Study (BA/MA/PhD)
Our broad teaching profile in gender studies encompasses all curricular levels and is primarily focused on the performing arts – on music, theater, dance and film.
In the ICGP courses, we convey fundamental analytical perspectives on different gender constructions and their aesthetic articulations. Research approaches from queer and trans studies play just as important a role here as critiques of racism, colonialism and socialization. Particular emphasis is placed on the question of artistic forms and political stagings, as well as on the connection between hierarchization and mechanisms of exclusion.
With an international outlook, we offer selected seminars in English. We warmly invite students from other universities to work with us.
Summer Semester 2025 (PDF / german)
ICGP courses are open to all mdw students as a free elective – information on the courses offered can also be found on the elective platform.
In addition, our courses are integrated into the following curricula, among others:
Students from other Austrian public universities can attend our courses as co-enrollees and receive credit at their respective institutions. More information about co-enrollment can be found here.
The ICGP offers the unique opportunity to do a doctorate with a focus on Gender and Performing Arts or Political Performances or, for example, on Performativity Theories. The focus is on the scientific PhD program.
In addition, the ICGP-Gender Studies offer an English and a German-language course on gender studies and critical theories for all doctoral students.
Teachers at the ICGP support and supervise doctoral students in the artistic doctoral program at the Artistic Research Center and in the structured doctoral programs Performing Matters. Manifold Temporalities, Music Matters. Materiality, Knowings and Practices in Performing Arts.