Ass.-Prof. Dr. Sabine Grenz

Professor for Interdisciplinary Gender Studies

Käthe Leichter-Staatspreisträgerin 2023

 

University of Vienna
Department of Education
Sensengasse 3a / Room O2.08
A-1090 Wien

Phone: +43 1 4277 46715 / Mobile: +43 664 60277 46715

E-Mail: sabine.grenz@univie.ac.at

 

 

Ass.-Prof. Dr. Sabine Grenz

Sabine Grenz has been Professor of Gender Studies at the University of Vienna since 2017. From 2017 to 2020, she was a University Professor of Gender Studies at the Faculties of Philosophy and Education, Social Sciences, and Philology and Cultural Studies. Since 2020, she has been a Tenure-Track Professor at the Faculties of Philosophy and Education and Social Sciences.

Previously, she was a Deputy Professor of Diversity Studies at the University of Göttingen (2015-2017). Since 2014, she has also been a Private Lecturer in Gender Studies at Humboldt University in Berlin, where she has been an Associate Researcher at the Center for Transdisciplinary Gender Studies since 2004.

Note to Students

CONSULTATION HOURS*

*There are no consultation hours during lecture-free periods.

MA-EXAM CANDIDATES

  • Prof. Grenz expects MA-exam candidates to have prior knowledge of gender studies and recommends attending Prof. Grenz's courses.

SCIENTIFIC INTERNSHIP

  • Students looking for a place for a scientific internship are welcome at any time. If you are interested, please contact renata.jaksic@univie.ac.at.

Käthe Leichter State Prize Winner 2023

Sabine Grenz was awarded the Käthe Leichter State Prize on November 20, 2023.

More information in the online press release: Grete Rehor-Staatspreis und Käthe Leichter-Staatspreis für Frauen vergeben | Bundespressedienst, 21.11.2023 (ots.at)

"The awarding of the Käthe Leichter State Prize recognizes your excellent scientific work in the field of women's and gender studies, your persistent commitment to the subject of gender studies, your dedication to the interdisciplinary networking of gender studies, and, last but not least, your role as a role model for young students."

Sabine Grenz's Acceptance Speech for the Käthe Leichter State Prize (in German only)

Research Areas

  • Qualitative empirical methodology (especially discourse analysis)
  • Gender methodology and epistemology
  • Gender, diversity and intersectionality
  • Gender, secularism and religion
  • Gender and sexuality/sexualities (especially in connection with commercial sexuality)
  • Historical perspectives on gender constructions
  • Institutionalisation and history of Gender Studies

Current Roles in the Academic Field

Supervisions

Current Dissertations

  • Dominique Bauer: "Time to Step it Up for Gender Equality": Geschlechter*verhältnisse in der islambezogenen Lehre an Universitäten im deutschsprachigen Raum.
  • Boka En: "Means for changing the world: Queer feminist activists, academics, and knowing/ acting, gemeinsam mit Ulrike Felt, Universität Wien
  • Elif Gül: "Childbirth between care and control. Birthing practices in Austrian hospitals"
  • Neda Hodaei: "Beyond the Veiled Women: An Exploration of Embodiment During Labour and Birth Amongst Middle Eastern Women in German Context", Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (first supervisor)
  • Ksenia Meshkova: "Intimate Partner Violence in Modern Russia", Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (first supervisor)
  • Eva Schwarz: "Gaps in der klassischen Musiklandschaft – Werdegänge von Orchestermusiker_innen in Österreich aus intersektionaler Perspektive", gemeinsam mit Doris Ingrisch, Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien

Completed Dissertations

  • Kris Vera Hartmann: "Zwischen Emanzipation und Optimierung. Hormonelle Verhütung im Spannungsfeld von Wissen, Körper und Geschlecht", Universität Göttingen (second supervisor), 2019
  • Stephanie Michalczyk: "Zwischen Wettbewerb und Biopolitik Geschlecht im öffentlichen Hochschulreformdiskurs", Universität Göttingen (second supervisor), 2020
  • Sayani Mitra: "Risks and disruptions during commercial surrogacy in India", Universität Göttingen (second supervisor), 2017
  • Ráhel K. Turai: "Shifting Gender in Desire. Narratives of bisexually changing attraction, practice, and subjectivity in present-day Hungary", CEU Budapest (3-month research stay, Humboldt University Berlin)

u:cris Publications Ass.-Prof. Dr. Sabine Grenz

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Zwischen Imaginationen von Intimität und Objektifizie­rungen: Ambivalenzen der kommerziellen Sexualität. / Grenz, Sabine.
Wiener Jahrbuch für Philosophie: Liebe und Hass in Philosophie, Religion und Literatur. ed. / Rudolf Langthaler; Michael Hofer. Wien: nap new academic press, 2019. p. 118-137 (Wiener Jahrbuch für Philosophie; No. 50).

Publications: Contribution to book › Chapter › Peer Reviewed

Die Möglichkeiten der gesellschaftlichen Teilhabe vergrößern. / Grenz, Sabine (Interviewee).
In: Weser Kurier, 30.11.2018.

Publications: Other contribution to periodical › Newspaper/Magazine article

Forschung Gender Studies: Interview in Anlehnung an die Konferenz in Göttingen. Grenz, Sabine (Interviewee). 2018. NDR.

Publications: Electronic/multimedia output › Radio show

Interview zur European Feminist Research Conference: Radiosendung um 6:35 Uhr in der Morgensendung von NDR. Grenz, Sabine (Interviewee). 2018. Deutschland: NDR.

Publications: Electronic/multimedia output › Radio show

Difference, Diversity, Diffraction. Confronting Hegemonies and Dispossessions: Opening speech of the 10th European Feminist Research Conference and joint annual conference of Atgender (The European Association for Gender Research, Education and Documentation) and the Gender Studies Association of Germany (FG Gender), 12-15 September 2018 in Göttingen (Germany). / Grenz, Sabine.
2018. 1-5 10th European Feminist Research Conference, Göttingen, Germany.

Publications: Contribution to conference › Other contribution to conference

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