Democracy (education) and gender: Democracy without the "other sex"? Debates about democracy and gender in the long 19th century.

In the summer semester 2026, the Competence Center for Gender Research in Transformation (GETRA) is organizing an interdisciplinary lecture series entitled "Democracy (Education) and Gender" in cooperation with the Department of International Gender Politics.
With contributions from lecturers from the University of Kassel as well as guest lecturers from all over Germany, we want to actively address this extremely topical issue and engage in discussion.

The lecture series aims to shed light on the connection between democracy and gender relations, focusing on educational policy contexts and settings. On the one hand, the lectures reflect on this connection at a conceptual level: What does it mean to look at gender relations in terms of democratic theory and politics? What challenges and perspectives does this present for political education? What significance does the demand for neutrality in (political) education have against this background? On the other hand, specific topics and fields of action will be discussed: What is the significance of anti-feminism in educational contexts? What is the connection between language prohibition policies in the educational context and authoritarian (gender) policies? What ways of dealing with anti-democratic gender politics can we find in the context of education?

We look forward to interesting contributions and discussions.

Contact:
Jacqueline Koshorst
Lecturer in the Department of English and American Studies, FB02
jkoshorst[at]uni-kassel[dot]de