Film and lecture series

Cultural Studies Institute of the

University of Oldenburg

November 2009 - January 2010

In the Year of Science, the Institute of Cultural Studies, in cooperation with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Women's and Gender Studies (ZFG), is focusing special attention on female scientists.

On several evenings, feature films, experimental films and silent films will be shown, introduced and discussed, in which the fascinating connection between gender/sex and science will be thematised. Films about various (historical) female researchers such as the mathematician and first female programmer Ada Countess Lovelace (alia Ada King), female astronauts (in the silent film Frau im Mond) or female literary scholars (in the feature film Heller Wahn) will be shown at various locations in the city (university, cinema, museum) - in conjunction with a lecture on science and cultural policy.

Conception and organisation: Prof. Dr. Barbara Paul and Kea Wienand, M.A., Institute of Cultural Studies, School III, University of Oldenburg,

in cooperation with the Centre for Interdisciplinary Women's and Gender Studies (ZFG) at the University of Oldenburg, the Edith Russ House for Media Art and the Casablanca cinema.

Contact: wissenschaft.film@uol.de

Tel.: 0441/798-2304

The film flyer for the event in PDF format:

Flyer

Here you can find the flyer for the event in PDF format:

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

The programme

5.11.09, 6 p.m.

Greetings to the event series: Anne Kosfeld (Central Equal Opportunities Officer of the University of Oldenburg)

Public research colloquium: Heller Wahn, FRG/F, 1982,

Director: Margarethe von Trotta

Location: University of Oldenburg, Haarentor campus, Institute of Cultural Studies, Room A8 0-001

Introduction: Prof. Dr Barbara Paul (University of Oldenburg)

19.11.09, 7 pm

Film presentation: Conceiving Ada. Passionate Calculation, USA/F/BRD, 1997, concept and realisation: Lynn Hershman Leeson

Venue: Edith-Ruß-Haus for Media Art, Katharinenstraße 23, Oldenburg

Introduction: Sabine Himmelsbach (Artistic Director, Edith-Ruß-Haus)

3.12.09, 16.00 hrs

Film presentation: Woman in the Moon, D, 1929, Director: Fritz Lang, Screenplay: Thea von Harbou

with live piano accompaniment: Ursula Schmidt, Oldenburg

Venue: Casablanca cinema, Johannisstraße 17, Oldenburg

Introduction: Prof. Dr Karin Bruns (University of Art and Design Linz)

Admission: 9 €, students: 4 €

21.01.10, 6 pm

Event: Zehnhochdrei. Ten years of ZFG and a new School

Lecture: Prof. Dr Christina von Braun (Humboldt University Berlin):

Women's Studies - Women Scientists - Gender Studies

Followed by a drink

University of Oldenburg, Haarentor campus, BIS hall