"Rethinking Medicine" Lecture Series: Health and Gender

19.10.2026

The Siegen Center for Gender Studies (Gestu_S) and the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Research (ZiGS) invite you to a lecture series featuring four exciting events.

Campus Unteres Schloss Hörsaalzentrum. Außenaufnahme der Fassade.

The Wednesday lecture series “Rethinking Medicine: Health and Gender” is a collaboration between the Center for Interdisciplinary Health Research Siegen (ZiGS) and Gender Studies Siegen (Gestu_S). The events take place from 6:15 to 7:45 p.m. in the Unteres Schloss Lecture Hall Center (Room US-C 102):

Wed, Oct. 28, 2026, Dr. Olaf Gaus: Health and Gender in the Digital Age —eHealth, Algorithms, and the Question: For Whom Does Digital Medicine Work? (Siegen)

Wed, Nov. 25, 2026, Prof. Dr. Christoph Strünck: Gender in Health Policy: A Marginal Issue or Highly Relevant? (Siegen)

Wed, Dec. 16, 2026, Dr. Sarah Eitze: Gender-Sensitive Medicine: What We Know and How We Talk About It. (Erfurt)

Wed, Jan. 27, 2027, Dr. Marcella Fassio: When Childbirth Becomes a Crisis: Literary Depictions of the Postpartum Period & Mental Health. (Halle)