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]
President Obama Wants America to Be Like Germany—What Does That Really Mean?
President Obama Wants America to Be Like Germany—What Does That Really Mean?Want a smarter workforce? A stronger manufacturing sector? Germany seems to offer a blueprint for Obama's middle-out economic agenda -- if we take away the right lessonsThis was posted on...
Seven secrets of stylish academic writing
Seven secrets of stylish academic writingSeven secrets of stylish academic writingImagine that the editor of a widely-read magazine or, say, The Conversation has heard about your academic research and invited you to contribute an article. But you only know how to...
Seven secrets of stylish academic writing
Seven secrets of stylish academic writing?Seven secrets of stylish academic writingImagine that the editor of a widely-read magazine or, say, The Conversation has heard about your academic research and invited you to contribute an article. But you only know how to...
On “The Enlightenment’s ‘Race’ Problem, and Ours”
An interesting post reflecting on the role of racism in Enlightenment thought was posted in the New York Times this week. While I laud the attention to racist aspects of Enlightenment thinking, I am less certain about this claim: "but given that we now know that the...
The Enlightenment’s ‘Race’ Problem, and Ours
The Enlightenment's 'Race' Problem, and OursWhen we learned that witches did not exist, we threw out the category. So why do we cling to the discredited notion of race?This was posted on Google+…
The Enlightenment’s ‘Race’ Problem, and Ours
The Enlightenment's 'Race' Problem, and OursWhen we learned that witches did not exist, we threw out the category. So why do we cling to the discredited notion of race?This was posted on Google+
“Digital Humanities” maps the field
Noticed via a twitter discussion today: The new book Digital Humanities was issued as an Open Access text by the MIT Press. The authors provide a productive definition: Digital Humanities is less a unified field than an array of convergent practices that explore a...
Eradicating racism from German children’s books – The Local
Eradicating racism from German children's books - The LocalShould Germany expunge racist terms from classic children's books? The Local's Marc Young comments on the country's often exasperating attitudes on race.This was posted on Google+…
Eradicating racism from German children’s books – The Local
Eradicating racism from German children's books - The LocalShould Germany expunge racist terms from classic children's books? The Local's Marc Young comments on the country's often exasperating attitudes on race.This was posted on Google+
Against Castration: Himika Bhattacharya and Deepti Misri
Against Castration: Himika Bhattacharya and Deepti MisriGuest post by HIMIKA BHATTACHARYA and DEEPTI MISRI The public preoccupation with both the death penalty and castration as punishment for rape continued last week, with the Pakistani activist Asma J......This was...