Vor drei Jahren fand Mehmet einen Obdachlosen vor der Tür seines Dönerladens, der die Mülltonnen nach Essen durchsuchte. Er lud ihn auf ein warmes Essen ein. Der kleine Anfang einer großen Geste.
In Deutschland gilt die Meinungsfreiheit. Aber das bedeutet nicht, dass es keinen Widerspruch gibt. Und die Meinungsfreiheit endet da, wo Hass verbreitet und die Würde anderer Menschen verletzt wird. – Kanzlerin #Merkel in der Debatte zum #Haushalt2020 im #Bundestag.
White folx in German: Think about how your colleagues and students of color are made to navigate the world. It's not enough to personally not be racist. It's is everyone's responsibility to be anti-racist. What will our organizations do? @DDGCtweets @GSATeaching@AATGOnline
@GeorgiaTech @UWGermanEvents Teresa Sanislo @UWEauClaire – Gendering the European Tour: Berlin as a Case Study
Skye Savage @Columbia – Fremde Augen: Unica Zürn, Sickness, Guilt, and Surrealism
Gabrielle E. Taylor @UKGerman – Resistance Writing in the Afrodeutsch Experience
#WiGerman19
Really inspiring session on fostering a growth mindset with ePortfolios and reflective journaling by Brenna Byrd and Malinda Massey from UK German Studies. L1 journaling enhances L2 learning. Lessons for life. @UKGerman#ACTFL19
"Questions of literary value are of a piece with historical and political concerns and cannot be adjudicated in a vacuum." Please read @TheGSA's statement on Peter Handke's Nobel Prize. @cangermstudies@womeningerman @DDGCtweets https://t.co/aNOzBzXEt0
In a discussion of what we want the field to look like @beverlymweber points out “We have to be willing to risk the field.” That’s what has to happen if we want change. #WiGerman19
@DDGCtweets @AATGOnline @TheBrandyWilcox Allie quotes @SaraNAhmed, who describes an institution like an old garment, it takes the shape of those who wear it the most. how do we make it more comfortable for others to wear? recognizing how WiG itself is an institution - who wears the garment? #WiGerman19
The 2019 Women in German conference has commenced at Sewannee! We will be sharing content from this busy weekend, so stay tuned! @womeningerman#WiGerman19#vanderbiltgrees