DRUCKFRISCH Book Discussion

Our next episode of the Druckfrisch book discussion series features The D-Word: Perspectives on Democracy in Tumultuous Times, edited by Christi van der Westhuizen, Siphiwe Dube, and Zwelethu Jolobe. This collection brings together critical perspectives from the Global South on the evolving challenges faced by democracy. Covering fields from philosophy to socio-legal studies and ac

This edition of ReCentGlobe’s Druckfrisch Book Launch features the book “Routledge Handbook of Critical Studies in Whiteness” with the editors Shona Hunter and our guest professor Christi van der Westhuizen. They were joined by the contributors Sarah Heinz and Mark Schmitt in conversation with discussant Evangelia Kindinger. ­ The Routledge Handbook of Critical Studies in Wh

In this edition of Druckfrisch Book Discussion, Austin Glatthorn (University of Southampton) discussed his book “Music Theatre and the Holy Roman Empire” with Ellinor Forster (Innsbruck), Barbara Babić (Leipzig), and Axel Körner (Leipzig). The interdisciplinary study “Music Theatre and the Holy Roman Empire: The German Musical Stage at the Turn of the Nineteenth Century”

In this edition of Druckfrisch we discussed the book “The American Revolution and the Habsburg Monarchy” with author Jonathan Singerton. The book presents the American Revolution from the perspective of the Habsburg monarchy. It reveals how, despite seeming antithetical to the American cause, the Habsburg dynasty and people in the Habsburg lands realized the opportunity unleash

In this edition of Druckfrisch Book Discussion, Sandrine Kott (Université de Genève) discussed her book “Organiser le monde. Une autre histoire de la guerre froide” (SEUIL) with Katja Castryck-Naumann (GWZO), Antje Dietze (SFB1199), and Martin Deuerlein (University of Tübingen). An English translation of the book is now available under the title “A World More Equal. An Int

In this edition of ReCentGlobe’s Druckfrisch Book Discussion, organised jointly with the Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe (GWZO), will feature the book “Global Easts - Remembering, Imagining, Mobilizing” (Columbia University Press) with South Korean historian Jie-Hyun Lim. He was joined in the discussion by Katja Castryck-Naumann and Frank Hadle

This edition of ReCentGlobe’s Druckfrisch Book Discussions on march 07 2023 at ReCentGlobe features the book “African Activists in a Decolonising World: The Making of an Anticolonial Culture, 1952–1966” by Ismay Milford, published by Cambridge University Press in the Global and International History Series. Three experts in the field joins the author Ismay Milford to critiq

At the next edition of Druckfrisch Book Discussion, Pierre Hazan (Geneva) will present his new book “Negotiating with the Devil: Inside the World of Armed Conflict Mediation”. Comment by: Steffi Marung (Leipzig) Moderation: Gilad Ben-Nun (Leipzig) Organized in cooperation with the Global and European Studies Institute. After many years in the little-known world of back-channel