Research Area 6: Cultural Identities
In Research Area 6: Cultural Identities we invite scholars and enthusiasts to explore the dynamic concepts, themes, and ideas surrounding identity within diverse cultural contexts. Our research examines how identities are constructed, experienced, and transformed across socio-cultural landscapes, with a focus on the following key areas:
Socio-Cultural Coordinates and Practices:The interplay between societal structures, cultural norms, and identity formation.
Globalized and Hybridized Identities:The impact of globalization and cultural hybridity on identity.
Internalized and Externalized Identities: How identities are shaped internally and expressed externally.
Othering and Displacement: The dynamics of exclusion, marginalization, and displacement.
Subjective Cultural Formation and Adaptation: How individuals and groups adapt to and reinterpret cultural influences.
In "Cultural Identities," we employ interdisciplinary perspectives to explore the origins, evolution, and transformation of identity across historical and global contexts. Our research highlights the fluid and layered nature of identity, emphasizing its intersections, contrasts, and disruptions within cultural dynamics. Rather than viewing identity as fixed, we understand it as a continuously evolving construct shaped by cultural forces.
Join us in uncovering the intricate relationship between culture and identity, as we shed light on overlooked realities and contribute to a deeper understanding of identity in an ever-changing world.
Speakers & active Participants
- Emilio Aguas
- Alexandros Balatsoukas (Speaker)
- Melisa Çiçek
- Johanna Diehl
- Erzhena Dugarova
- Sandra Engels
- Justus Grebe
- Farouk El Maarouf
- Reiqa Qubailat
- Archana Ravi
- Ana Spasojevic
- Anjuli Trautmann (Speaker)
- Anastasiia Marsheva
Past Events
- 29 January 2024: Workshop "Identity - a Contested Category". Lecturer: Dr. Doris Bachmann-Medick;
- 14 July 2022: Workshop “Die Ökologisierung der Gesellschaft/ Ecologization of Society“ Lecturer: Leander Scholz;
- 7 April 2021: Lecture “National and Religious Identity in the Low Countries during the Grand Siècle”. Lecturer: Roeland Goorts;
- 23-25 June 2021: International Interdisciplinary Laboratory-Conference Online: “Cultural Identities in a Global World: Reframing Cultural Hybridity” (Conference Report)
- 23 June 2020: Workshop “Cultural Hybridity-Revisited”, Lecturer: Doris Bachmann-Medick (Senior Research Fellow, International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture),
- 19 June 2018: Keynote Lecture “The Road Not Taken: Ethics and Non-Negative Non-Agency”, Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Thomas Claviez (University of Bern, Switzerland),
- 20 June 2018: Master Class “Rethinking Agency – Rethinking Community”, Lecturer: Prof. Dr. Thomas Claviez (University of Bern, Switzerland).