Tag Archives: Germany
The power of hateful imagery
Julius Streicher, who was convicted of crimes against humanity during the Nuremberg trials, was the publisher of Der Stürmer, a tabloid newspaper renowned for its anti-Semitism and use as a propaganda tool for the Nazi party. Streicher and his anti-Semitic … Continue reading
Honors for Eaton
Associate Professor of History Nicole Eaton has won honors for her 2023 book German Blood, Slavic Soil: How Nazi Königsberg Became Soviet Kaliningrad (Cornell University Press). The book offers a deep exploration of this port city on the Baltic Sea—the … Continue reading
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Tagged Germany, History Department, Russia
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Lessing’s literary and polemical strategies
Assistant Professor of Political Philosophy Hannes Kerber is a co-editor of new collection of essays (in German) titled Praktiken der Provokation. Lessings Schreib- und Streitstrategien (Practices of Provocation: Lessing’s Literary and Polemical Strategies). This volume brings together contributions from a … Continue reading
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Tagged Germany, political philosophy, Political Science department
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How Königsberg Became Kaliningrad
German Blood, Slavic Soil (Cornell University Press, 2023), a new book by Boston College Associate Professor of History Nicole Eaton, reveals how Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, 20th-century Europe’s two most violent revolutionary regimes, transformed a single city and … Continue reading
Pope Benedict and German Enlightenment
The lifelong engagement of Josef Ratzinger (Pope Benedict XVI) with the German Enlightenment and its contemporary manifestations and heirs is the subject of a new book written by Fr. Maurice Ashley Agbaw-Ebai, who recently earned a doctorate in philosophy from … Continue reading
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Tagged Europe, Germany, Philosophy Department, Pope Benedict
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Edgar & Brigitte
When Hitler became chancellor of Germany on January 30, 1933, there were 525,000 Jews living in Germany. By the end of that year 37,000 had left the country—including Edgar Bodenheimer and Brigitte Levy. Using an extraordinary archive of their personal journals, … Continue reading
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Tagged biography, English Department, European Jewish diaspora, Germany, Jewish
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Before the High Holy Days
German/Jewish writer Esther Dischereit will give a multi-media presentation about “Before the High Holy Days the House was Full of Whisperings and Rustlings,” her project in the German city of Dülmen, honoring the city’s former Jewish inhabitants. The presentation will … Continue reading
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