Arts & Humanities Covid-19 and World War One Nursing In October 1916, reflecting on nursing equipment shortages on the Romanian Front, British nurse Yvonne Fitzroy noted, “What we haven’t got we invent, and what we can’t invent, we do without”.
Arts & Humanities Long-Term Impacts of the 1918–19 Influenza During the coronavirus crisis, the influenza disease, the biggest killing infectious disease in modern history, is often mentioned as the nearest comparator. Can the stories of its survivors inform surviving Covid-19?
Arts & Humanities Pandemics in History: Global Solidarity is the Only Way Forward Can history teach us how to deal with Covid-19? Perhaps not. But it reminds us that when faced with global challenges, we need to resist the urge to focus on national solidarities.
Arts & Humanities Warum lachen wir über Screwball-Komödien? Sarah Greifenstein im Interview Screwball-Komödien bestechen durch eine turbulente Handlung und rasanten Wortwitz. Doch auch subtilere Filmtechniken sind bei der Entstehung von Komik nicht zu unterschätzen, sagt Sarah Greifenstein.