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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Religious Freedom in Berliner Schools
Zeit Online: Religionsfreiheit siegt über neutralen Staat October 29, 2009 A recent decision in the Berlin-Wedding school district will allow a sixteen-year-old Muslim student to pray while at school. At the end of April 2009 a referendum was held to vote on Initiative Pro Reli, which would have mandated religion as a part of the…
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Marwa S. — Prozess gegen Alex W.
Artikelsammlung zu Marwa S. und Info über den Prozessbeginn Spiegel Online: Der Fall Marwa
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Günther Wallraff Blacks Up for New Film “Schwarz auf Weiß”
Official Film Website Spiegel: “Kritik an neuem Wallraff-Film. Einfach nur der Fremde” Deutsche Welle: “New film aims to uncover latent, and blatant, German racism” Tagesschau: “Interview: Ein angemalter Weißer ist kein Schwarzer”
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Berlin’s Nefertiti Trouble
Spiegel Online: Egyptian Official Calls Museum Behavior ‘Suspicious’ October 20, 2009 Spiegel Online: Nefertiti Gets a New Palace: Revamped Neues Museum Finally Opens in Berlin New York Times online: When Ancient Artifacts Become Political Pawns October 16, 2009 Amidst the highly anticipated reopening of Berlin’s Neues Museum, Zahi Hawass, head of the Egyptian Supreme…
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“Tear Down This Wall!”: Internet Art Circumventing Censorship and Unveiling Secret Prisons
Internet Artists Mathias Jud and Christoph Wachter Thursday, November 19, 4 pm UC Berkeley, 142 Dwinelle Hall Moderator: Deniz Göktürk (German and Film Studies) Focusing on walls on a global scale, internet artists Christoph Wachter and Mathias Jud will talk about their various projects such as picidae, Zone*Interdite, and New Nations – focusing on sites…
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Multikultureller Arbeitsmarkt?
Spiegel Online: Ausländerkinder in Deutschland. Bestens gebildet – trotzdem arbeitslos
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Debatte um Minarette in der Schweiz
Spiegel Online: Schweizer Volksabstimmung: Rechte Christen starten Kreuzzug gegen Minarette
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Translingual Translation and Spatial Poetics: The Naked Eye in German, English and French
Prof. Bernard Banoun, who translates Yoko Tawada‘s German work into French, will meet with us to discuss his experience translating these multilingual, multi-layered texts. Thursday, October 29, 3-5pm UC Berkeley, Dwinelle Hall, Floor E, Room 5303 Banoun is Professor of German Literature at the Université François-Rabelais in Tours, France.
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Post-War Black Children in Germany
Spiegel: The Difficult Identities of Post-War Black Children of GIs
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Debate about Sarrazin’s comments about Immigrants
Thilo Sarrazin’s controversial comments about Turkish Immigrants have led to a broader discussion about immigration and integration in Germany. Spiegel Online: Sarrazins türkenfeindliche Tiraden lösen Entsetzen aus Spiegel Online: Türken empören sich über Sarrazin Zeit: Zentralrat sieht Sarrazin in der Tradition Hitlers Zeit: Unter Deutschen Spiegel Online: Ökonom fordert Integrationsministerium/Umfrage: Zustimmung für Sarrazins Meinung