GenderConceptGroup
The GenderConceptGroup (GCG) was established in 2012 by professors of the humanities and social sciences at the Technical University of Dresden who focus on gender research or gender studies in their respective disciplines. The group has grown steadily and now includes professors and staff from the engineering and medicine departments. They support the integration of gender studies into their specific subject areas. The consolidation of research within the GenderConceptGroup arises from the self-conception of gender research which has been interdisciplinary since its very beginnings – following its objective to research the complex importance of gender in all areas of life.
© Kirsten Johannes Lassig
Welcome
The GenderConceptGroup is a cooperation of professors of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at TU Dresden who in their discipline have a research focus on gender studies. The pooling of research in the GenderConceptGroup arises from the self-conception of gender research which has been working interdisciplinary since its beginnings – following its objective to research the complex importance of gender in all areas of life.
The GenderConceptGroup aims to enhance the visibility of gender studies at Technische Universität Dresden. Achieving this objective involves organising interdisciplinary and disciplinary conferences. As a forum for the research of gender relations in history, culture and literature, the members of the GenderConceptGroup issue a series with contributions to this research, published by Universitätsverlag Leipzig ('Dresdner Beiträge zur Geschlechterforschung in Geschichte, Kultur und Literatur').
Current topics of gender research are included in teaching as well. A continuous course offer in gender studies leads students to specifically address current topics in gender research in their final theses. The best theses on gender studies at TU Dresden are presented to the University public in junior colloquiums on gender studies, which the GenderConceptGroup organises on a regular basis.
Furthermore, the GenderConceptGroup presents an award to students who have produced outstanding gender-oriented theses in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences ('Förderpreis der Dresdner Beiträge zur Geschlechterforschung'), and in this way promotes young researchers.