Gender-historical perspectives have become an integral part of research in the humanities. Nevertheless, pregnancy, childbirth and care work in particular remain characterised by a certain marginalisation as historiographical subject areas. The situation is similar with regard to cultures of motherhood, fatherhood and parenthood, which have only received increased attention in the last decade in the form of comprehensive accounts and empirical case studies. The doctoral project aims to take a closer look at pregnancy advice books as a platform for negotiating gender-, role- and body-specific norms. In particular, the aim is to use advice-giving text formats to illustrate how pregnancy, birth and parenthood are embedded in various political, economic and socio-cultural contexts and to use areas of tension to show that what was considered accepted at different times was repeatedly the subject of new negotiations. There are a number of reasons why it makes sense to focus methodologically on advice books as a rather neglected source genre in contemporary history and to concentrate on the rather vaguely defined 'long' 1960s. The period from the late 1950s to the early 1970s was a period of upheaval and change, characterised by political and socio-cultural dynamics of change, increased democratisation tendencies and apparent liberalisation effects. The increase in female employment, greater reproductive freedoms and growing demands for more emancipatory self-determination had permanently changed the prevailing (gender) relations in these years and also vehemently challenged traditional role models. At the same time, popular culture offerings and utilisation practices began to gradually differentiate themselves in the 1960s. This applies to advice formats as well as other media ensembles. The project therefore also focuses on the transformation processes of the genre itself and, in particular, the question of the extent to which the boundaries of what can be said and shown have shifted with regard to the representation and interpretation of pregnancy.

Sarah Alyssa May (she /her, research assistant at the Chair of 19th and 20th Century German and European History (Department: History of the 19th and 20thCenturies)). und 20. Jahrhunderts (Department: History of the 19th-21st Centuries) at the University of Oldenburg; Master's degree in History from a European Perspective; Bachelor's degree in Historically Oriented Cultural Studies (minor: British and American Cultural Studies); research focus: European contemporary history, women's and gender history, history of popular culture, history of the body, history of European integration, transnational history.

STEFANIE BEINERT, Health Services Research (OL): Fighting the Gender Leadership Gap: An Approach to Localise Gender Transformative Leadership in German Hospitals

INTRODUCTION: Women's relative absence from decision-making and leadership roles represent a significant barrier to gender equity in the health workforce. The causes of obstacles and inequality are widely proven, but research lacks recommendations for public health leadership actions. Therefore, the study aimed to describe the lived experiences of the gender leadership gap in German hospitals and explore how leaders can advance gender equity. The research also examined whether Gender Transformative Leadership applies in the German hospital setting.

METHODS: This phenomenological qualitative study involved fourteen leaders and employees, including women and men. Purposeful sampling techniques and individual in-depth qualitative interview methods were used. Using a content analysis in MAXQDA, interviews were interpreted.

RESULTS: The overall societal relevance and power imbalances became apparent, and the managerial operational field continues to be tilted to favour men and behaviours associated with the masculine gender stereotype. Action is demanded at various levels and should be implemented through top-down measures. Approaches coming from the bottom-up are equally relevant as personal attitudes must alter. Participatory approaches are key in not only including women. The study identified leaders' influential role as change agents and the potential of Gender Transformative Leadership. Difficulties in transferring the concept into lived practice occur, but it is a starting point. DISCUSSION: Gender equity seems to be in a conflict between individual responsibility and institutionalised disadvantages. The change driver lies in recognising women in the health sector not only as service deliverers but as the same important decision-makers. Hospitals must build on and develop the potential of all persons and create conditions in which leaders of all genders receive equal chances of success. Besides structural barriers, this entails other selection criteria for leadership positions to combat biases. Educational requirements should be redesigned and made more flexible to enable women to reach leadership positions. A focus on the relationship between leaders and followers is needed to enhance joint responsibility, and the gender mainstreaming process starts with gender training for as many people as possible. Gender Transformative Leadership serves as an aid to open the way to full-scale implementation of gender equity and hospitals' responsiveness to the workforce shortage.
KEYWORDS: gender equity, gender equality, women, leadership, hospitals, Gender Transformative Leadership

