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]
Leisure time is a feminist issue.
Leisure time is a feminist issue.?Brigid Schulte: Why time is a feminist issueThis was posted on Google+
Karlsruhe: Bundesverfassungsgericht kippt pauschales Kopftuchverbot für Lehrer
Karlsruhe: Bundesverfassungsgericht kippt pauschales Kopftuchverbot für LehrerDie Berliner "taz" ist auf eine verfrüht veröffentlichte Pressemitteilung gestoßen. Demnach dürfen Pädagogen künftig im Unterricht eine religiöse Kopfbedeckung tragen.This was posted on...
Journalist Mely Kiyak transforms hate mail into spoken word act
German Journalist Makes Light of Hate Mail in Spoken Word Act ?Kurdish-German Journalist Makes Light Of Hate Mail In Spoken Word ActNPR's Audie Cornish meets journalist Mely Kiyak, a German-born daughter of Kurds from Turkey. In her spoken word performance, she stages...
Ferguson shows how a police force can turn into a plundering ‘collection agency’
Ferguson shows how a police force can turn into a plundering ‘collection agency’What the Ferguson government is doing isn't just racist, scholars say, it's medieval.This was posted on Google+
Unbelievable. http://t.co/rzdQIYezkW
Unbelievable. http://t.co/rzdQIYezkW?Oh No They Didn't: Designers Show 'Squaw' Fashion in MilanThis was posted on Google+
Die Weißwaschung und Aneignung von Black Studies in Deutschland – Ein Community-Statement
Die Weißwaschung und Aneignung von Black Studies in Deutschland - Ein Community-Statement Während die finanziellen Ressourcen der Creative Unit dazu genutzt werden, um Stellen für weiße Wissenschaftler_innen zu finanzieren, werden die Namen von Schwarzen...
2014: Hohes Maß an rassistischer Gewalt und Hetze gegen Flüchtlinge | Netz gegen Nazis
2014: Hohes Maß an rassistischer Gewalt und Hetze gegen Flüchtlinge | Netz gegen NazisIn Deutschland werden immer mehr gewalttätige Angriffe auf Flüchtlinge gezählt. Auch die rassistische Hetze nimmt zu – ob auf Facebook oder auf der Straße. Das berichten die Amadeu...
I read only non-white authors for 12 months. What I learned surprised me | Sunili Govinnage | Comment is free | The Guardian
I read only non-white authors for 12 months. What I learned surprised me | Sunili Govinnage | Comment is free | The GuardianThis was posted on Google+
We don’t need more STEM majors. We need more STEM majors with liberal arts training.
We don’t need more STEM majors. We need more STEM majors with liberal arts training.The ability to draw from other disciplines produces better scientists.This was posted on Google+
Gender, race, religion, faith? Rethinking intersectionality in German feminisms
Gender, race, religion, faith? Rethinking intersectionality in German feminismsAbstract Despite the recent wave of scholarship on intersectionality, as well as a surge in feminist scholarship on Islam in German feminist studies, feminist research has yet to adequately...

