To Scottie
By Cara Williams
Anybody who knows me knows how obsessed I am…
Central Europe: Liberal Reform in Communist Regimes
By Sarah Mowrer
Oftentimes, the conditions of living as a citizen…
Polish History, Memory and Identity in a Rebuilt Warsaw
By Jack Yoon
It is well known that Poland was the ultimate…
The Politics of Remembering
By Sarah Vallejo
On our last day in Berlin, I was passing…
Reading is Freedom: Censorship as a Symptom of Authoritarianism
By Ella Roerden
Throughout history, authoritarian regimes and…
Poland through the lens of a Tech Geek
By SY Cheng
Throughout the semester, we have studied the history…
Uprising and the Importance of Resistance: Lessons from Central Europe
By Mason Burley
When we talk about resistance against totalitarian…
German Colonialism: The Forgotten Plight of the African Continent
By Mason Burley
The global movement to decolonize knowledge…
After the End: Analyzing Jewish Life in Post-Holocaust Central Europe
By Blake Wilson
In 1945, following the liberation of the last…
‘Greifers’ and Extreme Means of Survival
By Sarah Vallejo
After spending almost three months now studying…
Looking at Berlin Memory Politics: In What Ways Does It Succeed?
By Hannah Pierce
When my class and I visited Berlin, I was surprised…
Repurposing: Structures from One Era to the Next
By Sarah Mowrer
Studying Central Europe in this program often…
Three Lives of Wroclaw as Poland’s Technology Hub
By SY Cheng
Did you know? Wroclaw is referred to as the “Silicon…
Legacy and Memory: An Overview of the Biskupin Archaeological Site in Central Poland and its Role in the Polish Identity
By Blake Wilson
The Biskupin archaeological site in…
Weirdness is Revolutionary: Punks in the GDR
By Cara Williams
Prior to my stay in Berlin, I had low expectations…
Rebuilding Berlin’s Palace: Erasure of Identity or Another Step Towards Berlin’s Reunification?
By Jack Yoon
In the words of Karl Scheffler, a German art critic…
Identities of Lost Children: Consequences of Authoritarian Violence Persist Decades After Occurrence
By Ella Roerden
As the Nazis saw it, the Czech population needed…
What is Henryk Reiss’s Identity? The Struggle of Polish-Jewish Identity During and After the Holocaust
By Jack Yoon
When studying the Holocaust, there is a generalized…