Conference Agenda

Please note: The preconference will be held in German language only.

Traditionally, additional events will take place on the Sunday before the main conference, especially for early career researchers. The 28th DGfE-Congress in Bremen offers here, for the first time, the format of a pre-conference for all interested, in the spirit of the guiding metaphor of Ent|grenz|ungen.
The event will include a welcoming session for all pre-conference participants, followed by four parallel, topic-focused fishbowl discussions with impulse-giving presentations:
– Fishbowl A: Researching and teaching in relations of difference
– Fishbowl B: Sensitive research data management
– Fishbowl C: International research collaboration
– Fishbowl D: Sustainable working conditions in science

A separate registration in ConfTool is required. Participation is free of charge.

- Opening by the Local Organising Committee (LOK) and the DGfE Board of Directors
- Greetings by the Mayor and Rector
- Opening lecture by Sara Ahmed: "Losing Your Hand: Complaint, Common Sense and Other Institutional Legacies". 
In his preface to the 2020 book Common Sense: Conservative Thinking for a Post-Liberal Age, Michael Nazir-Ali refers to how the analytical philosopher G. E. Moore defended common sense by pointing to “his own hand,” and how he was “more certain that his hand existed” than “any sceptical attempts to show that such was not the case.” Nazir-Ali then makes use of Moore’s hand to talk about the coherence and stability of relationships and institutions. Many contributions to this conservative reclaiming of common sense articulate a sense of the loss of a shared reality as well as legacy, of an old raced and sexed order. In this lecture, I will return to the testimonies I collected from academics and students who have made complaints about abuses of power within universities shared in my recent book Complaint! I will explore how some become complainers by virtue of not reproducing a legacy or how some complaints are framed as the failure to hold onto that legacy. Complaint provides a lens with which to think about appeals to common sense, how common sense becomes all the more appealing, the more some seem to be losing their hand.  

In the poster session, 94 posters will be presented, three of them in English and 91 in German.

There are two poster awards: A poster award of the DGfE in cooperation with the publishing house Barbara Budrich (Information in German: https://www.dgfe.de/dgfe-kongresse/posterpreis) and an audience award. The award winners will be announced during the farewell on Wednesday at 16:15.

Eight posters will be presented in this cluster, all of which are German-language.

Eight posters will be presented in this cluster, one of them in English and seven in German.

Eight posters will be presented in this cluster, one of them in English and seven in German.

Eight posters will be presented in this cluster, all of which are German-language.

Eight posters will be presented in this cluster, all of which are German-language.

Eight posters will be presented in this cluster, all of which are German-language.

Seven posters will be presented in this cluster, all of which are German-language.

Eight posters will be presented in this cluster, one of them in English and seven in German.

Eight posters will be presented in this cluster, all of which are German-language.

Seven posters will be presented in this cluster, all of which are German-language.

Eight posters will be presented in this cluster, all of which are German-language.

Eight posters will be presented in this cluster, all of which are German-language.

There are 31 symposia to choose from in this time slot, six of which are English-language panels and four events that include German-language and English-language presentations.

Symposia are directly related to the conference topic and should comprise a maximum of four scientific presentations, whereby at least one presentation must be given by a scientist in the qualification phase. Internationality and interdisciplinarity are also desired in the selection of speakers for the symposia.

During this time slot, there is a choice of five interactive cultural offerings from cultural institutions in Bremen. All offers are conducted in German. 

Please note: The workshop will be held in German language only.

The "Valentin" bunker is the ruin of a German navy submarine shipyard from the Second World War. Between 1943 and 1945, thousands of forced labourers from all over Europe and North Africa were deployed here - civilian workers as well as prisoners of war and concentration camp inmates. The Denkort Bunker Valentin is a place of documentation and remembrance that offers space to engage with the history of the bunker. A digital presentation will briefly introduce the memorial, the history of the site and the educational offers. After the presentation, there will be space for questions.

Please note: The workshop will be held in German language only.

The Kunsthalle Bremen houses one of the most important collections of paintings and drawings by Paula Modersohn-Becker, the great pioneer of modernism in Germany. From her early self-portraits, nudes and sketches to her radically simple paintings anticipating Cubism, which she created under the influence of her travels to Paris and the French avant-garde, the guided tour introduces you to the work of this exceptional artist.

Please note: The workshop will be held in German language only.

