Queer History that Surprises, Frustrates, Embarrasses, and Delights
“Queer history has a problem with memory,” Jennifer Evans contends in her rich and bold monograph that encourages its readers to think, and to think […]
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Seeing, Hearing, and Writing History Differently: Queer Kinship after Fascism
It is a pleasure and privilege to read and reflect on such a rich, urgent, and ambitious book. Jennifer Evans’ The Queer Art of History: […]
Do Wash Your Dirty Linen in Public! On the Potential of Conflict in Queer German History
French women used to gather at the communal laundry to wash clothes. While doing so, they exchanged precious information, shared the latest news, and created […]
What is the Direction of Queer Kinship? On Jennifer Evans’s The Queer Art of History
I was reading Jennifer V. Evans’ magnificent The Queer Art of History: Queer Kinship After Fascism in the summer of 2023. As books have a […]
Entanglements and Contingencies of Queer Lives in Postwar Germany: In Prospect of a Different Future
Seldom have I read such a mindful, emotionally, intellectually, and politically mature and thought-provoking history of post-fascist Germany, which captured my attention from the acknowledgments […]
Why Gender Will Be a Key Battleground in Israel’s Fight Against the Illiberal State
This article was republished on the New Fascism Syllabus with the permission of the author and the original publisher, Haaretz The news that Israel’s […]
Closely Watched Tweets: As We Build the February 24th Archive
Since it began over a month ago, I’ve gotten letters, candles, chocolate, books, clippings, postcards, a blue-yellow dog collar, buttons, ribbons, offers to walk my […]
Apocryphal Queers and Gay Orthodoxy
Dirk Moses’ intervention in Geschichte der Gegenwart has unleashed a wave of reactions. For those based outside of Germany, even specialists working on German history, […]
