Friday, 15 April 2011
Until 14:00 Arrival and registration
14:00-14:30 Workshop opening
Prof. Dr. Heike Paul (Erlangen-Nürnberg)
Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe-Dueck, Katharina Gerund and Susann Lewerenz
14:30-15:30 Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe-Dueck (Mannheim)
“The Matrilineal Diaspora: Black/Afro-German Women, Claiming Space & Finding Their Voices”
Chair: Cedric Essi (Erlangen-Nürnberg)
15:30-16:30 Katharina Gerund (Düsseldorf)
“The Sound of Solidarity: Angela Davis, Gender(ed) Politics, and (Protest) Songs”
Chair: Cedric Essi
16:30-17:00 Coffee break
17:00-18:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Judy Gummich (Berlin) – Human Rights Activist & Diversity Trainer
“Between Racism and Empowerment – Perspectives on Being Black in Germany”
Chair: Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe-Dueck
18:30-18:45 Short break
18:45-19:30 Film screening
“Hoffnung im Herz: Mündliche Poesie – May Ayim”, a film by Maria Binder, introduction: Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schultz, emer. (Berlin)
Chair: Susann Lewerenz (Hamburg)
19:45 Dinner
Venue: Zen - Cocktail Bar & Thai Restaurant, Theaterplatz 22, 91054 Erlangen
Saturday, 16 April 2011
9:00-10:00 Prof. Dr. Dagmar Schultz (Berlin) – emer., Author and Producer
“‘Audre Lorde – the Berlin Years’ – a Project in Progress”
Chair: Carmen Dexl (Erlangen-Nürnberg)
10:00-11:00 Susann Lewerenz (Hamburg)
“How Thea Leyseck became ‘German Southwest African’ – Colonial Revisionism, Gender, and Black Agency in Nazi Germany”
Chair: Carmen Dexl
11:00-11:30 Coffee break
11:30-13:00 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Prof. Dr. Gloria Wekker (Utrecht)
“Diving Into the Wreck. Reflections on Gender in the Black Diaspora”
Chair: Katharina Gerund
13:00-13:30 Plenary session
Introductory remarks: Prof. Dr. Heike Paul
Chair: Dr. Cassandra Ellerbe-Dueck
13:45-15:00 Lunch
Venue: TiO - Bar & Restaurant, Südliche Stadtmauerstraße 1a, 91054 Erlangen
Departure of workshop participants
15:00-15:45 Discussion of organisational matters
For members of the YSN “Black Diaspora and Germany”
15:45 End of workshop
Workshop venue:
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Amerikanistik/American Studies, Bismarckstr. 1c, 91054 Erlangen, Room C 301
Contact and registration: bdg@uni-muenster.de
Deadline for registrations: 8 April 2011
The DFG Young Scholars Network Black Diaspora and Germany
- About the Network
- The DFG Network Black Diaspora and Germany is an interdisciplinary Young Scholars Network that primarily involves younger researchers and scholars working in the fields of Black German, African American, African Diaspora, Critical Whiteness and Transnational Studies in comparative perspectives with a focus on Germany. It combines the participants’ joint interests in the establishment and further development of new theoretical frameworks in the area of Black Diaspora Studies. The network was initiated by Christina Oppel, it is chaired by Silke Stroh (both Englisches Seminar, WWU Muenster) and has so far been organized in close cooperation with Holger Droessler (Harvard / LMU Muenchen), Moritz Ege (IfEE, HU Berlin), Silke Hackenesch (JFK Institute, FU Berlin) and Susann Lewerenz (Oldenburg).
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