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Of Soldiers and Dreamers: Peter Lilienthal in Latin America

by Claudia Sandberg Claudia Sandberg is the author of Peter Lilienthal : A Cinema of Exile and Resistance. Sitting at a wooden bench, the young woman Marcela follows the teacher attentively. She has decided to take part in the literacy campaign that was launched by the Unidad Popular government. In a group with other woman, they have gathered in the meeting place and school of the shanty town community La Victoria, situated at the fringes of the Chilean capital, to get […]

¶ Posted 07 September 2021 † Berghahn Journals § Blog § From Idea to Book § In Their Own Words ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: cultural history, film, film history, Germany, Latin America

Does the Man Make the Motorcycle or the Motorcycle the Man?

Sasha Disko In celebration of World Motorcycle Day (21 June), we are featuring the following excerpt from Sasha Disko’s THE DEVIL’S WHEELS: Men and Motorcycling in the Weimar Republic.

¶ Posted 21 June 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Chapter Excerpt ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: gender studies, german history, german studies, masculinities, Motorcycle Day, motorcycles, Transport Studies, weimar, Weimar Republic, World Motorcycle Day

Celebrate Pride Month with free access to LGBTQ articles and chapters

In celebration of Pride Month in June, enjoy free access to the following articles and chapters from Berghahn.

¶ Posted 21 June 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Chapter Excerpt § Journal Excerpt ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: anthropology, archaeology, child and youth studies, film studies, lgbtq, Pride Month, queer, queer preservation, youth studies

Celebrating 9 Years of the Berghahn Blog

The Berghahn Blog turns nine this June! Celebrate with us by reading our nine most popular articles since our inception in 2012!

¶ Posted 04 June 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: academia, anthropology, Berghahn Author, berghahn books, berghahn journals, Blog, scholarship

Karl Marx as a Young Journalist

By Rolf Hosfeld Excerpted by Karl Marx: An Intellectual Biography by Rolf Hosfeld, Translated from the German by Bernard Heise Karl Marx was born May 5, 1818. As a young man he was a journalist and an editor for Rheinische Zeitung, a liberal-socialist newspaper published in Germany. The paper was previously edited by Adolf Friedrich […]

¶ Posted 05 May 2021 † Berghahn Author § Blog § Chapter Excerpt § Meet the Author ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: anthropology, economics, Germany, journalism, karl marx, marxism, social theory, sociology

Titles for May Day

May Day, also called International Workers’ Day, is observed in many countries on May 1. It commemorates the historic struggles and gains of worker and labor movements worldwide.

¶ Posted 01 May 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog § New Book Releases ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: Haymarket Riot, labor history, labor studies, May Day, protest, protest series, social movements, social protest, sociology

When They Came For Me: The Hidden Diary of An Apartheid Prisoner

When Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969, John Schlapobersky was a political prisoner in Pretoria and knew nothing about it – he was in solitary confinement. When he learnt about the landing, he looked for the moon without success from the window of his cell.

¶ Posted 26 April 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Chapter Excerpt § From Idea to Book § Meet the Author § New Book Releases ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: 20th Century History, African studies, apartheid, Historical Document, Imprisonment, literature, Memoir, Memory studies, Narrative, Poetry, Political Prisoners, Pretoria, Prison, protest, Resistance, South Africa, South African History, South African Literature, Torture, Violence

Book Preview: THE MEANINGS OF A DISASTER (International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day)

The United Nations has proclaimed 26 April International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day. The day was first observed in 2016, on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the 1986 nuclear disaster.

¶ Posted 26 April 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Chapter Excerpt ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: 20th Century History, chernobyl, cultural history, disaster, EnvHist, environmental history, environmental studies, france, Great Britain, International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day, Nuclear crisis, nuclear humanities, nuclear power, Ukraine

Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day

24 April marks the 106th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day is held annually to recognize and mourn more than 1.5 million victims of the Armenian Genocide, the most tragic element of Armenian history.

¶ Posted 24 April 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: 20th century, 20th Century History, Armenian Genocide, Armenian History, commemoration, cultural history, genocide, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, genocide studies, Memory studies, middle east, middle east history, Ottoman Empire, War and Genocide, war and Genocide studies

Commemorating the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

Read an excerpt from Marek Haltof’s POLISH FILM AND THE HOLOCAUST: Politics and Memory.

¶ Posted 19 April 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Chapter Excerpt ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: anti-fascism, commemoration, film, film studies, genocide studies, holocaust, holocaust memory, holocaust resistance, Jewish heritage, Jewish history, Jewish studies, Memory studies, poland, polish cinema, polish film, politics, Warsaw, Warsaw Ghetto Uprising

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