Category: Allgemein

Find your academic community. If you don’t have one, start one!

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By Catherine Phipps The History of the Gendered Body is an interdisciplinary seminar series from the University of Oxford that invites speakers to discuss bodies, gender and sexuality throughout history and the present day. It was born out of one conversation, two and a half years ago. I’d been attending seminars hosted by the “Cultural Histories, Cultural … Continue reading Find your academic community. If you don’t have one, start one!

Commentary on: Thousand Suns

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By Lily Grainger Cristiano Cardone’s investigation into the presence of Isiac cults in Naples, the historic context of these cults and the understanding of these cults through an esoteric and gender lens produces an original and fruitful piece of research into a pervasive element of culture that appears to have been largely disregarded amongst critical circles.  … Continue reading Commentary on: Thousand Suns

Space-Time Discontinuum

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Author 1:  Varsha Gopal (Corresponding author), M.A. Student, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Author 2: Baladitya B, M.A. Student, Indian Institute of Technology MadrasAuthor 3: Surya Narayana Panicker, M.A. Student, Indian Institute of Technology Madras Spaces hold intricate ties to the conception of time. This, probably an obvious observation, came to the vicinity of our thoughts only during … Continue reading Space-Time Discontinuum

Religion and gender: Agency within the muddle of believers’ lives

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Commentary on “You’re either a ho or an innocent little baby” by Judith Bachmann, University of Heidelberg Just a week ago, the question of the agency of Pentecostal women in Africa arose in my seminar. We were discussing the words from a speech given by a very popular female pastor who described that rather than … Continue reading Religion and gender: Agency within the muddle of believers’ lives

Commentary on: Gender Inequality and Religious Personal Laws

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Commentary by: Tirthankar Chakraborty At a time when India is witnessing a rapid deterioration of its constitutional ethos, when the fabled Preamble is reframed and reinterpreted, when the national priorities are shifting from progress and development to the golden traditions of yesteryears, one has to closely observe and study how institutions are being used to … Continue reading Commentary on: Gender Inequality and Religious Personal Laws

Doing Emotionally Challenging Research in Emotionally Challenging Times – A Personal Reflection

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Trigger Warning: Research on gender-based violence. by Mascha Helene Lange I am dealing with the sensitive issue of gender-based violence on a daily basis. Every morning, my desk greets me with book titles such as Rape and Resistance, Framing the Rape Victim, or Just Sex? The Cultural Scaffolding of Rape.[1] I read autobiographical accounts of people who experienced gender-based … Continue reading Doing Emotionally Challenging Research in Emotionally Challenging Times – A Personal Reflection

Commentary on: The Office Politics of Sexuality

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Commentary by Zena Spiers This article presents an intriguing insight into the modern workplace employing the use of the writer’s own personal experience to explore the treatment of sexuality in “inclusive” businesses. The writer specifically, and successfully, draws comparisons between the ever-prevalent open plan office space and Bentham’s conception of the panopticon in maintaining a … Continue reading Commentary on: The Office Politics of Sexuality

Gender in Religious Studies: The Experience of a Student

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by Jonas Dyck, University of Heidelberg When I was offered to write something about my experiences with “gender” in religious studies, I was surprised by my own reaction to this offer. Not surprising was the mix of excited, joyful and nervous emotions I felt when I thought that strangers could read a text of mine. … Continue reading Gender in Religious Studies: The Experience of a Student