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Judith Rauscher
@judithrauscher.bsky.social
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Asst. Prof. /JProf. for American Literature & Culture @ U of Cologne; Poetry, Ecoriticism, Mobility Studies, Speculative Fiction, Gender Studies 🤓👩‍🏫🌄🎶📚🏳️‍🌈
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judithrauscher.bsky.social
Yesterday,I attended the opening ceremony of the 5-year celebration of @euniwell.bsky.social, a 12-partner university alliance focused on human and ecological #Well-Being. We heard a wonderful talk by #Happiness researcher Lara Aknin & an amazing performance by the all-female vocal ensemble Aember 🤓
Photo collage of four women opening the ceremony, my name badge, a woman giving a talk and 8 women singing in formation.
October 23, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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j19journal.bsky.social
We've extended the deadline for submissions to our special issue, "Adaptations," to January 15th, 2026. Attaching the cfp here: please submit!
Cfp for special issue of J19, "Adaptations."
October 5, 2025 at 6:04 PM
judithrauscher.bsky.social
Cover-reveal of the first book in the @degruyterbrill.bsky.social book series 'Pop Culture in Context' I co-edit with @lizwfab.bsky.social & @hermioneclone.bsky.social! Congrats to Vaughn @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social & many thanks to @davideisler.bsky.social,our editorial director,for all your hard work!
gvaughnjoy.bsky.social Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social · Aug 28
Everything is terrible right now in general, but in personal good news, my book has a cover and I'm so excited to share it!!!

Selling Out Santa is about Hollywood's manipulation of the Christmas holiday for socially conservative ends in the early Cold War 🗃️
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/selling-ou...
A book cover from De Gruyter. A faded American flag's red and white stripes sets the background. In the foreground are three Christmas baubles: a darker red ball is in front coming in from the left, a white ball is behind it, and a light navy blue ball hangs behind that. White text reads the title: Selling out Santa Hollywood Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy. On the blue ball white text reads Vaughn Joy and the series name pop culture in context
August 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
judithrauscher.bsky.social
Just finished /Nomansland/ (2010) by #LesleyHauge, which offers a take on the kind of #SingleSexNarrative I am interested in that is reminiscent of #feminist #criticalutopias from the 1980s, such as #PamelaSargent 's /The Shore of Women/ (1986) & #SheriTepper 's /The Gate to Women's Country/ (1988)
Photo of the cover of the novel Nomansland by Lesley Hauge, which features a woman in worn clothes on a black horse shooting an arrow. A small blurb reads: "On an island of women alone, who.is the real enemy?"
July 30, 2025 at 3:10 PM
judithrauscher.bsky.social
Still on vacation in the #Sauerland, which I will from now on refer to as the German Shire! #Hiking
Photo of a rural landscape with meadows, fields, woods, and hills in the distance. There are clouds in the blue sky
July 23, 2025 at 9:35 AM
judithrauscher.bsky.social
On vacation in a region called the Sauerland, which I will from now on refer to as the German Midwest. #Thunderstorm
Photo of a yellow field with a dozen tall white wind generators. The clouds in the sky are dramatic and dark
July 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
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hermioneclone.bsky.social
I am also utterly thrilled to be one of the editors of this new series, and to be working with @lizwfab.bsky.social and @judithrauscher.bsky.social ! ❤️ We can't wait to hear your pop culture book ideas!
July 14, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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lizwfab.bsky.social
I'm excited to announce that I'm co-editing the new @degruyterbrill.bsky.social book series, Pop Culture in Context, with @hermioneclone.bsky.social and @judithrauscher.bsky.social! Contact one or all of us to discuss your pop culture book ideas!

www.degruyterbrill.com/serial/pcc-b...
Pop Culture in Context
The Pop Culture in Context book series takes a broadly interdisciplinary approach to examine all aspects of popular culture, including mass media, fandom, and ephemera, across all media, platforms, an...
www.degruyterbrill.com
July 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
judithrauscher.bsky.social
Yesterday at the queer dance school
🧡💛💚💙💜

(A massive heatwave has hit Cologne 🥵)
Photo of four fans in rainbow colors held by people wearing dance shoes. The wooden floor has the markings of a school gym.
June 30, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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freieuniversitaet.bsky.social
Vom 23. bis 29. Juni streicht die #FUBerlin das "E", um zu zeigen, was fehlt, wenn Substanz gestrichen wird. Allein für 2025 sollen die Kürzungen rund 37 Million n uro betragen.
D r B rlin r S nat g fährd t damit L hr, Forschung und
Zukunftssich rh it.
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June 23, 2025 at 5:44 AM
judithrauscher.bsky.social
#PrideMonth book display at my department's library. Come study #EnglishLiterature and/or North #AmericanStudies (Lit/Cult + #History) here at @unicologne.bsky.social, or pick the interdisciplinary M.A. in Gender & #QueerStudies and then come take classes with us.
Photo of a table of books with a large progress pride flag displayed above them.
June 18, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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spychalam.bsky.social
Next up: a panel on "Archiving the Liberal Tradition in the United States? Contestation, Erosion, and Preservation in an Era of Political Poliarization".
#dgfa2025
ARCHIVING THE LIBERAL TRADITION IN THE UNITED STATES? CONTESTATION, EROSION, AND PRESERVATION IN AN ERA OF POLITICAL POLARIZATION Chair: Christian Lammert (FU Berlin) | Boris Vormann (Bard College Berlin) SPEAKERS: Julia Simon (Bremen): Setting the record straight: Efforts by far-right mothers’ groups to marginalize LGBTQI youths’ experiences in public schools Philipp Adorf (Bonn): Capturing the Courts for God: Christian Nationalism and the American Judiciary Simone Knewitz (Bonn): Who’s Afraid of Critical Race Theory? Moms for Liberty, White Identity Politics, and the Affective Rhetoric of the Right in the U.S. Burak Sezer (Dortmund): Archival Filibusterism: From Lies in Legacy Media to Bullshittery on Social Media
June 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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chrismey2203.bsky.social
What used to be the Karstadt department store is now a lecture hall building. Quite a nice place actually. And, more importantly, it is the place where we will be listening to @katrinhorn.bsky.social ‘s keynote lecture now. 🤗

