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The DDGC Collective
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Diversity, Decolonization, and the German Curriculum is an international scholarly collective dedicated to critical approaches to German Studies.

https://www.ddgccollective.org
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Check out this blog post in which Helen Gunn and Cynthia Shin from Indiana University reflect on some of the work they undertook to bring people together during times difficult for community-making over at IU.

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A Note from the Theory, Theater, and Performance Working Group at Indiana University Bloomington — The DDGC Collective
Helen Gunn and Cynthia Shin from Indiana University reflect on some of the work they undertook to bring people together during times difficult for community-making. Read more about their story here.
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July 28, 2025 at 5:51 AM
ddgc.bsky.social
Check out the series of DDGC Blog posts on solidarity infrastructures in our collective and the work of our comrades over at @ddfccollective.bsky.social. On the joys and the pain of community organizing at times of intersecting crises. More on series here:

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Solidarity Infrastructures in DDFC and DDGC — The DDGC Collective
Ervin Malakaj introduces a collection of contributions reflecting about the labor of solidarity work, the building of infrastructures for collectivity, and the impasses as well as the urgency associat...
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July 28, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Symposium: Germany has a "special responsibility" to Palestine. Please register for a link to attend!

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July 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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Join us for our next reading group dedicated to Ghassan Kanafani’s “Returning to Haifa” (1970) and Michael Rothberg’s "The Implicated Subject: Beyond Victims and Perpetrators" (2019). To find out more about the group, visit the link below.

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DDGC Reading Group: Kanafani and Rothberg — The DDGC Collective
The DDGC collective is hosting an ongoing reading group featuring texts that help us think with artists and academics with vital insights about Palestine. The next installment of the group will featur...
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May 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
ddgc.bsky.social
We are proud to announce the launch of the latest DDGC Research Co-Ops dedicated to antifascisms. To learn more about the co-op with info on how to join, check out the following website: www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-antifas....
Poster for co-op, red circle against black background with the words: Antifascist Research Cooperative.
May 5, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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beverlyweber.bsky.social
Support our work ! There are so many ways to get involved.
ddgc.bsky.social The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · Apr 29
We convene a mutual aid network for our comrades in German studies. To find out more about how to request resources, share resources, or help get involved with convening the network, check out our website: www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-mutual-....
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April 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
ddgc.bsky.social
We convene a mutual aid network for our comrades in German studies. To find out more about how to request resources, share resources, or help get involved with convening the network, check out our website: www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-mutual-....
black text on cream-colored background with line-drawn graphic of group of people sitting in a circle that reads: Join us! DDGC Mutual Aid Network black text on cream-colored background with graphic of form and pen that reads: There are three ways to get involved. 1. Fill out an offer form black text on cream-colored background with graphic of money into a donation box that reads: There are three ways to get involved. 2. We also accept monetary donations black text on cream-colored background with graphic of group of people standing with arms around each other’s shoulders: There are three ways to get involved. 3. You can also join our core convening group
April 29, 2025 at 12:26 AM
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bradruss.bsky.social
I wrote a piece on IHRA and the impact it’s having on the German and North American discourse around anti-antisemitism. Thankful for the @ddgc.bsky.social and its support!
The IHRA Definition’s Global Impact: How Anti-Antisemitism Legislation Threatens Academic Freedom in Germany, the United States, and Canada — The DDGC Collective
Braden Russell provides an analysis of the discourses on anti-antisemitism in Canada, the USA, and Germany.
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March 28, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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The sign-up period for our online writing support groups (asynchronous and write-on-site) is now live. You can learn more about the groups and how to sign up on our website.

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DDGC Writing Support Groups — The DDGC Collective
Join our writing community.
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March 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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krisknisely.bsky.social
ISO Language teachers for gender justice

Are you a language teacher who wants to learn more about gender justice & collaboratively make free resources to support the teaching and learning of nonbinary ways of doing languages other than English?

Interest form: bit.ly/GenderJustPL...

Please share!
Language teachers: Want free materials that are trans-affirming & gender-just? Join an online professional community to learn more about gender justice & collaboratively make them! I'm looking for teachers of languages other than English who would like to participate in a online professional community April 1-May 6 focused on deepening our understandings of gender-just language pedagogies and collaboratively creating open educational resources in the languages we teach, with support from researchers in trans applied linguistics and trans/nonbinary language experts. There is no cost to participate and 20 educators who take part in the learning community, create 1 or more OER to share, and take an exit survey will receive $100. Do you qualify? 1. Do you teach a language other than English (at any level, K-16)? 2. Do you have an interest in trans-affirming, gender-just language education? 3. Would you like to make professional connections with other language teachers and community experts? 4. Would you like to co-create open educational resources (OERs) including trans and nonbinary ways of doing language? April 1-May 6, 2025. Estimated 10-15 hours. Flexible scheduling. Free/$100: 20 educators who take part in the free learning community, create 1+ OER to share, & take an exit survey will receive $100. Fill out a short interest form or ask questions: https://bit.ly/GenderJustPLONS
February 28, 2025 at 12:19 AM
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Comrades in German studies: we run a mutual aid network with a robust infrastructure to support comrades requiring resources. Fill out the aid request form and our team will work hard to support you. Funding, mentoring, local organizing, etc.

