Veranstaltungen und Events des iRTG Graduiertenkollegs gehören hier hinein.
From September 8–12, 2025, doctoral candidates and researchers from the Collaborative Research Centre “Sexdiversity” (CRC 1665) gathered at the Institute for Medical History and Science Ethics (IMGWF) in Lübeck for an intensive five-day Summer School. This year’s theme was dedicated to a core value of the CRC: interdisciplinarity.
Professor Kaiser Trujillo’s talk provided a compelling overview of the intersections between neuroscience and gender studies. Drawing on her long-standing work at the interface of these disciplines, she addressed the enduring scientific and political question of how a biological understanding of sex relates to cognition, communication, and behavior. The lecture critically examined how sex and gender are operationalized in neuroimaging studies (particularly fMRI) and how these practices shape, and often constrain, the ways in which human diversity is understood in brain research.
Another event in the Distinguished Lecture Series took place in the week before the major CRC 1665 meeting, the scientific retreat, with Professor Sigrid Schmitz from Humboldt University Berlin as guest speaker.
The public lecture NeuroGenderings: Approaches for gender-equitable brain research took place on Thursday, 13 February 2025 in the Institute for History of Medicine and Science Studies (IMGWF) in Lübeck and simultaneously via Webex. Sigrid Schmitz’s lecture focused on the transdisciplinary NeuroGenderings network, which facilitates collaboration between experts from the neurosciences, gender, queer and feminist studies, as well as science and technology studies.
All members of the Collaborative Research Centre „Sexdiversity “ (CRC 1665) gathered for the 2nd Retreat at the grand and breathtakingly beautiful Plön Castle. This two-day event, held on February 20-21, 2025, provided an excellent opportunity for collaboration, knowledge exchange, and productive discussions in a truly inspiring setting. As a member of the retreat organizing team, Svenja Denker, a doctoral candidate in the CRC, reflects on the event from her perspective.
The annual iRTG summer school fosters an atmosphere of lively academic exchange. The program aims to provide excellent scientific training and a mutually supportive environment for a successful career development for all enrolled PhD candidates in all fields across natural sciences and humanities, MD candidates, and junior postdocs. In this blog post Leonie Blöbaum, a molecular neuroscientist, writes about her experiences of this year’s installment.
Update (8.11.2024): The public lecture from 17th October by Melissa Hines on „Early androgen exposure and human gender development“ is now available on YouTube. Melissa Hines (University of Cambridge) hielt am 17. Oktober 2024 den ersten öffentlichen Vortrag der neuen Distinguished Lecture Series (DLS) im Hörsaal des Instituts für Medizingeschichte und Wissenschaftsforschung (IMGWF) an der