Stefanie Beinert (she/her) is a research associate at the University Hospital Oldenburg in the field of health services research. She is involved in the Interreg project "xPEDition Schmerz", which deals with cross-border approaches to pain prevention. Her research focus is on gender and diversity issues in healthcare, in particular the operationalisation of gender perspectives on health interventions. She is doing her PhD on the gender pain gap and how participatory approaches can strengthen diversity perspectives of the campaign. She previously worked in the emergency services before studying for a Bachelor's degree in Public Health in Bremen. In her Bachelor's thesis, she analysed the gender data gap in the diagnosis and treatment of coronary heart disease in women. After completing a double Master's degree in Health Economics and Management (University of Bremen) and European Public Health (Maastricht University), Stefanie's Master's thesis focussed on gender-transformative leadership in German hospitals. In her previous job, she worked as a project manager for health projects in development policy, where she designed gender mainstreaming concepts for the projects and, together with the gender working group, developed initiatives, concepts and tips for practical implementation in terms of feminist foreign policy. Stefanie brings extensive experience in intercultural and gender equality projects, including teaching on diversity and inclusion in healthcare and advocating for gender equitable healthcare.

DAYLINE MARTHA WITTJE, Education (OL): Gender differences in ADHD? A literature-based analysis

This document is a preliminary abstract of Dayline Martha Wittje's bachelor's thesis in the subject of education entitled "Gender differences in ADHD? A literature-based analysis". The thesis will be submitted at the end of February, which is why a presentation would only include the interim status of the process and the results. This content will focus on the basics of ADHD and the current research findings and discourse on gender differences in ADHD.

Problem and question: Until the 1990s, ADHD was considered a boys-only disorder (cf. Konrad & Günther, 2007, p. 237). Today, boys are still diagnosed much more frequently, although the prevalence in adult men and women is equalising (cf. Neuy-Lobkowicz, 2023b, p. 21f.; Schmid et al., 2020, p. 6). The first appearance of symptoms in childhood is a diagnostic criterion (cf. WHO, 2024), which is why women who were diagnosed in adulthood remained unrecognised in childhood. This has serious consequences for many of those affected. Hörsting (2019) describes one of the many factors that promote gender bias as "the fact that ADHD symptoms that are considered more typical in boys (strong motor activity, being loud, being outrageous, acting impulsively) are more quickly perceived as inappropriate and disruptive in girls and are structured and regulated from the outside earlier" (p. 10). (p. 10) This leads to the question: What gender differences does ADHD research reveal and what implications could gender-specific socialisation processes have for the development of ADHD symptoms? Content: Overall, the bachelor's thesis focuses on three areas: ADHD basics, studies on genetic differences and socialisation processes as an explanatory approach for behavioural differences. As a basis, the basics of ADHD are analysed. Central concepts at this point are: Definition, classification, symptoms, prevalence, conditioning factors. Subsequently, (partly contradictory) study results on the topic of gender differences in ADHD are summarised. Varying gender ratios, different judgements in diagnosis and abnormalities in symptom expression are discussed. A central aspect will also be comorbid secondary disorders in gender comparison. The third focus is on socialisation theories and processes that influence (often gender-typical) learned behaviours. Inter- and externalised patterns appear to ensure (in)visibility in ADHD. In addition, the core symptoms of ADHD will be analysed for stereotypical role models. In addition to the focal points, the importance of gender medicine is emphasised at the beginning and terms such as sex and gender are defined. Finally, the pedagogical relevance of the entire content will be explained. Note: Due to the study situation, the treatment of the topic can only take into account the binary gender system, which is why only female and male genders are named.

