Sabine Hark (born 7 August 1962 in
Nonnweiler) is a German
feminist
Feminism is a range of socio-political movements and ideologies that aim to define and establish the political, economic, personal, and social equality of the sexes. Feminism incorporates the position that society prioritizes the male po ...
and
sociologist, and sits on the editorial board of the journal ''
Feministische Studien (Feminist Studies)''.
Education
She studied sociology and
political science at
Mainz and
Frankfurt am Main. She received her doctorate from the
Free University of Berlin in 1995.
Career
From 1997 until 2005 she has taught "
sociology of gender" at the
University of Potsdam. Since 2009 she has been director of "The center for
interdisciplinary
Interdisciplinarity or interdisciplinary studies involves the combination of multiple academic disciplines into one activity (e.g., a research project). It draws knowledge from several other fields like sociology, anthropology, psychology, ec ...
women's and gender's studies" at the
Technical University of Berlin
The Technical University of Berlin (official name both in English and german: link=no, Technische Universität Berlin, also known as TU Berlin and Berlin Institute of Technology) is a public research university located in Berlin, Germany. It was ...
. A central part of her research is the deconstruction of
lesbianism
A lesbian is a homosexual woman.Zimmerman, p. 453. The word is also used for women in relation to their sexual identity or sexual behavior, regardless of sexual orientation, or as an adjective to characterize or associate nouns with fema ...
with respect to
feminine identity.
Selected bibliography
Books
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Chapters in books
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Journal articles
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References
External links
Sabine Hark's Website at the center for interdisciplinary women's and gender's studies
1962 births
Academic journal editors
Free University of Berlin alumni
German feminists
German sociologists
German women academics
Goethe University Frankfurt alumni
Living people
Academic staff of the Technical University of Berlin
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz alumni
Academic staff of the University of Potsdam
German women sociologists
Gender studies academics
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