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Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
November 1, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Every far-right riot and protest that was tolerated, every racist dog whistle from public reps, every bit of hate and misinformation allowed to spread by social media companies, all led to this moment in Drogheda last night where someone felt emboldened enough to try to burn children alive.
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»Die Umbenennung ist ein Symbol dafür, dass eine rassistische Fremdbezeichnung für Schwarze Menschen, Menschen afrikanischer Herkunft, aus dem öffentlichen Raum verbannt wurde.«
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1193...
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1193...
Hunderte feiern die Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße in Berlin
Angekündigt, abgesagt, doch durchgeführt: Am Samstag wurde feierlich die Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße in Berlin eingeweiht. Kurz zuvor drohte die Umbenennung der ehemaligen Mohrenstraße an einem Eilantrag...
www.nd-aktuell.de
August 24, 2025 at 5:27 PM
»Die Umbenennung ist ein Symbol dafür, dass eine rassistische Fremdbezeichnung für Schwarze Menschen, Menschen afrikanischer Herkunft, aus dem öffentlichen Raum verbannt wurde.«
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1193...
www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1193...
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The mainstreaming of far right discourse 2015 to 2025 in two pictures. The first is from a right wing troll that caused widespread outrage. The second is a supposedly serious journalist just asking questions
August 24, 2025 at 6:39 PM
The mainstreaming of far right discourse 2015 to 2025 in two pictures. The first is from a right wing troll that caused widespread outrage. The second is a supposedly serious journalist just asking questions
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anti-Algerian pogrom in the GDR 50 years ago; v good research into a neglected event
August 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
anti-Algerian pogrom in the GDR 50 years ago; v good research into a neglected event
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In ihrem Plädoyer kritisierte Nebenklageanwältin Seda Başay-Yıldız das bisherige Verfahren scharf: „Was hier passiert ist, ist ein Spiegelbild unserer Gesellschaft. Alles, was nach rechts aussieht, wird kleingeredet oder am besten gar nicht ermittelt.“ taz.de/Nach-dem-Bra...
July 30, 2025 at 5:27 PM
In ihrem Plädoyer kritisierte Nebenklageanwältin Seda Başay-Yıldız das bisherige Verfahren scharf: „Was hier passiert ist, ist ein Spiegelbild unserer Gesellschaft. Alles, was nach rechts aussieht, wird kleingeredet oder am besten gar nicht ermittelt.“ taz.de/Nach-dem-Bra...
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A new interview with @mahaelhissy.bsky.social in @newgermanbooks.bsky.social on her 'Accidental Portents' project and upcoming podcast series 'Ne7ki' with Palestinian writers in and outside Gaza. www.new-books-in-german.com/interview-wi...
Counteracting canonisation in literature – an interview with Dr Maha El Hissy – New Books in German
NBG interviews Dr Maha El Hissy
www.new-books-in-german.com
July 30, 2025 at 9:54 AM
A new interview with @mahaelhissy.bsky.social in @newgermanbooks.bsky.social on her 'Accidental Portents' project and upcoming podcast series 'Ne7ki' with Palestinian writers in and outside Gaza. www.new-books-in-german.com/interview-wi...
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This is one of those moments when the hollowness of our democratic systems becomes visible to the public. Facts are verified, but deliberation is pure performance, and accountability is nowhere. The system absorbs truth without ever acting on it.
Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop | Nesrine Malik
Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop | Nesrine Malik
Political platitudes and a few trucks of aid won’t save the children dying now. But they show leaders can’t ignore public opinion for ever, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik
www.theguardian.com
July 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
This is one of those moments when the hollowness of our democratic systems becomes visible to the public. Facts are verified, but deliberation is pure performance, and accountability is nowhere. The system absorbs truth without ever acting on it.
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Terrifying police violence in Berlin again today, against protestors for Palestine of course. Police in heavy gear hammering away at peaceful demonstrators. And the fascists aren't even technically in power (yet)
July 24, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Terrifying police violence in Berlin again today, against protestors for Palestine of course. Police in heavy gear hammering away at peaceful demonstrators. And the fascists aren't even technically in power (yet)
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In spite of all the professional chaos lately, I'm pleased to see this piece out today in early view and open access in Unterrichtspraxis. It's the culmination of a couple of years of writing and thinking about these issues, which are more important now than ever. Out in print later this year!