Literature used:
Hörsting, A.-K. (2019). ADHD in women. Similar prevalence, but often late diagnosis. HAUSARZT PRAXIS, 14(12), 8-13.
Konrad, K. & Günther, T. (2007). Causes of gender differences in the prevalence of attention
deficit/hyperactivity disorder. In Lautenbacher, Stefan, Güntürkün, Onur & M. Hausmann (Eds.),
Brain and Gender. Neuroscience of the small difference between women and men (pp. 223-240).
Heidelberg: Springer Medizin.
Neuy-Lobkowicz, A. (2023b). Gender differences in adults with ADHD. neuro aktuell, 3, 20-24. WHO:
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Dayline Martha Wittje (none/she) completed training as an educator after school and began studying for a bachelor's degree in education immediately afterwards. She also worked in a crèche and youth residential group.

LISA-MARIA HERMES, Art and Media Studies (OL): Textile media and strategies of crafting & queering in Ben Cueva's performance work "Jockstrap" (2014)

When negotiating textile media and aspects of crafting in the context of art and visual culture, gender attributions play a decisive role, which is why these techniques have long been devalued as bland, decorative or kitschy. (Craft is often translated in German as Handarbeit or Handwerk and thus introduced as an artistic or craft practice characterised by certain materials and techniques). However, more recent research shows the potential that lies in crafting strategies not only for feminist but also for queer approaches and how artistic works can queer ideas of craft and the associated norms of gender, sexuality, class and race. Interested precisely in these moments of connection and their "productive reciprocity" (Sandahl), the planned lecture will discuss the relevance of craft in the context of queer art by examining a work by the artist Ben Cuevas. The performance work Jockstrap (2014), which was performed at the Queer Biennial in Miami, shows Cuevas naked in the process of knitting a so-called jockstrap (jockstrap) in a men's changing room. Through this 'disruptive moment', Cuevas opens up reflections on the performativity of gender, the gendering of bodies, places and actions as well as the processuality and craftiness of ideas of identity. After a brief introduction to the concepts of queer/queering and craft/crafting, these and other aspects will be analysed in the lecture using an interdisciplinary methodological approach that draws on methods from queer theory and performance art, among others. In this way, the lecture intends to bring precisely those subject areas and artistic positions into the discourse around gender and queer theory that have so far received little attention due to their historical connection to ideas of femininity and low art. This will then be used to discuss the diverse lines of connection between queering and crafting approaches as well as alternative modes of visibility and representation.

Lisa-Maria Hermes (she/her) I began my studies at the University of Oldenburg with a two-subject Bachelor's degree in German and English Studies in the winter semester of 2015/16. In the winter semester of 2016/17, I changed subjects and continued my studies with a two-subject Bachelor's degree in Art & Media and History. As a kind of "further education semester", I studied the subjects of Art History and Antiquity & Orient at LMU Munich for one semester in 2017 to deepen my knowledge of art history. I received my Bachelor's degree in the winter semester 2020/2021 at the University of Oldenburg, where I wrote my Bachelor's thesis on the topic "'Stitching a feminist art meme' -Analysis of multimedia in Hannah Hill's The Arthur Meme (2016)." Originally, this degree programme was still geared towards teaching at a grammar school, but I decided to pursue the extracurricular Master's degree in Art and Media Studies at the University of Oldenburg in the summer semester 2021. I am currently in the process of completing this master's degree and am writing my master's thesis entitled "Queering the Craft & Crafting the Queer. Ben Cuevas: Textile Media and Strategies of Queering & Crafting in Contemporary Art". In addition to my studies, I have been working as a tutor in both the Bachelor of Art & Media and the Master of Art and Media Studies programmes since 2018 and have also been working as a student assistant to Prof. Dr Barbara Paul since 2021. Outside the university, I have been giving courses and lectures on handicraft techniques and historical clothing as a lecturer at the VHS Wilhelmshaven since 2023, in the course of which I was also involved in the "Theaterfabrik" project together with the Wilhelmshaven Theatre as head of the costume workshop

MARIE LEUTHOLD, Museum und Ausstellung (OL): Honour, Home, and Heart's Dole: A corpus-linguistics based analysis of the portrayal of interpersonal relationships and gendered agency across the works of Tolkien and the historical works that inspired them.

