On 18 December 2022, the Science Day #4GenderStudies will take place for the sixth time in German-speaking countries. The #4GenderStudies is used to generate visibility for research and science in the field of gender studies. ZEUGS is also participating in #4GenderStudies this year and emphasises the necessity of a gender-theoretical and critical-feminist perspective on politics and society.
Further information on #4GenderStudies can be found at the arbeitsgemeinschaft frauen- und geschlechterforschungseinrichtungen berliner hochschulen (afg berlin).
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Wilde becomes advisory board member of the Netzwerk Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung NRW
The Netzwerk Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung NRW has elected a new advisory board for the period from 2022 to 2026. The scientific advisory board, which consists of both professors and mid-level academics, will advise the coordination office of the network. Professor Dr. Gabriele Wilde is now a member of the advisory board.
Participation in ISTR-Conference | 12. - 15. July 2022
Prof.'in Dr. Gabriele Wilde participated in the international ISTR-Conference “Navigating In Turbulent Times: Perspectives and Contributions from the Thrid Sector” in Montréal/Canada. With a lecture on the topic “Reclaiming Democracy: Public Assemblies and Popular Sovereignty as Discursive Practices against the Authoritarian”, Prof.'in Dr. Gabriele Wilde participated in the International Roundtable on the topic “Crises of Democracy – Challenges, Chances, and Risks for Civil Society” on 14 July.
PARTICIPATION IN THE EUROPEAN CONFERECE ON POLITICS AND GENDER | 6 - 8 July 2022
On 29 June, the Department 8 History & Philosophy is organising a PhD Day from 10 am to 6 pm. Advanced students and doctoral candidates will have the opportunity to inform themselves about a promotion. ZEUGS will participate in the event with an information stand. More detailed information can be found on the PhD Day poster.
INTERDISCIPLINARS LECTURE SERIES 2022: "I would prefer not to." Bartleby oder Praktiken der Verweigerung im sozial- und kulturwissenschaftlichen Diskurs
The starting point of the lecture series is Herman Melville's short story "Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street" (1853), in which the main character persistently resists the demands made on him with the words "I would prefer not to" and refuses to act and cooperate. The motifs of non-action and passivity, strategies of refusal and social struggle, and the problematizations of resistance and civil disobedience that were put up for debate with the literary model have been taken up by social movements in recent years. They became the focus of a critical theoretical reflection as well as a discourse in social and cultural studies about the (im)possibilities of political and social resistance. We would like to take up this discourse in the lecture series and deepen it in an interdisciplinary exchange. The aim is to problematize the potentials of resistant action for the changeability of power relations. Refusal is not only a retreat into the private sphere, but empowerment, making exclusion visible and expanding the political, e.g. through moments of passivity - also with a focus on relations of dependency and interdependence.
The lecture series will take place under the direction of Professor Gabriele Wilde and in attendance on Thursdays from 12 to 2 p.m. (c.t.). A detailed description of the lecture series as well as more information on the lecturers can be found in the lecture series flyer.
