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Narratives of Solidarity and Abandonment: Afghan Women and Transnational Resistance

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12 November, 2026 - 2:00pm

Goethe Uni, Campus Westend, Casino (Cas)

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November 9 2026

Schedule Change GRADE Workshop "Doing gender studies in challenging times – GRADE Center Gender meeting for knowledge-sharing"

The GRADE workshop “Doing Gender Studies in Challenging Times – GRADE Center Gender Meeting for Knowledge-Sharing” with Katharina Hoppe and Johanna Leinius has been rescheduled for January 18, 2027. Registration for the workshop is open. More information here.

October 21 2026

Angela Davis Guest Professorship 2027 awarded to Jackie Kay

We are delighted to announce that Jackie Kay has been appointed to the Angela Davis Visiting Professorship for 2027!

Kay is a British writer and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Salford. She served as the Makar (National Poet of Scotland) from 2016 to 2021. Her works include the poetry collection "The Adoption Papers" (1991), the novel "Trumpet" (1998), and the memoir "Red Dust Road" (2010).
The inaugural lecture for the 2027 Angela Davis Visiting Professorship will take place on June 23, 2027, and the concluding lecture on June 30, 2027. Jackie Kay will also givea seminar on June 24, 25, 28, and 29, 2027.
Further information will follow soon.

October 9 2026

Feministische Kaffeepause im Wintersemester 26/27

On October 15, 2026, our feminist coffee break will start again with the following events:

September 21 2026

The call for applications for the Goethe Gender Grants is open!

We are delighted that the Executive Board of Goethe University has again approved funding for the Goethe Gender Grants call for proposals (formerly Kleine Genderprojekte / Small Gender Projects). The call is now open and running until 15 November 2026.

September 15 2026

2 new research projects at the CGC

Two research projects involving the CGC have secured funding: the Emerging Field "Gender (Dis)Order of Archives" in the "Universality & Diversity" Profile Area of Goethe University Frankfurt and the project "Democracy and Memory (DeMo): Dealing with the History of Authoritarianism and Genocide from a Gender-Historical Perspective," funded through the RMU Initiative Fund for Research, funding line "Early Career Researchers".

July 8 2026