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Veranstaltungen von Dr. Melanie Kirch
Lehrveranstaltungen
Defining Normality: Constructions of Sex and Gender in Science and Law (Seminar)
Dozent/in: Alice Regina Bertram, Melanie Kirch
Termin:
Einzeltermin | Mo, 13.04.2026, 17:15 - Mo, 13.04.2026, 18:45 | C 12.107 Seminarraum
Einzeltermin | Fr, 15.05.2026, 14:15 - Fr, 15.05.2026, 17:45 | C 12.101 Seminarraum
Einzeltermin | Sa, 16.05.2026, 10:00 - Sa, 16.05.2026, 17:30 | C 12.101 Seminarraum
Einzeltermin | Fr, 29.05.2026, 14:15 - Fr, 29.05.2026, 17:45 | C 12.101 Seminarraum
Einzeltermin | Sa, 30.05.2026, 10:00 - Sa, 30.05.2026, 17:30 | C 12.101 Seminarraum
Einzeltermin | Fr, 26.06.2026, 17:15 - Fr, 26.06.2026, 18:45 | C 12.101 Seminarraum
Inhalt: This course explores how legal and scientific institutions construct and regulate sex and gender. It begins with a fundamental question: What is considered ‘natural’? Who defines what counts as norm and deviation? Participants will investigate how scientific discourse and legal norms intersect to reinforce—or challenge—binary gender models. In law, binary classifications continue to shape rights and recognition. In science, meanwhile, biological research increasingly reveals the limitations of such binaries—yet these findings are often filtered through social, political, and institutional lenses. Drawing on feminist legal theory, science studies, and eco-critical perspectives, the course combines conceptual tools with case-based inquiry. Students will examine how both fields contribute to the construction of gendered identities and the regulation of bodies and behaviors.