Tuesday, 01 March 2022

Life achievement

Irmtraud Fischer (center) received the Gabriele Possanner Honorary Award. Congratulating: Vice Rector Joachim Reidl and Renate Dworczak, Special Representative of the Rectorate for Equality with regard to Gender and Diversity. Photo: BMBWF / Philipp Schuster ©Philipp H. Schuster

Irmtraud Fischer (center) received the Gabriele Possanner Honorary Award. Congratulating: Vice Rector Joachim Reidl and Renate Dworczak, Special Representative of the Rectorate for Equality with regard to Gender and Diversity. Photo: BMBWF / Philipp Schuster

​​​​​​​Gabriele Possanner Honorary Prizes for Irmtraud Fischer

Since 1997, the Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research has awarded the Gabriele Possanner Prizes every two years for scientific achievements in the field of gender research. The prize is named after the physician Gabriele Possanner von Ehrenthal, who in 1897 was the first woman in Austria to obtain an academic degree. One state prize, one honorary prize and two promotional prizes are awarded.

First female habilitated Catholic theologian in Austria

This year, the Honorary Prize goes to Univ.-Prof. Dr. Irmtraud Fischer, Professor of Old Testament Biblical Studies at the Faculty of Catholic Theology at the University of Graz. She was the first habilitated Catholic theologian in Austria. She is currently co-editor and director of the project "The Bible and Women”. More than 20 volumes on the history of biblical interpretation, with a focus on gender-relevant themes and biblical female figures, will be published in four languages within this framework. The appreciation award is a symbolic award in the form of a sculpture by the artist Claudia Hirtl and is not connected with any prize money.

The state prize went to Rosa Reitsamer from the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, while the two sponsorship prizes were awarded to Ruth Strobl from the Vienna University of Technology and Tanja Vogler from the University of Innsbruck. Jasmin Simon from Gymnasium Draschestraße was the winner of the possanner@school prize.

New podcast: "Gender & more - easily said!"

Irmtraud Fischer is a guest in the first episode of the new podcast "Gender & more - easily said!", which is designed and implemented by the Coordination Centre for Gender Studies and Equal Opportunities at the University of Graz. >> Listen to the episode here (German only)

 

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