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Beverly Weber
Assistant Professor of German
Office hours: Sabbatical
Office location: McKenna 221
Telephone: (303) 492-2604
E-mail: bweber@Colorado.edu
Beverly Weber's research and teaching interests include the intersections
of race, gender, and migration in Germany and Europe; contemporary German literature
and culture; Turkish-German culture; immigrant culture; and Islam in Europe. Her interdisciplinary
work is informed by cultural studies frameworks and theories of globalization, and incorporates
analysis of popular media, literature, and film.
Her publications include articles on Germany's headscarf debates, representations of Muslim
women in Germany, and the work of Christa Wolf. She is currently working on a book manuscript,
"Headscarves and Miniskirts : Muslim Women in Germany and the Politics of Representation." Other
current projects include articles on New York in German literature after September 11th, on
contemporary memoirs by Muslim women in Germany, on theorizing violence in integration debates,
and on the discussions about forced prostitution in the context of the 2006 World Cup
(together with Kirsten Isgro and Maria Stehle).
She received a PhD in Comparative Literature and a graduate certificate
in Women's Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst; MA degrees in Comparative
Literature and German from the Pennsylvania State University; and a BA with majors in English
and German from Gustavus Adolphus College.
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