• Debate, Democracy, Diversity: University Politics and American Studies; with E. Yekani, M. Klepper, E. Kimmell, N. Habib.

  • Nov 13 2020
  • Length: 40 mins
  • Podcast

Debate, Democracy, Diversity: University Politics and American Studies; with E. Yekani, M. Klepper, E. Kimmell, N. Habib.

  • Summary

  • In this episode, Prof. Dr. Elahe Haschemi Yekani , Prof. Dr. Martin Klepper, Emma Kimmell, and  Nisreen Habib,(Humboldt-Universität Berlin) reflect on university politics, racism, structural change and, of course, American Studies. The interview was inspired by a town hall meeting at the American Studies section of the Department of English and American Studies of the HU, organized by Daphne Beers, Julia Dutschke, Kristina Graaff, Nisren Habib, Thao Ho, Lia Kindinger, Martin Klepper, Sophie von Lentzke, and Alina Weiermüller. https://www.angl.hu-berlin.de/department/sec/amstud/town-hall-meeting-june-24.pdf 

    The episode is hosted by Dr. Verena Adamik and Anja Söyünmez.

    Arghavan, Mahmoud, et al. Who Can Speak and Who Is Heard/Hurt? Transcript Verlag, 2019.

    Bader-Ginsburg, Ruth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Bader_Ginsburg

    BLM https://blacklivesmatter.com/

    Coates, Ta-Nehisi. https://ta-nehisicoates.com/

    Davis, Angela Y. Angela Davis https://web.archive.org/web/20190331175938/https://www.thehistorymakers.org/biography/angela-davis-40

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela_Davis

    Department of English and American Studies HU Berlin  https://www.angl.hu-berlin.de/

    DuBois, W. E. B. https://hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu/web-dubois

    FridaysForFuture https://fridaysforfuture.org/

    Klepper, Martin.  https://www.angl.hu-berlin.de/department/staff-faculty/professors/klepper

    Lorde, Audre. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audre_Lorde

    Matthiessen, F.O. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._O._Matthiessen

    Vuong, Ocean. https://www.oceanvuong.com/

    Haschemi Yekani, Elahe.  https://www.angl.hu-berlin.de/department/staff-faculty/professors/klepper

    As promised, podcast recommendations on the topics discussed, curated by yours truly, Anja Söyunmez.

    Lynching in America - https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/listen; Witness Black History; https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01h9dl0/episodes/downloads; Pod Save the People - https://crooked.com/podcast-series/pod-save-the-people/ ; Seeing White  https://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/; The Breakdown https://open.spotify.com/show/3rInLkkAglRgLWZoa5cmlU

    Music Intro/Outro

    Title: pine voc - coconut macaroon; Author: Stevia Sphere; Source: https://soundcloud.com/hissoperator/pine-voc-coconut-macaroon License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Royalty Free Open Music from https://starfrosch.com

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