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Diversity, Decolonization, and the German Curriculum is an international scholarly collective dedicated to critical approaches to German Studies. www.ddgccollective.org

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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
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. www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-blog/a-...
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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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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
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: www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-blog/so...
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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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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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. www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-reading...
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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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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
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.
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Beverly Weber @beverlyweber.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Support our work ! There are so many ways to get involved.
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
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 Networkblack 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 formblack 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 donationsblack 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
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Braden Russell @bradruss.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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!
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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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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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. www.ddgccollective.org/writing-supp...
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DDGC Writing Support Groups — The DDGC Collective
Join our writing community.
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Kris Knisely @krisknisely.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
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
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
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. www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-mutual-...
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DDGC Mutual Aid Network — The DDGC Collective
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
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
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Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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
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Jeannette Oholi @jeannetteoho.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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. ⤵️
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
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...
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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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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
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. www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-queer-a...
Hot pink bubble text on a sparkling pink background with a pink pony graphic. Queer and Trans German Studies Research Cooperative.
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Beverly Weber @beverlyweber.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Let me know if you want to participate!
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
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.
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Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
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! 🦄
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
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...
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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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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
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...
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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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Ervin Malakaj @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
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...
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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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Daphné Budasz @daphnebdz.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
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
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Bodie A. Ashton @manwithoutatan.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
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...
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Neues aus der Forschung: Liddy Bacroff – queere Biografien und ihre Bedeutung für die Bildungsarbeit
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Karolina May-Chu @karolina-mc.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Oh, the pressure of that first post... maybe I can begin with a little bit of self promotion? It was a long time in the making: boydellandbrewer.com/978164014169...
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Border Poetics in German and Polish Literature - Boydell and Brewer
Examines how contemporary German and Polish novels reimagine borderlands as cosmopolitan spaces by engaging in border poetics, a narrative practice that rela...
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Would you like to be involved in our collective? We are currently looking for a group of people to reanimate what used to be a successful syllabus/pedagogy workshop with a focus on anti-fascist education (2 times a year). DM here to express interest. www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-syllabu...
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DDGC Syllabus Workshop — The DDGC Collective
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Would you like to be involved in our collective? We are currently looking for comrades to revive and host regular community get-togethers/check-ins (about 6-8 times a year). The program was a success in the past. DM here to express interest. www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-communi...
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DDGC Community Get-Togethers — The DDGC Collective
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Ervin Malakaj @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Jason, Adrienne, and I are hosting the next instalment of the @ddgc.bsky.social reading group where we will read Ibtisam Azem’s "The Book of Disappearance." For those of you interested, come join us. We meet starting in January. www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-reading...
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DDGC Reading Group: Ibtisam Azem’s The Book of Disappearance — The DDGC Collective
Join our next DDGC reading group featuring Ibtisam Azem’s The Book of Disappearance (transl. Sinan Antoon, Syracuse University Press, 2019).
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Jeannette Oholi @jeannetteoho.bsky.social · 23/09/2024
@ervinmalakaj.bsky.social und ich organisieren die nächste DDGC Konferenz, die im April 2025 online stattfindet. Den CfP findet ihr unten. Teilt den Post gerne auch mit anderen interessierten Menschen. Konferenzsprachen sind Deutsch und Englisch.
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 23/09/2024
Excited to announce the CfP for the 5th biennial DDGC conference (April 10-12, 2025, online). Theme: Interdependence & Solidarity Formations in German Studies & the Arts. Pls share widely. Organized by @jeannetteoho.bsky.social & @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-confere...
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DDGC Conference 2025 CfP — The DDGC Collective
We invite contributions for the 2025 DDGC Conference on the theme of "Interdependence and Solidarity Formations in German Studies and the Arts." April 10-12, 2025.
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 25/08/2024
Transitioning from summer to fall terms can be a challenging time for our comrades. Keep the DDGC Mutual Aid Network in mind as an important resource for sharing resources. We can help with financial, housing, food, and related insecurities and more. www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-mutual-...
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DDGC Mutual Aid Network — The DDGC Collective
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 23/08/2024
Our writing support groups are forming for September-December. Join us! Anyone working on any writing project is welcome. Reach out to the co-conveners if you have any questions. And do share widely. www.ddgccollective.org/writing-supp...
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DDGC Writing Support Groups — The DDGC Collective
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Adrian Daub @adriandaub.bsky.social · 23/08/2024
My book THE CANCEL CULTURE PANIC comes out in a month — on September 24! amazon.com/dp/1503640841/ I received some book swag just this week — it looks great! SO: If you preorder a copy and send me a receipt at cancel.research@gmail.com I WILL SEND YOU SAID SWAG!
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 22/07/2024
Sign up for our next reading group is open. We are coming together to learn from Esra Özyürek's "The Subcontractors of Guilt: Holocaust Memory and Muslim Belonging in Postwar Germany" (SUP, 2023). For more info about group and how to register: www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-reading...
