Ukraine
Ukraine is a country caught in a political tug of war: With Russia to the east and the European Union to the west, this pivotal nation has long been a pawn in a global ideological game, the ...
moreKarl Schlögel
Karl Schlögel, born in 1948, studied philosophy, sociology, Eastern European history and Slavonic studies at the Freie Universität Berlin, in Moscow and Leningrad. Until 2013 he was Professor of Eastern European History at the European University Viadrina in Frankfurt am Oder. He was awarded the 2016 Preis des Historischen Kollegs for Terror und Traum (Hanser, 2008). Last published by Hanser: Entscheidung in Kiew. Ukrainische Lektionen (2015).
The Scent of Empires
Can a fragrance conserve history? With his new book, Karl Schlögel has written a historical pièce de résistance: two perfumes, the French Chanel Nº 5 and the Soviet Red Moscow, provide him ...
moreUkraine
What defines the Ukraine and where does it go from here? The Russian invasion has triggered fresh controversy over the country’s political and cultural autonomy. Karl Schlögel spent many years ...
moreBorderland Europe
Karl Schlögel made a name for himself as a chronicler of Eastern European countries and their gradual reintegration into Europe. The re-formation of the continent has breathed new life into the ...
moreMoscow revisited
The disintegration of the Soviet Union has left deep scars in the landscape of Moscow, so that Karl Schlögel's highly acclaimed portrait of this Russian metropolis, published in 1984, now ...
moreTerror and Dream
Moscow, 1937: it is a decisive year, not just for the Soviet capital. It marks the zenith of Stalin's dictatorial regime, as a society disintegrates in a storm of violence. Schlögel visits the ...
moreRussian Berlin
Before the partitioning of the continent, Berlin was the trading centre between Russia and Western Europe. Its unique East-Western symbiosis – shaped by artists, revolutionaries, businessmen ...
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