Young PoC Activism in East Germany: Reclaiming Identity and Political Space

Katrin Bahr Announcement
Location
United States
Subject Fields
Asian History / Studies, Black History / Studies, Cultural History / Studies, European History / Studies, German History / Studies

Young PoC Activism in East Germany: Reclaiming Identity and Political Space

Until today, East Germany is discussed and misunderstood as a homogenous, white society. Germany's colonial past and the forms and modes of East German socialist internationalism have yet to find entry into historical accounts and public discourses. Nowhere are these questions more urgent than in the presence of international contract workers, political immigrants, and students, who were invited to East Germany to work and study, People of Color (PoC), and asylum seekers. These individuals and groups have left their mark on East German culture and society, and assisted in writing the Wende. They are now their families keep defining East Germany's legacy. 

This roundtable to which we have invited the offspring of East German PoC deals with questions of visibility, activism, racism and injustice. It is a new generation whose political activism highlights long ignored injustice and racism, assists in reuniting separated families, creates new communities and confidently includes their (lineage) stories and intersectional identities into present debates.

Moderated by Katharina Warda (Free University, Berlin) and Katrin Bahr (Centre College), The discussion will be in German. 

Date: March 14, 2021

Time: 2:00 pm (EST) [ 7:00 pm (CET)]

REGISTER HERE: https://rb.gy/cztsln

This event is brought to you by the German Studies program and the Office of Diversity and Inclusion at Centre College, Department of Classical and Modern Languages at the University of Louisville, the German Studies program at University of Cincinnati, the Department of World Languages and Literatures at Northern Kentucky University, the Department of German Studies at University of Arizona and the Third Generation Ost USA network. 

Contact Information

Katrin Bahr, Ph.D (she/her/hers)

Visiting Assistant Professor of German

Centre College

600 W. Walnut St.

Danville, KY 40422

USA

German Studies @ Centre College

thirdgenerationost.com

Contact Email
katrin.bahr@centre.edu