The DDGC Queer and Trans German Studies Research Cooperative is an anti-fascist, anti-capitalist academic collective committed to challenging structures of oppression and advancing critical scholarship and teaching on sex, gender, sexuality, and identity within German Studies (broadly conceived). This cooperative serves as a radical intellectual and organizing space for scholars at all career stages, teachers, activists, and artists who resist hegemonic frameworks and seek to produce transformative knowledge and solidarity by sharing resources, supporting each other’s work, and building community within a field that has been historically underrepresented and marginalized by the academy. In the face of global fascism, anti-feminism, anti-trans, and anti-queer violence, the co-op seeks to provide an infrastructure for marginalized voices in German Studies to work collectively, support one another, and develop scholarship that actively resists reactionary forces in both academia and society.

 The cooperative’s scope is expansive, centering queer and trans perspectives within the study of German-speaking contexts, including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, as well as diasporic and postcolonial German contexts. The cooperative encourages diverse methodologies, from literary analysis and archival research to ethnographic and digital humanities and social science approaches with an explicit commitment to decolonial, anti-racist, feminist, and intersectional queer and trans frameworks.

Membership

Membership is open to anyone committed to radical, anti-oppressive scholarship and/or teaching on queer and trans issues within German-speaking contexts. The cooperative intentionally breaks down hierarchical structures that often define academic institutions, promoting horizontal organization and collective decision-making. It is especially dedicated to supporting early-career scholars, precariously employed academics, and those under threat due to anti-queer and anti-trans policies in their respective institutional or national contexts.

Conveners & Contact Information

Conveners: Jonah I. Garde (University of British Columbia) & Ervin Malakaj (University of British Columbia)

Contact Email: qtcoop[at]ddgccollective.org

Email List: The Pink Pony Club maintains an email list. In order to join the list, email the conveners.