Cozy Methodologies and Queer German Studies
So often have I felt so much at odds with projects delineating a method for scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences that the very […]
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Entanglements and Contingencies of Queer Lives in Postwar Germany: In Prospect of a Different Future
Seldom have I read such a mindful, emotionally, intellectually, and politically mature and thought-provoking history of post-fascist Germany, which captured my attention from the acknowledgments […]
Appropriateness, Consent, and Intergenerational Kinship: Discussions of Herbert Tobias’s Manfred Schubert
The Queer Art of History: Kinship After Fascism narrates the lives of LGBTQ+ people through the practice of queer kinship following the Second World War […]
Between Legacy and Revisionism: Lech Wałęsa’s Iconic Journey in the Shifting Landscape of Polish History
To mark the 70th birthday of Lech Wałęsa in 2013, the Polish Post issued a commemorative stamp. This year’s 80th birthday of the Solidarity leader, […]
Democracy and the Israeli Protest Movement
Since the start of 2023, Israelis have engaged in mass protests against proposed legislation that would gut the independence of the country’s judicial system. Demonstrators […]
Letter of Support for Scholars in Poland
We, the editors of the New Fascism Syllabus, condemn the suppression of academic freedom in Poland and the recent attacks on our colleagues, Dr. Barbara […]
How Frodo Baggins Resurrected Italy’s Far-Right Movement
This weblog article was originally written for Dr. Jennifer Evans’ upper-division seminar, “Populism and Authoritarianism in Contemporary Europe,” at Carleton University. To view more entries […]
A Faustian Bargain
“No democracy with occupation.” These are the t-shirts that a minority of protesters wear to the weekly protests that have dominated the Israeli news cycle […]
The Illusion of Control: A Historiographical Essay on the Capabilities and Limits of Fascist Authority
This review essay was originally written for Dr. Brian J Griffith’s upper-division reading seminar, “Comparative Fascisms: 1920s to the Present,” at University of California, Los […]
The Messiah’s Donkey
1992 was the best year. For me, for my friends and family, and for half of the population of Israel that voted for Yitzhak Rabin, […]
