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Weimar's long shadows in Britain
No full textIn The Guardian, Jochen Hung examines the continuing use of 1920s hyperinflation by British journalists for explaining contemporary German fiscal politics: 'German aversion to the ECB printing money isn't about the 'national psyche'. To understand German fiscal policy, it is necessary to look beyond the cod psychology about a fear of 1920s hyperinflation.
Weimar's long shadows in Britain
No full textIn The Guardian, Jochen Hung examines the continuing use of 1920s hyperinflation by British journalists for explaining contemporary German fiscal politics: 'German aversion to the ECB printing money isn't about the 'national psyche'. To understand German fiscal policy, it is necessary to look beyond the cod psychology about a fear of 1920s hyperinflation.
BBC Weimar Essays
No full textOn BBC3, on the occasion of the foundation of the Weimar Republic in November 1918, five experts give a personal takes on the history of the Weimar Republic, including Katie Sutton on sexuality, Jochen Hung on Weimar memory and Ute Lemper on Weimar music
Journal Review: Monatshefte (Spring 2011)
No full textThe current issue of Monatshefte features several interesting book reviews: Theodore F. Rippey on Eric Weitz: Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy Daniel Weidner on Andrew J. Webber: Berlin in the Twentieth Century: A Cultural Topography Jochen Hung on Sebastian Marx: Betriebsamkeit als Literatur. Prosa der Weimarer Republik zwischen Massenpresse und Buc
Journal Review: Monatshefte (Spring 2011)
No full textThe current issue of Monatshefte features several interesting book reviews: Theodore F. Rippey on Eric Weitz: Weimar Germany: Promise and Tragedy Daniel Weidner on Andrew J. Webber: Berlin in the Twentieth Century: A Cultural Topography Jochen Hung on Sebastian Marx: Betriebsamkeit als Literatur. Prosa der Weimarer Republik zwischen Massenpresse und Buc
Journal Review: German History 1/2015
No full textIn the March issue of German History, Jochen Hung writes about 'Transformations of the "New Woman" in the late Weimar Republic', shedding light on 'the struggle of many readers to accommodate new ideas about "modern" relationships between men and women at a time when traditional morals persisted in a rapidly deteriorating economic climate.' In the reviews section, Willeke Sandler reviews the conference volume Weimar Colonialism: Discourses and Legacies of Post-Imperialism in Germany after 1918
New Perspectives on Weimar
No full textThe new book Beyond Glitter and Doom. The Contingency of the Weimar Republic, edited by Jochen Hung, Godela Weiss-Sussex and Geoff Wilkes and based on the proceedings of a conference of the same name, gathers the latest research on Weimar history and culture: 'The Weimar Republic has received more attention in academic research and popular culture than almost any other period in German history. Nevertheless, its prevailing historical image remains surprisingly simplistic: it is often seen as ..
Journal Review: CEH, Dec. 2016
No full textIn the current issue of Central European History, Jochen Hung reviews new literature on the history of the Weimar Republic, focusing on the often-used "plot" of Weimar's cultural modernism juxtaposed with its democratic breakdown: "More than thirty years ago, Eberhard Kolb commented that the vast wealth of research on the history of the Weimar Republic made it “difficult even for a specialist to give a full account of the relevant literature.” Since then, the flood of studies on Weimar German..
Writing a Wikipedia Article on Cultural Competence in Health Care
No full textThis article describes how librarians created a Wikipedia article on cultural competence in health care to support the medical school’s curriculum. Wikipedia, often considered not as reliable as scholarly articles, continues to be popular. Rutgers librarians conducted a Wikipedia project to improve its content to benefit students. The importance of cultural competency in health care is widely recognized due to increasingly diverse patient populations. Medical schools integrate cultural competency in curricula to train students to be culturally competent. Therefore, this topic was chosen for the Wikipedia Project. It is hoped that health sciences librarians and educators will benefit from their experience
BELIEF IN WORSHIPING HUNG KINGS IN THE NATIONAL CULTURAL INDENTITY OF VIETNAM
No full textBelief in worshiping the Hung Kings is a unique spiritual culture of the Vietnamese people recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage. In the cultural and historical flow of Vietnam, the worship of Hung Kings has been formed and developed for a long time, with the center being the Hung Temple festival in the cultural and spiritual space of Hung Temple, Hy Cuong Commune, Viet Tri City, Phu Tho Province, Vietnam. The author gave an overview of Hung King worshiping beliefs in all aspects such as: research area, origin, history of formation and development, rituals....Not only a cultural feature, the worship of Hung Kings is also a factor to form, preserve and develop the national cultural identity
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