Allgemeine Projekte: Women's und Gender Studies an Universitäten – Australien und Deutschland
Women's und Gender Studies an Universitäten – Australien und Deutschland im Vergleich
Laufzeit: laufend (ab 1998)
Leitung: Apl. Prof. Dr. Felizitas Sagebiel
If you come from Europe (Germany) you are very impressed by widespread of women's studies in Australian Universities.
As innovative degree courses they are based on theory and research about women in society and science. In Australia nearly all institutions of higher education have established Women's Studies in one or more disciplines as diverse as biology, psychology, pedagogy, history, literature, economics, politics, sociology, philosophy, theology. The example of sociological faculties in Australian Universities shows how the number of women academic staff correlates with respective institutionalisation of Women's Studies in research and publications.
The focus is especially on Women's Studies in Australian Universities in comparison with the German situation.
Questions are: What is the explanation for this quite different situation in Australia in comparison to Europe? Would it be possible desirably to transfer certain institutional conditions for example to Germany, where inspite of much women power specialised in Women's Studies, only few changes in degree studies existing until yet? At the same time there are very few changes in mainstream of disciplines by Women's or Gender Studies issues.
Veröffentlichungen
Sagebiel, Felizitas: Women’s Studies in Australian Universities – Comparison with German Situation. Congress documentation Kampala, Uganda 2003 (im Druck).
Sagebiel, Felizitas: Zur Bedeutung von Women’s Studies an australischen Universitäten. In: Bader R.(Hrsg.): Australien auf dem Weg ins 21. Jahrhundert. Bilanzen, Standortbestimmungen, Visionen. Stauffenburg. Tübingen 2000. S. 95-116.
Sagebiel, Felizitas: Institutionalisierungsmodelle von Women's Studies an Australischen Universitäten - Ein Überblick. In: Metz-Göckel, Sigrid und Steck, Felicitas (Hrsg.). Frauenuniversitäten. Initiativen und Reformprojekte im internationalen Vergleich. Verlag Leske & Budrich. Opladen 1997. S. 291-306.
