gender studies

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07APR 2024
gender studies
Film: “Feminism WTF” and Discussion
We are excited about the invitation of STGS chair member Ralf Mitschke as a panellist for the screening of “Feminism WTF” followed by a discussion on April 11. The documentary “Feminism WTF” explores the question of how power and dependency relationships in society can be broken down. On April 11, 18:15 at the Experimentiertheater in […]
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11DEC 2023
gender studies
Physikalisches Kolloquium: Women in physics: you cannot be what you cannot see & Round table at 1:30p.m.
13. Dezember 2023, 12:00 – 13:00 Ort: Hörsaal H, Staudtstr. 5, 91058 Erlangen und per Zoom Maria Rentetzi as Speaker in a Lecture at the Department of Physics: Women in physics: you cannot be what you cannot see (followed by round table at 1:30 p.m.; see below) Abstract: tba Sprecher / Speaker: Prof. Dr. […]
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16NOV 2023
gender studies
A Lyne Starling Trimble History of Science Public Lecture
Wednesday, December 6, 2023, 3:00 PM ET, virtual webinar register here. Abstract A startling woman wears a silk robe and seemingly nothing else. She flashes her naked shoulder, her hands elegantly reach his, while her bare legs touch his thighs. She looks young, elegant, inviting. He, an older man, is sitting at an armchair, fully […]
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07NOV 2023
gender studies
How Do We Write Women in the History of Science?
Were women written out of the history of science? Or was science history written from a masculine perspective, concerning topics and sites explored? Did history of science ignore those roles that were predominantly feminine? This seminar offers an opportunity to address these questions by putting two historical approaches in dialogue : the scientific biography and the cohort […]
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05SEP 2023
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The Gender of Things: New Book by Maria Rentetzi
‘Certain things, such as ships, have long been gendered but these were thought of as exceptions to the general rule of neutrality: a thing is an “it,” not a “she” or a “he.” This eye-opening book shows how widespread the gendering of things actually is — and not just the things of everyday life but […]
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12JUN 2023
gender studies
Emmy-Noether-Vorlesung: Seduced by Radium: How Radioactivity Entered the Bedroom
By today’s standards, it is almost shocking to see how radium was handled in the US in the early 20th century. Its inward journey from the exclusionary space of the scientific laboratory to the intimacy of the bedroom highlights first and foremost how corporate priorities and the emerging nuclear industry dictated the scientific agenda. Radium […]
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