Questions about identity, gender, sexual orientation, and what society calls ‚cultural norms‘ are currently hot topics worldwide. Yet both the struggles as well as the achievements of queer people are nothing new. Long before the term ‚queer‘ was established in this context, queer people had to navigate between discrimination and empowerment. Still, too few know their stories.

That’s why we need your ideas, skills, and inspiration to help change this!

 
Our international and interdisciplinary project “Queer Life” – a cooperation between the Career Service of JGU and the Haus des Erinnerns (German for ‚House of Remembrance‘) – aims to help educate audiences about queer lives, focusing on experiences between persecution and emancipation.

 Together, we will design a workshop to highlight queer stories from regions that have received little public attention so far.

We want to explore questions such as: 

• What forms of emancipation have queer people experienced throughout history?
• What types of persecution did they have to endure?
• How are their stories remembered?
• What are the local differences and similarities across countries?
• What is the current situation in your region?

Why join us?

Among other tasks, you will 

• research ‚hidden‘ regional stories and ‚forgotten‘ biographies and compare the findings with other students,
• prepare and present information in a way that is educational but also engaging,
• learn how to plan the details of a workshop (such as date, target group, format, concept and contents),
• learn how to promote and implement the workshop for the target audience and
• learn to do your own project work, having a lot of autonomy and influence on how you reach the project goals and how you get organized.

Why volunteer and support our project? 

• Build valuable career skills in project management, research, communication, and presentation.
• Add relevant work experience in education and civic engagement to your profile.
• Shape your career orientation through hands-on practice.
• Contribute to a meaningful cause and receive a certificate documenting your work.

Join us, if you…

• are interested in queer topics and want to make them visible,
• want to plan and realize your own project with real impact,
• enjoy working in an international group while improving your English,
• can volunteer some time between October 2025 and April 2026,
• can attend our kick-off on October 28, 2025 and on-site project week in Mainz (April 20–24, 2026) including the final workshop.

Are you interested and want to participate? Or do you still have questions and are unsure if you can volunteer?

 Join us in our non-binding online info event on September 16th, 2025
(15:00 CET) where we will give you more insight into the project, inform you about how to apply and answer all of your questions.

You can simply join the even via this MS Teams-Link. For organizational reasons, we would appreciate if you applied for this info event via JobTeaser but this is optional.

After the info event you can apply for the project via this website.

If you have anyquestions beforehand, feel free to contact the Career Service - [email protected]

We are looking forward to your participation!