1. Definition
This founding resolution establishes the cross-faculty doctoral program “Interdisciplinary Gender Studies” (DP-Gender) at the University of Graz according to the director of studies’ directive, Mittbl. 31a 2008/09 on 27.04.2009.
2. Members
Irmtraud Fischer, Department of Old Testament Studies, Faculty of Catholic Theology (Theol)
Angelika Wetterer, Department of Sociology, Main Research Area Sociology of Gender (FSP) Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences (SOWI)
Michaela Sohn-Kronthaler, Department of Church History and Contemporary Church History, Faculty of Catholic Theology (Theol)
Margareta Kreimer, Department of Economics , Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences (SOWI)
Ulrike Bechmann, Department of Religious Studies (Theol)
Theresia Heimerl, Department of Religious Studies (Theol)
Roberta Maierhofer, Department of American Studies and Center for the Study of the Americas, Faculty of Humanities (GEWI)
Karin Schmidlechner-Lienhart, Department of History, Faculty of Humanities (GEWI)
Evelyn Höbenreich, Department of Roman Law, Ancient Legal History and History of Modern Private Law, Faculty of Law (REWI)
Additional researchers active in the field of gender studies can join the doctoral program “Interdisciplinary Gender Studies” on invitation of the founding members.
All students of postgraduate study programs from various disciplines who are working on dissertations with an explicit focus on gender or involving significant gender-pertinent aspects can apply for participation in the doctoral program (DP).
Applications should be sent to the doctoral program “Interdisciplinary Gender Studies” via the students’ respective supervisors and include a description of the dissertation project and a letter of motivation.
The criteria for admission are decided upon in advance.
The spokesperson and the deputy spokesperson are elected with a simple majority for two academic years.
3. Goals of the doctoral program “Interdisciplinary Gender Studies”
The primary intention of the establishment of the doctoral program “Interdisciplinary Gender Studies” is to provide, at the level of dissertation supervision, the interdisciplinarity that is generally inherent to research questions in the field of gender studies.
Students working on their dissertations (and supervisors) receive concrete support in the realization of the concomitant high demand through putting forward their projects for discussion in an multidisciplinary team.
4. Duties and Working Methods
The doctoral program “Interdisciplinary Gender Studies” will:
- be a discussion forum for theoretical and methodological questions that require a specific configuration of multidisciplinary competencies
- constitute a forum for dissertation projects that enables and encourages continuous exchange on research activities in gender research at the University of Graz
- involve outstanding students/doctoral candidates in a research-related discussion context as a supplement to regular instruction and direct supervision relationships
- offer qualified, subject-specific support and exchange for doctoral candidates whose research questions require more expertise in gender studies than they could acquire in their previous programs of study
- assist doctoral candidates in acquiring routine in academic discussion and cooperation
In the context of the doctoral program, at least one collective, interdisciplinary seminar for doctoral candidates, equivalent to two hours per week/five ECTS-Credits, is offered every semester, in the course of which overarching questions pertaining to the dissertation projects of participating students are discussed.
The members of the DP are committed to making their own courses and events (e.g., lecture series, conventions, select courses if applicable) freely accessible to the students of the DP if possible.
Appropriate communication forums (electronic, physical) will be established as prerequisites for the assurance of information flows and the promotion and the facilitation of interdisciplinary exchange between the members and students of the doctoral program.