(The works of Tolkien are well researched, but not as much in comparison to the historical works that inspired them. This analysis compares a corpus of the works published by Tolkien himself (as well as the posthumous Silmarillion), with a corpus compiled from (early) medieval works that had proven influence on him. The focus of this dialectic analysis are interpersonal relationships especially in times of war or social conflict, and the agency of characters according to ascriptions of gender. The methodological approach therefore relies on corpus assisted discourse analysis and frame semantics to examine the most frequent roles of family members in honour-based conflicts. Overall, character agency according to gender varied greatly, as did the assigned roles in times of conflict. Tolkien's characters adhere typically more closely to (what is now dubbed as) "traditional" gender roles than those of the medieval corpus. However, especially in times of (lethal) conflict, the characters of the historical corpus display a code of honour that is linked to the corpus-specific concept of masculinity, which is rather rarely found within the works of Tolkien. Arguably, societal structures, and subsequently gender roles with their codes of honour and conduct, permeate fictional literature and render it as a reflection of the author's historical context.

(DE) The works of J.R.R. Tolkien are strongly based on his interests in (early) medieval works. In order to analyse the influence and differences of these works on the relationship structures and gender roles in the works published by Tolkien, two diachronic corpora were created. They consist of works published during Tolkien's lifetime and medieval epics that had a proven influence on his works. The focus of the analysis is on social conflicts and the characters' room for manoeuvre based on ascribed gender roles. Methodologically, therefore, Critical Discourse Analysis underpinned by a quantitative corpus-linguistic analysis lends itself to understanding the roles of different social actors in the context of conflicts, especially based on the respective code of honour. Basically, there were large variations in individual agency between the corpora and the actor groups. Tolkien's characters generally had a more restrictive understanding of gender roles than those from the medieval corpus. These, on the other hand, exhibited a rigid code of honour, especially in times of physical conflict, which is strongly interwoven with the corpus-specific concept of masculinity and rarely appears in Tolkien's works. Overall, the penetration of codes of honour and behaviour as well as social structures, in particular gender roles, into Tolkien's literary works is striking, even if these seem to be consciously based on historical models.

Marie Leuthold (she/her) is a third-semester student on the Museum and Exhibition Masters programme at the University of Oldenburg. Her research interests include linguistic analyses, digital humanities and the study of everyday history. The combination of these interests resulted in the quantitative-qualitative analysis of J.R.R. Tolkien's life's work in comparison to his historical influences, in which special attention was paid to the characters' ability to act on the basis of their ascribed gender.

Dating back to Aristotle, melancholia has often been associated with both insanity and sublime artistic creation. However, it has primarily been male writers who have been acknowledged for transforming the burden of this melancholic state into poetry and prose, and therefore recognised as great artists. In contrast, women's literary expressions, such as those of Sylvia Plath - whose work is frequently linked to depression - are often interpreted more as expressions of their psychiatric conditions rather than as autonomous works of art. My presentation aims to demonstrate how Plath, by embracing melancholic themes in her poetry, positions herself within a previously male-dominated writing tradition. In Plath criticism, her reduction to a clinical case and the question of her suicide seem to overshadow an analysis of her poetry as a literary testimony. Through reading Plath as a melancholic writer, and perhaps theorist of melancholia and loss, an alternative interpretation will be presented in opposition to the aforementioned trend in the reception of her oeuvre. Sylvia Plath is recognised as part of the confessional poetry genre, which emerged in the 1950s and features deeply personal experiences. However, these experiences cannot be divorced from the broader cultural context, especially for female poets who were largely excluded from the artistic sphere. To illustrate how Plath claims her place as a writer of melancholia in this male-dominated tradition, I will adopt a dialectical approach to her biographical details. This will allow for an exploration of how she uses personal and unconscious fantasies to subvert the cultural context in which she writes. Confronting Sigmund Freud's influential psychoanalytic theory of melancholia with Plath's poetic treatment of the subject I will critically evaluate how Freud, along with the broader culture, constructs the concept of melancholia in a gendered manner, and thus reinforces the dichotomy that views melancholia in men as revealing universal truths, while melancholia in women is often regarded as mere clinical depression. Following a brief overview of the patriarchal cultural climate, I will analyze Plath's poem The Colossus through the lens of the psychoanalytic concept of melancholia, demonstrating how the speaker's ego is overshadowed by melancholic darkness while carrying out grief work metaphorically. After this close reading, I will explore what is ultimately lost in Plath's work and how her writing engages with cultural traditions, claiming a space historically reserved for male writers. Building on Freud's idea that melancholia results from a failure to properly mourn a lost person or thing, I will argue that if collective memory and mourning are closely intertwined one must consider the historical and political dimensions of poetry alongside autobiographical elements. In doing so, I will show that the failure of narrative memory in The Colossus implies failure in the work of mourning, for this work cannot be effectively carried out under the constraints of patriarchal culture. As a result, it transforms into melancholia, since the act of mourning in writing has not been designated for the female poet.

