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]
The Benefits of No-Tech Note Taking
The Benefits of No-Tech Note TakingA year after banning students from taking notes on laptops, a professor reports on the results.This was posted on Google+
“And I would eliminate MLA interviews. In a half-hour interview, hiring committees learn much about …
"And I would eliminate MLA interviews. In a half-hour interview, hiring committees learn much about a job candidate -- but not what they think they are learning. Instead, committees make determinations about a candidate’s gender, race, ethnicity, age, visible...
Universities May Be Contributing to High Attrition Rates Among Graduate Students – The Atlantic
Universities May Be Contributing to High Attrition Rates Among Graduate Students - The AtlanticUniversities themselves may be contributing to burnout.This was posted on Google+
Moving toward Collective Liberation II: Sanctuary
The question of sanctuary is a salient one for our current times. What could it and should it mean? How might we think of sanctuary and intersecting identities? The actions of the current political administration have left many LGBTQ people in our community with deep...
The Alchemy of Academic Inspiration
The Alchemy of Academic Inspiration The smallest interactions with students can have profound effects. This was posted on Google+
The perceived crisis triggered by the current refugee influx highlights the contradiction at the heart…
The perceived crisis triggered by the current refugee influx highlights the contradiction at the heart of human rights discourse. Modern humanity has been constructed as both European and as universal; the racialized “Other” against whom the “modern human” disturbs...
Book argues that faculty members of color going up for tenure are judged by different standard than white peers
Book argues that faculty members of color going up for tenure are judged by different standard than white peers New book argues that sometimes faculty members of color going up for tenure are judged by a higher standard than are their white peers. This was posted on...
Rassismus, Klassenverhältnisse und Geschlecht an deutschen Hochschulen. Ein runder Tisch, der aneckt | Gutiérrez Rodríguez | suburban. zeitschrift für kritische stadtforschung
Rassismus, Klassenverhältnisse und Geschlecht an deutschen Hochschulen. Ein runder Tisch, der aneckt | Gutiérrez Rodríguez | suburban. zeitschrift für kritische stadtforschungRassismus, Klassenverhältnisse und Geschlecht an deutschen Hochschulen. Ein runder Tisch, der...
12 Ways to Be an Effective Ally at Standing Rock
12 Ways to Be an Effective Ally at Standing Rock Here are some important tips for non-native allies who want to support the movement at Standing Rock. This was posted on Google+
Meet Eight New Afrofuturism Artists Creating a Future of Color
Meet Eight New Afrofuturism Artists Creating a Future of ColorThis stunning gallery on Blavity showcases eight up-and-coming visual artists influenced by Afrofuturism, science fiction that explores the experiences and culture of people of color. They’re amazingly...