Fall 2011 | Issue 21

Fall 2011 | Number Twenty-One | The Berlin Journal | 1
CONTENTS
The Berlin Journal | Number Twenty-One | Fall 2011
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND KUNSTMUSEUM BONN/RENI HANSEN
LAURA OWENS, UNTITLED, 2009, 229 X 427 CM. AN EXHIBITION OF RECENT WORK BY THE FORMER ACADEMY FELLOW IS ON DISPLAY AT THE
KUNSTMUSEUM BONN FROM SEPTEMBER 9, 2011, TO JANUARY 8, 2012.
04 The Life of Objects
susanna moore offers a first glimpse
of her upcoming novel, The Life of Objects,
portraying the shadow puppetry of Berlin’s
nervous elite in 1942.
08 Bryher and Berlin
susan mccabe unveils Bryher’s
substantial literary influence on
modernism and delves into the writercritic-patron’s
cosmopolitan impulses.
14 Facing Stalingrad
jochen hellbeck interviews Stalingrad’s
survivors – and discovers dramatically
different modes of mourning.
20 New Poems
tom sleigh stares down a Tyrannosaurus
rex, watches a chorus of orphans watching
him, and spies on his own reflection in
three new poems.
22 The Guggenheimlich Maneuver
leland de la durantaye narrates a
cascade of personal encounters with Tino
Seghal’s This Progress.
N1 On the Waterfront
The American Academy’s newsletter,
with the latest on fellows, alumni, and
trustees, as well as recent events at the
Hans Arnhold Center.
29 Beyond Nations
pieter judson reveals the nationalist
framework that all too often dominates
historical accounts of the Central Habsburg
Empire – and offers an alternative lens.
34 Post-Crisis Cooperation
john lipsky outlines the challenges
facing international finance reform with a
global economy that has grown infinitely
more interconnected and complex.
39 The Judiciary’s New Robes
karen j. alter traces the growing
influence of the international court
system and its implications for domestic
democracies.
46 Capitalist Calling
niall ferguson explains how Max
Weber’s trip to America prompted an
insight that nuanced the sociologist’s
theory on Protestantism and wealth.