Certificate in Gender, Sexuality and Diversity - Course Offering
The certificate can be acquired by any student at the JLU. The certificate consists of three modules with a total of 20 credit points, and it needs to be concluded with a final report. Course work for the certificate needs to be done in addition to the requirements for your regular degree program.
In order to register for one of the courses, please contact the respective lecturer by email .
You can find our current module table here .
In the winter term 2023/2024, the following seminars can be taken as part of the first, second or third module of the GSD certificate program:
Module 1 (Lecture)
Title: "Introduction to Gender and Sexuality, to Race and Anti-Racism, to Decolonial Thought, and Disability" (FB 03)
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Greta Olson
Schedule: Tue. 4-6 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in English.
Modules 1, 2, 3
Title: "Carmilla’s Legacy: Queer Vampires in Popular Culture" (FB 05)
Lecturer: Dr. Martin Spies
Schedule: Tue. 2-4 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in English.
Title: "“black feminist lesbian poet’: Audre Lorde" (FB 05)
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Greta Olson
Schedule: Mo. 4-6 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in English.
Title: "Feminist Perspectives on Magical Mothers, Godmothers, and Nannies" (FB 05)
Lecturer: Bianca Schüller
Schedule: We. 2-4 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in English.
Title: "Poststrukturalismus, Postfeminismus, Postkolonialismus" (FB 03)
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Dirk Uffelmann
Schedule: Wed. 10 am-12 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in German.
Title: "Poststructuralism, Postfeminism, Postcolonialism" (FB 03)
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Dirk Uffelmann
Schedule: Thu. 10 am-12 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in English.
Title: "Pro 4.2 Diversitätssensible Pädagogik in der Kita am Beispiel von Kinderbüchern" (FB 03)
Lecturer: Lea Marie Zäh
Schedule: Mo. 12-2 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in German.
Title: "Teaching Dr. Seuss" (FB 05)
Lecturer: Laura Borchert
Schedule: Tue. 2-4 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in English.
Title: "Friede, Freude, Eierkuchen. Geschlechterverhältnisse im spätsozialistischen Film“
Lecturer: Dr. Alexander Chertenko
Schedule: Mo. 6-8 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in German.
In order to register for one of the courses, please contact the respective lecturer by email.
The certificate can be acquired by any student at the JLU. The certificate consists of three modules with a total of 20 credit points, and it needs to be concluded with a final report. Course work for the certificate needs to be done in addition to the requirements for your regular degree program.
The following lectures and seminars are available in the summer term 2023:
Please note that there will be no introductory lecture this semester.
In the summer term 2023, the following seminars can be taken as part of the first, second or third module of the GSD certificate program:
Title: "Material Feminisms: Decolonizing and democratizing debates on gender, climate change, and population" (FB 03)
Lecturer: Dr. Christine Löw
Schedule: Mo. 4-6 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in English.
Title: "Queerness in der inklusiven Bildung" (FB 03)
Lecturer: Lea Marie Zäh
Schedule: Tue. 4-6 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in German.
Title: "Feminismus und Literatur" (FB 05)
Lecturer: Dr. Daniela Henke
Schedule: Tue. 2-4 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in German.
Title: "Aktuelle Debatten um intersektionale und Schwarze Feminismen" (FB 03)
Lecturer: Dr. Christine Löw
Schedule: Tue. 2-4 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in German.
Title: "Read my Song: Lyrics as Literature" (FB 05)
Lecturer: Dr. Martin Spies
Schedule: Tue. 4-6 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in English.
Title: "Religious Affects in U.S. Politics" (FB 05)
Lecturer: Laura Borchert
Schedule: Di. 4-6 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in English.
Title: "Witches in Fiction: Gender and Othering from a Diachronic Perspective" (FB 05)
Lecturer: Bianca Schüller
Schedule: We. 4-6 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in English.
In order to register for one of the courses, please contact the respective lecturer by email.
Course Offerings in the Summer Term 2022/23
The certificate can be acquired by any student at the JLU. The certificate consists of three modules with a total of 20 credit points, and it needs to be concluded with a final report. Course work for the certificate needs to be done in addition to the requirements for your regular degree program.
In order to register for one of the courses, please contact the respective lecturer by email .
You can find our current module table here .
The following lectures and seminars are available in the winter term 2022/23:
Module 1 (Vorlesung)
Title: "‘Woman’/Feminisms/Queer/Trans and Nonbinary/Race/Nation/Ability – Decolonizing Knowledge, Introducing Diversity Studies and Inclusion" (FB 05)
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Greta Olson
Schedule: Mo. 18-20 Uhr
Course langauge: English
Module 1, 2 and 3
Title: "‘U.S. American Legal Culture and the Supreme Court" (FB 05)
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Greta Olson
Schedule: Wed. 12-14 Uhr
Course langauge: English
Title: "Was tun? Cernysevskij und die frühe russische Frauenbewegung" (FB 05)
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Dirk Uffelmann
Schedule: Tue. 16-18 Uhr
Course langauge: German
Title: "“Teaching to Transgress” and Teaching Diversity with bell hooks" (FB 05)
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Greta Olson
Schedule: Wed. 16-18 Uhr
Course langauge: English
Title: "'America Sings for You:' Gender, Race, and the U.S. American Nation in Hamilton" (FB 05)
Lecturer: Melanie Kreitler
Schedule: Tue. 16-18 Uhr
Course langauge: English
Title: "Worlds on Fire: Tracing Abolitionist Theory from Frederick Douglass to Dean Spade" (FB 05)
Lecturer: Laura Borchert
Schedule: Tue. 14-16 Uhr
Course langauge: English
General questions concerning the certificate may be sent to Laura Borchert ( laura.borchert@anglistik.uni-giessen.de ).
