Project Relevance: Why German Studies Now?

​Throughout 2019, we will feature blog posts by scholars working in Black German Studies, Queer German Studies, GDR Studies, German Women’s and Gender Studies, and German Migration Studies. These scholars will outline the relevance of the research in their specific fields with an eye to German Studies broadly, attending to questions of diversity and anti-colonization. 

Thus far, the following posts have been published with others on the books for the summer and fall: 

• "Why does Black German Studies Matter Now?" by Vanessa D. Plumly and Tiffany N. Florvil

• "Why does Black German Studies Matter Now?" by Priscilla Layne

• "Lessons from the Stasi Files, or, Why GDR Studies Still Matter" by Carol Anne Costabile-Heming

• "Why do GDR Studies Matter Now?" by Kyle Frackman

• "Why Studying the GDR Still Matters Today – The GDR as Lived Experience" by Katrin Bahr

• "Why Queer German Studies Matter Now? Thoughts from a Holocaust Historian," by Anna Hájková

• "Why do German Gender Studies Matter Now?" by Claire Scott

• "Reframing German Migration Studies: Challenging Institutions and Disciplines," by Gizem Arslan

• "Why do German Migration Studies Matter Today?" by Didem Uca

 
If you would like to participate in the discussion, we invite you to reach out to us. We are eager to work with scholars at various stages of their careers and feature their take on the relevance of their field of study for German Studies in particular, but also for the liberal arts broadly speaking. The fields listed above are not exhaustive and are only the beginning. We are eager to support work by scholars working in diverse fields.