHNET

• Symposium:No time to worry? Experiences and Conflicts of Young Women and Men in the Voluntary Social Year
  3 December 2004, Organization: Prof. Dr. Christel Eckart, Henriette Rams

• Workshop Networking for Women's Health across Regional Diversity in Europe: Experiences, Concepts and Strategies October 8-10, 2004 at the University of Kassel

• Cooperation event: Gender mainstreaming, advancement of women, developments and connections at municipal level September 21, 2004 at the University of Kassel

• Symposium on gender history: Domination, power, violence. Konstruktionen und Verhältnisse
  20 to 22 November 2003 at the University of Kassel, organized by Prof. Dr. Heide Wunder, Pauline Puppel, Helke Dreier, Corinna Heipcke, Kerstin Wolff and Claudia Bruns

• International symposiumunderconstruction? Feminist constructivisms in theoretical debates, research and everyday practice.
  16 to 18 January 2003 at the University of Kassel, organization: Urte Helduser, Daniela Marx, Tanja Paulitz, Katharina Pühl

• 15th anniversary celebration of the IAG FG
  November 6, 2002

• Workshop: Zur Kritik der Gouvernementalität
  24 June 2002 at the University of Kassel, organized by Katharina Pühl (IAG FG), in cooperation with Regina Brunnett, Antke Engel, Stefanie Gräfe, Claudia Lenz (all Hamburg)

• Panel discussion: Feminist science and technology research - from a cultural studies perspective
  11 May 2002 at the University of Kassel, organization: Tanja Paulitz / Urte Helduser (Kassel), Dr. Kerstin Palm (HU- Berlin) in cooperation with the Women in Science and Technology Congress in Kassel (09.-12.05.2002)

• Workshop: Macht und Herrschaft - aus geschlechtergeschichtlicher Perspektive
  19 February 2002 at the University of Kassel
  Organization: Prof. Dr. Heide Wunder, Pauline Puppel, Helke Dreier, Corinna Heipcke, Kerstin Wolff and Claudia Bruns

• Study day
  February 06, 2002, discussion of research projects: Possibilities of interdisciplinary work

• Workshop: Politics and Aesthetics
  14 January 2002 at the University of Kassel, organized by Claudia Bruns in cooperation with the Women's Representative of the University of Kassel

• Closed conferences in preparation for the symposium Construction Theories - from a Feminist Perspective
  October 2001, December 2001, organization: Urte Helduser, Frauke Koher, Tanja Paulitz, Katharina Pühl

• Symposium: Upheavals in the working society. Uncertainties and biographical innovation
  26-27 October 2001 at the University of Kassel, organized by Prof. Dr. Christel Eckart, in cooperation with Prof. Dr. Ursula Apitzsch (Frankfurt/M.)

Discourses against equality, gender studies and the freedom of gender expression are booming. From Vatican City to Washington and Rio, from Kisslegg to Schnellroda, there are alliances against the enemy images of 'gender ideology' and 'early sexualization'. They claim to protect 'nature', 'people' and 'family' against 'decay'. Their protagonists long for security and clear boundaries, fear blurring and deconstruction: they propagate an anti-queer ideology.
What causes people to get caught up in the web of this ideology - and how can political education encourage them to go their own way beyond rigid norms and authoritarian desires? Author Hannah Engelmann explores this question on various levels. She examines the roots of antique ideology in the field of economics and in the way we become subjects and identify with collectives. She holds discussions with practitioners of political education from trade union, queer and anti-racist contexts. The result is concrete ideas for educational work that contributes to a safer society for all by unsettling collective identifications.

Antique ideology (reading & discussion) January 29, 2020, 6-8 p.m. Seminar room 3, Campus Center

On Wednesday, 29.10.2014 at 6 pm, the lecture "'A man to whom everything in life had come easily" will take place in Kurt-Wolters-Straße 5 in room -1029 (basement). An intersectional analysis of John Lancester's novel Capital' by Dr. Folkert Degenring, to which all interested parties are cordially invited.

The lecture is a final lecture on the HMWK research project "The category of gender and intersectional narrative text analyses" in the research focus "Dimensions of the category of gender - women's and gender studies in Hesse".

On Friday, 12.06.2015 from 6 - 8 pm there will be a film screening with Karin Michalski on the topic "FEELING BAD - in feminist-queer video/film art works" in the Campus Center in room 1112 / seminar room 3.

