Diversity Days 2025 on campus

Date and venue

Monday, May, 19 2025, 14:00-17:30 (incl. break)

Seminar room E.069 in the Student Service Centre, Main University Building
Fürstengraben 1
(ground floor, right next to the cafeteria)

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Ein Workshop zu Intersktionalität und Diversitätskompetenz im Kontext Hochschule [conducted in German]
(A workshop on intersectionality and diversity competence in the university context)

Speaker: Dr. Charlotte Kaiser (Universität Jena)

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Saturday, May 24 2025
19:00 - 21:00

SPACEMENT
Johannisstraße 20
07745 Jena

Queer reading (with open mic after)

The artists of the ‘Kontra Kunst’-collective will present their texts that shed light on LGBTIQ+ and diversity perspectives (in German). In the subsequent open-mic session, guests can contribute their own texts (in German and English).

Organisation: Kontra Kunst

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Monday, May 26
to Friday,July 4

Main University Building
Fürstengraben 1,
1st floor (Staircase next to the assembly hall)

Exhibition opening:
27 May 2025, 6 pm

Exhibition "Frauen im geteilten Deutschland" (Women in a divided Germany) - in German 
An exhibition of the Federal Foundation for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Germany

The division of Germany has been history for over three decaes. Nevertheless, we still encounter many
clichés that are attributed to women from East and West Germany. Where do these clichés come from? And
what is true about them? The aim of the exhibition is to visualise the diverse experiences of women experiences of women and to show the realities of their German-German lives with the
similarities and differences. At the same time, the exhibition raises the question of whether women in both German states shared a common striving for self-determination in a male-dominated system, despite the different political and social conditions.
On 20 posters, the different realities of women's lives in the Federal Republic and the GDR in the 1970s and 1980s.

The exhibition will be officially opened on 27 May 2025 at 6 pm:
- Greeting by Prof Bärbel Kracke, Vice President for University Community and Engagement
- Keynote speech by Prof Sylka Scholz, Institute of Sociology, University of Jena

Tuesday, May, 27 2025
11:00 to 15:00

Foyer, Carl-Zeiss-Straße 3

Diversity on campus - Diversity at the university 

Get to know the information, advice and service offers and hands-on activities on
diversity in everyday study and work life at the university.

What to expect?

• Information Stands: Advisory services, various university departments, and civil society initiatives will present themselves.
• Interactive Activities: Test your skills on a wheelchair course, try your luck at the wheel of fortune, or show your fitness at the pull-up bar.
• Culinary Delights: Enjoy freshly grilled food (including vegetarian options) and homemade ice cream from Biebereis.

Join us! Experience the diversity of the University of Jena, engage with others, and be inspired.

Tuesday, May, 27 2025
11:00 to 15:00

Campus, Ernst-Abbe-Platz

Wheelchair course "Change of perspective" on the campus - Hands-on Activity

Experience the compus from a wheelchair perspective by rolling through a course with the support of wheelchair experts and mastering typical tasks of everyday
study and work life.

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