The CGC facilitates the initiation and implementation of research projects in the field of gender studies. The topics – from queer and feminist theory to transdisciplinary methods, bodies and gender, and diversity and social inequality – cover the breadth of gender research.
The interdisciplinary GRADE Center Gender promotes and supports doctoral students and post-docs with a gender studies qualification project. With a broad spectrum of thematic and methodological workshops, GRADE Gender creates a forum for the discussion and elaboration of dissertation and post-doctoral projects in exchange with internationally renowned researchers. The events not only serve the scientific exchange and the systematic further development of own research projects, but also offer the opportunity to build stable collegial and international networks.
The project, established by the Presidential Board, aims to systematize and network the existing competencies and research projects at Goethe University in the following areas: migration research, anti-discrimination, anti-Semitism and racism (criticism), and postcolonial research, with a gender studies perspective.
The CGC is active in various national and international networks of gender research. In research and teaching, the CGC cooperates with various universities in Germany and abroad and regularly organizes events in cooperation with civil society organizations, activists and artists.
The Cornelia Goethe Centrum has a long-standing tradition of hosting guest researchers on a regular basis. The insights and studies of these researchers significantly enhance our own research endeavors and contribute to a vibrant academic exchange. This page serves as a directory for visiting researchers who have been guests since 2025.
The CGC bundles the publications in gender studies of its members, initiates and supports (inter-)disciplinary publication projects, and publishes its own series, the CGC Online Papers, which is available in open access.
Excellent research at Goethe University is concentrated in six profile areas that conduct research on important current issues and topics. The CGC is involved in the profile areas Universality & Diversity and Orders & Transformations.
