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Linie 4 - Start of events

"Vom Umgang mit Diskriminierung: Neues aus der historischen und sozialwissenschaftlichen Forschung"(On Dealing with Discrimination: News from Historical and Social Science Research), under this title BGHS members will publicly present their current research projects in the VHS from March 19 - June 25. With the lecture series Line 4, junior research will be made accessible to a broad audience and illustrated in concrete examples. In addition, the diversity of research projects carried out by doctoral students at the BGHS becomes visible.

All dates and descriptions of the events can be found here: Linie 4

On March 19 Malika Mansouri opens the series with her lecture on "50 Years of the UN Convention against Racism".

Lecturers and organisers of Line 4 2019 from left to right: Lasse Bjoern Lassen, Malika Mansouri, Carla Thiele, Anja Henkel, Daniele Toro(except: Johanna Paul) Photo: Hannah Grüneberg

With Daniele Toro , the coordinator of this year's series, we talked about the background of the series.

How did you come up with the subject?

The fourth series of lectures of the line4 was first announced without a specific main topic. The main topic for the lecture series then de facto arose by itself as a clear common denominator between the six lectures. The fact that all six lectures and speakers had a clear reference to discrimination in their own contributions and research topics, and that this appeared without prior notice, showed us a clear professional interest. We therefore considered it important to address the public relevance of the topic of "discrimination" through subject-based expertise.

How is the main topic reflected in the individual lectures?

Some speakers already refer to the handling of discrimination as a focus of their own lectures. Others, on the other hand, take the main topic as a guideline, in order to thematise important case studies from their own research. Others will only reveal the closer relationship to the topic more explicitly in the course of reading.

What is special about this series of events as an organizer? What are you looking forward to?

I am very excited about the exchange with the audience! Line 4 has become Since its foundation a few years ago - and already by its name - it has been understood as an exchange platform to make technical expertise available to civil society. Nevertheless, this does not only mean pure mediation, but also open exchange with a non-academic audience. This challenges the speakers both in their ability to communicate and in their role as technical experts, because it is a real art to treat a complex phenomenon so precisely and clearly that even non-specialists can take part in the discussion. It is not enough just to master a topic linguistically and professionally. Rather, it is necessary to look far beyond one's own experience and disciplinary boundaries. In view of the broad range of topics covered by the six lectures, I am therefore very much looking forward to the discussion.