Mark T. Kettler
@marktkettler.bsky.social
Historian of modern Central and Eastern Europe. I study German imperialism and colonialism to analyze the relationship of ethnic minorities to the modern state.
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These would later inspire the visual style of Fritz Murnau's 2-part epic, Die Niebelungen
August 19, 2025 at 1:57 PM
These would later inspire the visual style of Fritz Murnau's 2-part epic, Die Niebelungen
Considering these iterations in sequence, allows us to appreciate broader transformations in fundamental assumptions about gender, familiarity, and authority over the past 125 years.
July 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Considering these iterations in sequence, allows us to appreciate broader transformations in fundamental assumptions about gender, familiarity, and authority over the past 125 years.
The essay considers Robert Eggers’s 2024 adaptation of Fritz Murnau’s 1922 film, Nosferatu, itself an adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I examine how key differences in each iteration of this story reflect the anxieties of their filmmakers and surrounding societies.
July 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
The essay considers Robert Eggers’s 2024 adaptation of Fritz Murnau’s 1922 film, Nosferatu, itself an adaptation of Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I examine how key differences in each iteration of this story reflect the anxieties of their filmmakers and surrounding societies.
I'm currently writing a book on Germany's occupation of Russian Poland during the First World War. I argue that this occupation fundamentally transformed how German military, political, and intellectual elites understood the relationship between ethnic diversity and imperial stability.
July 29, 2025 at 4:05 PM
I'm currently writing a book on Germany's occupation of Russian Poland during the First World War. I argue that this occupation fundamentally transformed how German military, political, and intellectual elites understood the relationship between ethnic diversity and imperial stability.