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Kübra Gümüşay

Visiting Fellow

Kübra Gümüsay is an author and activist writing amongst others for the German newspapers ZEIT, ZEIT Online, and taz. At Das Progressive Zentrum she is a Visiting Fellow in the Programme Future of Democracy. She studied political science in Hamburg and London and initiated various campaigns such as the anti-racist campaign #SchauHin, the feminist association #Ausnahmslos and the campaign „Organisierte Liebe“ (Organised Love) against internet-based hate. Her blog ein-fremdwoerterbuch.com has been nominated for the Grimme Online Award. She was named a Top 30 under 30 in Europe by Forbes Magazine. According to the Deutschlandradio she is one of the key thinkers on Islam in Germany.


Selected Publications

Gümüşay, Kübra, 2017. Der Rest war Schweigen. Cover-Story of bref Magazine no. 9
Gümüşay, Kübra, 2014. Neue Medien – Neuer Zugang zu Feminismen, chapter in “Feminismen heute, Positionen in Theorie und Praxis”, Yvonne Franke / Kati Mozygemba / Kathleen Pöge / Bettina Ritter / Dagmar Venohr (eds), Transcript Verlag
Gümüşay, Kübra, 2014. Das Feuer entzünden, chapter in “Geschichten aus Deutschland. Biografische Betrachtungen aus der Migrationsgesellschaft”, Aktion Sühnezeichen Frieden
Gümüsay, Kübra, 2011. Auf Mitleidstour, chapter in “Manifest der Vielen”, Hilal Sezgin (ed). Berlin: Blumenbar Verlag.
Yücel, Kübra, 2009. Co-author of 3 chapters in “Skandal! Die Macht öffentlicher Empörung”, Prof. Pörksen, Bernhard and Jens Bergmann (eds), Hamburg: Halem Verlag.



Contributions


Living & Working Future of Democracy News from the DPZ New intellectual contributors join Das Progressive Zentrum New Members of the Scientific Council and Fellows support our think tank
19 July 2018 | Isabelle Maras | Daniela Blaschke | Manuela Barišić | Maik Bohne | Johannes Hillje | Kübra Gümüşay | Oliver Geden | Florian Grotz | Tanja Klenk | Lutz Mache | Rita Nikolai | Florian Ranft | Sabine Ruß-Sattar | Alexander Schellinger | Bernhard Weßels | Fiona D. Wollensack

A total of 16 outstanding progressive thinkers and practitioners will add to the intellectual life within the think-tank in our three programme areas “International Relations”, “Future of Democracy” and “Structural Change”, and elaborate on new thematic threads such as “Digital Democracy”, “Corporate Citizenship” and “Democratic Debate Culture”.




In the media Kübra Gümüşay on “Organised Love” at TEDxBerlinSalon Das Progressive Zentrum Policy Fellow Kübra Gümüşay on her campaign "Organised Love" responding to hate speech
25 March 2018 | Serafine Dinkel | Kübra Gümüşay

Explaining the struggle of fulfilling the role of an “intellectual cleaning lady” forced to respond to hate speech on the internet, Policy Fellow Kübra Gümüşay sets out her vision of taking back control of the internet through organising love and understanding.