Reframing Gender‐Inclusive Language in German Education: Politics, Pedagogy, and Possibilities
Recently in Germany the question of gender-inclusive language has become another front in the culture wars. Headlines portray these linguistic innovations as disruptive and unnecessary while politici...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 24, 2025 at 10:51 PM
In spite of all the professional chaos lately, I'm pleased to see this piece out today in early view and open access in Unterrichtspraxis. It's the culmination of a couple of years of writing and thinking about these issues, which are more important now than ever. Out in print later this year!
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New research published by The Lancet finds that economic sanctions imposed by the USA and EU are associated with more than 500,000 deaths per year since 1970, five times more than deaths by war.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
The health toll of economic sanctions
Financing for global health is the main topic of discussion in 2025, especially since
the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville earlier
this month. This issue contain...
www.thelancet.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
New research published by The Lancet finds that economic sanctions imposed by the USA and EU are associated with more than 500,000 deaths per year since 1970, five times more than deaths by war.
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
You can hear more about the book and my chapter in particular here on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. Nice to hear my research discussed on German radio! www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/die-ganze-ge...
July 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
You can hear more about the book and my chapter in particular here on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. Nice to hear my research discussed on German radio! www.deutschlandfunkkultur.de/die-ganze-ge...
In Germany, you can’t make connections between antisemitism and other forms of racism. In Britain, you can’t say they are different. Make it make sense.
The Diane Abbott row shows how impoverished Britain’s conversations about race have become | Jason Okundaye
The Diane Abbott row shows how impoverished Britain’s conversations about race have become | Jason Okundaye
We should be able to discuss the different ways in which minorities are racialised in a thoughtful – and sometimes confronting – way, says Guardian writer Jason Okundaye
www.theguardian.com
July 20, 2025 at 5:36 AM
In Germany, you can’t make connections between antisemitism and other forms of racism. In Britain, you can’t say they are different. Make it make sense.
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reccherche von forensis zu polizeigewalt nakba-tag und desinformation. link im comment
July 11, 2025 at 6:47 AM
reccherche von forensis zu polizeigewalt nakba-tag und desinformation. link im comment
New publiction in Maha El Hissy’s edited volume '"Die ganze Geschichte fasse ich an der Hand": Literatur und Kunst zur Einwanderung ins Nachkriegsdeutschland'. My own contribution traces a tradition of anti-racist poetry in Turkish-German writing from the 70s to today.
July 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
New publiction in Maha El Hissy’s edited volume '"Die ganze Geschichte fasse ich an der Hand": Literatur und Kunst zur Einwanderung ins Nachkriegsdeutschland'. My own contribution traces a tradition of anti-racist poetry in Turkish-German writing from the 70s to today.
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Ich freue mich so sehr über diesen von @mahaelhissy.bsky.social herausgegebenen Band! Ich bin großer Fan von Sammelbänden und anderen vielstimmigen Publikationen. Wenn sie, wie dieser Band, gut gemacht sind, können sie nämlich zu Diskursverschiebungen beitragen.
Aus der Druckerei und ab kommender Woche lieferbar: „‚Die ganze Geschichte fasse ich an der Hand.“ Literatur und Kunst zur Einwanderung ins Nachkriegsdeutschland“ hg. v. Maha El Hissy.
Leseprobe: www.verbrecherverlag.de/shop/die-gan...
Leseprobe: www.verbrecherverlag.de/shop/die-gan...
June 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Ich freue mich so sehr über diesen von @mahaelhissy.bsky.social herausgegebenen Band! Ich bin großer Fan von Sammelbänden und anderen vielstimmigen Publikationen. Wenn sie, wie dieser Band, gut gemacht sind, können sie nämlich zu Diskursverschiebungen beitragen.
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Jetzt hat es auch die Herausgeberin - @mahaelhissy.bsky.social mit dem von ihr herausgegebenen Buch „‚Die ganze Geschichte fasse ich an der Hand.“ Literatur und Kunst zur Einwanderung ins Nachkriegsdeutschland“.
Leseprobe: www.verbrecherverlag.de/shop/die-gan...
Leseprobe: www.verbrecherverlag.de/shop/die-gan...
