Hybrid Lecture (probably only in german) on 6.12.2022:

Racism with a rainbow coating – Anti-Muslim racism in the guise of queer friendliness.

In this lecture, Leyla Jagiella (religious scholar, ethnologist, Muslim) takes a look at the problem of homonationalism, i.e. how the pretended commitment to LGBTIAQ rights and queer-friendliness is instrumentalized in political discourses to underpin nationalist and right-wing political discourses.

This phenomenon reaches far into the center of society and significantly shapes the public perception of Muslims and LGBTIAQ people in Germany. Minorities are played off against each other, while intersectional approaches to the topic are lost.

In particular, people who are marked as both queer and Muslim are increasingly becoming victims of multiple discrimination through these discourses.

We will look at and analyze this phenomenon in the lecture, learn why these discourses are wrong, and look at constructive counter-strategies.

The lecture is organized by the Queerreferat of the Verfassten Studierendenschaft of Heidelberg University.

Time: 7 pm
Location: Lecture Hall 04a, first floor, Neue Universität, Grabengasse 3-5, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.
For the link to participate online, please email queerreferat@stura.uni-heidelberg.de.

The Neue Universität and Lecture Hall 04a are wheelchair accessible. Further information on the accessibility of the building and the lecture hall can be found at heidelberg.huerdenlos.de: https://heidelberg.huerdenlos.de/index.php?id=980&tx_rsyshl_objektdisplay%5Bobjekt%5D=4263&tx_rsyshl_objektdisplay%5Baction%5D=show&tx_rsyshl_objektdisplay%5Bcontroller%5D=Objekt&cHash=ebf069cec5a5f82512707a9419d2c61d