Important Dates

Each year, the Africa Multiple Cluster of Excellence starts its line of annual activities and events with the New Year Lecture open to the interested public, featuring prominent speakers who address questions and concepts central to the Cluster’s agenda. The sixth annual New Year lecture may be visited both onsite and online.

NEW YEAR LECTURE 2025

will take place on

23 January 2025 from 6-8 pm (CET)

It will be held by Mirrianne Mahn, political activist, author, theatre person, city councilor in Frankfurt am Main and freelance consultant for diversity development

and will be entitled:

Intersectionality as a Living Practice: Beyond Labels and Boundaries

Mirrianne Mahn

At a time when nationalist and discriminatory ideologies are increasingly permeating the mainstream, the cultural scene is particularly challenged to take responsibility. But how can cultural practitioners really design their stages as spaces for representation and inclusion? This question is at the centre of Mirrianne Mahn's lecture Intersectionality as a Living Practice: Beyond Labels and Boundaries. Mahn shows how intersectional approaches can become the basis for a more open and just society by going far beyond a theoretical concept and becoming a living practice.

Mahn herself embodies an intersectional way of life through her diverse roles as a politician, education officer, playwright, and author. Whether on stage, in parliament, in the literary canon or on the street, Mahn unites different identities and responsibilities and understands the power structures and challenges that come with them. Her approach calls for a rethinking in cultural work and advocates for genuine collaboration with marginalized perspectives that are already included in the planning phase - not just when media pressure arises.

• 23.01.2025, 6-8 pm CET, RW I HS24
• If you would like to attend the following reception, please send us an email: exc2052@uni-bayreuth.de