Arts & Humanities

Arts & Humanities

Dangerous Comparisons: Historical Pandemics and Covid-19

It’s almost impossible to go a day without stumbling upon an article, podcast or media interview that makes an explicit comparison between Covid-19 and a pandemic in history. Yet, the one-size-fits-all comparisons don’t work in most cases.

Merle Eisenberg | 16.07.2020

Arts & Humanities

The Humanities – Marginalized After Corona?

A crisis like the Covid-19 pandemic that affects the very core of human existence could also endanger the existence of the humanities and the study of culture. Will a “pandemic turn” sweep across all research and scholarly inquiry?

Doris Bachmann-Medick | 13.07.2020

Arts & Humanities

Humanities and Social Science Researchers Respond to Covid-19

Amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, humanities and social science scholars share their thoughts on the crisis in a series of think pieces and video talks collected here.

The Editors | 13.07.2020

Arts & Humanities

Reisepionierin Ida Pfeiffer: Wie eine Wienerin die Welt eroberte

Mit Mitte vierzig, inmitten der Zeit des Biedermeier, beschloss Ida Pfeiffer, dass ihr die Rolle als Hausfrau und Mutter nicht mehr genügte. Also wurde sie Weltreisende.

Ottmar Ette | 10.07.2020

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