Diversity Spotlights
In this podcast, we talk at irregular intervals with intelligent, inspiring people from within and outside academia about a wide range of topics and facets of diversity and visibility in work, studies and society.
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‘THERE WAS NO ZERO HOUR!’ | RACISM AGAINST SINTI*ZZE AND ROM*NJA
Episode 9
In the ninth episode, we talk to Dr Frank Reuter, head of the Research Centre for Antiziganism at the Heidelberg History Seminar, about why there was no real ‘zero hour’ after the Nazi era and why a deeply rooted antiziganist enemy stereotype still exists today as a construct of the dominant society.
Please note: In this episode, antiziganistic terms are used in some places in the context of scientific classification.
‘BARRIER CAREER?’ | BARRIER-FREE ACCESS IN SCIENCE
Episode 8
In the eighth episode, on the occasion of German Diversity Day, we talk to Professor Jochen Guck about his experiences as a scientist with a disability. Professor Guck is a wheelchair user and a physicist with international scientific experience.
‘YOUNG – JEWISH – QUEER’ I REALITIES OF JEWISH LIFE IN GERMANY
Episode 7
In the seventh episode, we talk to Helene Shani Braun. She studies Jewish theology and works in the fields of feminism, queerness, sustainability and interreligious dialogue.
‘PARENTHOOD AS A DISCRIMINATORY FEATURE?’ | PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RECONCILIATION
Episode 6
In the sixth episode, we talk to Sandra Runge about parental rights and reconciliation. She is a lawyer and specialist in labour law and co-initiator of the #pro parents initiative, which calls for parenthood to be included as a characteristic of discrimination in the General Equal Treatment Act.
‘DIFFERENTLY SICK?’ | GENDER MEDICINE
Episode 5
In the fifth episode, we talk to Professor Julia Szendrödi. Since February 2021, she has been the new medical director of the Clinic for Endocrinology, Diabetology, Metabolic Diseases and Clinical Chemistry in Heidelberg. One of her goals is to strengthen gender medicine and gender-related research in Heidelberg.
‘RIGHT-WING ENEMY: QUEERNESS’ | ANTIQUEER IDEOLOGIES
Episode 4
In the fourth episode, we talk to Hannah Engelmann about antiqueer ideologies and gender diversity at university. She is a lecturer at the University of Hildesheim and is active in educational work on queer-feminist, ecological and anti-capitalist issues as part of the IMAGO education collective.
‘OPEN TO EVERYONE?!’ | FIRST-GENERATION STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY
Episode 3
In the third episode, we talk to Jaana Espenlaub, the Baden-Württemberg state coordinator for the association Arbeiterkind.de, about what it means to be the first person in your family to study, and what challenges, opportunities and support options there are.
‘A COUNTRY OF IMMIGRATION AGAINST ITS WILL?’ | GERMAN MIGRATION AND RACISM HISTORY
Episode 2
In the second episode, we talk to historian Maria Alexopoulou about Germany as a country of immigration, racist knowledge and why there was never a ‘zero hour’, but the myth is still kept alive.
“DAMN, SHE UNDERSTANDS ME!” | BLACK GERMAN REALITIES
Episode 1
In the first episode of our podcast, we talk to Florence Brokowski-Shekete, the first Black school superintendent in Germany, about racism, growing up Black in Germany, her career and solidarity among students.
Note: This episode contains reports of racist experiences.