Lecture series: Queer Research Worlds

Every Monday from 6:15 p.m. to 7:45 p.m., the Interdisciplinary Center for Gender, Difference, and Diversity hosts a public lecture series that examines current discussions and debates in queer studies from an interdisciplinary perspective.

All dates:

20.10.2025: PD Dr. Viola Thimm, MA Elite Program “Standards of Decision-Making across Cultures”, (SDAC): “Queering Hajj – Perspectives from Malaysia and Germany”

3.11.2025: Dr. Ferdiansyah Thajib, MA Elite Program “Standards of Decision-Making across Cultures”, (SDAC): “Politics of Care in Indonesian Queer Activism”

17.11.2025: Ellen Wagner, M.A., FAU/Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung (IAB): “Then I thought, why just for myself?": Facets of care in crip/queer menstrual biographies”

1.12.2025: Prof. Dr. Peter Bubmann, Professur für Praktische Theologie: „Queersensibel lehren?! Hochschuldidaktische Perspektiven“

15.12.2025: Dr. Jessica Albrecht, CAS-E (Center for Advanced Studies “Alternative Rationalities and Esoteric Practices from a Global Perspective”) und Lehrstuhl für Religionswissenschaft und Interkulturelle Theologie: „Queer in Sri Lanka? From colonial imaginaries to postcolonial representations“

19.1.2026: Alvin Wang, M.A., MA Elite Program “Standards of Decision-Making across Cultures”, (SDAC): “To Hide, to Care, to Dominate: Queer Ethics and Masculine Desires in Chinese Male Sex Work”

26.1.2026: Prof. Dr. Florian Höhne, Lehrstuhl Medienkommunikation, Medienethik und Digitale Theologie: „00001100. Gottglaube zwischen digitaler Binarität und Queerness in medientheologischer Perspektive“

Organization and contact details:

PD Dr. Viola Thimm
E-Mail: viola.thimm@fau.de