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

Talking American Studies

Dedicated to highlighting currents of North American Studies in Germany.Also on spotify and itunes, or follow Talking American Studies on twitter/facebook/instagram!About the host/creator: I'm Verena Adamik, and I teach and research American Studies at the University of Potsdam. For my PhD project, I investigated the link between the United States' national narrative and utopianism by looking at fictional renditions of utopian communities (i.e. 'communes') in the nineteenth century. I am currently turning some of my findings into a book. Further research interests include horror fiction and African American writing, specifically sf, horror, and literary responses to White supremacist discourse. Because I miss going to seminars and lectures, I decided to just get scholars to spill their intellectual beans in this podcast.

All Episodes

Talking American Studies

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

November 13, 2020 • Verena Adamik (and others) • Season 1 • Episode 8

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