Helena Flam

Helena Flam is a self-described nomad who got stuck in Leipzig as a professor of sociology. For LeipGlo, she cites from her mind's travel logs. She enjoys exploring and sightseeing. She's a great consumer of fiction, and likes good art exhibits, an occasional concert, film and biking.

What are you in search of?
I think I stopped looking.

Accidentally kidnapped in Belfast

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One wrong turn can lead to discovering the reality of living in a place.

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A literary treasure hunt around Leipzig

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Our intrepid reporter Helena Fram interviewed Siegfried Lokatis, Professor in Book Science (Buchwissenschaft) at the University of Leipzig, on convincing shops around Leipzig to do something a little different: putting historic books in their display windows to run parallel with the Leipziger Buchmesse.

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Looking behind the tolerance slogan

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"Refugees are Welcome" used to be a slogan of the Left. Now it is of the Right.

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A Note on Post-Terror Commemoration

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Have you ever thought about the power struggles going on behind setting up memorials for victims of terror acts?

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Refugees Welcome: Returning from “bella Italia”

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Prof. Helena Flam vividly tells her accidental journey with refugees from Italy to Germany.

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From My Suitcase, Part I: “The book that broke my heart”

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"Last Sunday I bought an old, flea market suitcase so that I could put in it disheveled piles of books conspiring to build up yet another wall next to my bed. (...)Now, a week later, I am quite certain that these books just had to be locked up! (...)safely locked up, they cannot haunt me

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