Person Christa Binswanger

Prof. Dr. Christa Binswanger (she/her) is Head of the Gender and Diversity Department at the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS) at the University of St. Gallen. She is a member of the leadership team of the Contextual Studies program at the University of St. Gallen. Since March 2021 she co-leads the nationwide project “Think Tank Gender & Diversity”. Additionally, she is a member of the Swiss Association for Gender Studies (SAGS) and of the CEMS Faculty Group on Gender and Diversity Management. Her teaching and her research interests include cultural studies of gender, intersectionality, diversity and inclusion, care economy, queer and affect studies, sexuality, sexual script theory, intimacy, violence, and narrative identity. In her second book on sexuality, affect, and gender, she analyses sexual scripts as palimpsests in theoretical debates and literary texts. The Book appeared in 2020.

Christa Binswanger (Prof. Dr.) ist Kulturwissenschaftlerin und leitet den Fachbereich Gender und Diversity an der Universität St. Gallen. Ihre Forschungsschwerpunkte sind u.a. Geschlecht und Sexualität, geschlechtergerechte Sprache und Affect Studies.