ICAS:MP Centre for Advanced Studies
ICAS:MP and the Chair of International Relations and European Studies
The Würzburg Centre for Modern India Studies, IPS India Forum and the Chair of International Relations and European Studies are – together with our partners in India – mainly involved in the Thematic Module “The Challenge of Gender”, encompassing aspects such as theoretical and international relations perspectives on gender equality in Indian polity, politics and foreign relations, gender perfomativity in ritual, literature and media, and the effect of educational programmes with the aim of empowering women and reducing gender inequalities.
Together with colleagues from IPS, the University of Würzburg and other universities, Dr. Philipp Gieg, Anja Zürn as well as former professor Prof. em. Gisela Müller-Brandeck-Bocquet and former staff member Timo Lowinger have organized conferences and workshops and have published edited volumes in the framework of ICAS:MP.
From IPS, three researchers are members of the Module Committee: