Somebody Else’s Job: Interrogating the ‘Irrationality’ of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
As a political scientist, I am often asked what makes Russian President Vladimir Putin tick. Although Russian politics should never be reduced to the mind […]
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My Ukraine Is Not Yet Lost
I first went to Ukraine in March 2003 to visit my mother’s hometown of Buczacz, now known as Buchach, and to undertake preliminary research in […]
On Ukraine, Putin, and the Realities and Rhetoric of War
After I wrote the blog post below, I realized that while it reflected some of my thinking as a historian, it was in no way […]
Statement of Solidarity with the People of Ukraine
We, members of the international community of scholars, strongly condemn the aggressive actions taken by the Russian Federation against Ukrainian sovereignty. The destabilization of the […]
Urban History as an Approach to the Study of (Neo)Fascism
During the past two decades, Fascism Studies has undergone a number of relevant developments. Among these, probably the most salient one has been the transnational […]
The Catechism Debate
In the interest of keeping our recently-curated “Catechism Debate” essays available to the general public, as well as to encourage educators to integrate them into […]
Media Round Up
In the spirit of collaboration and information sharing, we would like to draw attention to the wonderful compilation of sources already curated by Serdar Günes, […]
Ends and Beginnings
All we are are the stories we tell. — Leroy Little Bear It has been a little over three weeks since Geschichte der Gegenwart (GdG) […]
Dialectic of Vergangenheitsbewältigung
The occasion for my article, “The German Catechism,” were the bitter polemics directed against Michael Rothberg and Jürgen Zimmerer’s work in Germany, so I was […]
The Philosophers Have Only Interpreted the World…
Chiselled into the marble wall of Humboldt University’s grand main building in Berlin is the famous quote (often ill-used, not least by the SED regime) […]
