Beverly Weber's research focuses on refugee cultural production, race and racisms, the intersections of race, gender, and migration; and contemporary literature and culture in Germany and Europe. Her interdisciplinary work is informed by feminist cultural studies frameworks and critical race studies. She incorporates analysis of news media, literature, film, performance, and graphic journalism into her work. She currently teaches courses on racisms in Europe after 1970, Holocaust memory, film, literature, and refugee culture. Her current book project, Decolonizing Hospitality, examines the ways in which refugee art and culture constructs new forms of hospitality, welcome and sanctuary in the face of extreme precarity and racism. Her co-authored manuscript Precarious Intimacies (with Maria Stehle) examines precarity, race, gender, and intimacy in contemporary European cinema.
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refugees in Germany, feminisms, race gender and migration in Germany and Europe, comparative racializations, contemporary German literature and culture, Turkish-German culture, immigrant culture, Islam in Europe, theories of intersectionality, violence
AHUM 3681 - Refugees in German Culture
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Spring 2024
Introduces the diversity of refugee migration in German culture through artistic and cultural "texts," including those created by or in collaboration with refugees (film, comic journalism, literature, blogs, hashtag campaigns, music, etc). These texts are discussed in relationship to theories of racism, precarity, and biopolitics together and contextualized by work from other disciplines. This interdisciplinary course is methodologically informed by the theory and practice of cultural studies. Same as GRMN 3681, JWST 3681 and IAFS 3681. Taught in English.
AHUM 4301 - Gender, Race and Immigration in Germany and Europe
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Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
Introduces students to debates surrounding migration and race in contemporary Germany. Emphasis on reading texts in context using tools of cultural studies, integrating analyses of gender, race, nation, and sexuality. Texts may include film, literature, television, magazine images, etc. Topics include: questioning multiculturalism, self-representation, integration, Islam, citizenship, violence, public space, youth culture, racism and nationalism. Taught in English. Same as WGST 4301 and GRMN 4301 and GRMN 5301.
CINE 3513 - German Film and Society 1945-1989
Secondary Instructor
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Fall 2024
Introduces issues in German society through film during the Cold War. Focus on East and West Germany, though some other German language films may be included. Emphasis is on reading films in their social, historical and political contexts. Taught in English. Same as GRMN 3513.
FILM 3513 - German Film and Society 1945-1989
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Spring 2019
Introduces issues in German society through film during the Cold War. Focus on East and West Germany, though some other German language films may be included. Emphasis is on reading films in their social, historical and political contexts. Taught in English. Same as GRMN 3513.
GRMN 2502 - Representing the Holocaust
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2019
Examines representations of the Holocaust in film, memoirs, poetry, novels, graphic novels, memorials. Considers questions such as: How to depict an event that resists representation? How does the memory of the Holocaust transform over generations? How do representations of the Holocaust inform our understanding of other experiences of racism and genocide? What ethical issues are at stake? Taught in English. Same as JWST 2502.
GRMN 3513 - German Film and Society 1945-1989
Primary Instructor
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Spring 2019 / Fall 2024
Introduces issues in German society through film during the Cold War. Focus on East and West Germany, though some other German language films may be included. Emphasis is on reading films in their social, historical and political contexts. Taught in English. Same as CINE 3513.
GRMN 3514 - German Film & Society After 1989
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Summer 2018 / Summer 2019 / Summer 2020 / Spring 2021 / Summer 2021 / Summer 2022 / Summer 2024
Introduces post-1989 German culture through film. Emphasizes films in their socio-historical contexts and explores developments in German culture during and after the unification. Taught in English.
GRMN 3601 - German Women Writers
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Spring 2019
Explores writing by German/Austrian women from 1945 to the present, with special attention to the representation of the Holocaust, the continuation of avant-garde traditions, innovations in literary form, and feminism. Visual arts, film, and feminist theory will also be considered in their relation to literature. Taught in English. Same as WGST 3601.
GRMN 3681 - Refugees in German Culture
Primary Instructor
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Fall 2020 / Spring 2024
Introduces the diversity of refugee migration in German culture through artistic and cultural "texts," including those created by or in collaboration with refugees (film, comic journalism, literature, blogs, hashtag campaigns, music, etc). These texts are discussed in relationship to theories of racism, precarity, and biopolitics together and contextualized by work from other disciplines. This interdisciplinary course is methodologically informed by the theory and practice of cultural studies. Same as IAFS 3681, JWST 3681 and AHUM 3681. Taught in English.
