Amsterdam, March 21st, 2015* This Saturday morning I take a break from the sizzling activism that happens in and around the Maagdenhuis and that I, as so many others, have participated in intensively over the last three weeks. As I am sitting with my morning coffee, I know that I urgently need this break, though … Continue reading On the Wonders of Solidarity @Maagdenhuis
Teaching from the Margins*
During my studies, gender was very much at the heart of what fascinated me about history. My most important academic socialization happened when I and some fellow students started organizing a couple of public lecture series on gender studies during the 1990s in Münster in Germany. From all over Germany and beyond we invited the … Continue reading Teaching from the Margins*
How it Hits You, Again and Again
A Story from Academia, Part II When I wrote about my experience of being bullied in academia, I revisited the events that have hurt me to the point of nearly crushing me. I engaged in rethinking how it had affected me and how it had affected others around me. As I wrote down these memories … Continue reading How it Hits You, Again and Again
Into the Silence
"We need to speak, if we can, so others can." (Sara Ahmed) Let me speak as much as I can. And bear with me... A colleague harassed a student in one place. Harassed and raped a student in another. He had to leave ... and got a job somewhere else. Faculty knew but was asked … Continue reading Into the Silence
Going human. A blog. An experiment. A Life 