Clara Schilling (she/her) studied social sciences from 2017 - 2022 and philosophy and North American studies in Göttingen from 2018. She has been a Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung scholarship holder since 2018 and has been enrolled on the Master's degree programme in Philosophy in Oldenburg since the winter semester of 2022. Her research focus lies at the intersection of gender, psychoanalysis, literary studies and critical theory.

In recent years, post-colonial theoretical developments in academia and society have led to calls for a state-anchored culture of remembrance of German colonialism. Michael Rothberg's concept of multidirectional memory has played an important role in the debate, also known as Historikerstreit 2.0, which aims to dissolve the perceived competition between victims in the current culture of remembrance and enable a productive influence of different memories. The multidirectional memory should lead to the articulation of justice and representation for minoritised groups. In the planned lecture, Rothberg's concept will be brought together with existing conflicts in the memory of the persecution of lesbian women* and trans* people under National Socialism and its applicability and limits will be analysed. Through a critical analysis of queer Holocaust research, gaps will be identified that are crucial to understanding the debate on the installation of a memorial sphere for lesbian prisoners in Ravensbrück. An intersectional and gender-critical perspective will be used to analyse the construction of a competition between the memory of the persecution of different queer identities under National Socialism. The subsequent critical reflection on the concept of multidirectionality and its application to the debate on queer remembrance culture should help to provide new impulses in this debate.

Celine Dosch (she/her) is studying for a Master's degree in Sociology at Goethe University Frankfurt and the University of Bern, specialising in Gender Studies. She is particularly interested in cultures of remembrance, (queer) Holocaust research, feminist theory and queer theory.

The city of Oldenburg currently has a lot to deal with in terms of cultural policy. In addition to the debates surrounding the namesake of the Edith Russ House, the artist Bernhard Winter, who was stripped of his honorary citizenship of the city of Oldenburg this year, is also a figure of controversy. Both have been criticised for their activities under National Socialism. Civil society groups are calling for a reappraisal of and critical reflection on the presentation of these artists and cultural figures in the city. This provides an opportunity to research Bernhard Winter and his art, both in terms of remembrance politics and art history. One of the artist's works draws on a historical theme that characterises the Weser-Ems region: the Stedingen Peasants' Wars. In addition to street names such as Stedinger Straße, the topic is once again under discussion, particularly due to the opening of the 'Stedingsehre' documentation and information centre and a so-called 'Stedinger hike' organised by neo-Nazi associations. The series of works Die Stedinger. Geschichtliche Darstellung by Bernhard Winter tells the story of the Stedingen farmers in a nationalistic and national socialist interpretation. According to the thesis, the peasants become the 'own Germanic ancestors' who were destroyed by misguided Christianity and the manipulated church. The 'historical' narrative thus serves as proof and forward-looking reminder of an anti-Semitic conspiracy that seeks to destroy the 'Aryan people's soul'. My research examines the gendered content of the cycle of images using the method of representational criticism. Gender, as a construction and performative practice, functions in this research as a category of analysis in order to grasp the representation of femininity and also to draw conclusions about national socialist ideologies that are produced and conveyed through representation. The series of works was first published in 1933 and reprinted a year later by a relevant Ludendorff publishing house. A third edition was published in 1986, some time after National Socialism. Apart from an explanation of the works in High German by the artist himself, nothing was changed in the last edition. The extent to which racial-biological anti-Semitism is evident even without an explanation is analysed. Among other things, it deals with the idea of the female body as a 'people's body', the representation of the woman as the identity bearer of an 'Aryan-Germanic race', the links to the ethnically religious and the representation of the woman as a means of communicating hegemonic masculinity.

