Creating inclusive learning spaces

The event "Discussing Difference within the University" with Francis Seeck and Dilek Okur sheds light on the topic.

30.01.2022

"At the University of Bayreuth, we are constantly confronted with the question of how to recognise and counter discriminatory structures," explains Saumya Premchander, research assistant at the Department of Economic Geography. "As teachers, we ask ourselves in particular how we can counter such structures in our teaching. The topic is part of our work here because as a university, we are interested in intersectionality."

For the event titled “Discussing Difference within the University”, Premchander and her colleagues have invited Francis Seeck and Dilek Okur, with whom issues of class, gender, race, and discrimination will be discussed.

The event is funded out of the University's Innovative Equality Measures budget.

The event will take place online and in German at 6 p.m. on 3 February.

To aid good planning, please register at saumya.premchander@uni-bayreuth.de.

Francis Seeck is a gender researcher, ethnographer, and anti-discrimination trainer. After a substitute professorship in sociology and social work at the University of Applied Sciences Neubrandenburg, she is currently working as a post-doc at Humboldt University. Seeck gives training and lectures on the topics of classism, social justice, care, and gender diversity, and has been involved at the Institute for Queer Theory.

Dilek Okur completed her Bachelor of Arts in "Comparative Cultural and Religious Studies" at Philipps University of Marburg, with minors in Gender Studies, Islamic Studies, and Turkish. She completed her second bachelor's degree in educational sciences in Marburg as well. Okur is involved with Terre des Femmes, and conducts educational work on early and forced marriage.

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