In the course of the nationwide Science Day on December 18th, ZEUGS draws attention to the "necessity of a feminist analysis of the Corona crisis" and thus supports the appeal of the Section for Politics and Gender in the DVPW on the (science-)political handling of the COVID 19-Pandemic.
The ZEUGS newsletter 2019/2020 has been published digitally for the first time due to the CoVid19 pandemic. Current information about research and publication activities, courses and activities of ZEUGS are summarized here. The newsletter can be downloaded here. We hope you enjoy reading it!
In winter semester 2021/22, ZEUGS will host the networking meeting of all institutions, centers and study programs in Gender Studies at North Rhine-Westphalian universities, organized and funded by the Network Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung NRW in Münster. The aim of this networking event is not only the constructive exchange on current issues of Gender Studies but also the creation of opportunities for interdisciplinary cooperation.
Further information on the networking meeting and the link to register can be found here.
We are already looking forward to welcoming the various institutions in Münster and are looking forward to a productive exchange!
Due to the current situation in the context of the CoVid19 crisis and the associated restrictions in teaching, we have to cancel the lecture series "Riskante Künstler*innen" at least for the summer semester 2020 in coordination with the measures of the federal and state governments and the University of Münster. The reasons for this are, on the one hand, requirements to hold all public and international events from June 2020 at the earliest, as well as the current federal and worldwide travel restrictions. Since an extension of the restrictive measures cannot unfortunately be ruled out at the present time, we have decided to postpone the lecture series to the summer semester 2021.
In the summer semester 2020 Prof. Gabriele Wilde is organizing the ZEUGS lecture in cooperation with Prof. Annette Zimmer and Dr. Mareike Gebhardt:
In the course of #metoo discussions gender relations - and thus also power relations - have moved to the center of political interest in the creative industry. Despite its supposed freedom, creativity in late modern economic calculations is still subject to increased efficiency and marketing optimization. In addition, aestheticization is often tied to dominant ideal conceptions of beauty, which are based on (ethno-)sexist or misogynous concepts. Finally, a split between the elite and the precarious (Butler, Lorey) can also be observed in the creative industries and the neighboring "culture industry" (Horkheimer/Adorno), which also runs along gender norms.
To investigate these questions, the lecture series examines the roles that women* play in the creative class. The aim of the lecture series is therefore to tie in with „das Dispositiv der Kreativen“ (Reckwitz) and to illuminate the gender-political dimensions of the creative industries from an interdisciplinary perspective. Women* from the creative industries as well as academics - both theoretical and empirical - will have their say.