Sabrina Mudrak (she/her) is currently completing her two-subject Bachelor's degree in Art and Media/Gender Studies at the University of Oldenburg. From this semester, she will also be enrolled on the Master's programme in Museum and Exhibition.

"Diversity contains as many treasures as those waiting for us on other worlds. We will find it impossible to fear diversity and to enter the future at the same time."

- Gene Rodenberry, creator of Star Trek

The topic of gender and sexual diversity directly or indirectly affects pupils both in their everyday lives and at school. According to a study by IPSOS (2024), around 17% of 16-28-year-olds from 28 countries describe themselves as homosexual, bisexual, pansexual or asexual, or as neither male nor female. This means that, statistically speaking, queer students (out or not) can be found in every class. In addition, more than half of all queer children and young people state that they have been insulted, abused or ridiculed at school or work and one in ten state that they have been physically attacked or beaten up (cf. Krell & Oldemeier, 2015, p. 22). Addressing gender and sexual diversity in the classroom can help to reduce this discrimination through education (cf. Krell & Oldemeier, 2015, p. 31f.). Both of these are reason enough for teachers to deal with the topics of gender and sexual diversity and to address them with their students. Values and norms lessons also aim to ensure that pupils "develop a stable self that affirms their own personality and knows how to face up to interpersonal and social challenges in the present and future". (Core Curriculum Values and Standards, Sek I, 2017, p. 6) This development of a stable ego that affirms its own personality also includes dealing with gender and sexual diversity, as showing different realities of life contributes to finding one's own identity (see Bundeszentrale für gesundheitliche Aufklärung, 2011, p. 24). In terms of content, the topic of gender and sexual diversity should also be covered in every double year from year 7 to upper secondary school (cf. Core Curriculum Values and Standards Secondary School I, 2017; Core Curriculum Values and Standards Secondary School II, 2018) Philosophising with films (and series) makes abstract philosophical problems tangible and offers opportunities to deal with problems using fictional characters and thus make different positions accessible. Star Trek from the science fiction genre sketches a world that is in the future and therefore somewhat distant, but still remains within the realm of the imaginable (cf. Hansemann, 2013, p. 7). The 17th episode of the fifth season of Forbidden Love from Star Trek: The Next Generation, for example, offers the opportunity to experience the topic of gender and sexual diversity in a practical way and to get to know oneself better in the process, making it more relevant today than ever. In the episode, the crew of the starship Enterprise help members of an androgynous species, the J'naii, to find a missing shuttle. Riker, the first officer of the Enterprise, works together with Soren, a member of the J'naii, and a romantic relationship develops between the two. It becomes clear that Soren identifies as female and feels attracted to Riker. However, the J'naii consider identification with a binary gender to be a disease that needs to be cured. The rest of the episode raises intriguing questions about gender stereotyping, sexual orientation, conversion therapy, differentiating sex, gender and gender expression, coming out (internally and externally), living in a "genderless" world, and much more. The aim of the work will be to design two teaching modules that deal with some of these topics in order to start a dialogue with students about gender and sexual diversity. In the lecture there will be a short introduction to philosophising with Star Trek, as well as an (interactive) presentation of these modules and the didactic background and, if necessary, further exciting insights into the topic of gender in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Marvin Laesecke (he/him) 2018 - 2024 Voluntary child and youth education in the Association of Christian Scouts, including in the federal working group Queer Scouting. Since 2020 two-subject bachelor's degree in mathematics and philosophy with the career goal of becoming a teacher at the University of Oldenburg