The Center for Gender Studies regularly invites academics from other universities and institutions, both within and outside Switzerland, to join the University of Basel as visiting scholars. Visiting professors engage in various activities during their stay. They exchange about research together with local faculty members, participate in academic discussions and events, hold public lectures, and mentor PhD students and junior faculty. 

During the fall term 2024, Prof. Dr. Ruha Benjamin, professor of African American studies at Princeton University, was a visiting professor at the Center for Gender Studies.

Sephir Arden promoviert seit 2021 in Soziologie an der Universität Innsbruck zur Inszenierung sexistischer Gewaltformen in Anti-Gewaltkampagnen. Seit 2022 ist Sephir Ardenan derselben Universität Teil des Doktoratskollegs „Geschlecht und Geschlechterverhältnisse in Transformation“, das an der Forschungsplattform für Interdisziplinäre Geschlechterforschung angesiedelt ist. Parallel dazu arbeitet Sephir am Institut für Praxisforschung und Projektberatung in München. Derzeit ist Sephir Gast-PhD am Zentrum Gender Studies. 

Sephirs Forschungsschwerpunkte sind Gewaltsoziologie, Denkstiltheorie, queer-feministische Theorie, Wissenssoziologie sowie Intersektionalitätsforschung. 

^{Ruha Benjamin (Image: Princeton University)}

Ruha Benjamin was Visiting Professor at the Center for Gender Studies as part of a collaboration between the Graduate Program for Gender Studies in Basel (GGSB) and the Swiss Inter-University Doctoral Program (IDP) for Gender Studies. She is Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, founding director of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab, and author of Imagination: A Manifesto (2024), Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want (2022), Race After Technology (2019), and People’s Science (2013), and editor of Captivating Technology (2019).

Ruha earned a BA in Sociology and Anthropology from Spelman College, MA and PhD in Sociology from UC Berkeley, and postdoctoral fellowships at UCLA’s Institute for Society & Genetics and Harvard’s Science, Technology & Society Program. She is also the recipient of fellowships and awards from the American Council of Learned Societies, National Science Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation Freedom Scholar Award, and President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching at Princeton. In 2024, Ruha was awarded a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Fellowship and recognized Among Top 50 influential figures reshaping the landscape of Health and Life Sciences in the 2024 STATUS List. For more info, visit ruhabenjamin.com.

The following events were organized as part of Prof. Dr. Ruha Benjamin’s visit in the fall of 2024

Public lecture “Race to the Future? From Artificial Intelligence to Abundant Imagination”
in collaboration with the Feminist Salon @ Kaserne Basel
October 22, 19:30
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PhD workshop “Imagining Justice”
October 23, 10.00-17.00
University of Basel, Center for Gender Studies.
Please note: Only for GGSB and IDP members and upon registration.

Academic lecture “Beyond Buzzwords: Reimagining Responsibility in Digital Societies”
in collaboration with the Responsible Digital Society Network.
October 24, 17.15-19.00
University of Basel, University of Basel, Kollegienhaus, Petersplatz 1, Room: Hörsaal 001 with aperitif
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One-to-one meetings with Ruha Benjamin
October 25, 11:00-12:00
University of Basel, Center for Gender Studies

PhD workshop “Technology, Race, and Gender”
October 28, 10.00-17.00
University of Basel, Center for Gender Studies.

Public lecture “Race with the Future? From Artificial Intelligence to Abundant Imagination”
October 29, 16.15-18.00
University of Zurich, Rämistrasse 71, Room KOL-F-104.