From Movement to Management? Diversity Policies in Academia as Genealogies of Migrant, Feminist and Anti-Racist Struggles

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Co-presented with Faime Alpagu at the 20th Workshop of the Research Focus on Women’s and Gender History, Faculty of Historical and Cultural Studies, University of Vienna

Part of the workshop Bewegungsgeschichte(n): Zum Verhältnis von Migration, Anti-/Rassismus und Geschlecht.

Diversity’s Double Bind: Representation, Excellence, and Belonging in Academia

16:00–17:30 CET

Co-organized with Faime Alpagu (University of Vienna)

A discussion on the promises and tensions of diversity in academia, exploring representation, academic excellence, belonging and the ways scholars navigate expectations surrounding difference and inclusion.

ViDSS Meeting Room (SR 11), 1st floor, Kolingasse 14–16, 1090 Vienna, and online

Geopolitics, War and Academic Practice

16:00–17:30 CET

Co-organized with Faime Alpagu (University of Vienna)

Guest speaker: Tatjana Hofmann (Alfried Krupp Institute for Advanced Study, Greifswald)

A moderated discussion on how geopolitical conflicts shape academic practice, including research agendas, institutional responsibilities, public engagement and academic cooperation.

ViDSS Meeting Room (SR 11), 1st floor, Kolingasse 14–16, 1090 Vienna, and online

Methods of Unsilencing: Dismantling Discrimination and Exclusionary Practices in Academia

16:00–17:30 CET

An invited lecture on discriminatory and exclusionary structures in academia and on methods for making marginalized experiences, perspectives and forms of knowledge visible.

Against the Odds: (In)equality in Academic Careers

13:00–14:30 CET

A panel discussion with Ayşe Dursun, Elisabeth Röhrlich and Rogelio Toledo Martin on unequal academic career paths, institutional conditions and the structures that shape participation, precarity and advancement in academia.

Gender Perspectives and Gender Relations in Islamic Studies: On the Disciplinary Culture at Universities in German-speaking Countries

16:15–17:45 CET

Interdisciplinary Research Colloquium Gender Studies, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, University of Zurich

A lecture on gender relations, disciplinary self-understandings and academic cultures in German-language Islamic Studies.

Religious Life of Thai and Pakistani Communities in Vienna

17:00–18:30 CET

Presented with Martina Anissa Strommer as part of the lecture series New Members of the Institutes of Religion Introduce Themselves, University College of Teacher Education Vienna/Krems

The lecture brings together presentations by Martina Anissa Strommer on the community life, institutions and activities of Thai communities in Vienna and by Dominique Bauer on the religious life of Pakistani communities in Vienna.

Simple Twists of Faith: Accommodating Muslim Minorities in Secular Societies — The Case of Quebec

18:30 CET

Panel discussion with Beesan Sarrouh (Ryerson University, Toronto), as part of the IPW Lectures, Institute for Political Science, Platform Religion and Transformation in Contemporary Society, University of Vienna.

Islamic Religious Education in Austria

10:30–12:00 GMT+7

Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University

The Freedom of Press and Media Responsibility: Counter-narratives to Cyber Extremism and Hate Speech through Media

13:30–15:30 GMT+7

6th Indonesia–Austria Interfaith & Intercultural Dialogue, Austrian Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs and the Indonesian Ministry of Religious Affairs.

Panel discussion with Wolfgang Müller Funk (University of Vienna), Otto Friedrich (Editor of Religious Affairs, Media Affairs and Film Reviews at the Austrian Weekly “Die Furche”) and Endy Bayuni (Chief Editor of Jakarta Post).

Emergency Relocation and the Future of Solidarity in the European Union — A Fresh Approach?

10:30–12:30 CET

Presented at the UN conference “New Approaches for a Peaceful and More Sustainable World”, Academic Council on the United Nations System, Vienna

IMPACCT (International Mobility with Partners Abroad for Culturally Competent Teachers) World Café for Student Teachers from Austria, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey

15:30–18:30 CET

Cooperative event organized by the Institute for Islamic Religion at KPH Vienna/Krems and the University of Giessen

Gender: Ambivalente Un_Sichtbarkeiten

Austrian Association for Gender Research, Research Platform GAIN and the Gender Research Office of the University of Vienna

When Good Intentions Aren’t Enough: Invisibilities in Academia and the Decolonial Turn

16:00–17:30 CET

Co-organized with Daniela Paredes Grijalva (ISA–ÖAW) as part of the 8th Annual Conference of the Austrian Association for Gender Research

Visions of Good Academic Work for Everyone

18:00–19:30 CET

Co-organized with Elisabeth Günther, Zoe Lefkofridi and Giulia Andrighetto as part of the Annual Conference of the Austrian Association for Gender Research.

A public round table discussing visions of equitable and inclusive academic work, addressing structural inequalities in higher education and knowledge production related to gender, race, disability and social background. Panelists included Christine Steger, Rina Malagayo Alluri and Zoe Lefkofridi.

Exploring Boundaries in Women’s, Gender and Feminist Studies

Research Platform Gender and Transformation, University of Vienna

Jewish–Muslim Relations in Europe: Past, Present and Future Perspectives

University of Vienna – Institute for Islamic-Theological Studies

FLIT* Tutpro 2017 — Women* on the Run

Workshops and networking opportunities for refugee women on feminist topics, gender identities and discrimination. Languages: German, English, Farsi and Arabic.

World Arabic Language Day — “Word for Friday” #107

Islamic Religious Community of Austria (IGGÖ)