July 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Jetzt hat es auch die Herausgeberin - @mahaelhissy.bsky.social mit dem von ihr herausgegebenen Buch „‚Die ganze Geschichte fasse ich an der Hand.“ Literatur und Kunst zur Einwanderung ins Nachkriegsdeutschland“.
Leseprobe: www.verbrecherverlag.de/shop/die-gan...
Leseprobe: www.verbrecherverlag.de/shop/die-gan...
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"Wer feministische oder antirassistische Bewegungen, die sich für Gleichberechtigung & Teilhabe einsetzen, pauschal als ideologisch motivierte Bedrohung für die Kunstfreiheit darstellt, leistet letztlich jener Polarisierung Vorschub, vor der Weimer selbst warnt."
www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/kultu...
www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/kultu...
"Kultur braucht Vielfalt – und klare Haltung": Eine Replik auf Kulturstaatsminister Wolfram Weimer
Die Freiheit ist kein neutraler Raum. Gleichsetzungen von links und rechts sind politisch gefährlich, meint Sven Lehmann, Vorsitzender des Kulturausschusses des Bundestags
www.sueddeutsche.de
June 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"Wer feministische oder antirassistische Bewegungen, die sich für Gleichberechtigung & Teilhabe einsetzen, pauschal als ideologisch motivierte Bedrohung für die Kunstfreiheit darstellt, leistet letztlich jener Polarisierung Vorschub, vor der Weimer selbst warnt."
www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/kultu...
www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/kultu...
Racial bloodlines, 1945 as a liberation of Germany, imported antisemitism. Chancellor, you are truly spoiling us
German Chancellor Merz: “The US and Germany share the same DNA. We are partners. We are friends. We are literally family.
“Many citizens here in the US have ancestors hailing from Germany.
“I just gave POTUS a copy of his grandfather’s birth certificate. He was born in Kallstadt, Germany, in 1869.”
“Many citizens here in the US have ancestors hailing from Germany.
“I just gave POTUS a copy of his grandfather’s birth certificate. He was born in Kallstadt, Germany, in 1869.”
June 7, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Racial bloodlines, 1945 as a liberation of Germany, imported antisemitism. Chancellor, you are truly spoiling us
Sing in German, you cowards! #slcleurovision
May 17, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Sing in German, you cowards! #slcleurovision
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Ich bin sehr dankbar für die tollen Beitragenden und die schöne Zusammenarbeit - der Band erscheint im Mai bei @transcript-verlag.bsky.social 💜
www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...
www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...
April 4, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Ich bin sehr dankbar für die tollen Beitragenden und die schöne Zusammenarbeit - der Band erscheint im Mai bei @transcript-verlag.bsky.social 💜
www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...
www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...
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We were delighted to host Profs Kader Konuk & Vanessa Agnew, who spoke generously & movingly about their inspiring ‘Academy in Exile’ project, a case study on the theme of the crisis of the humanities.
May 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
We were delighted to host Profs Kader Konuk & Vanessa Agnew, who spoke generously & movingly about their inspiring ‘Academy in Exile’ project, a case study on the theme of the crisis of the humanities.
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We are delighted to welcome world-renowned public intellectuals Aleida Assmann and Susan Neiman to the HI for a TNH roundtable on ‘The Future of Cultural Memory in Times of Disruption’ | 28th May 2025 @ 4.30pm | Please register for this free event on eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-future...
May 9, 2025 at 3:33 PM
We are delighted to welcome world-renowned public intellectuals Aleida Assmann and Susan Neiman to the HI for a TNH roundtable on ‘The Future of Cultural Memory in Times of Disruption’ | 28th May 2025 @ 4.30pm | Please register for this free event on eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-future...
Honoured to take part in this book launch in Cambridge and see my volume in such good company as work by Maha El Hissy, Jeannette Oholi, Selma Rezgui, Laura Marie Sturtz and Tara Talwar Windsor. Thanks for the interesting discussions about radical diversity in German Studies! @ucdslcl.bsky.social
December 11, 2024 at 1:52 PM
Honoured to take part in this book launch in Cambridge and see my volume in such good company as work by Maha El Hissy, Jeannette Oholi, Selma Rezgui, Laura Marie Sturtz and Tara Talwar Windsor. Thanks for the interesting discussions about radical diversity in German Studies! @ucdslcl.bsky.social