Nature-Society Relations and the Global Environmental Crisis – Thinking on Climate Change and Sustainability from the Fields of Intersectional Theory and Transdisciplinary Gender Studies
International Conference of the Center for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies (ZtG) at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin
Nature-Society Relations and the Global Environmental Crisis –
Thinking on Climate Change and Sustainability from the Fields of Intersectional Theory and Transdisciplinary Gender Studies
Gesellschaftliche Naturverhältnisse und globale Umweltkrise-
Transdisziplinäre Gender- und Intersektionalitätsforschung zu Klimawandel und Nachhaltigkeit
From Thursday, 4th May to Saturday, 6th May 2023
at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum, Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 1/3, 10117 Berlin
Unfortunately, registration is now closed as we have reached the maximum number of participants.
Program / Programm
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Thursday, May 4th 2023 / Donnerstag, 04.05.2023
9:00 | Coffee / Kaffee (venue: Auditorium) |
09:30 – 10:00 |
Welcome Speech from the President of the HU Introduction by the Organizers (venue: Auditorium) |
10:00 – 11:00
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Keynote 1 Dorceta E. Taylor (Yale School of the Environment): Gender and Racial Dynamics in Environmental Organizations: Disparities in Funding and Executive Compensation Chair / Moderation: Christine Bauhardt (venue: Auditorium) |
11:00 – 11:30 |
Coffee break / Kaffeepause |
11:30 – 12:30 |
Keynote 2 Sherilyn MacGregor (The University of Manchester): Reclaiming and Reframing Ecofeminist Politics in the Face of Continuous Global Crises Chair / Moderation: Meike Brückner (venue: Auditorium) |
12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch break / Mittagspause |
14:00 – 15:00 |
Keynote 3 (virtual) Farhana Sultana (Syracuse University): Feminists Decolonizing Climate Politics Chair / Moderation: Sandra Jasper (venue: Auditorium) |
15:00 – 15:30 |
Coffee break / Kaffeepause |
15:30 – 17:30 |
Parallel panels / Parallele Panels 1–4 Panel 1: Matter / Materie (engl.) (venue: 1066e) |
17:30 – 18:00 |
Coffee break / Kaffeepause |
18:00 – 19:30 |
Climate activism: Finding Common Ground to Address the Climate Crisis and Gender Injustice Chairs / Moderation: Suse Brettin and Ida Westphal (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) (venue: Auditorium) |
19:30 | Reception / Empfang (venue: HU main building) |
Friday, May 5th 2023 / Freitag, 05.05.2023
09:30 – 10:30 |
Keynote 4: Seema Arora-Jonsson (Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences): On the Road to Transformation: The Imperative of a Feminist, Post- and Decolonial Intervention in Climate Policies Chair / Moderation: Sandra Jasper (venue: Auditorium) |
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break / Kaffeepause (venue: HU main building) |
11:00 – 13:00 |
Parallel panels / Parallele Panels 5–8 Panel 5: Extraktivismus / Extractivism (dt.) (venue: 2070a) |
13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch break / Mittagspause |
14:30 – 15:30 |
Key Input 1 Karen Morrow (Swansea University): Cross-cutting Issues in a Siloed System: Gender and the Environment in International Law – the Case of Climate Change Chair / Moderation: Susanne Baer (venue: 2249a) |
(parallel) |
Key Input 2 (virtual) Barbara Holland-Cunz (Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen): Vergessen. Verleugnen. Vertagen. Auf der Suche nach den Gründen für 30 verlorene Jahre globaler Klimapolitik Chair / Moderation: Christine Bauhardt (venue: 2070a) |
(parallel) |
Key Input 3 Martin Hultman (Chalmers University of Technology): Un-culverting Subjects: Ecological Masculinities and Rights of Nature as Ways to Stop our Ongoing Ecocide. Chair / Moderation: Suse Brettin (venue: Auditorium) |
15:30 – 16:00 | Coffee break / Kaffeepause (venue: HU main building) |
16:00 – 17:30 |
Parallel panels / Parallele Panels 9–10 Panel 9: Borders / Grenzen (engl.) (venue: 2249a) |
19:00 – 21:00 |
Lecture performance Response-ability on Trial Petra Sußner (Humboldt Universität Berlin) (venue: Auditorium) |
Saturday, May 6th 2023 / Samstag, 06.05.2023
09:30 – 10:30 |
Keynote 5 Sumudu Atapattu (University of Wisconsin-Madison): Climate Change, Gender and Vulnerable Communities: The Role of Human Rights and Justice Chair / Moderation: Petra Sußner (venue: Auditorium) |
10:30 – 11:00 | Coffee break / Kaffeepause (venue: HU main building) |
11:00 – 13:00 |
Parallel panels / Parallele Panels 11–13 Panel 11: Entanglements / Verstrickungen (engl.) (venue: 2249a) |
13:00 – 14:30 | Lunch break / Mittagspause |
14:30 – 15:30 |
Keynote 6 Karen Bell (University of Glasgow): Advancing Working-class Environmentalism and a Transformative Just Transition Chair / Moderation: Christine Bauhardt (venue: Auditorium) |
15:30 – 16:30 | Coffee break (venue: Auditorium) & change of venue to Floating University / Kaffeepause im Auditorium & Ortswechsel zur Floating University |
16:30 – 18:30 |
‘Feeled’ Workshop Astrida Neimanis (The University of British Columbia): We Need to Talk About our Feelings: Feminism and ‘Feeled Work’ as Climate Change Mitigation Chair / Moderation: Suse Brettin and Sandra Jasper (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) (venue: Floating University) |
18:30 – 19:30 |
Closing Discussion / Abschlussdiskussion Christine Bauhardt, Suse Brettin, Meike Brückner, Sandra Jasper and Ida Westphal Chair / Moderation: Karin Sardadvar (Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien) (venue: Floating University) |
19:30 |
Closing Party / Abschlussparty (venue: Floating University) |
Venues at HU Campus Mitte
(1) Registration, Keynotes & Panels
Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum,
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 1/3, 10117 Berlin
(2) Parallel Panels @ HU Main Building
Unter den Linden 6, 10099 Berlin
Rooms 1066e, 2070a, 2249a
Public Transport
(3) S Friedrichstraße
Floating University
(not on the map)
Floating e.V., Lilienthalstrasse 32, 10965 Berlin
U7 Südstern (10-minute walk)
Bus 104, Friedhöfe Columbiadamm
The organizing team
Christine Bauhardt, Suse Brettin, Meike Brückner, Gabriele Jähnert, Sandra Jasper, Ida Westphal