32615 Advanced seminar

Difference, Revolution, Empowerment: Theories and Epistemologies of Emancipation and Resistance

Alexander Niessen

Comments

Sociological theories have often served as tool for sense-making of what makes us different and what makes us similar. While uniquely designed to analyze and represent a variety of forms of inequality, both theoretically and empirically, many widely accepted underpinnings of sociological research are often formulated from a dominant, hegemonic perspective, and critical theories are too often only read in their immediate historical contexts. All this is most acute when it comes to the realm of gender representations and expressions and class. This course serves to counteract this problematic phenomenon by in depth feminist and queer theories of the social world and look at how they interact with resistance against forces of domination. These theories critically evaluate not only the institutions shaping our daily lives, but also reimagine omnipresent categories of deviance, normality, and agency, and how they intersect. We will discuss sociological theories, research, and other forms of engagement in, from, about, and adjacent to the United States. Moreover, students will apply these findings to empirical research in order to evaluate biases, hegemonies, and potentialities for emancipation. The core of our course will concern intersectional perspectives of queerness, race, class, and gender. Overall, students will improve their strategies for formulating critical and inclusive research questions in the future targeting oppressive social structures without merely reproducing them. close

16 Class schedule

Regular appointments

Fri, 2025-10-17 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Alexander Niessen

Location:
319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Fri, 2025-10-24 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Alexander Niessen

Location:
319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Fri, 2025-10-31 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Alexander Niessen

Location:
319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Fri, 2025-11-07 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Alexander Niessen

Location:
319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Fri, 2025-11-14 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Alexander Niessen

Location:
319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Fri, 2025-11-21 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Alexander Niessen

Location:
203 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Fri, 2025-11-28 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Alexander Niessen

Location:
319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Fri, 2025-12-05 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Alexander Niessen

Location:
319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Fri, 2025-12-12 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Alexander Niessen

Location:
319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Fri, 2025-12-19 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Alexander Niessen

Location:
319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Fri, 2026-01-09 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Alexander Niessen

Location:
319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Fri, 2026-01-16 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Alexander Niessen

Location:
319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Fri, 2026-01-23 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Alexander Niessen

Location:
319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Fri, 2026-01-30 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Alexander Niessen

Location:
319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Fri, 2026-02-06 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Alexander Niessen

Location:
319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

Fri, 2026-02-13 12:00 - 14:00

Lecturers:
Alexander Niessen

Location:
319 Seminarraum (Lansstr. 7 / 9)

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