Einträge von Susanne Henschel

The Violoncellist King: Discovering the musical world of King Friedrich Wilhelm II (1744–1797) through his music libraries

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Gastbeitrag von Alexander Nicholls The musical activities of Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia and his court, which were of great significance for Prussia’s cultural development, have been only partially examined by musical scholars and scarcely at all by historians. My doctoral research focuses on the violoncello performance practices of Friedrich Wilhelm as found in his personal performance materials […]

Between Religion and Magic in Ottoman Sunnism: Thaumaturgy and its Sources

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Gastbeitrag von Nikola Pantić Nestled on the boundaries between religion and magic, thaumaturgy today largely avoids scholarly attention. The idea that a ritual is in popular belief connected to a coherent result without an immediately apparent causal relationship belongs to the study of magical belief and practice. Scholars rarely discuss the similarities between orthodox religious […]

Mehr als 2000 Varianten, ein Goethegedicht ins Schwedische zu übersetzen

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Den heutigen Internationalen Übersetzertag  und Hieronymustag des VdÜ möchten wir, einer im vorigen Jahr begonnenen Tradition folgend, auch diesmal standesgemäß mit einem thematisch passenden Beitrag begehen. Vermutlich haben Sie sich noch nie gefragt, welches das am häufigsten ins Schwedische übersetzte Gedicht ist. Antwort und Geschichte dazu mögen trotzdem interessant sein: Es handelt sich um J. W. von Goethes […]

Spazieren in Charlottenburg

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Gastbeitrag von Dr. Maya Shabbat Modernization and urbanization, demographic growth, economic stress and rising antisemitism were the main factors driving mass migration from Eastern Europe to the West in the last third of the 19th century. In the historical narrative, the mass of Jewish migrants overshadowed the story of small intellectual groups of young and educated individuals […]