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Adrian Daub

Adrian Daub is professor of German studies and comparative literature at Stanford University.

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April 21, 2021

The Weird, Extremely German Origins of the Wirecard Scandal

How politicians, regulators, and the media fell for an obvious financial fraud

April 13, 2020

The Rise of the Lurker

We don’t quite leave social networks we don’t trust. We stay for the friends who still post. We lurk.

March 2, 2020

A Whiff of Weimar

Is Germany in danger of repeating its Nazi past?

June 19, 2019

Hulu’s Das Boot Gets Lost at Sea

The new remake of a World War II epic falls victim to the conventions of prestige TV.

November 19, 2018

The Chilling Neo-Nazi Trial That Exposed the Dark Side of a New Germany

How did the Nationalist Socialist Underground's decade-long killing spree escape the notice of authorities?

February 14, 2018

What Babylon Berlin Sees in the Weimar Republic

A new police procedural set in interwar Germany holds a warning for today’s audiences.