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What are new avenues to write an intellectual history of the far right in Europe from a global perspective?Martin Hamre and Christian Jacobs talk about their research in the broader field of far-right history and about how historical developments such as the Holocaust, World War 2, the Cold War or decolonization change the global history of the far right. They also discuss how their studies in far-right history contribute to our understanding of the current rise of the far right.More information:

• Fascists of the World, Unite?: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111469799/html
• The Politics of Culture: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783112205273/html

Was heißt Menschsein im Zeitalter kreativer Maschinen? Wie politisch ist Kalorienzählen? Darf Medizin alles, was sie kann? Wir wollen es wissen – also fragen wir bei denen nach, die sich am besten damit auskennen. In unserem Podcast WAGNIS WISSEN spricht Journalistin Nadine Kreuzahler mit Expertinnen und Experten aus der Wissenschaft über drängende Fragen der Gegenwart. ► https://open.spotify.com/show/3aDpCn83aagsMhiPcKlLuK

Wie verabschiedet man sich (in einem Trauerprozess) nicht nur von liebgewonnenen Dingen, sondern auch von sozialem Gerümpel und alten emotionalen Mustern?

Dorothea Rohde spricht mit Dorothee Emsel (Lektorin im Programmbereich Psychologie, Psychotherapie und Beratung) über ihr neues Buch "Die Magie der Dinge und die Kunst des Loslassens", erschienen bei Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht/De Gruyter Brill.

Über die Autorin: Dorothea Rohde ist Gründerin des Start-ups „Good Rooms – Aufräumen und Wohnen in Zeiten der Veränderung“ und Geschäftsführerin der Agentur „Soul Marketing“, die sich auf Bauen und Wohnen spezialisiert. Darüber hinaus engagiert sie sich als ehrenamtliche Sterbe- und Trauerbegleiterin.

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Gib Hedstrom speaks with Jennifer Mason (Chief Sustainability Officer and EVP EHS&S at J.M. Huber Corporation) about his new book "Navigating Sustainable Growth: A Roadmap for Boards and Corporate Leaders."

Gib Hedstrom has 30 years’ experience advising boards of directors on sustainable growth at the intersection of environment, strategy, and governance.

His book explores how companies can thrive in a future defined by decarbonization and dematerialization. Drawing on 300 examples from 180 global leaders, it offers strategies for investors, citizens, students, and educators, while guiding executives and boards to turn climate risks into opportunities.

In her book, Women of Chinese Modern Art, Doris Sung talks about how women artists shaped the terrain of the modern art world. In the book talk she also talks with Senior Acquisitions Editor History Rabea Rittgerodt about how she, as an artist, got into academia, how important

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In this Book Talk Dr. Tremblay tells us what personal situations during his early academic career made him consider writing about the Pink Triangle in the first place and how looking at the topic in global and transregional perspective helped shape his research and understanding of history. In the following discussion he and the series editors Dr. Sabrina Mittermeier and Dr. Bodie Ashton discuss looking at history through a “queer lens”, and how being mindful of language and heritage is a chance and problem for historical researchers on a global scale.

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Ruhig statt hektisch, lang statt kurz, wort- statt bildlastig, langsam statt schnell, diskursiv statt plakativ: Podcasts sind das ideale Format, um geisteswissenschaftliche Fragen und Thesen zeitgemäß zu kommunizieren — aber wie?!

Podcast-Macher*innen aus den Geisteswissenschaften sehen sich einer Reihe ähnlicher Herausforderungen gegenüber: Der Podcast-Markt ist übersättigt. Die Aufwände sind hoch, die Produktion erfordert vielfältiges Know-How. Denn Podcasting ist deutlich mehr, als einfach nur zwei Leute vor ein Mikrofon zu setzen. Und: Selbst der beste Podcast will vermarktet werden und braucht oft einen langen Atem, um sein Publikum zu finden.

Zum Abschluss der ersten Staffel unseres Wissenschaftspodcasts WAGNIS WISSEN haben wir mit drei Expertinnen zu diesem Thema diskutiert.

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Die Aufzeichnung ist Teil des rbb Medienmagazins vom 26.02.2024 (Autor: Philipp Nitzsche). Die komplette Sendung ist hier zu hören.

Dr. Na Li is associated researcher and chair of Public History at the University of Vienna. She is a public historian and urban planning scholar. Her research focuses on public history and urban preservation. During her decade-long work in China, Na Li has pioneered the field of public history in China. In this book talk, she and De Gruyter's history acquisitions editor Rabea Rittgerodt talk about her recent publication Seeing History: Public History in China which came out in late 2023 in the DG series Public History in International Perspectives. Both talk about the challenges and gains of doing public history in China and academia in general and Prof. Li gives solid advice to young scholars thinking about stepping into the field of history/public history.

Today, more than twenty oligarchs serve as heads of state or government in countries such as Russia, South Africa, Lebanon and El Salvador. Many have a net worth in excess of $1 billion, and they all – whether directly or indirectly – impact our daily lives.  

Who are the oligarchs and how have they come to dominate our world? What difference does gender make? Is there something “good” to be found in them, or are they just “bad”? And what is it like to interview an oligarch and glimpse their human side? In this book talk, the authors of The Oligarchs’ Grip: Fusing Wealth and Power talk to Stefan Giesen, Editorial Director Business & Economics at De Gruyter. Entrepreneurship expert David Lingelbach and oligarch researcher Valentina Rodríguez Guerra draw upon more than 25 years of research (including conversations with Vladimir Putin and other oligarchs), 16 case studies, and dozens of historical examples in The Oligarchs’ Grip. They develop the first-ever model that reveals the strategies employed by oligarchs to fuse wealth and power and transition between the two. 

David Lingelbach is Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Merrick School of Business, University of Baltimore. He was educated at MIT, London School of Economics and Political Science, and the University of Exeter, where he earned his Ph.D. Prior to becoming an academic, David served in senior roles in finance and international development, including as CEO of Bank of America’s businesses in the former Soviet Union. He was a Fulbright Scholar (Myanmar/Burma, 2018-19) and Fulbright Specialist (Colombia, 2021) and has been nominated twice for an Andrew Carnegie Fellowship. 

Valentina Rodríguez Guerra is an author, oligarch researcher, and graduate student in business administration, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. She has received awards for her work from NASA and the Colombian Ministry of Education.  

Together, they are regular opinion contributors to The Hill on Vladimir Putin and other oligarchs.  

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How do we produce knowledge? How do we present it? How can we better understand our societies, past and present? And, ultimately, what is it that makes us us? The study of Modern Languages tackles nothing short of these fundamental questions, exploring the very foundations of what it means to be human.

Moreover, the field is inherently dynamic. Artificial Intelligence tools, such as ChatGPT, have rapidly changed our perspective on language as something uniquely human. Social media have created new ways of reading and consuming information. Concurrently, emerging forms of scholarship are reshaping the way we approach Modern Languages.

We wanted to learn more about the discipline in an ever-changing and increasingly digital world, so we sat down with Professors Andy Byford and Claudia Nitschke from Durham University, UK. Andy Byford holds the position of Professor of Russian Studies, while Claudia Nitschke is a Professor of German at Durham’s School of Modern Languages and Cultures. Both have authored numerous publications and are serving as editors of the upcoming “Handbook of Modern Languages”, to be published by De Gruyter in 2024.

Alexandra Koronkai-Kiss, Editorial Communications Manager at De Gruyter, conducted the interview, which is also available as a video and podcast.