Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
The Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Women and Gender (Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung) at Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg (ZFG) was founded in September 2000. The activity and endeavours of the ZFG aim at the promotion and the further development of Women's and Gender Studies (study programs as well as research) under an interdisciplinary perspective. The focus is on gender inequality as well as on differences within distinct gender groups.
Objectives of the ZFG are:
· promoting end encouraging the cooperation between a variety of scientists and academics from different departments and disciplines; initiating and supporting research project on women and gender as well as publishing the results of that research
· developing a field of science "Research on Gender in the North-Western Region" by establishing and coordinating a cooperation network between the ZFG and scientists from the University of Applied Sciences Oldenburg/Ostfriesland/Wilhelmshaven
· organizing and advancing gender modules in BA- und MA study programs as well as supporting initiatives which contribute to the consolidation of the perspective on women and gender in academic study programs and disciplines
· promoting the up-and-coming generation of scientists and academics whose focus is on women's and gender studies
· networking on the national and international level to establish research cooperation and alliances between scientists and academics whose main field of work focuses upon issues dealing with women and gender
Study Programs in Women's and Gender Studies
· Women's and Gender Studies, offering a minor as part of the Magister Artium (MA)
· Cultural Gender Studies (PhD program)
· Gender Studies
(Minor within the Bachelor program)
Main Research Topics
· Constructions of Gender and Processes of Transformation
· Constructions of Gender and Violence
· Research on Masculinities
· Visual Representations of Violence
· Gender Relations in academic and scientific Realms
· Research on Gender in Natural Sciences
· Institutions, Memory, and Gender
· The Body, Gender, and (Technology)Culture
· Migration, Gender, and Politics
· Politics of Visibility
These topics form the framework for several processes of conceptualization and realization of interdisciplinary research projects, with the focus on initiating interdisciplinary cooperation among human and social scientists and natural scientists.