#dgfa25 #dgfa2025 #gaas25 #gaas2025
chrismey2203.bsky.social Christina Meyer @chrismey2203.bsky.social · Jun 13
Day 2 of the conference. Looking forward to @katrinhorn.bsky.social ‘s keynote! 🫶🏻

#dgfa25 #dgfa2025
June 13, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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marsimekko.bsky.social
a great opening; about 200 members showed up today; great conversations, amazing keynote — hyped for the next two days now!
#dgfa2025

www.uni-siegen.de/phil/anglist...
June 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
judithrauscher.bsky.social
For this afternoon's DGfA session, I picked a panel on "Transmedial (Un)Archiving: Poetry Transposition into New Media" with four wonderful talks featuring #poetry, visual art, film, video games & poetry by #MinaLoy, #WaltWhitman, and #SylviaPlath. #AmericanStudies #DGfA2025
Collage of four photos showing speakers in front of a large screen. Slides depict poetry manuscripts and paper titles.
June 13, 2025 at 6:45 PM
judithrauscher.bsky.social
I think I picked the perfect panel for this first stream: with a focus on "Waters, Oceans, Maps: Archiving thr Environment, Environment as American #Archive", both René Dietrich & Katja Sarkowsky spoke beautifully about contemporary Indigenous #poetry. #AmericanStudies #DGfA2025
Collage of two photos featuring Rene Dietrich and Katja Sarkowsky presenting in front of a room of people.
June 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
judithrauscher.bsky.social
The second day of this year's annual conference of the German Association for American Studies (DGfA/GAAS) in Siegen started gloriously with an amazingly rich & entertaining talk on 19th-century epistolary culture & queer intimacy by @katrinhorn.bsky.social. #AmericanStudies #QueerStudies #DGfA2025
Collage of four photos featuring Katrin Horn speaking in front of a large room of people.
June 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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nykeslawik.bsky.social
Liebe Bundesregierung, schaut nicht weg, handelt jetzt! Reformiert das Allgemeine Gleichbehandlungsgesetz (AGG) endlich!
Jahresbericht der Antidiskriminierungsstelle: Erschreckende Zunahme bei trans*- und queerfeindlichen Diskriminierungsfällen. Nyke Slawik (Foto): Ich fordere die Bundesregierung auf, den Diskriminierungsschutz dringend zu verbessern. Beratungsanfragen wegen Diskriminierung 2024 auf Rekordhoch (Foto mit Ausschnitt einer Statistik der Antidiskriminierungsstelle des Bundes 2025)
June 3, 2025 at 11:29 AM
judithrauscher.bsky.social
Looking forward to being part of this important event on queer life in Germany, Europe, and the United States in light of the rise of the (far) right.
Post about the event "Rechtsruck und queeres Leben: Trumps Kampf und die Gefahr für uns alle". There are photos of the three panelists, Nyke Slawik, Judith Rauscher und Guillaume Carpenter.
June 11, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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elisecutts.bsky.social
I wish more people would trust themselves to just shoot off a friendly "loved your article/post/whatever!" email to the authors of work they enjoy.

It isn't creepy unless you make it creepy!!! Please do it!!!
June 8, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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lombardinash.bsky.social
Academics, researchers, scholars, students and advocates have highlighted the significance of translations of texts from the #GermanGayMovement and their relevance to sexuality and rights. #LGBTQhistory #QueerStudies #MagnusHirschfeld Magnus Hirschfeld
www.amazon.com/author/lomba...
Michael Lombardi-Nash: books, biography, latest update
Follow Michael Lombardi-Nash and explore their bibliography from Amazon's Michael Lombardi-Nash Author Page.
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June 8, 2025 at 9:02 AM
judithrauscher.bsky.social
Went to visit the "Tanzlinde Effeltrich" yesterday, a 400-1000 year-old linden tree with a crown circumference of nearly 60m that used to be a place where the people gathered for court proceedings, religious occasions and dances. 🥰🌳🥰
Photo of a town square with a massive linden tree whose far-extending branches are supported by wooden beams. Photo of the massive trunk, which has been reinforced internally with what looks like a little iron gate.
June 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
judithrauscher.bsky.social
Take a break and a breath and have a lovely Sunday evening, everyone!
Photo of a path in a park turned red and golden by the setting sun
May 4, 2025 at 6:05 PM
judithrauscher.bsky.social
Yesterday, at the annual reception of the President of @unicologne.bsky.social, Sara Tewelde-Negassi, who is doing her PhD in #AmericanStudies, received the Benedikt & Helene Schmittmann-Wahlen scholarship to continue her research on artificial intelligence in US speculative fiction. Congrats, Sara!
Photo of Sara Tewelde-Negassi on stage with the President of the University of Cologne who is reading from a document.
April 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
judithrauscher.bsky.social
Attended the opening of the exhibition on the fascist origins of modern aerospace research & space exploration co-organized by @jenstemmen.bsky.social at the Haus der Universität @hhu.de. Such important work, even more so for the way it involved students. #AmericanStudies
Photo of four people sitting on stage with the audience intently listening. Jens Temmen is speaking into a microphone.
April 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM