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The department's Thesis Support offers new workshops this semester:
- Thursday, November 5th (2PM) : Developing a central thesis and finding sources
- Thursday, November 19th (2PM) : Time management and developing an argument
- Thursday, December 3rd (2PM) : Structure, language, punctuation
- Thursday, December 17th (2PM) : Referencing and plagiarism, layout, editing
- Thursday, January 21st (2PM) : Last minute questions
These meetings are intended to support students writing their BA, MA or other final theses. This program is open to students in literary and cultural studies, as well as linguistics and didactics. You do not need to register for the meetings and are free to join when you can. The workshops will all take place in room B340 .
Further questions? Please contact Svenja at BAsupport or MAsupport .
Additional thesis support office hours (B339):
Tuesday, 1PM - 3PM
Thursday, 10AM - 12PM
No appointment needed!
As part of the Aktionstag #4GenderStudies, we would like to invite you to two book presentations: Folke Brodersen will talk about the
Handbuch Queere Jugendarbeit
and Tarek Shukrallah will present
Nicht die Ersten: Bewegungsgeschichten von Queers of Color in Deutschland
.
The presentations will take place at Seminargebäude II (Alter Steinbacher Weg 44) on Tuesday, 16 December 2025, from 4-6 PM, with a following get-together and networking opportunity from 6-7 PM.
For more information, please have a look at the event's
poster
. All are welcome!
We would like to invite you to the lecture series "Introduction to Gender and Sexuality, Critical Race Theory and Anti-Racism, Decolonial Thought, and Disability Studies and Activism". The lecture series is organised by Prof. Dr. Greta Olson and will feature guest talks by Dr Elisabeth Lechner, Āryā Jeipea Karijo and Dr. Mariel Reiss, Dr. K. Allison Hammer, Dr. Folke Brodersen, Jesse Jamal Garip, and Dr. Cheryl Suzack.
The lectures will take place on selected Wednesdays from 4-6 PM and will be available as online lectures via Zoom.
For more information, please have a look at the
poster
.
We would like to invite you to the "GGS Sommerfest" on 11 June 2025. The event will feature a guest lecture by Prof. Dr. Greta Olson on "Trump 2.0: The Return & The Resistance".
The event will start at 6 p. m. If you are planning to attend, please register by 4 June.
For more information, please have a look at the
event's flyer
and the
GGS's event website
.