Events

International Research Collaboration between the Global North and Global South

12/12/2024, Essen

How do European and African researchers understand science and academic knowledge production? This series of dialogue events focuses on the role of culture and interculturality in international research collaborations between the Global North and Global South.

Emerging Scholars Workshop: GENDER ∩ DIVERSITY ∩ QUEER STUDIES

25/11/2024, Essen

The primary goal of this workshop is to facilitate the sustainable networking of international doctoral and postdoctoral researchers focusing on topics related to Gender, Diversity and Queer Studies, and their intersections. The workshop offers a platform for early-career scholars to discuss their current research projects, present (interim) results, and explore potential synergies.

Inclinations: Männerfreundschaften / Frauenfreundschaften

21/11/2024 - 23/11/2024, Essen

This international conference sheds light on literary and cultural representations of queer intimacies and inclinations in German-language literature and culture. How do we theorise the complex relationships between desire, eros, power, and representation in Männerfreundschaften and Frauenfreundschaften? By looking to periods preceding the mid-19th-century solidification of terms purporting to…

Brazil's Long Struggle: Dictatorship, Conflict, and the Challenges of Plurality

20/11/2024, Essen

Public Lecture by Prof. James N. Green (Brown University)

Organiser: Research Network 'Cultures of Compromise'

In this lecture, Prof. James N. Green will examine Brazil’s modern history regarding questions of conflict regulation, for example through compromise.

Scripting Urban Resilience: Navigating Disaster and Sustainable Futures

15/10/2024, Essen | hybrid

Organiser: Institute for Anglophone Studies, University of Duisburg-Essen

The workshop brings together interdisciplinary and global perspectives on how cities are confronting disasters and planning for sustainable urban futures.

LGBTQI+ People and the "Triple Nexus" of Development Cooperation, Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding

22/08/2024 - 23/08/2024, online

The workshop will bring together international scholars and practitioners who work on the inclusion of sexual and gender minorities in development cooperation, humanitarian assistance and peacebuilding activities. Together, they will consider how integrating LGBTQI+ concerns contributes to the latest thinking about how those areas are intrinsically connected.

Decolonial Ecology: Literary and Cultural Representations in the Global South

25/07/2024 - 26/07/2024, Essen | hybrid

To think ecology from the perspective of colonially repressed ideas and practices is to deconstruct the epistemological hierarchy of environmental humanities. The workshop seeks to deepen the dialogue between ecology and decoloniality in the context of indigenous knowledges and practices of the Global South, examining how literary and cultural artists represent, interpret, and foreground their…

From Manuscript to Masterpiece: Getting Published in the Social Sciences

18/07/2024, Essen

Writing for publication and securing research funding are crucial skills for academics and researchers. In this two-part seminar with a focus on the areas of education and the sociology of work, senior and junior academics, journal editors, and grant application panel members provide insights and advice on how to successfully plan for and navigate publication and grant application.

Getting Funding in the Social Sciences: What I Wish I Knew

18/07/2024, Essen

Writing for publication and securing research funding are crucial skills for academics and researchers. In this two-part seminar with a focus on the areas of education and the sociology of work, senior and junior academics, journal editors, and grant application panel members provide insights and advice on how to successfully plan for and navigate publication and grant application.

Bureaucracy Old or New? A Comparative Perspective on the Administrative Burdens Placed on Academic Staff in National University Systems

11/07/2024, Essen

The administrative workload placed on academic staff varies internationally. This workshop compares key findings from recent studies about the three university systems of Germany, Czech Republic, and Australia, which represent different traditions and approaches to the organisation and governance of academic work. Increasing administrative burden is a critical policy and governance issue because…