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]
Shooters of color are called ‘terrorists’ and ‘thugs.’ Why are white shooters called ‘mentally ill’?
Shooters of color are called ‘terrorists’ and ‘thugs.’ Why are white shooters called ‘mentally ill’?This racist media narrative around mass violence falls apart with the Charleston church shooting.This was posted on Google+
“The Game Done Changed”: Reconsidering The Wire Amidst the Baltimore Uprising
"The Game Done Changed": Reconsidering The Wire Amidst the Baltimore UprisingI was a Wire fanatic because I thought it told tough truths about Baltimore City. After the last two weeks, I’m starting to see all that it was missing.This was posted on Google+
Meet the Woman Behind #BlackLivesMatter—The Hashtag That Became a Civil Rights Movement
Meet the Woman Behind #BlackLivesMatter—The Hashtag That Became a Civil Rights MovementAlicia Garza and two friends first tweeted #BlackLivesMatter to spark a conversation after the death of Trayvon Martin. Three years later, their hashtag has become a movement.This...
Sarah O’Neal To the girl on Facebook who commented #alllivesmatter, After deeming the protest she attended…
Sarah O'NealTo the girl on Facebook who commented #alllivesmatter,After deeming the protest she attended "a hateful event Martin Luther King would have been ashamed of"Call it an overreaction, call it a riot, a violent protestCall it everything but...
But in an unequal society, equal opportunity offense does not have an equal effect.
But in an unequal society, equal opportunity offense does not have an equal effect.?Two dozen writers join Charlie Hebdo PEN award protest | Books | The GuardianThis was posted on Google+
When nonviolence is preached as an attempt to evade the repercussions of political brutality, it betrays…
When nonviolence is preached as an attempt to evade the repercussions of political brutality, it betrays itself. When nonviolence begins halfway through the war with the aggressor calling time out, it exposes itself as a ruse. When nonviolence is preached by the...
Contingency and Gender
Contingency and GenderAsk anyone who has been an adjunct or a lecturer, and she will likely attest to unequal treatment and disdain.This was posted on Google+
““We aim to move beyond the polarized discourse of an ‘Israeli’ approach versus a ‘Palestinian’ approach…
"“We aim to move beyond the polarized discourse of an ‘Israeli’ approach versus a ‘Palestinian’ approach by focusing on the scholarly study of this particular region, its peoples and cultures,” [Prof. David Schneer, Director of the Program in Jewish Studies]...
“The systematic extermination of around 80% of the Herero people and 50% of the Nama was the work both…
"The systematic extermination of around 80% of the Herero people and 50% of the Nama was the work both of German soldiers and colonial administrators; banal, desk-bound killers. The most reliable figures estimate 90,000 people were killed."?Dear Pope...
Polizei weiter nach NSU-Schema – Bewusstlos geschlagen, Kopftuch heruntergerissen, wie Täterin behandelt – MiGAZIN
Polizei weiter nach NSU-Schema - Bewusstlos geschlagen, Kopftuch heruntergerissen, wie Täterin behandelt - MiGAZINEine muslimische Studentin wird auf offener Straße vermutlich Opfer eines islamfeindlichen Angriffs: als sie zu sich kommt, liegt sie benommen auf dem...