Diversity Day
Nationwide day of activities on 27 May 2025
Our society is diverse and so is our university. In order to raise awareness of diversity, the University of Passau is putting on various activities for the Germany-wide Diversity Day on 27 May 2025.
Science Slam Diversity
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That's how diverse research is in Passau!
For the second time, we would like to showcase the great diversity of research at our university by organising a Science Slam on Diversity Day.
What is a Science Slam?
A science slam offers the unique opportunity to present your own research area or project to the audience in a lively and entertaining way within a short space of time. Creativity in the presentation is expressly encouraged - because science can also be fun!
Our Science Slam Diversity will take place on 27 May 2025at 6 pm. All participants will have 10 minutes to present their research topic and, above all, to convince the audience.
Want to join us?
Please register via Stud.IP under 62307 or send an email to diversity@uni-passau.de.
The Science Slam Diversity will take place in person at ITZ 017, but will also be broadcast online via Zoom and simultaneously translated into English by our experienced interpreter Dr. Jackson. You can find the Zoom link in the event on Stud.IP. External participants can send us an email at diversity@uni-passau.de and we will send you the link by email.
We look forward to seeing many of you there and to a fantastic evening with you!
Programme Science Slam Diversity 2025
Enjoy the following exciting presentations:
- Julia Wiesmayr: Language you can see – sign language as part of linguistic diversity – This contribution presents the results of several research papers that provide an overview of sign language with interesting facts. (in German)
- Fiala Skander: I Saw the TV Glow (2024): Queer identity formation in and through media – The film ‘I Saw the TV Glow’ caused quite a stir in the trans* community on social media and brought tears to many eyes. This article examines the protagonists' search for identity and shows how the media can be a helpful guide when it comes to the question: ’Who am I really?’ (in German)
- Sarah Beyvers: Rage against the Machine: Video Games, Queer Play and Ludic Resistance – Video gamers often behave in ways that were neither intended nor anticipated by game designers. These activities are by no means automatically political – they are often carried out by players out of pure malice or a picaresque desire for disobedience and chaos. However, these other ways of playing can become practices of ludic resistance when players actively use them for political purposes. This article examines the processes that take place when these other ways of playing take on political significance.
- Nina Kunze: As a woman on the shoulders of medieval women in Passau – Medieval women in Passau remain extremely under-researched. This presentation introduces them and reports on research difficulties related to this topic. (in German)
- Dr Jonathan Rose: Painful Pleasure: Gay BDSM Erotica and the Politics of Diversity – Erotic narratives are more than just arousal – they reflect and reinforce cultural ideas about identity, power and desire. Pleasure is not just a matter of physical sensation, but can also be a site of negotiation, both between characters and with a broader discourse on (permissible) desire. This contribution critically examines the tropes represented in gay erotica and explores how gender expression, class, ability, or race shape these texts.
- Dr Vanessa Vollmann: The intersectional butterfly on hope and feathers – This contribution takes a critical look at Emily Dickinson's poem ‘Hope is the thing with feathers...’ and focuses in particular on power structures that affect women at the intersection of gender and women of colour at the intersection of race.
- Nina Riedler and August Krocker: Linguistics saves the world. By a woman to boot – This contribution analyses the science fiction film Arrival (Denis Villeneuve, 2016) from a gender perspective: it shows how men, who are stereotypically seen as experts and scientists, are replaced by a woman who not only explains how to communicate, but also ensures world peace and peaceful coexistence with aliens.
- Bettina Pflugbeil: Rollercoaster, deadlines, hyperfocus, everyday student life – chaos or superpower? – ADHD is much more than the cliché of a fidgety child – students are also affected and have to find their way through everyday student life full of deadlines, distractions and challenges. This presentation explores whether and how students can use creative strategies to overcome these obstacles or even turn them into strengths in order to master the balancing act between chaos and structure – with a good dose of humour and scientific background. (in German)
- Daniela Polzer: Tale as old as Time – Gender Roles in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (2017) – This contribution examines gender concepts using the main character Belle as an example. The focus is on whether and how the character presents a progressive female role model, or why this is not the case. (in German)
The Science Slam will be opened by Prof. Christina Hansen, Vice President for International Affairs and Diversity. Katrina Jordan will moderate the evening.
Past Diversity Days
Contact
Executive Support Unit Diversity and Gender Equality
E-Mail: diversity@uni-passau.de