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

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

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