Course Offerings in the Summer Term 2022
The certificate can be acquired by any student at the JLU. The certificate consists of three modules with a total of 20 credit points, and it needs to be concluded with a final report. Course work for the certificate needs to be done in addition to the requirements for your regular degree program.
The following lectures and seminars are available in the summer term 2022:
In the introductory module, it is necessary to take one of the following courses and one additional seminar:
Title: Gender, Sexuality, Diversity - History, Theory, Applications (FB 05)
Lecturer: PD Dr. Birte Christ
Schedule: Mo. 10-12 am
Comment: The course is conducted in English.
Title: Queer Politics (FB 03)
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Dorothée de Nève
Schedule: Fr. 10 - 12 am
Comment: First session: 22.04.2022. The course is conducted in German.
In the summer term 2022, the following seminars can be taken as part of the first or second module of the GSD certificate program:
Title: Heldenkörper, Phantasmen von Männlichkeit (FB 05)
Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Dirk Uffelmann
Schedule: Thu. 10 - 12 am
Comment: The course is conducted in German.
Title: Irish American Women Writers: From Flannery O'Connor to Alice McDermott (FB 05)
Lecturer: PD Dr. Birte Christ
Schedule: Tue. 2 - 4 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in English.
Title: Politik, Medien und Gender (FB 03)
Lecturer: Ina Daßbach
Schedule: Tue. 2 - 4 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in German.
Title: Lektüreseminar: Intersektionale Perspektiven auf Bildungs- und Subjektivierungsprozesse (FB 03)
Lecturer: Sheila Ragunathan
Schedule: Thu. 12 am - 2 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in German.
Title: Queers in Media (FB 05)
Lecturer: Melanie Kreitler & Laura Borchert
Schedule: Wed. 2 - 4 pm
Comment: The course is conducted in Englisch. Location: Phil. I B009
In order to register for one of the courses, please contact the respective lecturer by email.
The ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted persistent areas of systemic inequality that are inscribed in social-cultural structures. Protests surrounding BlackLivesMatter around the world and gender-related activities, such as Women’s March and #MeToo, have led to demands for greater diversity and inclusion in businesses as well as all other areas of society. This certificate aims to give students the tools for understanding how gender and sexuality intersect with other areas of identity and social experience so as to recognize and combat continued forms of inequality in work and in their private lives. Aiming to promote respect, tolerance and culture-sensitive communication, the certificate adds a valuable extra qualification for those wishing to work in organizations and businesses committed to diversity.
Getting Started & Course Offerings
The certificate can be acquired by any student at the JLU. The certificate consists of three modules with a total of 20 credit points, and it needs to be concluded with a final report. The certificate course will be offered in the Winter Semester of 2021/22 for the first time. To acquire the certificate, students need to take additional courses to the required courses in their respective degree programs.
In your first semester you will need to attend and achieve graded credit for one of the two introductory courses that will be taught by Prof. Dr. Greta Olson (Faculty 05) and Dr. Veronika Zablotsky (Faculty 03):
Title:
Introduction to Gender, Sexuality, and Diversity Studies
Lecturer: Prof. Greta Olson
Schedule
: Mo. 6 - 8 p.m.
Title:
Feminist Critical Race & Ethnic Studies
(FB 03)
Lecturer
:
Dr. Veronika Zablotsky
Schedule : Mo. 4 - 6 p.m.
Additionally, students must also participate in one of the following seminars:
Title: Beyond Bostock: Sexual Orientation, the Supreme Court, and the US Constitution (FB 05)
Lecturer: Laura Borchert
Schedule: Tue. 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Title: Politik, Medien und Gender (FB 03)
Lecturer: Ina Daßbach
Schedule: Mon. 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Title: Homosexualität im ostmittel- und osteuropäischen Film (FB 05)
Lecturer: Dr. Franz Schindler
Schedule: Tue. 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Title: Transnational Feminism(s) and Social Justice (FB 03)
Lecturer
: Dr. Veronika Zablotsky
Schedule: Tue. 12 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Title:
Feministische und Postkoloniale Perspektiven in Theorie und Praxis
(FB 03)
Lecturer
:
Dr. Veronika Zablotsky
Schedule: Tue. 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
In order to register for one of the courses, please contact the Head of the English Department’s student assistants at:
hiwis.geschaeftsfuehrunganglistik@anglistik.uni-giessen.de.
Of course, you may also e-mail the assistants for any general inquiries regarding the certificate.