The postcategorical antidiscrimination law in discourse
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Erwin-Schrödinger-Saal
Plenary
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in deutscher SpracheIndividual and group-based approaches are general principles of anti-discrimination law worldwide. What is the purpose of categories in anti-discrimination law? Are they outdated? Why should some categories be protected and others not? Is it possible to think of anti-discrimination law without attribution?
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Dr. LL.M. Susanne BAER
Justice of the First Senate, German Federal Constitutional Court, Karlsruhe
| Susanne Baer serves as Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court in Germany, elected by parliament, the Deutscher Bundestag, in 2011 to the First Senate, for a 12 years term. She is also the Professor of Public Law and Gender Studies at Humboldt University Berlin and a James W. Cook Global Law Professor at the University of Michigan Law School, and has taught at CEU Budapest, in Austria, Switzerland and Canada. Justice Baer studied law and political science and joined movements against discrimination and domestic violence; she directed the GenderCompetenceCentre to advise the German federal government on gender mainstreaming 2003-2010, and due co-drafted German standards for equality in research. At Humboldt University, she served as Vice-President, Vice Dean and Director of Gender Studies, founded the Law and Society Institute Berlin and the Hum-boldt Law Clinic in Fundamental and Human Rights. |
Mag. Maria Y. LEE
Research Assistant, Department of Legal Philosophy, University of Vienna
| 1996-2001 | Undergraduate Degree in Law, University of Vienna |
| 2001-2002 | Postgraduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School, London |
| 2002-2003 | Legal Practice Course, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham |
| 2003-2005 | Trainee Solicitor, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London |
| 2005-2007 | Legal Counsel, Austria Tabak GmbH & Co KG (Gallaher), Vienna |
| 2007-2016 | Legal Counsel, Vienna Airport, Vienna |
Dr. Silvia ULRICH
Head and Professor, Institut für Legal Gender Studies, Johannes Kepler University Linz
| 1984 | Doctorate, Faculty of Law, University Graz |
| 1985-1995 | Staff Scientist, Institute for Public Law, University Graz |
| 1996-2011 | Assistant Professor, Institute for Austrian and European Public Law, Comparative Law, Political Science and Public Administration, University Graz |
| 2003 | Visiting Professor for Womens Law, Law Faculty, Johannes Kepler University Linz |
| 2005 | Guest lecturer as part of the TEMPUS MEDA Project Femmes, civilisations et systems juridques, Universite Cadi Ayyad, Marrakesh |
| since 2012 | Professor for Legal Gender Studies, Diversity and Antidiscrimination Law, Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
| Head, Institute for Legal Gender Studies, Johannes Kepler University, Linz |
