Berufs- und Familienleben. Demografie und Ungleichheit im Fokus. Mit Anette Fasang

In the organizer's words:

Family is a vague collective term for the most diverse forms of togetherness. It stands for origin and belonging, but also for obligation and conflict. As a central building block of social life, the family conveys rules and norms, shapes desires, fears and goals.

At the same time, there is no binding definition of what a family is. In different times and cultures, it can be understood and taken for granted in very different ways.

The interdisciplinary lecture series "Beziehungsweise Familie" is dedicated to the contradictory reality of the nuclear family model that is widespread today, especially in Western industrialized countries, and asks for alternatives from a global perspective.

Renowned academics from various disciplines and subject areas will present current research for discussion that examines the potential of alternative family and kinship concepts in terms of their creative, ethical and innovative aspects.

The lecture series is the prelude to the Humboldt Forum's theme year of the same name, which starts in fall 2025. Conception of the series: Prof. Dr. Daniel Tyradellis (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Dr. Alia Rayyan (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin), Dr. Laura Goldenbaum (Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss). The lecture series takes place in the Humboldt Forum as part of a cooperation of the institutional network. Programmatic director of the cross-institutional cluster: Dr. Laura Goldenbaum.

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Anette Fasang (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institute for Social Sciences)

Career and family advantages and disadvantages are closely linked, but this relationship varies greatly depending on gender and ethnicity. How strongly do work and family life influence each other? What patterns are typical for black and white men and women in these areas?

In her lecture, the 2023 Kanter Prize winner, Prof. Dr. Anette Fasang, will present an intersectional perspective on the life course. She will shed light on gender and ethnic combinations of professional and family life from early adulthood to midlife and take a long-term perspective to show how lasting and accumulated disadvantages develop over a period of 20 years.

Dr. Anette Fasang is Professor of Microsociology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Director of the Faculty of Social Sciences and Director of the Berlin Graduate School of Social Sciences. Before moving to Berlin, she completed her doctorate at Jacobs University Bremen and did postdoctoral research at Yale University and Columbia University. Her research interests include family demography, stratification and life course sociology. She was awarded the prestigious Rosabeth Moss Kanter Award for Excellence in Work-Family Research in 2018 and 2023. Her recent work has appeared in leading international journals such as American Journal of Sociology, Demography, Population and Development Review and Sociological Methodology.

- Free admission

- Language: German

- Room 3, ground floor

- Part of: Lecture series Beziehungsweise Familie