Recent Publications
Maria Stehle and Beverly Weber. “Decolonial Queer Futures in No Hard Feelings [Faraz Shariat, Futur Drei 2020].” EuropeNow. Special Feature on European Culture and the Moving Image. Eds. Ipek Çelik Rappas, Michael Gott and Randall Halle. Sec. Research. No. 43, September 2021. https://www.europenowjournal.org/2021/09/13/decolonial-queer-futures-in-no-hard-feelings-faraz-shariat-futur-drei-2020/
Carrie Smith, Maria Stehle and Beverly Weber. “Intimate Collaborations and Feminist Gatherings: A Manifesto for a Coalitional Academy.” Feminist German Studies, vol. 36, no. 1, University of Nebraska Press, June 2020, pp. 128–43. https://doi.org/10.1353/fgs.2020.0010 .
Beverly Weber. “Intersectionality and Refugee Justice: Feminist Approaches to Insecurity and Precarity.” The Routledge Handbook of Transformative Global Studies. Eds S. A. Hamed Hosseini, James Goodman, Sara Motta, and Barry K. Gills. Routledge, 2020: pp. 444-459.
Maria Stehle and Beverly Weber. “Gifts of Welcome: Precarity, Intimacy, and the Gift in Die Farbe des Ozeans (Peren, 2011) and Welcome (Lioret, 2009).” Northern Lights: Film & Media Studies Yearbook, edited by Temenuga Trifonova, vol. 18, 2020: pp. 69-83. https://doi.org/10.1386/nl_00014_1
Beverly Weber. “Islamophobia East-West and the Politics of Hospitality in Contemporary Germany.” Journal of Contemporary European Studies, vol. 28, no. 1, 2020: pp. 44-56. https://doi.org/10.1080/14782804.2019.1651700 (Online publication 2019)
“Refugees and Islam: Representing Race, Rights, Cohabitation.” Journalism, Gender and Power. Eds. Cynthia Carter, Linda Steiner and Stuart Allan. Routledge, 2019.
“Introduction: Precarity/Heimatlosigkeit.” Seminar, A Journal of Germanic Studies, vol. 54, no. 4, 2018: pp. 411 – 417. With Gabi Kathöfer. [read more]
“Heimat, Sustainability, Community: A Conversation with Karina Griffith and Peggy Piesche.” Seminar, A Journal of Germanic Studies, vol. 54, no. 4, 2018: pp. 418 – 427. With Gabi Kathöfer. [read more]
“Precarious Intimacies: Politics and Solidarities in Emine Sevgi Özdamar’s Die Brücke vom Goldenen Horn.” Gegenwartsliteratur: A German Studies Yearbook, vol. xvii, 2018. pp. 115-113. [read more]
A reminder that while Europe debates its refugee “crisis,” the small country of Jordan is taking in …
A reminder that while Europe debates its refugee "crisis," the small country of Jordan is taking in many more refugees. 1.5 million refugees in a country of 6 million with limited water sources: and the World Food Program has run out of money to support the...
Audre Lorde. Transnational Legacies.
Contributors include Sarah Cefai, Cassandra Ellerbe-Dueck, Paul M. Farber, Tiffany N. Florvil, Katharina Gerund, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Gloria Joseph, Jackie Kay, Marion Kraft, Christiana Lambrinidis, Zeedah Meierhofer-Mangeli, Rina Nissim, Chantal Oakes, Lester C....
“One key marker of gaslighting is the moment when you name a problem or offense to another person, and…
"One key marker of gaslighting is the moment when you name a problem or offense to another person, and somehow they end up the victim. Frequently in these encounters, this person may have said or done something patently offensive, but when you point this out,...
8 Stats that Reveal Just How Badly the Police State Hurts Black Women
8 Stats that Reveal Just How Badly the Police State Hurts Black WomenIf Sandra Bland were white, there's a good chance she still would be with us.This was posted on Google+
The war on female voices is just another way of telling women to shut up
The war on female voices is just another way of telling women to shut upIf a woman is talking, she must be doing something wrong.This was posted on Google+
On the Death of Sandra Bland and Our Vulnerable Bodies – NYTimes.com
On the Death of Sandra Bland and Our Vulnerable Bodies - NYTimes.comThis was posted on Google+
Here Are All the Police Killings by State in 2015 So Far, in One Shocking Map
Here Are All the Police Killings by State in 2015 So Far, in One Shocking MapNumbers don't lie.This was posted on Google+
To Find Happiness in Academe, Women Should Just Say No
To Find Happiness in Academe, Women Should Just Say NoDrowning in commitments, female professors who want a balanced life need to practice ways of avoiding yet more.This was posted on Google+
Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism–from Ferguson to Charleston
Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism--from Ferguson to CharlestonThe movement for racial justice needs more White Americans to get involved. And it's our responsibility to help each other get involved--and get involved productively....
Interfaith Vigil for Charleston | Facebook
Interfaith Vigil for Charleston | FacebookLet's #StandWithCharleston by gathering as a community to honor the lives of the 9 Black people taken at the Emanuel AME Church. We gather to tap into our collective grief, love and rage, and to raise consciousness around...