The GRADE Center Gender is an organisation within GRADE, the central academic institution of Goethe University for the interdisciplinary qualification of young academics in the early career phase. The content of the Gender Centre is planned and implemented by the Cornelia Goethe Centrum.

Workshop GRADE Center Gender
9 February, 2026 - 2:00pm
Campus Westend IG 1.314

Politicizing Sexual Violence

Feminist Theories, Discourses, and Practices

The workshop explores how sexual violence has been understood and theorized by feminist scholars and by activists over time. Focusing particularly on the US American context, our purpose is to offer background on how feminist understandings of sexual violence have evolved since the mid 20th century, and to discuss the conflicting conceptual tools feminist political theorists, researchers, and activists have offered so far.

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Colloquium GRADE Center Gender
14 April, 2026 - 4:00pm
Campus Westend SH 3.101

Feminist Forum: What about love?

As part of our ongoing efforts to foster a community of scholars of gender studies, we are excited to begin the summer semester 2026 with a new format called feminist forum!

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Workshop GRADE Center Gender
4 May, 2026 - 10:00am

Creative Writing for Academic Purposes: Impulses from Feminist, Postmodern, and Black studies

This workshop aims to help students improve their academic writing through the principles of creative writing. In particular, creative writing can help manage two unwieldy and often overlooked components of the scholarly paper: the first-person subject and narrative or story. The workshop aims to hone several structural and stylistic skills so that participants can feel more confident in their ability to write well.

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GRADE Center Gender
29 May, 2026 - 2:00pm

Geschlechtsidentität und Trans als Forschungskategorien: Genealogie, Kritik, Alternativen

Dieser Workshop dreht sich um die Voraussetzungen und Konsequenzen verschiedener Trans-Verständnisse in sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschung. Ziel ist es, zu erarbeiten, wie Forschung über Trans als individualisierte Unpassung oder (Nicht-)Identifikation mit einem zugewiesenen Geschlecht hinausgehen kann.

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