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Genocide in colonial Namibia

A seemingly historic milestone occurred as my translation of Matthias Häussler’s The Herero Genocide: War,…
Elizabeth Janik
Elizabeth JanikApril 4, 2022
Angela MerkelDavid IliffEt Cetera

Auf wiedersehen, Bundeskanzlerin Merkel

I started kulturplease.com in 2009, which seems like almost a lifetime ago. Back then I…
Elizabeth Janik
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 Janik
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 Janik
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 Janik
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 Janik
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 Janik
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 Janik
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 Janik
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 Janik
Elizabeth JanikJanuary 3, 2019

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