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International Summer School “Political Masculinities: New Definitions, Methods and Approaches”

Dear all,we’re happy to announce ourInternational Summer School “Political Masculinities: New Definitions, Methods and Approaches”for PhD students and Postdoctoral researchers20-24 August, 2018, at Landau University, Germany.It’s funded by the Volkswagenstiftung, and there are no tuition fees. Moreover, almost all travel costs will be covered.Please find attached the flyer for the event. We’d be grateful if you […]

Vacancies at the University of Vienna

1)    At the University of Vienna (with 15 faculties, 4 centers, about 174 fields of study, ca. 9.500 employees and over 94.000 students) there is a vacancy for the postition of a University Assistant. University Assistant (“prae doc”) at the research platform Mobile Cultures and Societies. Interdisciplinary Studies on Transnational Formations Code of the Vacancy: 8253 […]

+++ New Publications +++

New publications from Birgit Sauer:   Stefanie Mayer und Birgit Sauer 2017: „Gender ideology“ in Austria: Coalitions around an empty signifier, in: Kuhar, Roman/Paternotte, David (Hg.): Anti-Gender Campaigns in Europe. Mobilizing against Equality, London/New York: Roman and Littlefield, S. 23-40   Birgit Sauer und Otto Penz 2017: Affective governmentality: A feminist perspective, in: Hudson, Christine/Rönnblom, Malin/Teghtsoonian, Katherine (Hg.): […]

Announcing the Research Cluster “Gender and Politics” at the “International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs”

In December 2016, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation awarded a three-and-a-half year financial support to establish the International Consortium of Critical Theory Programs (ICCTP). The task of this international consortium is to document, connect, and support the various programs and projects that now represent critical theory across the globe. The research cluster Gender and Politics […]

Invitation to the Gender Gala: “In welchen Räumen lehren_lernen? bell hooks’ Engaged Pedagogy als Modus der Kritik”

The working group Gender and Politics at the IPW, the Studienvertretung Politikwissenschaft and the project Critical Science Literacy are inviting to the Gender Gala on Thursday, March 16th, 2017. Belinda Kazeem-Kaminski will speak about bell hooks’ idea of Engaged Pedagogy, afterwards there will be enough time for discussions about critical teaching and learning and for […]

Conference: Gender & Agency: Knowledge X Power

At the top floor of the Juridicum the “hinge conference” of the research association Gender & Agency of the University of Vienna will take place on March 23rd, 2017. If interested, please find more information in the programme below: ga-scharnierkonferenz-programm

Event row “Feminstisch(e) Kritik vermitteln”

In the summer semester 2017 there will be an exciting event row at the Institute of Political Science: “Feministisch(e) Kritik vermitteln”. It will be about Science, critique of science and education out of a (queer-)feminist perspective. Please find more information in the flyer and already prebook the dates! feministischee-kritik-vermiteln_flyer

Welcome visiting professor Dr. Hanna Meißner!

Welcome, Dr. Hanna Meißner! In the summer semester 2017 Dr.  Hanna Meißner will support the team of Gender & Politics and teach at the Institute for Political Science as a visiting professor. She offers the course 210156 SE M11: FOP Forschungspraktikum which will take place blocked at a few Fridays and Saturdays during the semester. […]

EuGH-Debate: Headscarf at the work place in private economy

In march 2016 the EuGH in Luxemburg concernded itself with the subject headscarf at the work place in private economy. Two lawsuits are filed, a sentence is expected shortly. In one of the lawsuits the responsible Advocate General Juliane Kott submitted a final request saying that the ban of the head scarf was permissible and […]