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DDGC Mutual Aid Network — The DDGC Collective
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March 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
ddgc.bsky.social
We are excited to announce the conference program for DDGC 2025, which is dedicated to conversations about interdependence and solidarity formations in German studies and the arts. The conference is co-organized by @jeannetteoho.bsky.social and @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social.
DDGC 2025 Interdependence and Solidarity Formations in German Studies and the Arts April 10-12, 2025 (Online) Conference Program & Registration: www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-conference-2025
February 19, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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annakornbluh.bsky.social
protest the theft of public money + public goods! TOMORROW all over!

protests, rallies + press conferences coordinated by AFCSME, AAUP, AFT, UAW, HELU+ others, for researchers+ public servants + their supporters.

find your local action!
www.labor4highered.org

chicago join us at 10am!
Chicago protest feb 19 10am 828 s wolcott
February 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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jeannetteoho.bsky.social
Vor der DDGC Konferenz veranstalten wir eine Lesegruppe. Wir sprechen über "Hass" und "All About Love". Meldet euch gerne online bis zum 28.02. dafür an. ⤵️
February 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
ddgc.bsky.social
In preparation for the 2025 DDGC Conference dedicated to the theme of solidarity and interdependence in German studies, @jeannetteoho.bsky.social and @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social are hosting a reading group on Şeyda Kurt’s "Hass" and bell hooks’ "All About Love." www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-reading...
DDGC Reading Group: Hate & Love — The DDGC Collective
Join the reading group accompanying the 2025 DDGC Conference dedicated to the theme of solidarity and interdependence in German studies and beyond.
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February 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
ddgc.bsky.social
Check out the DDGC Queer and Trans German Studies Research Cooperative (aka the Pink Pony Club). The conveners are @jonahgarde.bsky.social and @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social. Reach out to them if you would like to join and be added to the email list for the group.

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Hot pink bubble text on a sparkling pink background with a pink pony graphic. Queer and Trans German Studies Research Cooperative.
February 14, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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beverlyweber.bsky.social
Let me know if you want to participate!
ddgc.bsky.social The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · Feb 14
Check out the DDGC Critical Food Studies Research Collectives. The co-op is convened by Bradley Boovy,
@mariakatze.bsky.social, and @beverlyweber.bsky.social. Contact the conveners to get on the email list and to get involved with the group.

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Harvest green and gold text on dark background with an image of fall veggies. Critical Food Studies Research Cooperative.
February 14, 2025 at 4:55 PM
ddgc.bsky.social
Check out the DDGC Critical Food Studies Research Collectives. The co-op is convened by Bradley Boovy,
@mariakatze.bsky.social, and @beverlyweber.bsky.social. Contact the conveners to get on the email list and to get involved with the group.

www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-critica...
Harvest green and gold text on dark background with an image of fall veggies. Critical Food Studies Research Cooperative.
February 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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jonahgarde.bsky.social
For the past few months @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social and I have been scheming to launch the Pink Pony Club - or the queer and trans German studies research cooperative. Check out the description and reach out if you want to join our email list and future activities! Excited for what's ahead! 🦄
January 4, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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New DDGC Research Cooperative: Queer & Trans German Studies (the Pink Pony Club), convened by @jonahgarde.bsky.social & @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social. Check out the description for the co-op & reach out to the conveners if you are interested in being involved.

www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-queer-a...
DDGC Queer and Trans German Studies Research Cooperative (The Pink Pony Club) — The DDGC Collective
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 Ge...
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January 3, 2025 at 8:54 PM
ddgc.bsky.social
New DDGC Research Cooperative: Critical Food Studies, convened by Bradley Boovy, Maria Stehle, and @beverlyweber.bsky.social! Check out the work of this co-op and write to the conveners if you'd like to get involved.

www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-critica...
DDGC Critical Food Studies Cooperative — The DDGC Collective
A cooperative dedicated to the analysis of how food is embedded in global, capitalist networks of power and circulation, emerging from histories of the settler colonial state and ongoing occupation of...
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January 3, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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ervinmalakaj.bsky.social
Friendlies, @jonahgarde.bsky.social and I started the Pink Pony Club, which is a @ddgc.bsky.social research cooperative dedicated to queer and trans German studies. Check out the description and if you are up for it, join us. We are starting an email list!

www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-queer-a...
DDGC Queer and Trans German Studies Research Cooperative (The Pink Pony Club) — The DDGC Collective
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 Ge...
www.ddgccollective.org
January 3, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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daphnebdz.bsky.social
Trying to build a starter kit for Black Europe and Afropean scholars and activists - but many ppl I can think of are not (yet) on blusky. I need HELP 🖤

@eraldo.bsky.social @tnflorvil.bsky.social @afropean.bsky.social @historianmemory.bsky.social @camillahawth.bsky.social @jeannetteoho.bsky.social
November 18, 2024 at 9:48 AM
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manwithoutatan.bsky.social
Liebe Freund*innen! Am Montag (25.11.) darf ich in Hamburg über das Leben von Liddy Bacroff und trans*/queere Erinnerung vortragen, danach eine Diskussion mit tollen Referent*innen. 19.00 Uhr im Stadthaus — Voranmeldung erforderlich aber kostenlos! stadthaus.gedenkstaetten-hamburg.de/de/veranstal...
Neues aus der Forschung: Liddy Bacroff – queere Biografien und ihre Bedeutung für die Bildungsarbeit
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November 18, 2024 at 3:42 PM