Category Archives: Politics

‘The Many Deaths of Jew Süss’: Mintzker grapples with truth in history

Yair Mintzker, an associate professor of history, joined the Princeton faculty in 2009 after earning his Ph.D. at Stanford University. He studies early modern and modern Germany, with a particular focus on the “Sattelzeit,” or the transitional period between the early modern age and the late modern age (1750-1850). This spring, Mintzker’s latest book, “The Many Deaths of Jew Süss: The Notorious Trial and Execution of an Eighteenth-Century Court Jew,” was published by Princeton University Press. (more…)

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Wrong man at the Elysee Palace? What body language tells about the new French President

When I first saw photos and videos of the ‘marathon handshake’ of US President Donald Trump with the new French President Emmanuel Macron, I thought it could be a sign of affection from the senior Statesman as his second son Eric Trump is almost the same age as the French President. (more…)

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So wird Martin Schulz kein Klimakanzler

Die SPD will sich nicht von der Kohle lösen

Gibt das Braunkohleland Brandenburg seine Klimaziele auf, stehen auch die nationalen Klimaziele und damit das Pariser Klimaschutzabkommen infrage. Die großen deutschen Umweltverbände fordern daher den SPD-Vorsitzenden und Kanzlerkandidaten Martin Schulz auf, entsprechende Pläne von SPD-Landeswirtschaftsminister Gerber zu stoppen. (more…)

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