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Samu/elle Striewski
Born
Samuel Striewski

2000 (age 25–26)
Education
Education
Philosophical work
Era20th-/21st-century philosophy
RegionWestern philosophy
InstitutionsFreie Universität Berlin
Main interests

Samu/elle Striewski is a German queer activist, drag artist, and emerging scholar in philosophy and queer studies. They are the first non-binary person from Germany to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, funding their current postgraduate studies in political theory at the University of Oxford.[1] They have published on critical theory, particularly with respect to question of gender and sexuality.[2]

Early life and academic education

Samu/elle Striewski grew up in Wuppertal. While at school, they were elected to the Wuppertal Youth Council[3][4][5] and they served as the student body president.[6][7] In those positions, they engaged in projects to raise awareness about discrimination[8][9] and they had multiple public appearances as speaker and moderator alongside prominent local politicians, entrepreneurs, and public servants.[10][11][12] They received prizes in recognition of their social engagement,[13][14] and their academic performance.[15][16][17] In 2018, they graduated with the highest Abitur score ever recorded at their high school until then.[18][19] Their graduation speech was well-received and printed in the regional daily newspaper, Westdeutsche Zeitung.[20]

After a gap year, Striewski began studying mathematics, comparative literature, and philosophy at Freie Universität Berlin. Supported by scholarships from the Studienstiftung, Erasmus, and the DAAD, they spent one year in Paris (at the Sorbonne, Cité and Paris VIII) and another one in New York City (at Columbia University and The New School) where they studied with well-known left intellectuals like Nancy Fraser, Jack Halberstam, Axel Honneth, and Gayatri C. Spivak.[21] Upon their return to Germany, they started working at the Centre for Social Critique[22],[23] co-directed by Robin Celikates and Rahel Jaeggi, coordinating its social media appearance and conducting video interviews with invited scholars like Wendy Brown, Tommie Shelby, and Lea Ypi. Meanwhile, they continued their master in philosophy with a focus on feminist theory and social philosophy, taking classes with Manon Garcia and Sabine Hark (in Berlin), and Thomas Lemke, Christoph Menke, and Martin Saar (in Frankfurt). They co-founded a research colloquium for graduates working in the convergence of Critical Theory and post-structuralism,[24][25] and co-organized conferences on transfeminism and recognition, queer temporalities and genealogies, and Foucault.[26]

before taking up their Rhodes Scholarship in 2024 to read for a second degree in political theory at Oxford. Lois McNay

They co-founded a graduate research colloquium on hosted at Bernard Harcourt's Centre XX at Columbia University.[27]

They have published and presented research on topics such as (nonbinary and bisexual) politics, planetary ecofeminism, queer solidarity and recognition, and drag.

WZ Artikel[28]

Studienstiftung Tristate rep[29]

LGBTQIA+ Activism

Euro Bi+ Assembly

Humanity in Action[30]

Bi Archival Work[31]

Joined the Bi+Pride organizing team end of 2022,[32][Instagram] since beginning of 2023, they are co-editor of the BiJou (for which they also write articles),[33] and in October 2023, they were elected to additionally become board member of BiNe.[34]

delivered a speech (why being bi+ is political[35]),

Queerpolitisches Forum: podium discussion with LSVD Pressespecher*in about the tin* self-determination law in Germany[36]

SmP: "Männlichkeit(en) – Wann ist ein Mann (k)ein Mann (mehr)?", Cornelia­ Behnke­-Vonier, Diana­ Baumgarten, Nicole­ Kirchhoff, Phillip­ Agostini

p. 47

Boys will be ...?, among they moderated a discussion with sociologist Hanna Meißner and historian Felix Krämer others about the neoliberalisation of (re-)productive work and its relations to masculinity[37]

Podcast mit Destin

Studienstiftung

Drag

Studienstiftung Workshops

Hamburg[38]

Workshop mit Cunning Stunt und Jack Halberstam

Drag Video (Instagram)

Drag Anthology

Publications

Siegessäule, etc.

