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gender*bildet

Network unit for gender research and teaching

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The gender*bildet network office initiates, organises, networks and analyses. Its aim is to anchor gender and queer studies in teaching and  research and to support their deconstructive potential at all levels of  the university.

On our website you can find among other things informations about our offers, like the certificate gender-studies or our ASQs and the lecture series, as well as us as a network office.

News

Interdisciplinary course catalogue for the certificate GENDER STUDIES

The interdisciplinary course catalogue for the summer semester 2025 is online!

You can find a detailed list of the associated courses here.

Courses gender*bildet for the summer semester 2025

You can now find the current courses offered by gender*bildet under the ASQ and lecture series tab. In the summer semester 2025, we are again offering a selection of exciting seminars and the final colloquium, which is part of the certificate. You can find more detailed information and links to the courses at studip here.

Registration for the courses is possible from 14th of March 2025 at 12:00.

Queer voices wanted for study on queer language and voice characteristics

Important information at a glance:

Wanted: People who feel they belong to the LGBTQIA+ community, with (among other things) German as their first/native language

For what? Voice analysis and AI-supported language processing and anonymisation to protect against discrimination

Duration: approx. 20-30 minutes

Allowance for expenses: €10

Possible locations: University of Halle-Wittenberg, Max Planck Institute Leipzig, University of Magdeburg

Fancy taking part? Then please register here → https://umfrage.uni-halle.de/151145?lang=de

Details:

Who we are: This research project is being carried out by the University of Magdeburg in cooperation with the University of Halle-Wittenberg.  I am Selma (she/her), a student of speech science, and I am working on this project as part of my bachelor's thesis.

What it's about: We are investigating how Artificial Intelligence (AI) - in particular voice assistants such as Alexa or Siri - can recognise, process and anonymise voices of people from the LGBTQIA+ community. The purpose of voice anonymisation is to protect against identification algorithms and thus against queer-hostile violence and discrimination.
In addition, I, Selma, will acoustically analyse voice and speech characteristics of people who identify as gender nonconforming (e.g. non-binary, agender, genderfluid, genderqueer, bigender).   
For both, we need speech and voice material from people in the LGBTQIA+ community.

How it works: You read something aloud, describe pictures and we talk about food, hobbies or similar.

Fancy taking part? Then register using the QR code or the following link so that we can find a date: https://umfrage.uni-halle.de/151145?lang=de

Still questions or unsure? Just send me an email: selma.neubauer@student.uni-halle.de.

Thank you very much for your support!  I'm looking forward to working with you! 💜  
Best regards, Selma

Search for courses for our interdisciplinary course catalog

We are again collecting courses for our interdisciplinary course  catalogue. If you are teaching at MLU and are offering a course in the  next term dealing with the topics of gender, queer, racism, classism,  dis_ability, feminism, sexuality and or diversity please let us know here.

You can also send us an email with the name and StudiP-link to the course to gender.bildet@uni-halle.de

Gender-equitable language in administration - benefits, possibilities and limits

As part of this event, participants are invited to reflect together on the benefits, possibilities and limitations of gender-inclusive language. In addition to an input on the legal situation and the various options for gendering language, the event will primarily provide a space for questions about concrete implementation in the working environment and for discussing and debating uncertainties.The aim is to show participants the considerations behind the use of gender-inclusive language and to support them in its implementation.After the event, participants have the option of attending a ‘follow-up’ session, which gives them the opportunity to find solutions to specific questions and difficulties they have encountered up to that point.

04.02.2025, 10:00-16:00
Follow-up: 18.02.2025 (optional / as required)
Format: Workshop in presence, follow-up online
Location: After registration
Lecturer: Dr Joris A. Gregor
(Specialist counselling and training on gender and sexual diversity)
Target group: Employees of the ZUV and other interested MLU employees

Registration by 31.01.2025 to personalentwicklung@verwaltung.uni-halle.de

Writing week for scientists with gender-related issues

We are organising a writing week again!

It will take place from 3 - 7 March 2025 at the Leucorea Wittenberg Foundation and offers academics with gender-related issues the opportunity to devote themselves intensively to a writing project as part of their qualification or research. Participants are invited to withdraw from everyday life for a week and devote themselves entirely to their research work. They can write undisturbed, exchange ideas and find support in a concentrated environment far away from the university and the world of work.

Registration is possible until 15 January 2025. You can find more information and the registration form here.

Right-wing extremism and gender. Relevance of gender and family policies in right-wing extremism

On Wednesday, 22.01.25 at 18:00, Enrico Glaser from the Amadeu Antonio Foundation's Centre for Right-Wing Extremism and Gender will give a lecture on the relevance of gender and family policies in right-wing extremism. We cordially invite you all to join us online.

Right-wing extremist actors aim to normalise their ideology throughout society. Ideas of family, sex and gender are at the centre of the struggle for social and cultural hegemony. The alleged defence against ‘gender ideology’ and for ‘normality’ is part of a strategy directed against plurality, self-determination and democracy. The means used for this are identitarian and affective offers, repeated taboo-breaking, aggressive rhetoric and targeted media and discourse strategies, as well as the targeted (political) instrumentalisation of women's rights or child protection.The invocation of ‘traditional’ gender images is an important means for the extreme right to reach and radicalise people. Addressing masculinity plays a particularly important role here. A look at female actors and role models is also essential in order to understand the power and connectivity of the extreme right. The lecture outlines extreme right-wing ideas of gender and family, enemy images and narratives as well as the associated challenges for education and upbringing.

Enrico Glaser is a specialist at the Amadeu Antonio Foundation. He has worked in adult education for many years, primarily in the field of neo-Nazism and group-focused enmity. His work has focussed on gender-reflective prevention approaches.

The lecture is funded by gender*bildet at MLU Halle and takes place within the framework of EN:DIRA (Educational Science Network: Discourse Intervention on the Far Right). Interested parties can subscribe to our mailing list by sending an email to endira@posteo.de.

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