Author Archives: Deniz Göktürk

Mission Possible: Why German Studies Today?

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Deniz Göktürk

Building on existing synergies in the Department of German at the University of California, Berkeley discussed at a recent workshop, the Multicultural Germany Project (MGP) invites you to submit brief takes responding to the question “Mission Possible: Why German Studies … Continue reading →

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Workshop on Archival Resistance and the Purpose of German Studies

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Deniz Göktürk

What might the purpose of German studies be in the face of global gloom and doom? On September 26, 2020, the Multicultural Germany Project (MGP) addressed this question in a workshop organized by Kumars Salehi, Michael Sandberg, Jonas Teupert, and Deniz Göktürk … Continue reading →

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The End of Migration As We Knew It

Posted on October 22, 2015 by Deniz Göktürk

On October 4, 2015, a panel on “Ethnography and the Study of Diversity in Germany” held in Washington, D.C., questioned paradigms of research on transnational migration and diversity, focusing on the impossibility of containing these categories within nation-based frameworks of … Continue reading →

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