GRMN 4301 - Gender, Race and Immigration in Germany and Europe
Primary Instructor
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
Introduces students to debates surrounding migration and race in contemporary Germany with comparisons to other European contexts. Emphasis on reading texts in context using tools of cultural studies, integrating analyses of gender, race, nation, and sexuality. Texts may include film, literature, television, social media, news media, political posters, etc. Topics include: race and racisms, Black and women of color feminisms, Roma feminisms, Muslim feminisms, notions of integration and citizenship, and more. Taught in English. Same as WGST 4301 and AHUM 4301 and GRMN 5301.
GRMN 4550 - Senior Seminar in German Studies
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2021
This course provides students with a capstone experience through in-depth study of a topic in German Studies, and deepens students' engagement with theories and methodologies informing contemporary German Studies scholarship. Students work closely with faculty to develop a major final research paper or project. Topic varies by semester.
GRMN 5301 - Gender, Race, and Immigration in Germany and Europe
Primary Instructor
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Fall 2019 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
Introduces students to debates surrounding migration and race in contemporary Germany with comparisons to other European contexts. Emphasis on reading texts in context using tools of cultural studies, integrating analyses of gender, race, nation, and sexuality. Texts may include film, literature, television, social media, news media, political posters, etc. Topics include: race and racisms, Black and women of color feminisms, Roma feminisms, Muslim feminisms, notions of integration and citizenship, and more. Taught in English. Same as GRMN 4301 and WGST 4301.
GRMN 5420 - Seminar: Topics in Contemporary German-speaking Societies
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Fall 2020
Analyzes artistic and literary engagement with major discussions and debates in contemporary German-speaking societies. Course also provides an introduction to theoretical approaches relevant to the topic. See specific topic description for more details. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours when topic varies.
GRMN 5520 - Seminar: Current Issues in German Literature and Media
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Spring 2020 / Spring 2023
Examines issues pervading contemporary German literature and media, such as concerns of youth, xenophobia, stereotyping as it affects women and men in their relations, work experience, feminism, problems connected with the reunification, and other issues. May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours when topic varies.
GRMN 6900 - Master's Thesis
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Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022
May be repeated up to 6 total credit hours.
IAFS 3681 - Refugees in German Culture
Primary Instructor
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Fall 2020 / Spring 2024
Introduces the diversity of refugee migration in German culture through artistic and cultural "texts," including those created by or in collaboration with refugees (film, comic journalism, literature, blogs, hashtag campaigns, music, etc). These texts are discussed in relationship to theories of racism, precarity, and biopolitics together and contextualized by work from other disciplines. This interdisciplinary course is methodologically informed by the theory and practice of cultural studies. Same as GRMN 3681, JWST 3681 and AHUM 3681. Taught in English.
JWST 2502 - Representing the Holocaust
Primary Instructor
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Fall 2018 / Fall 2019
Examines representations of the Holocaust in film, memoirs, poetry, novels, graphic novels, memorials. Considers questions such as: How to depict an event that resists representation? How does the memory of the Holocaust transform over generations? How do representations of the Holocaust inform our understanding of other experiences of racism and genocide? What ethical issues are at stake? Same as JWST 2502.
JWST 3681 - Refugees in German Culture
Primary Instructor
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Fall 2020 / Spring 2024
Introduces the diversity of refugee migration in German culture through artistic and cultural "texts," including those created by or in collaboration with refugees (film, comic journalism, literature, blogs, hashtag campaigns, music, etc). These texts are discussed in relationship to theories of racism, precarity, and biopolitics together and contextualized by work from other disciplines. This interdisciplinary course is methodologically informed by the theory and practice of cultural studies. Same as GRMN 3681, IAFS 3681 and AHUM 3681. Taught in English.
WGST 3601 - German Women Writers
Primary Instructor
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Spring 2019
Explores writing by German/Austrian women from 1945 to the present, with special attention to the representation of the Holocaust, the continuation of avant-garde traditions, innovations in literary form and feminism. Visual arts, film and feminist theory will also be considered in their relation to literature. Taught in English. Same as GRMN 3601.
WGST 4301 - Gender, Race and Immigration in Germany and Europe
Primary Instructor
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Fall 2023
Introduces students to debates surrounding migration and race in contemporary Germany. Emphasis on reading texts in context using tools of cultural studies, integrating analyses of gender, race, nation, and sexuality. Texts may include film, literature, television, magazine images, etc. Topics include: questioning multiculturalism, self-representation, integration, Islam, citizenship, violence, public space, youth culture, racism and nationalism. Taught in English. Same as GRMN 4301 and AHUM 4301 and GRMN 5301.