The film screening is the public part of the event 'Lesarten von Depression' by Dr. Karen Wagels from the Institute of Social Work, University of Kassel, in cooperation with the Interdisciplinary Working Group on Women's and Gender Studies, University of Kassel.

Interested parties are very welcome!

As part of Dr. Susanne Schul's advanced seminar "Too beautiful to be true? Perception, interpretation and evaluation of beauty" on Wednesday, 22.01.2014 at 12 noon (c.t.), Dr. phil. habil. Anna Stach from the University of Wuppertal, who works on gender and diversity in the fields of education and social sciences.

She will give a guest lecture on the topic "The ones who eat are the losers: The show Germany's Next Topmodel" in Kurt-Wolters-Straße 5, room 0020. All interested parties are cordially invited.

A panel discussion on the topic of "Arabellion - Women's Rebellion" will take place on 10.12.2013 from 6 - 8 pm in Nora-Platiel-Straße 5 in room 1009/10.

Political scientist Dr. Hoda Salah from Berlin/Cairo and Dr. Bente Scheller, Head of the Heinrich Böll Office in the Middle East, Beirut, Lebanon, will discuss the topic. The panel discussion will be moderated by Prof. Dr. Christa Wichterich, Professor of Gender Politics at the University of Kassel.

The panel discussion is part of the OneWorld Lectures series, which was jointly initiated by Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Burchardt and Prof. Dr. Christoph Scherrer from the Department of Political Science at the University of Kassel.

The content:

The revolts in various Arab countries were characterized by a broad spectrum of actors, interests and expectations with regard to "bread, freedom, dignity". However, the hopes for more democracy and the expectation of more gender equality were undermined by the escalation of violence and the confrontation with political Islam. The event will shed light on the developments in Egypt and Syria as examples, with a particular focus on the opportunities and dangers for gender democracy.

Flyer for the panel discussion

• Prof. Dr. Patricia Martin (USA), (International Marie Jahoda Visiting Professor, Ruhr University Bochum): "Saying & Doing" versus "Said and Done": Women, Men, and Practicing Gender at Work (22.11. 2007)

• Prof. Dr. Kathy Davis (Utrecht), (International Marie Jahoda Visiting Professor, Ruhr University Bochum): Revisting Feminist Debates on Cosmetic Surgery: Some reflections on suffering, agency, and embodied difference (06.12.2006)

• Adrienne Goehler (Berlin): Liquefactions. Paths and Detours from the Welfare State to a Cultural Society (in cooperation with KulturNetz, Kassel) (29.11.2006)

• Gerhild Scholz Williams (Washington, USA): Sensationalism, Shame and Taboo: Publicity and Reporting in the 17th Century (in cooperation with the Graduiertenkolleg 'Öffentlichkeiten und Geschlechterverhältnisse. Dimensions of Experience) (08.06.2006)

• Prof. Sasha Roseneil (Leeds/Oslo): 'Sutured Selves, Queer Connections: Intimacy at the Cutting Edge of Individualization' (in cooperation with the Graduiertenkolleg 'Öffentlichkeiten und Geschlechterverhältnisse. Dimensions of Experience) (09.02.2006)
• Dipl. Päd. Julia Estor, Phillips University Marburg: Between Connectedness and Individuation: Schwesternbande (05.07.2005)

• Dr. Mechthild Rumpf (Hanover): 'Women's rights are human rights' - also for Muslims in Germany? Comments on the debate on religious freedom, tolerance, integration and German literature (10.02.2005)

• Prof. Gudrun Axeli Knapp (Hanover): Travelling Theories: On the transatlantic journeys of 'race-class-gender' (in cooperation with the Graduiertenkolleg 'Öffentlichkeiten und Geschlechterverhältnisse. Dimensions of Experience) (21.10.2004)

• Angelika Epple (Hamburg): Of werewolves and guardian angels. Der Historiographische Pakt als Neubestimmung der Gattung 'Geschichtsschreibung' (in cooperation with the Graduiertenkolleg 'Öffentlichkeiten und Geschlechterverhältnisse. Dimensions of Experience) (24.06.2004)

