Events" archive

Sexualized violence. How does it concern me?

05.12.2023 | 15:30 - 16:30

Online event

How does it concern me? How does it affect me when something so cruel happens to another person? Jana Schäfer, postdoctoral researcher and lecturer at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg, examines the social scaffolding that constructs categories of victims and perpetrators and classifies them into hierarchies of compassion and attention.

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Sexism in everyday life - recognize, name, act

28.11.2023 | 14:00 - 16:30

Online event

The online seminar provides an exemplary overview of where and how we are confronted with sexism in everyday life and what options for action are available to us as those directly or indirectly affected.

Porträt of Dr. Sandra Schwark

NO to violence! Orange the World 2023 - Info day in the Cottbus town hall

24.11.2023 | 10:30 - 15:00

Stadthaus Cottbus
Erich Kästner Platz 1
03046 Cottbus

On Friday, 24.11.2023, Cottbus stakeholders will present their violence prevention, counseling and support services in the town hall. At 10:30 am, Lord Mayor Tobias Schick will raise the symbolic orange flag. Experts and interested members of the public will be able to find out about services and perspectives until 3 pm.

Orange the World logo and picture for the info day.

09.11.2023

BTU honors outstanding female students in the STEM field

Two young women who are particularly committed to their studies and voluntary work were awarded the "Best STEM student at BTU" prize on November 7, 2023 at the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU).

Award ceremony "Best STEM student at BTU", on the photo (from right): the President of BTU Prof. Dr. Gesine Grande, the award winners Lina Jessica Manuela Prenzler and Marie Elaine Müller, the Vice-President for Academic Affairs Prof. Dr. Peer Schmidt, the Deputy Central Equal Opportunities Officer Jenny Scholka. Photo: BTU, Sascha Thor

FEM*Vision | Networking Evening for Women

19.10.2023 | 18:00 - 20:30

Gründungszentrum Startblock B2
Siemens-Halske-Ring 2
03046 Cottbus

On October 19, 2023, the Visionary Women* Salon will start for the first time, a new format at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg in which women have the floor and diverse female role models become visible.

Logo FEM*Vision - Visionaries Salon

12.09.2023

WOMEN IN LANDSCAPES | Documentary by Sabine Michel

Four women in politics, in leadership positions. Four women with an East German past. As part of the Cottbus Weeks for Democracy and Diversity and the documentary film days LETsDOK 2023, director Sabine Michel will be a guest with her film "Women in Landscapes" at Obenkino Cottbus on 12 September 2023, 7:00 pm.

Detail from the film poster "Women in Landscapes" (2023)

03.08.2023

STEM Women's Scholarships

The scholarship offered by the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU) specifically for young women interested in science and technology is entering its second round. Applications are still possible until August 31, 2023.

Female students in the laboratory