Past Events
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12-06-25 2-6 pm (Pre-Workshop), 17-07-25 2-6 pm (Main-Workshop)
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MeDiMi Workshop |
Workshop AI & Research (Online) The two-part workshop provides content on the topic of tools that utilise artificial intelligence (AI) and highlights their potential applications in science. The workshop will be led by Dr Joss von Hadeln and Dr Sebastian Busse. First part (German), 12.06.25 : Introduction to the basics of AI: What is AI and how does it work? This part serves as a basis for the main workshop (second part). A recording with English synchronisation will be provided afterwards. Second part (English), 17.07.25 : Main workshop focussing on the use of AI in science. |
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03.02.2025 16.15 Uhr |
MeDiMi Insights |
Lecture by Janina Schlüsselburg: 'Border Imaginaries, Symbolic Borders, and Metaphors in Images of Migration' Where? Online presentation as part of Prof Greta Olson's seminar ‘Imag[en]ing Migration’ / a recording can be found here This presentation analyses how visual metaphors construct border imaginaries and shape migration discourse, using visual examples from Germany and Australia. Building on Olson and Wessel's work, I examine how images portray migrants - from anonymous masses to victims to empowered individuals - revealing how visual narratives construct and perpetuate specific understandings of human mobility. My findings demonstrate how shared visual patterns transcend national contexts to shape both public understanding and policy responses, highlighting the crucial role of media organisations in constructing the symbolic boundaries that define migration debates. Janina Schlüsselburg is a PhD candidate at the University of New South Wales. Her research investigates media representations of migration across Australian, German, and U.S. American digital platforms and examines how migration imagery functions as affective artefacts. Through a critical lens, she explores how narrative patterns in Global North media perpetuate neo-colonial gatekeeping practices. Her research advocates for a shift beyond traditional portrayals, amplifying agency of individuals depicted in migration imagery. She is an affiliated member of the DFG research group Human Rights Discourse in Migration Societies (MeDiMi) and the International Graduate Centre for the Study of Culture (GCSC) at Justus Liebig University Giessen. |
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27.01.2025 18-20 Uhr |
Vortrag |
Vortrag von Prof. Dr. Emil Sobottka: "Konservative Christen und die radikale Rechte in Brasilien - Normative Begründungsfiguren gegen Menschenrechte" Emil Sobottka, Soziologe und Sozialarbeitswissenschaftler der Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (Brasilien), spricht zu normativen Begründungsfiguren der „Adversaries of Human Rights“ in Brasilien, und fragt danach, wie konservative Christ:innen in Brasilien ihr Mitwirken an radikal-rechten Bewegungen legitimieren. Anders: Wie begründen Menschen, die sich als „gute“ Christen verstehen, dass sie gemeinsame Sache machen mit Gruppierungen, welche pro Waffengewalt und gegen die Inklusion von Minderheiten sind. Im aktuellen politischen Kontext Brasiliens deuten Konservative/Rechte „Menschenrechtsdiskurse“ als die Verteidigung von „Verbrechern und Streunern“ (Bandidos e Vagabundos) und beziehen sich dabei sowohl auf ethnische Differenzen aus der kolonialen Migrationsgeschichte, adressieren aber auch aktuelle Migrant:innen aus Nachbarländern. Menschenrechte werden in Brasilien zunehmend zum Kristallisationspunkt konträrer politischer Lager und Diskurse. Die Vortragssprache ist Deutsch; die Diskussion gerne auch mehrsprachig (Portugiesisch, Spanisch, Englisch). Organisation: Dr. Benjamin Bunk, Luana Sommer, Prof. Dr. Anna Ladilova und Dr. Katharina Müller Eine Kooperation der Institute für Erziehungswissenschaft und für Romanistik an der Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, des Forschungsnetzwerks Migration und Menschenrechte (FMM) und der DFG-Forschungsgruppe „Menschenrechtsdiskurse in der Migrationsgesellschaft“ (MeDiMi). Finanziert durch das Gießener Graduiertenzentrum Sozial-, Wirtschafts-, und Rechtswissenschaft (GGS).