From the Madonna painting of the Renaissance to the multimedia room installation of the present day, the Kunsthalle collection houses masterpieces from 700 years of art history. The guided tour presents artists as diverse as Albrecht Dürer, Vincent van Gogh, Paula Modersohn-Becker or James Turrell.

Please note: The tour will be held in German language only.

The Übersee-Museum in Bremen was opened more than 125 years ago. The founding director Hugo Schauinsland dreamed of "a museum for everyone"; scientists and interested laypeople were to be equally addressed. To this end, he developed dioramas and display groups that provided - albeit often stereotypical - insights into the nature and culture of distant countries and continents. The current exhibition and mediation concepts of the Übersee-Museum continue to pursue the basic intention, but they are subject to constant social change. Above all, it is about a transparent and critical approach to its own collections with regard to colonial history in exchange with the societies of origin. On the digital tour, Director Prof. Dr. Wiebke Ahrndt will guide you through the permanent exhibitions of the Übersee-Museum Bremen. The focus is on the exhibition "Spurensuche" (Searching for Traces), which explicitly deals with the history of the museum. Prof. Ahrndt sheds light on the changes in the collection strategies and mediation concepts. She also provides an insight into restitutions of the Übersee-Museum and cooperation projects with societies of origin.

Please note: The workshop will be held in German language only.

The Gerhard-Marcks-Haus in Bremen is a museum for modern and contemporary sculpture. Special exhibitions on the history and present of sculpture are shown here, proving that sculpture is a living medium. With this in mind, a cooperation between a primary school class and the museum has been initiated in which children of a 3rd/4th primary school class can encounter objects by the German artist Heinz-Günter Prager on the museum's educational playground.

But what happens in the process?

The children's diverse encounters are documented in the form of image and sound recordings. This material will be made accessible to the congress participants through video snippets and pictures, among other things. But the participants will also be offered opportunities for interaction. In a subsequent round of talks with the director of the Gerhard-Marcks-Haus, with the primary school teacher involved and children from the group, there will be an opportunity for a dialogue exchange around this action.

The Section and Commission meetings are addressed to the members of the Sections and Commissions of the DGfE (GERA).

All sessions are held in German.

Organised by the Education and Science Union [in German Language only]. Registration in ConfTool or directly at the GEW required. 

There are 32 symposia to choose from in this time slot, six of which are English-language panels and five events that include German-language and English-language presentations.

Symposia are directly related to the conference topic and should comprise a maximum of four scientific presentations, whereby at least one presentation must be given by a scientist in the qualification phase. Internationality and interdisciplinarity are also desired in the selection of speakers for the symposia.

There are five parallel lectures to choose from in this time slot. Unfortunately, none of the lectures are in English.

The parallel lectures in plenary are intended to frame the context of the DGfE-Congress, and these speakers are personally invited by the DGfE-Board and the local organisation team.

The parallel lectures will be recorded and will be available to all congress participants for a limited time after the congress.

There are 38 working groups to choose from in this time slot, two of which are English-language panels and three events that include German-language and English-language presentations.

Working groups are thematically free by design, but should relate in some way to the Congress theme. There are no rules for the selection of speakers for the working groups, but the participation of scientists in qualification phases is just as welcome, as is the participation of international colleagues or international working groups. Applications for English-speaking working groups are also expressly welcome.

There will be music and opportunities for exchange.

There are 41 research forums to choose from in this time slot, including one English-language panel and two events that include German-language and English-language presentations.

Research forums are free in terms of content and form. They offer national and international research projects or networks as well as groups of young researchers or doctoral students an opportunity for professional exchange.

There are five parallel lectures to choose from in this time slot, one of which is in English. 

The parallel lectures in plenary are intended to frame the context of the DGfE-Congress, and these speakers are personally invited by the DGfE-Board and the local organisation team.

There are 36 working groups to choose from in this time slot, including three English-language panels and two events that include German-language and English-language presentations.

Working groups are thematically free by design, but should relate in some way to the Congress theme. There are no rules for the selection of speakers for the working groups, but the participation of scientists in qualification phases is just as welcome, as is the participation of international colleagues or international working groups. Applications for English-speaking working groups are also expressly welcome.

The poster prizes will be presented at the farewell: A poster award of the DGfE in cooperation with the publishing house Barbara Budrich (Information in German: https://www.dgfe.de/dgfe-kongresse/posterpreis) and an audience award.