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]
Hate in Europe is on the Rise
Hate in Europe is on the Rise?Beyond Breivik, Hate in Europe is on the Rise | Human Rights WatchWith the eyes of the world on the Oslo district court, there are stark contrasts on display. The twisted and hate-filled logic of Anders Breivik contrasts with the calm,...
Hijab Martyrdom, Headscarf Debates: Rethinking Violence, Secularism and Islam in Germany http://c…
Hijab Martyrdom, Headscarf Debates: Rethinking Violence, Secularism, and Islam in Germany Abstract: Fereshta Ludin’s struggle to be appointed as a public school teacher while wearing a hijab received massive media attention in Germany, while the xenophobically...
Hoodies & Hijab? A Poorly Thought Out Notion of Anti-racist Feminism!
A strange attempt at anti-racist feminism proves deeply racist. Responses on the Feminist Wire. And additional resources from MMW
The Violence of Language and the Language of Violence. “Unfortunately,the conversation and public outrage…
The Violence of Language and the Language of Violence. "Unfortunately,the conversation and public outrage has often drifted away from the broaderissues of violence, sexism, and misogyny, away from the broader attack on girlsand women, instead focusing on...
Bigger Than Rush: The Violence of Language and Language of Violence
Interesting article by David J. Leonard on NewBlackMan on the violence of language, the language of the violence, and the problem with the discussions of Rush Limbaugh: "Unfortunately,the conversation and public outrage has often drifted away from the broaderissues of...
The New Hate… is not so New. On Recognizing Continuities in Racialized Hatreds
Katie Ryder interviews Arthur Goldwag on Salon.com on the resurgence of racialized and xenophobic hatreds in the United States. Goldwag argues for complicating our understanding of recent hatreds by locating them in histories of racism.
In a Changing World, Teaching Foreign Languages Ever More Important
Stacie Nevadomski-Berdan points out the importance of teaching more foreign language, not less, today (at the Huffington Post).
HATICE AKYÜN on Continued Lack of Opportunity for Turkish Germans with University Degrees
Interview with HATICE AKYÜN, “Wir stehen wieder bei null." She notes the brain drain of educated Turkish Germans who leave to pursue careers in Turkey, and contemplates leaving herself in the face of a resurgence of open anti-immigrant sentiment sparked in...
Two feet of snow on our back deck…
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