April 2016 A young woman rises from her bed, dreading the day ahead of her.. Not because of the hellish traffic on the way to work, or because of the annoying coworker who won’t stay out of her business, or because of her frustratingly demanding boss, but because of one thing: social interaction. The thought […]
Kein Frauenschicksal – Women in Music History
“While researchers and social critics tend to focus on music created during the twentieth and twenty-first centuries when discussing the politics of gender and music, much can be discovered when one looks farther back in history. For instance, Clara Schumann, despite being a Wunderkind (prodigy) and one of the most influential piano performers and songwriters […]
German 340 Midterm: Transforming German and African Identities from the Eighteenth Century to the Post World War One Era
With the onset of the American revolutionary war, Hessian soldiers were sent to America to snuff out the American rebellion. During their campaign, they met, and were influenced by, both American slaveowners and American slaves. They were introduced to a new idea of blackness, of the “Negro” or Neger, and the idea of blackness as […]