• Prof. Dr. Myra Marx Ferree (International Marie Jahoda Visiting Professor, Ruhr University Bochum): Metaphors of Race and Class: The frame-work of gender politics in Germany and the US (24.06.2004)

• Sabine Heß: Feminized transnational spaces. Eastern European Transmigrant Women between Exploitation and Empowerment (in cooperation with the Graduiertenkolleg 'Öffentlichkeiten und Geschlechterverhältnisse. Dimensions of Experience) (08.05.2003)

• Prof. Dr. Nira Yuval-Davis (International Marie Jahoda Visiting Professor, Ruhr University Bochum): Multiculturalism, diversity and contemporary politics of belonging. (07.05.2003)

• Prof. Martin Dinges: Status and perspectives of the new 'Männergeschichte' (in cooperation with the Graduiertenkolleg 'Öffentlichkeiten und Geschlechterverhältnisse. Dimensions of Experience) (11.06.2002)

• Regine Amicht-Quinn: "...so that one must attribute little sense of justice to women": The gender perspective in theological ethics (in cooperation with the Graduiertenkolleg 'Öffentlichkeiten und Geschlechterverhältnisse. Dimensions of Experience) (25.04.2002)

• Prof. Dr. Agneta Stark (International Marie Jahoda Visiting Professor, Ruhr University Bochum): Gender budgeting - a tool for practical use? (24.04.2002)
• Beate Rössler (Amsterdam): What is informational privacy and why is it important? (in cooperation with the Graduiertenkolleg 'Öffentlichkeiten und Geschlechterverhältnisse. Dimensions of Experience) (07.02.2002)
• Prof. Elisabeth Gössmann: The claim of medieval women writers to public proclamation and validity of their message (in cooperation with the Graduiertenkolleg 'Öffentlichkeiten und Geschlechterverhältnisse. Dimensions of Experience) (01.02.2001)
• PD Dr. Cornelia Klinger (Institut für die Wissenschaft vom Menschen, Vienna): Die Kategorie Geschlecht zwischen Natur, Kultur und Gesellschaft (in cooperation with the WZ für Kulturforschung in the series "Cultural Turn, Konjunktur und Konkurs des Kulturbegriffs") (21.12.2000)

• Prof. Dr. Mechthild Rumpf (Hanover): Dear fatherland, the cradle of all that is great in the world. The Janus-faced figure of national fantasies in the letters of Caroline von Humboldt (1766-1829) (28.06.2000)

• Prof. Dr. Andrea Maihofer (Frankfurt/M.): Socialization and Gender. Some reasons for revisiting an old topic in a new form (07.06.2000)

• Prof. Dr. Joan Acker (International Marie Jahoda Visiting Professor, Ruhr University Bochum): Regimes of Inequality: Gender, class and race/ethnicity in Organizations (30.05.2000)

• Prof. Dr. Ruth Dawson (International Marie Jahoda Visiting Professor, Ruhr University Bochum): Praise or Punishment: Cultural Images of Catherine II of Russia in the Eyes of Her German Contemporaries (17.05.2000)

• Prof. Dr. Silvia Kontos (Wiesbaden): New women's movement, what now? - (Self)-critical comments on the status of the project (09.02.2000)

• Antke Engel (Hamburg): Feminist Approaches to Sexuality and Representation - Queer Theory (19.01.2000)

• Biljana Tomic (Belgrade): Gender and aging in art, media and society (12.01.2000) in cooperation with Prof. Barbara Hamman (Kunsthochschule Kassel)

• Prof. Barbara Hammann / Prof. Dorothee von Windheim, Kunsthochschule Kassel: New media and old and new artistic media (4.6.2002)

• Prof. Dr. Frauke Stübig, FB 01, educational scientist, Kassel (19.12.2001)
• Dagmar Fuhr/Sibylle Nägele, FB 13: Organizers of the Women in Science and Technology Congress (14.11.2001)
• Tanja Paulitz (FB 05): Electronic networking - what role does gender play? Theses on the social construction of information technology networks and their actors (26.06.2001)
• Pauline Puppel (FB 05): On the legal legitimation of guardianship regencies of high-noble women - The example of Anna von Hessen, née Duchess of Mecklenburg 1509/14 - 1518 (13.06.2001)

• Stephanie Bock (FB 13): Regional Women's Networks - Regional Alliances between Profession, Politics and Participation (17.01.2001)