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DDGC Reading Group: Subcontractors of Guilt — The DDGC Collective
The DDGC collective is hosting an ongoing reading group featuring texts that help us think with artists and academics about Palestine and related topics.
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Jeannette Oholi @jeannetteoho.bsky.social · 21/07/2024
Mit dem wunderbaren @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social plane ich gerade die nächste DDGC Konferenz, die 2025 stattfinden wird. Der CfP kommt demnächst! Das DDGC Kollektiv ist für mich seit Jahren ein Ort der Solidarität und Inspiration. Mehr Infos findet ihr hier: www.ddgccollective.org
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 25/04/2024
Join our mutual aid network. In this DDGC Blog Post by the network collective facilitating it, you can find out what sorts of things you could ask for and what types of resources you could share with our network. www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-blog/ai...
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Aid Categories for Mutual Aid in German Studies: What Resources Can We Share? — The DDGC Collective
What sorts of things can you ask for from the DDGC Mutual Aid Network? Find out in this post.
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 24/04/2024
We are starting our May-September 2024 virtual writing support groups in the coming weeks. Come write with us. Writers of any kind with any project are welcome. For more info about the groups and how to sign up, visit the link. And invite your friends. www.ddgccollective.org/writing-supp...
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DDGC Writing Support Groups — The DDGC Collective
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 02/03/2024
Following our reading group dedicated to Adania Shibli's magnificent "Minor Detail," we are gearing up for the next instalment of our reading group dedicated to Palestine featuring Sa’ed Atshan and Katharina Galor’s "The Moral Triangle." More info in link. www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-reading...
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DDGC Reading Group: The Moral Triangle — The DDGC Collective
Part of an ongoing reading group featuring texts that help us think with artists and academics with vital insights about Palestine.
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 26/02/2024
In our recent DDGC Blog, Suzuko Knott and Ervin Malakaj reflect on their work developing and conventing the DDGC Research Cooperatives. Check out the essay and join the work of the co-ops by pitching one. www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-blog/in...
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Introducing the DDGC Research Cooperatives: Infrastructures for Relational and Transformative German Studies — The DDGC Collective
The DDGC Research Co-Ops offer new forms for relational German Studies.
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 23/02/2024
After years of work, we are proud to announce the DDGC Research Cooperatives: infrastructures for scholarship and practice in German Studies. Information about the initiative and how to pitch a co-op are on the website. Please share widely. www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-researc...
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DDGC Research Cooperatives — The DDGC Collective
A technology for collective approaches to German studies in the twenty-first century.
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Maureen Gallagher @maureenogallagher.bsky.social · 31/12/2023
Just under the wire in 2023: this new publication on teaching grammar in the German classroom beyond the gender binary, with my wonderful Grenzenlos Deutsch collaborators. www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/...
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Nasima Selim নাসিমা সেলিম @nasimaselim.bsky.social · 27/12/2023
My book is coming up in the brand new year 2024: "Breathing Hearts: Sufism, Healing, and Anti-Muslim Racism in Germany" by Berghahn Books www.berghahnbooks.com/title/SelimB...
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Breathing Hearts: Sufism, Healing, and Anti-Muslim Racism in Germany | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 26/12/2023
Our mutual aid network facilities the sharing of resources among our comrades. Check out our work. Join the network by filling out a resource sharing or resource request form. We are always running a fundraiser, too. www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-mutual-...
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 26/12/2023
Our virtual writing support groups are forming for January-May 2024. Read more about them and find out how to sing up on our website. Reach out to any of the conveners for questions. www.ddgccollective.org/writing-supp...
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DDGC Writing Support Groups — The DDGC Collective
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Bodie A. Ashton @manwithoutatan.bsky.social · 22/12/2023
Friends! It gives me great joy that, just in time for Christmas, my article on Liddy Bacroff is finally available in open access, freely available to read. I would be thrilled if you were to do so: Liddy was an extraordinary person. academic.oup.com/gh/advance-a...
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The Parallel Lives of Liddy Bacroff: Transgender (Pre)History and the Tyranny of the Archive in Twen...
Abstract. Pursued by authorities throughout the 1930s, Heinrich Habitz left behind a significant paper trail of official documentation, arrest warrants and impr
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 21/12/2023
We are starting up the Jan-May DDGC Writes writing support groups. The groups have been meeting for years and are in place to help facilitate mutual support for writing. All welcome. Check out the link for more information and pass it on to your friends. www.ddgccollective.org/writing-supp...
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The DDGC Collective @ddgc.bsky.social · 08/12/2023
We are over here now, too. Check out some of our past, current, and future work on our website. For instance, we have a day of community and care planned for April 2024. Join us! www.ddgccollective.org/ddgc-mutual-...
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DDGC Mutual Aid Network: 2024 Day of Community and Care — The DDGC Collective
Join us for a workshop with Mimi Khuc and with presentations to build community around care.
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