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Queer Berlin Walking Tour w/ Mal Pool + the Schwules*Museum

A Conversation with Judy Lynne Fisher

by Riley Hester Photo Credit: Dr. Heidi R. Lewis Since the beginning of this course, Course Associate and former student of Dr. Heidi R. Lewis, Judy Lynne Fisher, has comforted me as a student new to Feminist and Gender Studies. As we spoke during our first class session on Black and transnational feminisms, I sat quietly in my seat, quickly realizing how naïve I was in my previous thinking about…

Graffiti & Street Art Walking Tour + the Urban Nation Museum

A Conversation with Dana Maria Asbury, Mona El Omari, and Iris Rajanayagam

by Vicente Blas Taijeron Photo Credit: Vicente Blas Taijeron Life is a confusing, happy, sad, and beautiful thing all at once. Our paths in life bring us joy and heartbreak, and somehow we learn to navigate them and pivot when needed. On Friday, we got to learn about the experiences of navigating life’s nuances through the perspectives of Mona El Omari, Iris Rajanayagam, and Dana Maria Asbury.…

Blackness in America and Europe: Where the Grey Space Exists

by Monica Carpenter Photo Credit: Dr. Heidi R. Lewis The Black experience has never been uniformed, but being in Berlin and studying a different part of the Diaspora outside the U.S. has made it clear how intricate and vast it is. The complexities of Black identity and justice I want to explore have been primarily inspired by the work and wisdom of Mumbi Nkonde, Mitchell Esajas, Jasmin Eding, and…

The Wall Museum + the Berliner Unterwelten Tour

by Margalit Goldberg Photo Credit: Margalit Goldberg I think I romanticize the Cold War too much. Or maybe the right word is not “romanticize,” but the International Spy Museum in Washington D.C. and podcasts about ridiculous CIA covert operations have led me to believe the Cold War was mostly just for show—a ridiculous period when tremendous amounts of money and manpower were put into ideas and…

A Conversation with Sharon Dodua Otoo

by Latra Demaci