In a Name
by Thomas Chatterton Williams
In this new short story, New York Times Magazine writer Thomas Chatterton Williams details writing in Paris and falling in love, having a mixed-race toddler, and time in Sweden.
In this new short story, New York Times Magazine writer Thomas Chatterton Williams details writing in Paris and falling in love, having a mixed-race toddler, and time in Sweden.
Undercover Oughts
By Jacqueline Ross
A brief history of undercover policing in early twentieth-century New York and its influence upon the field of sociology.
A brief history of undercover policing in early twentieth-century New York and its influence upon the field of sociology.
R.I.P The Postwar Order (1945-2017)
by Roger Cohen
The rise of Trumpism and its threat to the trasatlanticism and decency.
The rise of Trumpism and its threat to the trasatlanticism and decency.
“They, the People”
by Dilip Gaonkar
How recent political theory overlooks the populist complaint—and the social questions behind it.
How recent political theory overlooks the populist complaint—and the social questions behind it.
Deep Listening
by Mark Pottinger
The Elbphilharmonie has become a beacon of commerce and wonder, an amusement-park ride with little interest in the music or the people who make the music.
The Elbphilharmonie has become a beacon of commerce and wonder, an amusement-park ride with little interest in the music or the people who make the music.
Culture and Revolution
by Timothy Brown
This essay on underground publishing in West Germany, circa 1968, is derived from material in the chapter “Word, Sound, Vision”, in West Germany and the Global Sixties. © Timothy Scott Brown 2013, published by Cambridge University Press.
This essay on underground publishing in West Germany, circa 1968, is derived from material in the chapter “Word, Sound, Vision”, in West Germany and the Global Sixties. © Timothy Scott Brown 2013, published by Cambridge University Press.
The Startup Illusion
by Steven Hill
As German start-ups aim to duplicate the Silicon Valley model, our alumnus Steve Hill, in his new book Die Startup Illusion, asks if it best serves the European social model. Herewith, an exclusive essay for the Berlin Journal, derived from Hill's Introduction.
As German start-ups aim to duplicate the Silicon Valley model, our alumnus Steve Hill, in his new book Die Startup Illusion, asks if it best serves the European social model. Herewith, an exclusive essay for the Berlin Journal, derived from Hill's Introduction.
Kreuzberg 10963
by Esra Akcan
An account of urban and social stress inside the Turkish Kreuzberg of the 1980s.
An account of urban and social stress inside the Turkish Kreuzberg of the 1980s.
The Turks
by Han Ong
Excerpt from a manuscript in progress.
"Han: I’m a writer.
Heike: Ahh. So we would love you in Berlin!
Han: Would you?"
Excerpt from a manuscript in progress.
"Han: I’m a writer.
Heike: Ahh. So we would love you in Berlin!
Han: Would you?"
Berlin for Jews
by Leonard Barkan
The opening pages of Leonard Barkan's new book may amount to the most joyous authobiographical take offs; the book itself will continue with a kind of archaeology of Berlin's Jewish past via a reading of the graves of the cemetery at the Schönhauser Allee.
The opening pages of Leonard Barkan's new book may amount to the most joyous authobiographical take offs; the book itself will continue with a kind of archaeology of Berlin's Jewish past via a reading of the graves of the cemetery at the Schönhauser Allee.
Artist Portfolio
by Trenton Doyle Hancock
Hancock’s intricate candy-colored prints, drawings, collaged-felt paintings, and site-specific installations work together to tell the story of the “Mounds”—bizarre mythical creatures that are the tragic protagonists of his unfolding narrative between good and evil.
Hancock’s intricate candy-colored prints, drawings, collaged-felt paintings, and site-specific installations work together to tell the story of the “Mounds”—bizarre mythical creatures that are the tragic protagonists of his unfolding narrative between good and evil.
Ruination and Reconstruction
by Christina Schwenkel
The Reconstrucion of Vinh City with the technical and financial assistance of East Germany was part of a large-scale, multilateral recovery program for Vietnam involving socialist and socialist-leaning countries across Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Like the Marshall Plan of post-WWII Europe, an emphasis on industrialization to regenerate the economy channeled massive investments into the rebuilding of infrastructure.
The Reconstrucion of Vinh City with the technical and financial assistance of East Germany was part of a large-scale, multilateral recovery program for Vietnam involving socialist and socialist-leaning countries across Asia, Europe, and Latin America. Like the Marshall Plan of post-WWII Europe, an emphasis on industrialization to regenerate the economy channeled massive investments into the rebuilding of infrastructure.
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