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Jonah I. Garde

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trans* studies & histories, archives, cultural memory, colonialism and modernity. Banting Postdoctoral Fellow @UBC 2024-26. Falls in love with every dog. they/them. t4t always. "Trans* Geschichten der Moderne" out with transcript in 2025.

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Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · May 26

Feels a bit surreal but Trans* Geschichten der Moderne is now available for preorders and available open access after June 30: www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...

Trans* Geschichten der Moderne

Auseinandersetzungen in Wissenschaft, Öffentlichkeit und Medien: warum Trans* Geschichte und Kolonialgeschichte nicht isoliert voneinander betrachtet werden können.

www.transcript-verlag.de

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Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · 21d

Working on a lecture on trans & fascism and wish the US government and its fascist proxies would stop forcing me to rework it on a daily basis.

Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 21d

1. Republicans are attempting to get the FBI to label trans advocacy as domestic terrorism.

Project 2025's parent org is pushing it.

It would not label all trans people as terrorists, but it would open the door for heavy surveillance and disruption.

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Republicans Push FBI To Designate Trans Advocacy As Violent Extremism. Inside The Project 2025 Organization's Proposal.

On Thursday evening, news emerged that individuals within and outside of Trump administration were pushing to cast trans activists as domestic terrorists. Then, Project 2025 dropped its proposal.

www.erininthemorning.com

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Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · 21d

This finally arrived on my desk and I cannot wait to dig in!

Book cover of Michael Water's The Other Olympians. Cover image shows Zdeněk Koubek, a trans athelete from Czechoslovakia.

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LGBTIQ* Movements as Agents of Democratization @queerdemocracies.bsky.social · 22d

(1/2) Letzten Freitag durfte Andrea Rottmann am @ces.ubc.ca im Rahmen der Tobin Distinguished Lecture Series ihre aktuelle Forschung im Rahmen von QueerDem und ihr Buch vorstellen.

Zwei Fotos, die von einem vertikalen türkisen Streifen getrennt werden. Über den Bildern bewegt sich eine gelbe Linie wellenfärmig von links nach rechts. Auf dem linken Foto sitzt Andrea Rottmann in einem blauen Anzug an einem Tisch. Sie blickt in Publikum, dessen Hinterköpfe zu sehen sind. Hinter ihr wird eine PowerPoint auf einem Bildschrim freigegeben. Auf dem rechten Bild ist ein Bücherstapel des Buches "Queer Lives Across The Wall" von Andrea Rottmann. Das oberste Buch steht aufrecht auf dem Stapel.

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Evil Orc Heart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 24d

Ta-Nehasi Coates is doing a lot of things with this essay, but one of the most important is fearlessly using examples of anti-trans hate to describe Charlie Kirk's politics.

The contrast between his choices and those of other writers for major legacy outlets is revealing.

Charlie Kirk, Redeemed: A Political Class Finds Its Lost Cause

By ignoring the rhetoric and actions of the Turning Point USA founder, pundits and politicians are sanitizing his legacy.

www.vanityfair.com

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Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · 24d

Gibt es den Artikel irgendwo ohne Paywall?

Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · Sep 10

Excited to host Andrea Rottman this Friday! Join in person at UBC or over zoom!

UBC Centre for European Studies @ces.ubc.ca · Sep 2

CES is excited to announce our second annual Tobin Distinguished Lecture! Historian and author Dr. Andrea Rottmann will give a talk entitled "From Weimar to Berlin: Queer Democratic Citizenship through Hilde Radusch's Five Lives" on September 12, 12-1:30 PM in BuTo 225 and over Zoom. See you there!

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Dr. Marcel Strobel @marcelstrobel.bsky.social · Aug 26

My book chapter on #MagnusHirschfeld and #AndersAlsDieAndern in the edited collection Urban Discourses of Crises and Resistance by @springer.springernature.com is finally available! #Queer #Weimar #Germany

Resisting Erasure and Reclaiming Queer Space: The Urban Crisis of Male Prostitution in Oswald and Hirschfeld’s Anders als die Andern

In 1919, one of the earliest cinematic landmarks that addressed homosexuality, Different from the Others, premiered in the Apollo Theater in Berlin. In their attempt to challenge the criminalization o...

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Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · Sep 7

This fall the DDGC Queer and Trans Studies Research Coop will be hosting a cozy reading book club. Join us to read and discuss Blutbuch by Kim de l’Horizon! Dates and registration can be found here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Registration for Cozy Reading: Blutbuch by Kim de l’Horizon

docs.google.com

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Ervin Malakaj @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social · Aug 9

Our writing support groups are forming for Sept-Dec. They have been around since 2018 and are a vital component of community building in German studies. Join us! Reach out if you have questions. And pls share with colleagues, students. @ddgc.bsky.social
www.ddgccollective.org/writing-supp...

DDGC Writing Support Groups — The DDGC Collective

Join our writing community.

www.ddgccollective.org

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Katherine Bowers 🌻 @katiabowers.bsky.social · Aug 11

So happy that the UBC Centre for European Studies *finally* has a new website. The clean design belies the amount of work and time that has gone into this project!

UBC Centre for European Studies @ces.ubc.ca · Aug 11

CES is excited to launch our brand-new website! This site includes several features to increase user friendliness and navigability: searchable People pages, a Research homepage where you can learn about our ongoing projects, and Donate pages for CES and the Tobin Lecture Series. Check it out!

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Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · Aug 12

So grateful I get to work with this impeccable, sharp, and generous scholar and teacher!

Ervin Malakaj @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social · Jul 28

Friendlies, the inimitable Rina Limoni was gracious enough to have me on her Diasporas Speaking series. I talk a bit about queer Bosnian muslim diaspora life and the logics guiding daily life. It's very personal. Glad to chat with ppl about the ep. 🌈
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

Writing Oneself into History: Queer, Bosnian, Muslim, and Foreign with Ervin Malakaj

Podcast Episode · Diasporas Speaking · 07/27/2025 · 53m

podcasts.apple.com

Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · Aug 11

I am so looking forward to kick off the fall with Andrea Rottmann giving the next Tobin Distinguished Lecture in Queer and Trans German Studies at UBC on September 12th! To join in person or virtually visit ces.ubc.ca/events/event...

Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · Jul 29

Celebrating you from afar @mharrabin.bsky.social ! 🎊

Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · Jul 28

Absolutely delighted to officially be Dr. Harrabin after passing my viva with minor corrections this morning! Thank you to my examiners @ervinmalakaj.bsky.social & @katherinestone.bsky.social for their meaningful engagement with my work!

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Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · Jul 23

Finally received my own copy
www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-7...

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Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · Jul 14

Via @laurah.bsky.social
: Trans Studies TT job posting at Williams apply.interfolio.com/169698?fbcli...

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Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · Jul 3

💜!

Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · Jul 1

Thank you, Heike!

Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · Jun 30

Biked some 50k today to meet up with @hilmalatino.bsky.social, @lauriem.bsky.social and of course @jameyj.bsky.social tomorrow. Upsides of work travel by bike and ferry: saw orcas and a humpback on the way 🐋

Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · Jun 28

thank you, Ervin! 💜

Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · Jun 27

thank you, Chris! 💜

Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · Jun 27

thank you @sebboo.bsky.social ! 💜 the workshop in 2021 you and @christopherewing.bsky.social organized was so incredibly important for me and forged so many new connections that I cherish!

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Morgan M Page @morganmpage.bsky.social · Jun 24

Enigma, the new documentary on April Ashley and Amanda Lear starring yours truly and directed by thee Zackary Drucker, premieres tonight on HBO Max in the US and Crave in Canada! Strap in for a surprisingly controversial lil doc!

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Dr. Molly Harrabin @mharrabin.bsky.social · Jun 25

Look what arrived today @jonahgarde.bsky.social!

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Jonah I. Garde @jonahgarde.bsky.social · Jun 25

Love this so much! Also still waiting for my own copy 😅

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Sébastien Tremblay @sebboo.bsky.social · Jun 18

I'm VERY pleased to announce that A Badge of Injury is now also available in paperback and can now be purchased for 19,95€ (+shipping) via the @degruyterbrill.bsky.social website.

If you order now, you might even get your copy before the end of Pride Month 🏳️‍🌈

tinyurl.com/2fvk27wy

Order summary for "A Badge of Injury," showing quantity, subtotal, and total amount of €19.95, from De Gruyter Brill.

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