Want to make queer lives and history more visible? Join our “Queer Life” project!

Questions about identity, gender, sexual orientation, and what society calls 'cultural norms' are currently hot topics worldwide. But the struggles of queer people are not a recent issue – they had to navigate between discrimination and empowerment long before the word queer was even established in this context. Still, many of their stories remain untold.

The Career Service of JGU and the Haus des Erinnerns (German for ‘House of Remembrance’) want to change that. We are looking for motivated students from all disciplines and study programmes to join our international and interdisciplinary project “Queer Life”. Together, we want to uncover hidden histories of queer people from your region and create and implement a workshop that helps educate audiences about their lives and struggles and share these ‘untold’ or ‘forgotten’ stories.

Why join?

Throughout the Project you will be able to…

• Research queer lives in your region and compare findings internationally.
• Shape a workshop from concept to delivery and help educate audiences.
• Gain or enhance important skills in various fields, such as project management, research, communication, and presentation.
• Volunteer for a meaningful cause and receive a certificate documenting your work.
• Meet and connect with international students while improving your English skills.
• Spend a wonderful week in Mainz, Germany.

The project runs from October 2025 to April/May 2026 and is a mix of online/remote work and an on-site project week in Mainz from April 20 to 24, 2026.

It is open to all students of the FORTHEM Alliance, regardless of their study programme or current degree level. Spots will be distributed evenly among students from FORTHEM universities. Participation is free of charge and UV will provide financial support for the trip to Mainz. However, as there is limited funding for the trip to Mainz, there is a participation limit for each location.

Interested?

• Please register through this webpage.
• Registration will be open until 13th October 2025.

Funding

The UV FORTHEM Office will award economic support for participants in the form of a FORTHEM scholarship. Requirement: You are a student enrolled at UV. Selection criterion: Participants will be selected depending on the order of registration.

More information

Contact (organisers in Germany)

If you have any questions, please contact the Career Service in Mainz: career@uni-mainz.de. Please write in English or German.

Questions about the economic support

Please contact the Service to Society Area of the UV FORTHEM Office in Valencia:

stsforthem@uv.es.