ZZF Podcast

In this fouth episode of the ZZF Podcast in English host Lee Holt talks to Abigail Scripka about their research on contemporary spirituality, Tengrism, and the impact of perestroika on Kazakhstan’s cultural identity.

Rechtsradikale Vorfälle begleiteten die Geschichte des Bundeswehr über Jahrzehnte. Waren das alles nur Einzelfälle, wie oft behauptet? Jakob Saß ist dieser Frage in seiner am ZZF erarbeiteten Dissertation nachgegangen. Mit Janine Funke spricht er über seine Ergebnisse, weitere mögliche Forschungsfelder sowie über die anhaltende Notwendigkeit für die Bundeswehr von heute, sich kritisch mit ihrer eigenen Geschichte auseinanderzusetzen.

In this third episode of the ZZF Podcast in English, Mario Bianchini explores how utopias about technology, science and progress intersected with notions about ennobled labour and ultimately the liberation of the working class. His discussion with host Lee Holt ends with an examination of how public energy knowledge shapes the perception and practice of energy supply in the modern world.

In this second episode of the ZZF Podcast in English Ned Richardson-Little and host Lee Holt discuss the history of the German Democratic Republic, its global context, and the rise of illiberal constitutionalism in Central Europe.

In this first episode of the English-language ZZF podcast, Lee Holt speaks with Bodie Ashton about their research on diversity, the important role that contemporary historians play in shaping our understanding of the past, and why diversity is important for healthy democratic societies.