TRANSIT BLOG
TRANSIT Blog was formerly part of the Multicultural Germany Project (MGP), which we are now merging with Transit Journal. Founded in 2001 by the German Department at UC Berkeley, MGP served as a research collaborative and continuously updated archive of migration, supported by the tireless energy and willpower of our very own Deniz Göktürk and UC Berkeley’s graduate students. Our blog includes reactions to current events and news, research materials, and teaching resources. Maintained mainly by students at Berkeley, the blog provides a window into our activities and campus discussions. We hope that TRANSIT Blog continues to serve as a resource and forum for both aspiring and continuing professionals in German Studies and its adjacent fields; we welcome contributions of short thought-pieces of ca. 1000-1500 words year-round. If you would like to contribute your own blog post or other materials (in English or German), please contact us at transitjournal@berkeley.edu.
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Ursula Biemann in Conversation: A screening of Black Sea Files (2005) & Work in Progress
The Strategic Working Group on Cultural Forms / Local Stakes / Global Circuits presents
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2008 Susan Sontag Prize for Translation
In 2008, research assistants Kristin Dickinson, Robin Ellis and Priscilla Layne won the Susan Sontag Prize for Translation for their collaborative translation from German into English of “Koppstoff: Kanaka Sprak vom Rande der Gesellschaft” by Feridun Zaimoğlu. The book presents the fictionalized voices of 26 Turkish women living in Germany.
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Turkish German Cabaret Performance: Hopefully Veiled!
Formerly on tour as The Floor Beauticians, Serpil Pak and Nursel Köse now bring their comedic talent to UC Berkeley
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Goodbye Germany? Migration, Culture, and the Nation State Conference at UC Berkeley (October 2004)
“Goodbye Germany?” is an international conference that addresses the cultural friction points that arise from transnational migration in postindustrial societies. Visit the conference website here.
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Conference at the University of Pittsburgh, Interzone EU: Crossroads of Migration
Announcing a Conference at the University of Pittsburgh, sponsored by the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures