In our fourth session, we will explore online exhibitions as a Public History format and reflect on the unique opportunities and challenges they present for telling Trans* and Queer histories. We will meet on Friday, 06.06.2025, from 10:00–12:00 (c.t.) in Room A184, Koserstraße 20.

In the first half of the session, we’ll introduce the format of online exhibitions, looking at examples like Kai* Brust’s work, and discuss how digital spaces can be used for activist and historical storytelling. In the second half, we will check in with the project groups, see where everyone is at, offer support, and set clear next steps and group tasks for the following session.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Tasks for the session:

• Visit Kai Brust’s online exhibition* and browse Kai*’s website:
  • Spectrum of In_justice – Gender nonconforming lives under Nazi rule
  • https://kaibrust.wordpress.com/
    → Take notes and write down any questions or reflections you have.

Optional but highly recommended literature:

• Nunn, Zavier. “Trans Liminality and the Nazi State.” Past & Present 260, no. 1 (2023): 123–157. https://doi.org/10.1093/pastj/gtac018
• Brust, Kai. “„Ich Bin Wegen Dieses Alles in Allem Gehindert.“ Zur Amtlichen Vornamensänderung von Trans und Inter Personen Unter Der NS-Herrschaft.” Geschichte Und Gesellschaft 49, no. 4 (2023): 546–584. https://www.jstor.org/stable/27365015
• Marhoefer, Laurie. “Lesbianism, Transvestitism, and the Nazi State: A Microhistory of a Gestapo Investigation, 1939–1943.” American Historical Review 121:4 (2016), 1167–1195.

Podcasts for the public transport journey:

Documentary recommendation