Fellow Spotlight: Tiffany N. Florvil
Tiffany Florvil is working on an intellectual biography of May Ayim (1960-96), who became one of the most important Black German thinkers, poets, and activists of the postwar period.
The Curious Case of the Trautonium and the Early Years of Electronic Music
Myles Jackson details the interdisciplinary scientific research that culminated in Friedrich Trautwein’s 1930 invention of the trautonium, an electronic music instrument that could mimic human vowel sounds.
Turkish Artistic Practices in West Berlin
Ela Gezen on the Turkish artists, intellectuals, and academics who founded numerous associations in West Berlin throughout the 1970s and 80s.
Fellow Spotlight: Cristina Rivera Garza
Cristina Rivera Garza's most recent book is "Liliane’s Invincible Summer: A Sister’s Search for Justice," which plumbs the depths of her late sister’s writings.
The Russia Within
Paul Werth discusses a smaller entity within that larger, multinational country ruled from Moscow or St. Petersburg.
Cold Peace: Avoiding the New Cold War
Michael Doyle discusses the difficult compromises over Ukraine and Taiwan needed to facilitate the international cooperation necessary to avert the global threats of our time.
Fellow Spotlight: Lorrie Moore
Acclaimed short-story writer and novelist Lorrie Moore is writing a narrative about her father’s 1936 visit to Germany with his family.
Fellow Spotlight: Abraham L. Newman
Abraham L. Newman studies how European policymakers are struggling to make sense of the “weaponized interdependence” of global trade.
The Future of Water
Cymene Howe considers the direct connections between melting Arctic ice and the plight of coastal cities.
Fellow Spotlight: John Connelly
John Connelly is exploring the long-term consequences of Germany’s emergence as a nation that was at once imperial and ethnic.