Name: Prof. Dr. Ilse Lenz
Institute: Ruhr-University Bochum

Prof. Dr. Ilse Lenz is professor at the Faculty of Social Science of the Ruhr-University Bochum (coopted at the Faculty of East Asian Studies). After high school she studied in Japan and went on to with social science and East Asian studies in Germany. Her main fields of research are globalization, gender and work, women´s movements, governance and social change in the global context, and complex social inequalities (gender, class, migration) in comparative perspec¬tive (mainly Germany and Japan). She has carried out extensive field research in East Asia (Japan, South Korea, Indonesia, Malaysia).
Ilse Lenz is i.a. advisor for research programs of the Hessian Ministries of Science and Education and is coeditor of the book series ‚Gender and Society’. She was Speaker for the Section for Women’s and Gender Studies in the German Association for Sociology. She coordinates the international Marie Jahoda Guestprofessorship at the Ruhr University Bochum.
New publications include:
Lenz, Ilse et al. (ed.) (2002): Crossing borders and shifting boundaries. Vol. II. Gender, identities and networks. Opladen.
Lenz, Ilse et al. (ed.) (2004): Reflexive Körper? Zur Modernisierung von Sexualität und Reproduktion. Opladen 2003.
From Mothers of the Nation to Global Civil Society: The Changing Role of the Japanese Women’s Movement in Globalization. In: Social Science Journal Japan, 2006, 9, p. 91-102.
Lenz, Ilse, Ullrich, Charlotte; Fersch, Barbara (ed.) (2007): Gender Orders Unbound. Globalisation, Restructuring, Reciprocity. Leverkusen: Verlag Barbara Budrich.
Globalization, varieties of gender regimes, and regulations for gender equality at work. In: Gottfried, Heidi et al. (ed.): Gendering the Knowledge Economy: Comparative Perspectives. London: Palgrave (2007), p. 110-140.
Thinking about Human Security, Gender Violence and the Social Construction of Men. In: Drinck, Barbara; Gross Chung-Noh (ed.) (2007): Forced Prostitution in Times of War and Peace. Sexual Violence against Women and Girls. Bielefeld: Kleine Verlag, S. 23 – 41.
Gender at the Crossroads – Modernisation and the Changing National Gender Order in Japan. In: Derichs, Claudia, Kreitz-Sandberg, Susanne (ed.) (2007): Gender Dynamics and Globalisation. Perspectives on Japan within Asia. Berlin, S. 11 – 20.
Global gender policy: Differences and convergence in transnational women’s networks. In: Ruppert, Uta et al. (ed..) (2008): Beyond the merely possible. International women’s movements. London, Zed Press.
Transnational social movement networks and transnational public spaces: Glocalizing Gender Justice. In: Pries, Ludger (ed.) (2008): Rethinking Transnationalism. The Meso-link of Organisations. London et al.: Routledge, S. 104-126.
Lenz, Ilse (2008): Die neue Frauenbewegung in Deutschland. Abschied vom kleinen Unterschied. Eine Quellensammlung. Wiesbaden. Short version: Lenz, Ilse (2009): Die neue Frauenbewegung in Deutschland. Abschied vom kleinen Unterschied. Ausgewählte Quellen. Wiesbaden. Lenz, Ilse, Mae Michiko (2010 forthcoming): Quellensammlung zur Neuen Frauenbewegung in Japan. Wiesbaden.
 

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