Many of the concepts and tools of Public History seem like they could be easily applied to other subjects. For instance, one could talk about “Judaism-related identity discourses”.
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Women, the Powerless Sex? #metoo and Us (2)
#metoo: Interestingly, apart from a few exceptions, we’re not hearing anything related to Western religion, dominant culture, values. The audience is seemingly perplexed because the Weinsteins and Fritzchen Schmitzens are not “they”.
Women, the Powerless Sex? #metoo and Us (1)
Thuringian Forest, 1890: Everyday sexism as texture of modern society. This is how a history film presents it. And that has a lot to do with us and the #metoo debate.
Macfarlane’s Travels Shed a Different Light on Brexit
Both supporters and opponents invoke the past to interpret the Brexit. Much is said about the well-being and woes of the country, but it’s unclear whether…
A “Ballfahrtsort”. The German Football Museum
For more than a year now, there is a national football museum in Germany, a “Ballfahrtsort”. This new institution of German Public History combines many things that could be considered to be symptomatic for our current times…
Truthfulness in Politics
Without a doubt: God wants us to be truthful in what we say and do! What does this mean for politics? In a democracy, voters expect, on the one hand, that politicians tell the truth; on the other hand, politicians often weigh up whether a gentler handling of the “absolute truth” would be more humane. The desire for truth poses great challenges for both…
How We Talk About Our History
While the German President, Joachim Gauck, is giving Turkey unsolicited suggestions about how to deal with the Armenian genocide, the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, in her speech on the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau concentration camp
Suffering from the collective cult of cognition
Why is it that of all the mental diseases on record we are so preoccupied with those occurring at the beginning and at the end of life? The Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and dementia have both attracted the attention of the medical …