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Angela Davis Guest Professorship: Inaugural Lecture “The ties that divide us” with Ann Phoenix on 08.07.2021

The public inaugural lecture  The ties that divide us: Rethinking psychosocial positioning as local, national and global?  by this year’s Angela Davis Guest Professor  Ann Phoenix takes places on 08.07.2021, 18-20h. Registration is necessary for participation. Anyone interested is cordially invited. Inaugural lecture “The ties that divide us: Rethinking psychosocial positioning as local, national and global?” Program Ceremonial opening with greetings from Prof. Dr. Enrico…

Cornelia Goethe Colloquium: „On High Heels and Face-Veils: The Ambivalent Gendered Racialization of Muslims in the Netherlands“ with Annelies Moors on May 05, 2021

The lecture On High Heels and Face-Veils: The Ambivalent Gendered Racialization of Muslims in the Netherlands with Annelies Moors (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) will take place on May 05, 2021 von from 6:15 pm to 7:45 pm. To take part in the lecture via Zoom-Webinar you need to register through the following link:  Everybody who is interested is cordially invited. Further information can be found in the program booklet. On High Heels and Face-Veils: The Ambivalent Gendered Racialization…

Current Projects of Members at the GRADE Center Gender

The Early Career Researchers at the GRADE Center Gender come from a variety of disciplines and focus on a wide range of topics. To get an impression of the scope of the research conducted in connection with GRADE Center Gender, a selection of the current projects by members of the GRADE Center Gender can be found here. If you are a member of GRADE Center Gender (or are interested in becoming one), it is still possible to present your qualification thesis (Master Thesis, Dissertation…

Tribute to Dr. Malathi de Alwis

It is with the deepest sense of respect and grief that CGC expresses its condolences on the passing away of Dr. Malathi de Alwis (6th Oct 1963-21st Jan 2021). She is a world-renowned feminist anthropologist and feminist scholar activist who has contributed immensely to exploring and fighting militarism and ethnonationalism. Her work on the politicizing of motherhood has been constitutive of an adequate conception of gender relations in Sri Lanka and far beyond. Likewise, her studies on the…

Cornelia Goethe Colloquium: „The Institutional Life of Intersectionality“ with Jennifer Nash now Online

The asynchronous lecture on The Institutional Life of Intersectionality by Jennifer Nash (Duke University, USA) took place on  March 2, 2021. You can watch the lecture here and on our YouTube-Channel.   The Institutional Life of Intersectionality Vortragssprache: Englisch This talk aspires to historicize the present moment, one where intersectionality is celebrated as “part of the gender studies canon,” (Baca Zinn 2012) “the most cutting-edge approach to the politics of gender, race…

Events

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Cornelia Goethe Colloquien: How to do a Feminist Festival?
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18:15 to 20:00
09-02-22

Das Gespräch How to Do a Feminist Festival? mit Sonja Lewandowski und Svenja Reiner findet am 09.02.2022 statt. Eine Anmeldung für das Webinar ist erforderlich: https://kurzelinks.de/cgc0209.

Interessierte sind herzlich eingeladen. Weitere Informationen können Sie dem Programmheft entnehmen.

How to Do a Feminist Festival?

Sprache: Deutsch; Moderation: Miriam Zeh

Fusion, LitCologne, Ruhrtriennale – Festivals sind populär, kein Monat vergeht ohne Festivals – braucht es da noch eins, ...
18:15 to 20:00
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Apr
Spring School 2022 der FG Gender Studies – De­co­lo­ni­zing Gen­der Stu­dies
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All day long
from 06-04-22 to 09-04-22

Die Spring School “Decolonizing Gender Studies”, organisiert von der FG Gender Studies und dem FB 05 der Uni Kassel,  will einen Raum für den Dialog zwischen post- und dekolonialen, feministischen, queeren und antirassistischen Perspektiven, Praktiken und Visionen schaffen. Dazu fokussiert die Spring School „Decolonizing Gender Studies” auf aktuelle Debatten zu Postkolonialität und Dekolonisierung, intersektionalem Feminismus und transnationaler Solidarität sowie partizipativ...
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Spotlight

Angela Davis Guestprofessor 2021: Ann Phoenix

In 2013, the Cornelia Goethe Center for Women’s Studies and the Study of Gender (CGC) established the Angela Davis Guest Professorship in International Gender and Diversity Studies. The Guest Professorship serves to promote international and interdisciplinary collaboration in the fields of Gender and Diversity Studies. The inauguration by its namesake, activist, public intellectual, and scholar Prof. Angela Davis, attracted considerable public attention both nationally and internationally…

Angela Davis Guest Professorship: Fireside Chat with Ann Phoenix on 13.07.2021

The fireside chat with this year’s Angela Davis Guest Professor Ann Phoenix takes place on July 13, 2021 from 6 to 8 pm. Registration for the meeting is necessary under the following link:  You can find out more about this year’s Guest Professor Ann Phoenix on our Website and in our Booklet . The fireside chat is aimed at (PhD) students of the GRADE Center Gender, interested persons from administration and management of Goethe University as well as activists of queer-feminist, anti-racist…

Angela Davis Guest Professorship: Lecture “The indispensability of Intersectionality” with Ann Phoenix on 15.07.2021

The second public lecture The indispensability of Intersectionality: Living through unexpected transformational conjunctions  by this year’s Angela Davis Guest Professor Ann Phoenix takes place on July 15, 2021 6 to 8 pm. Registration for the lecture is neccessary to participate Anyone interested is cordially invited. You can find more info on the guest professorship and this year’s program here. Public Lecture “The indispensability of Intersectionality: Living through…

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Ayse-Gül Altinay: Doing Feminism and Gender Studies in Dark Times, 6.6.2018, Cornelia Goethe Center lecture series, summer 2018, „Feminisms from the Global South“.

Statement of Support for Ayse Gül Altınay

On May 23, 2019, Ayse Gül Altınay , Sabanci University in Istanbul, was sentenced to 25 months in prison for ‘willingly and knowingly supporting a terrorist organisation as a non-member’. This is because she signed the statement “We will not be a party to this crime” in support of colleagues, democracy and academic freedom. Ayse is a cultural anthropologist, Director of the Gender and Women’s Studies Centre and editorial board member of the European Journal of Women’s Studies. She is a very…

Research Projects

Research Projects

The members of the Cornelia Goethe Center conduct research on the significance and problems of gender relations in all areas of society. This includes the symbolic constructions of masculinity and femininity, but also the social inequalities and power relations in which they are embedded. The research takes up current socio-political issues and is characterized by an interest in theoretical reorientations, socio-cultural differentiation processes and international developments. The research…

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