by Katharina Biermann | Jun 19, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
What exactly delineates Parisians from their immigrant counterparts? Long ago, as I started looking into the spread of immigrant population within the city limits of Paris (say, two, maybe three weeks ago?), I knew that I would encounter certain difficulties....
by Katharina Biermann | Jun 18, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
Newly Familiar Faces As I comb through the digitized leaves of various newspaper archives, complimentary of the French Bibliothèque Nationale, there are certain elusive figures who reappear with striking frequencies. One of these is a gentleman by the name of Feodor...
by Katharina Biermann | Jun 15, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
If you’ve been following our progress for a little while now (and of course you have, otherwise I’d be talking to an empty room), you might have a few questions as to what exactly we are trying to do in this project and, my personal favorite category, how....
by Katharina Biermann | Jun 11, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
Léonide Massine: Reflections on Artistic Identity in 1924 What intrigues me the most about Leonide Massine is the conflict between the image of the gifted dancer and choreographer and the somewhat inapproachable, certainly difficult to get along with man. The son of...
by Katharina Biermann | May 29, 2015 | CURI Summer 2015
Now that a week of this summer’s research project has passed into the abyss of the past without too many casualties, I believe I can say that I am finding a rhythm for my work. There is certainly a great deal to be done, and I am realizing that the time we have...
