Gerlind Institute for Cultural Studies

06/13/2026

https://www.dw.com/en/hitlers-henchmen-killed-for-promotions-and-recognition/a-77473037?maca=en-newsletter_en_gns-16215-xml-newsletter&at_medium=Newsletter&at_campaign=EN%20-%20German%20News%20Service&at_dw_language=en&at_number=20260612&r=47379931724882525&lid=3937225&pm_ln=343339

The N**i leader's followers were not monsters, but ordinary men. Philosopher Hannah Arendt had already observed this. Two researchers now provide the evidence.

04/22/2026

https://www.commondreams.org/news/eu-israel-trade-2676794384?utm_source=Common+Dreams&utm_campaign=6d3f3f6a46-Top+News+%7C+Tue.+4%2F21%2F26+w%2F+fundraiser&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-998917937b-601310600

Calls to suspend EU trade agreement with Israel have been ignored by German and Italian officials, despite Israel's anti-Palestinian policies and attacks on Gaza, West Bank, and Lebanon.

03/28/2026

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03/21/2026

https://www.gerlindinstitute.org/articles/feldheim

While war in the Middle East has sent oil prices soaring and households bracing for higher bills, one tiny German village has spent 30 years making itself immune to exactly this kind of shock.

12/07/2025

https://www.gerlindinstitute.org/articles/my-letter-to-the-mla

I am writing to express my deepest gratitude to you and the members of the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for South Asian Studies Committee for honoring my book, Ghostly Pasts, Capitalist Presence: A Social History of Fear in Colonial Bengal with this prestigious award. I am genuinely appreciative

12/06/2025

Tithi Bhattacharya, an Associate Professor of South Asian History and the Director of Global Studies at Purdue University, declined the Modern Language Association's (MLA) Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize due to the MLA’s refusal to acknowledge Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Read her letter to the committee:

Dear colleagues on the MLA Executive Council, I am writing to express my deepest gratitude to you and the members of the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Prize for South Asian Studies Committee for honoring my book, Ghostly Pasts, Capitalist Presence: A Social History of Fear in Colonial Bengal with t

11/09/2025

Das “Klimaschutzverbesserungsgesetz” (climate protection improvement law) in Hamburg brings a little bit of good climate news. Common Dreams article by Sabine von Mering.

​While the current German government is rolling back or even boycotting climate action, Hamburg is showing the world that grassroots climate action is effective.

11/09/2025

Join us at our next Filmnacht discussion of this extraordinary documentary: Petra Kelly - Act Now!

Discussion via Zoom on November 22, 2025 • 7:00 p.m. PST
Petra Kelly, the feminist co-founder of the German Green Party, was a pioneering advocate for peace, environmental protection, and human rights. Inspired by the civil rights movement and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s concept of civil disobedience, she championed radical social change and solidarity worldwide. Her issues are today more topical than ever before.
90 mins | 2024 | Director: Doris Metz | English, German, English Subtitles | Germany

Normalerweise jeden vierten Samstag alle zwei Monate Usually, on the fourth Saturday every other month…we’re screening a German, or German-related, film. We are showing popular or little-known film gems (usually in German with English subtitles), followed by a moderated discussion. In-person scr...

11/09/2025

This is where Dr. Marion Gerlind came from.

Fast jeder Zweite in Deutschland ist nach einer neuen Studie hochzufrieden. Doch bei manchen Gruppen gibt es auch neue Sorgen.

10/24/2025

'Das crazy' is the German Youth Word of the Year 2025

Selected by Germany's youth as their trendiest slang of the year, the expression "das crazy" beat two other shortlisted favorites, "goonen" and "checkst du."

Selected by Germany's youth as their trendiest slang of the year, the expression "das crazy" beat two other shortlisted favorites, "goonen" and "checkst du."