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30.10.2024 18.15 Uhr |
Impulse |
Precarious work in the migration societies: (Not) a question of human rights?! Where? Margarete-Bieber-Saal, Ludwigstr. 34, 35390 Gießen Speakers
co-organization with Refugee Law Clinic Gießen. |
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19.09.2024 18.00 Uhr |
Impulse |
What Does Democracy Mean in Migration Societies? Human Rights, Participation, and Solidarity. Where? Bar Menachem Hörsaal (HS 5) Speakers
Moderation
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12.06.2024 18.15 Uhr |
Impulse (Hybrid) |
To the doctor without fear. How residence status prevents access to healthcare. Lecture and discussion with Sarah Lincoln (Society for Civil Liberties) and Janina Gach (Doctors of the World) Access to medical care is a fundamental human and basic right. Healthcare is a basic condition for the fulfilment of a dignified life. Despite this fundamental value and the far-reaching guarantees and access in the German healthcare system, certain groups remain excluded, such as people ‘without papers’, i.e. people without a regular residence status. § Section 87 of the Residence Act obliges state authorities to report people without regular residence status to the immigration authorities, which then initiate deportation. This also includes the social welfare offices as cost bearers for the treatment of people without regular residence status. This obligation to report is not only criticised at national level. This lack of a ‘firewall’ has also been criticised by the UN Social Committee and the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women as a violation of non-discriminatory access to healthcare. The Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte (GFF) and Ärzte der Welt e.V., together with the GleichBeHandeln campaign, are campaigning for the abolition of Section 87 of the Residence Act. In our impulse, Sarah Lincoln and Janina Gach report on the joint efforts to abolish Section 87 and the lawsuit ‘Ohne Angst zum Arzt’ (Without fear to the doctor). They will report on the procedure so far, previous (mis)successes and the opportunities for people in the fields of medicine and law to become active themselves in order to stand up for health care that complies with human rights. An event organised by the scientific staff of the MeDiMi research group / GGS-AG MeDiMi in cooperation with the GGS section Global Health & Human Rights, the Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte e.V. and Ärzte der Welt e.V. The event is part of the GFF University Tour. On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Basic Law, the GFF will speak at various universities on fundamental rights issues and current cases. Link: https://freiheitsrechte.org/ontour
When? 12.06.2024, 18.15-19.45 Uhr
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24.01.2024 10.00 Uhr |
Reading Circle |
Literature:
Wann? 24.01.2024, 10.00-12.00 Zugang zum BigBlueButton-Raum und zur Literatur erhaltet ihr auf Anfrage von den Sprecher*innen (Siehe Mitgliederliste) |
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29.11.2023 |
MeDiMi Impuls (Organized by the GGS-Group) |
Reform des Gemeinsamen Europäischen Asylsystems When? Wednesday 29.11.2023, 18.15-20.00 Uhr
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22.11.2023 |
MeDiMi Lecture (organized by the Research Group) |
States’ Practices Before Human Rights Courts. Wann? Wednesday 22.11.2023, 16.00-18.00 Uhr |
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08.11.2023 |
MeDiMi Impuls |
Seenotrettung als Menschenrechtspraxis an Europas Grenzen Speaker: When? Wednesday, 08.11.2023, 18.15-20.00 Uhr
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25.10.2023 |
Reading Circle |
Lektüre: Joas, H. (2019²): Die Sakralität der Person. Eine neue Genealogie der Menschenrechte | (2013) The Sacredness of the Person. A New Genealogy of Human Rights
When? 10.00 - 12.00 Uhr |
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23.10.2023 |
MeDiMi Impuls |
Climate justice, food sovereignty & education. Perspectives of the Brazilian landless movement between human rights and migration Speaker: Felipo Campelo Egídio Brunetto (Movimento dos Sem Terra (MST), Director of the Education Centre for Agroecology, Bahia, Brazil) When? 23.10.2023, 18.00-20.00 Uhr |
| 13.07.2023 18.15 Uhr |
MeDiMi-Lecture |
The fight for the human rights of migrants - from the perspective of a Strasbourg judge Speaker: Dr. Andreas Zünd, Richter am Europäischen Gerichtshof für Menschenrechte (EGMR)
When? 18.15–19.45 Uhr
Where? Raum AUB 1, Alte Universitätsbibliothek, Bismarckstraße 37, 35390 Gießen
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21.06.2023 |
Research Day |
First Research Day / Research Colloquium of the MeDiMi GGS working group. If you are interested, please contact the speakers. When? 09.00 - 13.00 Uhr |
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14.06.2023 |
Reading |
Die Würde des Menschen ist abschiebbar |
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14.06.2023 |
Reading Circle |
Lektüre: Foroutan, Naika, The Post-migrant Paradigm, in: Bock, Jan-Jonathan /Macdonald, Sharon (eds), Refugees welcome? Difference and Diversity in a Changing Germany, New York / Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2019, pp. 142-167. When? 10.00 - 12.00 Uhr |
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25.05.2023 |
MeDiMi in Dialogue |
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04.05.2023 |
Reading Circle |
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26.04.2023 |
Workshop |
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