Books

    References

    1. "Samu/elle Striewski - Rhodes Trust". Rhodes House - Home of The Rhodes Scholarships. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
    2. "Samu/elle Striewski". Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford. Retrieved November 26, 2025.
    3. https://www.wuppertal.de/jugendrat
    4. Pfahl, Oliver (September 28, 2018). "'An der Jugend gibt es kein Vorbeikommen' – Wuppertaler Jugendrat: Interview zur Wahl". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved January 13, 2024.
    5. Redetzky, Johannes. "Du weisst selbst, was du willst – Carl-Fuhlrott-Gymnasium Wuppertal" (in German). Retrieved January 13, 2024.
    6. Koke, Meinhard. "» Schüler helfen Kindern: CFG-Bescherung für die Alte Feuerwache". Cronenberger Woche (in German). Retrieved January 13, 2024.
    7. Wissemann-Hartmann, C. "Ça va bien? – 60 Jahre deutsch-französischer Austausch – Carl-Fuhlrott-Gymnasium Wuppertal" (in German). Retrieved January 13, 2024.
    8. Müller, Matthias. "» Fuhlrott-Gymnasium: Jetzt auch "Schule mit Courage"". Cronenberger Woche (in German). Retrieved January 13, 2024.
    9. "Das CFG ist "Schule ohne Rassismus – Schule mit Courage" – Carl-Fuhlrott-Gymnasium Wuppertal" (in German). Retrieved January 13, 2024.
    10. Wefes, B. "Kandidatencheck am CFG – Carl-Fuhlrott-Gymnasium Wuppertal" (in German). Retrieved January 13, 2024.
    11. Koke, Meinhard. "» Keinen Plan? 50. Primanertag lud Schüler zur „Inspiration" ein..." Cronenberger Woche (in German). Retrieved November 27, 2025.
    12. "Festakt zum 50. Primanertag am Carl-Fuhlrott-Gymnasium – Carl-Fuhlrott-Gymnasium Wuppertal" (in German). Retrieved November 27, 2025.
    13. Koke, Meinhard. "» Menü, Mörder, Musterschüler: GCU-Festabend in der VillaMedia". Cronenberger Woche (in German). Retrieved November 27, 2025.
    14. Wissemann-Hartmann, C. "Samuel Striewski erhält Cronenberger Unternehmerpreis – Carl-Fuhlrott-Gymnasium Wuppertal" (in German). Retrieved January 13, 2024.
    15. German Workgroup for Variable Stars e. V. "Issues of MAGAZINE". www.bav-astro.eu. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
    16. "Dreimal Silber bei Jugend forscht 2018 – Carl-Fuhlrott-Gymnasium Wuppertal" (in German). Retrieved November 27, 2025.
    17. Arnold, Eva. ""Sapere aude!" – Der philosophische Essaywettbewerb – Carl-Fuhlrott-Gymnasium Wuppertal" (in German). Retrieved January 13, 2024.
    18. Redaktion. "» CFG: Engagierter Jahrgang feierte rauschenden Abi-Ball". Cronenberger Woche (in German). Retrieved January 13, 2024.
    19. Koke, Meinhard. "» CFG-Abitur 2021: Happy End nach einem „Hammer-Schuljahr"". Cronenberger Woche (in German). Retrieved November 27, 2025.
    20. Striewski, Samuel (July 12, 2018). "Piratin Gretchens Weg in das Leben". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved January 13, 2024.
    21. "Bio: Samu/elle Striewski". Praxis 13/13.
    22. https://criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/
    23. "Samu/elle Striewski". KTB. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
    24. "GRCCCT – Hegel 13/13". hegel1313.law.columbia.edu. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
    25. "GRCCCT – Marx 13/13". marx1313.law.columbia.edu. Retrieved December 3, 2025.
    26. Columbia Center for Contemporary Critical Thought (June 5, 2024). Séminaire #10 : Colloque autours de *Surveiller et Punir* de Michel Foucault | 24 mai 2024. Retrieved December 3, 2025 – via YouTube.
    27. "Graduate Research Colloquium in Contemporary Critical Thought". Praxis 13/13.
    28. Dulinski, Alexandra (December 14, 2023). "Von der Drag-Bühne nach Oxford: Wuppertaler wurde mit dem Rhodes-Stipendium ausgezeichnet". Westdeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved January 13, 2024.
    29. "Stipendiatensprecher:innen" (PDF). Jahresbericht 2022. Bonn, Germany: Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes: 156. May 2023.
    30. "Samu/elle Striewski". Humanity in Action. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
    31. "Bi+ Archival Work". Bi+ Research. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
    32. Balov, Paula; Striewski, Samu/elle (Summer 2023). "A Brief History of German Bi+ Activism: Community Building During the AIDS Crisis" (PDF). Bi Woman Quarterly. 41 (3): 16–17.
    33. Striewski, Samu/elle (June 2023). "Vorwort: Jetzt reden wir!" (PDF). BiJou – Bisexuelles Journal. 39: 7.
    34. "Vorstand". BiNe – Bundesverband Bi+. October 2023.
    35. https://bipride.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Rede_Samu-elle.pdf
    36. ""Das Selbstbestimmungsgesetz auf dem Prüfstand – Kerstin Thost (Pressesprecher*in LSVD) im Gespräch mit Samu/elle Striewski"". www.lsvd.de (in German). Retrieved January 19, 2024.
    37. "Masculinities at work - Produktivität, Autonomie, (Selbst-)Ausbeutung - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung". www.rosalux.de (in German). Retrieved January 19, 2024.
    38. "Workshops 2023 – Bi+Pride" (in German). Retrieved January 19, 2024.
    • Biography on webpage, in conversation, etc.