HistoryTranslation Nine protagonists and an origin story My work on The Invention of Marxism began with a trip to the library. Taking…Elizabeth JanikApril 25, 2023
HistoryTranslation Genocide in colonial Namibia A seemingly historic milestone occurred as my translation of Matthias Häussler’s The Herero Genocide: War,…Elizabeth JanikApril 4, 2022
David IliffEt Cetera Auf wiedersehen, Bundeskanzlerin Merkel I started kulturplease.com in 2009, which seems like almost a lifetime ago. Back then I…Elizabeth JanikDecember 13, 2021
Ole SiemenHistory Keep the broken glass in the U.S. Capitol The insurrectionists who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021 wounded our constitutional democracy…Elizabeth JanikMarch 1, 2021
HistoryTranslation Dismantling monuments to racism June 2020: As I was finishing my translation of Matthias Häussler’s study of the Herero…Elizabeth JanikJune 29, 2020
HistoryTranslation Concentration camps in comparative view Last year I found myself immersed in the brutal world of colonial concentration camps at…Elizabeth JanikJanuary 12, 2020
History Looking back on November 9, 1989 Media coverage of the thirtieth anniversary of the opening of the Berlin Wall has been…Elizabeth JanikNovember 9, 2019
HistoryTranslation Southeastern Europe takes center stage One of the best things about translating the work of an accomplished historian is learning…Elizabeth JanikJuly 8, 2019
Art & Design The Bauhaus centennial: More is more It's been 100 years since the first incarnation of the legendary art and design school…Elizabeth JanikApril 28, 2019
Et CeteraTranslation The Spiegel Affair, 2018 Der Spiegel found itself in the news for all the wrong reasons at the end…Elizabeth JanikJanuary 20, 2019
Books & IdeasTranslation In Memoriam: Anthea Bell (1936-2018) I was sorry to hear that Anthea Bell, literary translator extraordinaire, passed away on October…Elizabeth JanikJanuary 3, 2019