Gender and Diversity Research Network
The university-wide Gender and Diversity Research Network is an inter- and trans-disciplinary academic and political network of scholars. It has the following goals:
- Make gender and diversity related research and teaching visible at Leuphana
- Support dialogue and cooperation among academic disciplines at Leuphana University of Lüneburg
- Step up research and teaching on gender and diversity
- Improve the gender and diversity sensitive training of students and early career researchers through the pooling of expertise in these areas
- Network, coordinate and implement inter- and trans-disciplinary research within and beyond Leuphana University of Lüneburg
- Support and develop networking within and beyond the university
- Host guest lectures; conceptualise and implement events, conferences, and colloquia for junior academics
- Introduce issues of gender and diversity to different publics
Current Events
Cancel Culture Context: Gender and Sexuality after the End of History - Ben Trott
Leuphana University of Lüneburg I Central Building, C40.530
Colloquium. Tues. 21. Okt, 6 pm
In this talk, Ben Trott addresses the material context of what has come to be known as “cancel culture”, paying particular attention to the political contestation of speech around gender and sexuality in the years that have followed the 2007 global economic crisis. He provides an alternative to the dominant account of the current culture wars around speech, gender and sexuality as conservative or reactionary “backlash” to liberal or left identity politics. And he explores the role of speech as a vehicle for political organisation in contemporary social and political conflicts.
Language: English
The event is a cooperation between the Center for Critical Studies (CCS) and the research initiative on the Disruptive Condition.
Contact: Nicolas Schneider (nicolas.schneider@leuphana.de)
Is there a Hermaphrodite Logic? - Juliana Gleeson
Tues. 25.11.2025. 6:15pm. C 40.601
This talk will introduce Juliana Gleeson's fresh history of the intersex liberation movement, Hermaphrodite Logic, and especially whether the book is correctly billed as a 35 year movement history... Or is better viewed as a philosophy of sex's expressive character. Gallows humour guaranteed.
Juliana Gleeson is a writer and reader raised in west London, who now lives in east Berlin. Her editing work has been done for pay and passion, including the pioneering anthology Transgender Marxism (2021). Well noted for her love of two word titles, her first book Hermaphrodite Logic was published this summer -- addressing the history and style of the intersex movement. She's currently writing a follow-up titled Dyke Dialectics.
Language: English
Contact: gud@leuphana.de
Hosted by the Center for Critical Studies (CCS), the Gender and Diversity Research Network, and the Kunstraum.
Memberships
LAGEN (Working Group of Institutions for Women’s and Gender Studies in Lower Saxony): The LAGEN newsletter provides news and updates about research, events, calls for papers and job. You can subscribe here.
FG Gender(Gender Studies Association). The Gender Studies Association publishes news and updates here.
AT Gender (The European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation). News and updates here.
The Gender and Diversity Research Network is also a member of "Netzwerk deutschsprachige Diversitätsforschung" (Diversitätsforschung D-A-CH). The network facilitates interdisciplinary exchange among scholars of diversity. You can subscribe to the "Netzwerk deutschsprachige Diversitätsforschung" email list here.
GENDER AND DIVERSITY RESEARCH NETWORK SPOKESPEOPLE
Dr. Ben Trott (School of Culture and Society)
ben.trott@leuphana.de
Prof. Dr. Hannah Trittin-Ulbrich (School of Management and Technology)
hannah.trittin@leuphana.de