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 .

For general inquiries regarding the certificate, you can contact Maureen Schwarz at maureen.schwarz@anglistik.uni-giessen.de.

You can find our current module table here .

In the summer term 2025, the following seminars can be taken as part of the first, second or third module of the GSD certificate program:

Modul 1

Titel: Why Popular Culture and Media Matter: An Introduction to Cultural Media Studies

Dozent*in: Prof. Dr. Greta Olson

Veranstaltungszeit: Mi. 16:00-18:00 Uhr

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

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Titel: Kämpfe um Öffentlichkeit und Sichtbarkeit: Medien, Demokratie, Ungleichheit

Dozent*in: Prof. Dr. Christine Klapeer

Veranstaltungszeit: Fr. 14:00-16:00 Uhr

Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch

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Modul 1,2,3

Titel: Listen Closely - Musico-Literary Intermediality in Contemporary English and American Fiction

Dozent*in: Annalina Benner

Veranstaltungszeit: Mo. 08:00-10:00 Uhr

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

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Titel: Not yet 18: An Introduction to English Literary Juvenilia Studies

Dozent*in: Dr. Martin Spies

Veranstaltungszeit: Mi. 10:00-12:00 Uhr

Unterrichtssprache: Englisch

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Titel: Das „Weibliche“ und/als das Monströse

Dozent*in: Dr. Ekaterina Trachsel

Veranstaltungszeit: Blockseminar (24.04.25, 08.05.25, 15.05.25, 22.05.25, 05.06.25, 12.06.25 14:00-18:00 Uhr)

Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch

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Titel: FER I.2 Queerness in den Medien und deren Einsatz im inklusiven Unterricht

Dozent*in: Lea Marie Zäh

Veranstaltungszeit: Blockseminar (03.05.25, 31.05.25, 28.06.26 10:00-18:00 Uhr)

Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch

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Titel: Darstellung von Behinderung in Medien

Dozent*in: Dr. Laura Zinn

Veranstaltungszeit: Mi. 10:00-12:00 Uhr

Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch

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Titel: EWL 2B2 Diskriminierungskritisches Denken und Handeln in der Schule der Migrationsgesellschaft (1)

Dozent*in: Dr. Athina Paraschou

Veranstaltungszeit: Di. 14:00-16:00 Uhr

Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch

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Titel: EWL 2B2 Diskriminierungskritisches Denken und Handeln in der Schule der Migrationsgesellschaft (2)

Dozent*in: Dr. Athina Paraschou

Veranstaltungszeit: Mi. 10:00-12:00 Uhr

Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch

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Titel: EWL 2B2 Diskriminierungskritisches Denken und Handeln in der Schule der Migrationsgesellschaft (3)

Dozent*in: Dr. Athina Paraschou

Veranstaltungszeit: Mi. 12:00-14:00 Uhr

Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch

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Titel: Politik - Macht - Geschlecht: Einführung in feministische und queere Staatstheorien

Dozent*in: Prof. Dr. Christine Klapeer

Veranstaltungszeit: Di. 16:00-18:00 Uhr

Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch

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Titel: Antifeminismus und Anti-Gender Politiken als Angriffe auf die Demokratie

Dozent*in: Prof. Dr. Christine Klapeer

Veranstaltungszeit: Di. 12:00-14:00 Uhr

Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch

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Titel: Geschlecht und die Regierung von Körpern: Queere und feministische Staatstheorien

Dozent*in: Prof. Dr. Christine Klapeer

Veranstaltungszeit: Mo. 14:00-18:00 Uhr (zweiwöchentlich)

Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch

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Titel: Das Schweigen brechen - Djamila Ribeiro und Tatiana Salem über Tabus und Traumata

Dozent*in: Cláudia Maria Nogueire Brieger Nezis

Veranstaltungszeit: Mo. 12:00-14:00 Uhr

Unterrichtssprache: Deutsch

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Title: "Poststrukturalismus, Postfeminismus, Postkolonialismus" (FB 03)

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Dirk Uffelmann

Schedule: Wed. 10 am-12 pm

Comment: The course is conducted in German.

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Title: "Poststructuralism, Postfeminism, Postcolonialism" (FB 03)

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Dirk Uffelmann

Schedule: Thu. 10 am-12 pm

Comment: The course is conducted in English.

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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.

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Title: "Teaching Dr. Seuss" (FB 05)

Lecturer: Laura Borchert

Schedule: Tue. 2-4 pm

Comment: The course is conducted in English.

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Title: "Friede, Freude, Eierkuchen. Geschlechterverhältnisse im spätsozialistischen Film“

Lecturer: Dr. Alexander Chertenko

Schedule: Mo. 6-8 pm

Comment: The course is conducted in German.

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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.

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Title: "Queerness in der inklusiven Bildung" (FB 03)

Lecturer: Lea Marie Zäh

Schedule: Tue. 4-6 pm

Comment: The course is conducted in German.

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Title: "Feminismus und Literatur" (FB 05)

Lecturer: Dr. Daniela Henke

Schedule: Tue. 2-4 pm

Comment: The course is conducted in German.

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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.

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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.

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Title: "Religious Affects in U.S. Politics" (FB 05)

Lecturer: Laura Borchert

Schedule: Di. 4-6 pm

Comment: The course is conducted in English.

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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.

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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

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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

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Title: "Was tun? Cernysevskij und die frühe russische Frauenbewegung" (FB 05)

Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Dirk Uffelmann

Schedule: Tue. 16-18 Uhr

Course langauge: German

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Title: Politik, Medien und Gender (FB 03)

Lecturer: Ina Daßbach

Schedule: Tue. 2 - 4 pm

Comment: The course is conducted in German.

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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.

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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

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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.

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Title: Feminist Critical Race & Ethnic Studies (FB 03)

Lecturer : Dr. Veronika Zablotsky

Schedule : Mo. 4 - 6 p.m.

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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.

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Title: Politik, Medien und Gender (FB 03)

Lecturer: Ina Daßbach

Schedule: Mon. 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

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Title: Homosexualität im ostmittel- und osteuropäischen Film (FB 05)

Lecturer: Dr. Franz Schindler

Schedule: Tue. 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

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Title: Transnational Feminism(s) and Social Justice (FB 03)

Lecturer : Dr. Veronika Zablotsky

Schedule: Tue. 12 a.m. - 2 p.m.

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Title: Feministische und Postkoloniale Perspektiven in Theorie und Praxis (FB 03)

Lecturer : Dr. Veronika Zablotsky

Schedule: Tue. 4 p.m. - 6 p.m.

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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.