News - GE - TU Dortmund

10/02/2025

"Diversity and Gender" certificate: new course offered by the UA Ruhr

New from winter semester: "Diversity & Gender" certificate at all UA Ruhr universities. Registration for TU students until October 10.

09/22/2025

New release: On the way to normality? LGBTQ+ families and their struggle for recognition

Mona Motakef publishes new monograph (open access)

Cover of the book with title and authors' names and a pink fruit at the bottom

09/15/2025

We at the 42nd Congress of the German Sociological Association on the topic of ‘Transitions’

Teaching area Sociology of Gender Relations at the DGS Congress 2025

TRANSITIONS – 42nd CONGRESS – GERMAN SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION – UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG-ESSEN | DUISBURG CAMPUS – CONGRESS 2025 – 22–26 SEPTEMBER 2025

07/16/2025

Dr. Holly Patch at the ESRS Congress 2025 “Navigating rural transitions: Exploring liveable futures” Rīga, Latvia: 7-11 July 2025

On 10 July, Dr. Holly Patch gave a presentation with Pietro Autorino in the Working Group “Queer(ing) Agriculture and Ruralities”.

collage of two photos - one of art on a wall, the other a landscape photo of a tree and house

07/11/2025

CfP for the spring conference of the DGS sections “Women's and Gender Studies” and “Sociological Theory” at TU Dortmund University

Request: Abstracts for presentations for the conference “Genders of the Social: Dialogues on the Locations and Perspectives of Sociological Theories”

07/11/2025

Dr. Anike Krämer receives funding for research stay at Stockholm University

Dr. Anike Krämer has successfully acquired funding from the Research academy Ruhr for a research stay at Stockholm University.

06/16/2025

Opening ceremony of the Institute of Sociology at TU Dortmund University

On July 9, 2025, the opening ceremony of the Institute of Sociology at TU Dortmund University will take place at 2:15 p.m. in the Erich Brost House.

in german: OPENING CEREMONY - INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY

06/03/2025

New Issue of "feministische studien" (fs)

Mona Motakef, together with Elisabeth Klaus, edited issue 1/2025 of "feministische studien" (fs) entitled “Articulations of Class and Gender.”

Cover of the journal feministische studien, May 2025 issue (Volume 43, No. 1), focusing on the theme "Articulations of Class and Gender." The illustration depicts a gallery scene where visitors are observing artworks. Above the scene, a large snake floats as a symbolic element accompanied by the text: "My class always hovered above me."

05/28/2025

Dr. Holly Patch is presenting her research on trans* vocality in France

Dr. Holly Patch will speak about trans* vocality at the seminar of the research group “Musi-queer” at the Université de Lorraine in Metz on 10 June 25