{"id":1088,"date":"2016-05-17T20:32:28","date_gmt":"2016-05-17T18:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/?page_id=1088"},"modified":"2025-12-01T18:44:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T17:44:09","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1088 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CarolinEmcke_c_Labes2018.jpg' title=\"CarolinEmcke_(c)_Labes2018\" data-rl_title=\"CarolinEmcke_(c)_Labes2018\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CarolinEmcke_c_Labes2018.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CarolinEmcke_c_Labes2018.jpg 820w, https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CarolinEmcke_c_Labes2018-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CarolinEmcke_c_Labes2018-768x412.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 100vw, 820px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CE_Portrait_Startseite.jpg' title=\"Carolin Emcke @ Andreas Labes, 2016\" data-rl_title=\"Carolin Emcke @ Andreas Labes, 2016\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"820\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CE_Portrait_Startseite.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CarolinEmcke_\u00a9AndreasLabes_2011_web.jpg' title=\"Carolin Emcke @ Andreas Labes, 2011\" data-rl_title=\"Carolin Emcke @ Andreas Labes, 2011\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2823\" height=\"1748\" src=\"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CarolinEmcke_\u00a9AndreasLabes_2011_web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CarolinEmcke_\u00a9Sebastian-Bolesch_web.jpg' title=\"Carolin Emcke in Pakistan \u00a9 Sebastian Bolesch, 2001\" data-rl_title=\"Carolin Emcke in Pakistan \u00a9 Sebastian Bolesch, 2001\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2126\" height=\"1385\" src=\"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CarolinEmcke_\u00a9Sebastian-Bolesch_web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1104\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1104'>\n\t\t\t\tCarolin Emcke in Kashmir\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Fotos-Carolin-Emcke.zip\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Press photos download<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Carolin-Emcke_cv_EN-1.pdf\">CV Download<\/a>\u00a0\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Carolin-Emcke_Short-Bio.pdf\">Short Bio Download<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Carolin-Emcke_cv_EN.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CV<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Carolin Emcke, writer, born in 1967, lives in Berlin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Higher Education<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Studied philosophy, politics and history in London, Frankfurt am Main and Harvard; won a scholarship from the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes; doctorate in philosophy for a thesis on \u201ccollective identities\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Books<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201eKollektive Identit\u00e4ten \u2013 sozialphilosophische Grundlagen\u201d, Frankfurt 2000<br \/>\n\u201eVon den Kriegen \u2013 Briefe an Freunde\u201d, Frankfurt 2004<br \/>\n\u201eEchoes of Violence \u2013 Letters from a War Reporter\u201d, Princeton University Press 2007<br \/>\n\u201eStumme Gewalt \u2013 Nachdenken u\u0308ber die RAF\u201d, Frankfurt 2008<br \/>\n\u201eWie wir begehren\u201d Frankfurt 2012; <em>Published in English, Spanish, French, Italian, Finnish, Greek<br \/>\n<\/em>\u201eWeil es sagbar ist \u2013 Zeugenschaft und Gerechtigkeit\u201d, Frankfurt 2013; <em>Published in Japanese<br \/>\n<\/em>\u201eGegen den Hass\u201d, Frankfurt 2016; <em>Published in French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese, Mandarin Chinese, Dutch, Slovenian, Japanese, Korean, Finnish, Brazilian Portuguese<br \/>\n<\/em>\u201eJa hei\u00dft Ja und\u2026\u201d, Frankfurt 2019; <em>Published in French, English, Japanese<br \/>\n<\/em>\u201eJournal. Tagebuch in Zeiten der Pandemie\u201c, Frankfurt 2021<br \/>\n\u201eFu\u0308r den Zweifel. Gespra\u0308che mit Thomas Stra\u0308ssle\u201c, Zu\u0308rich 2022<br \/>\n\u201eWas wahr ist. \u00dcber Gewalt und Klima\u201c, G\u00f6ttingen 2024<br \/>\n\u201eRespekt ist zumutbar. Texte zu unserer Gegenwart\u201c, Frankfurt 2025<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Presenter<br \/>\n<\/strong>Since the 2004\/2005 season, curator and presenter of the monthly discussion event \u201cStreitraum\u201d at the Schaubu\u0308hne, Berlin.<br \/>\nSince 2023 curator and presenter of the podcast \u201cIn aller Ruhe\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Theatre<br \/>\n<\/strong>Author and Performer of \u201eJa hei\u00dft Ja und\u2026\u201c \u2013 premiered December 2018 at Schaub\u00fchne, Berlin; Guest Performances in Bochum (Schauspiel), Frankfurt a.M. (Schauspielhaus), Hamburg (Thalia Theater), Heidelberg, K\u00f6ln (Schauspiel), M\u00fcnchen (Kammerspiele), Stuttgart (Schauspiel), Z\u00fcrich (Schauspiel + Kaufleuten)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Curator<br \/>\n<\/strong>Co-curated \u201cNarrating War\u201d, Theme Days at Berlin\u2019s \u201cHaus der Kulturen der Welt\u201d, with historian Valentin Groebner, 2014.<br \/>\nCo-curated \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/archivderflucht.hkw.de\/\">Archiv der Flucht<\/a>\u201d at Berlin\u2019s \u201cHaus der Kulturen der Welt\u201d with Manuela Bojadz\u030cijev, 2021<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Film<br \/>\n<\/strong>Worked with director Angelina Maccarone to create three video spots entitled \u201cTolerant? That\u2019s us\u201d (in German with English, French, Russian, Turkish and Spanish subtitles). On YouTube since April 2014.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Journalist<br \/>\n<\/strong>1998 \u2013 2006: staff editor at \u201cSpiegel\u201d, travelling as foreign editor in various crisis regions (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kosovo, Iraq, Columbia, Lebanon et al.).<br \/>\n2007 \u2013 2014: writer and international reporter for DIE ZEIT (incl. in Israel, West Bank, Pakistan, Egypt, Iraq, Haiti, USA).<br \/>\nSince 2014: free-lance writer<br \/>\n2014 \u2013 2024 columnist at \u201eS\u00fcddeutsche Zeitung\u201c<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lecturer<br \/>\n<\/strong>2003\/2004 Visiting lecturer in political theory at Yale University with seminars on theories of violence and witnessing war crimes;<br \/>\n2006-2007 Adviser for the journalism degree course at Hamburg Media School;<br \/>\nFrequent visiting\/guest lecturer on human rights, theories of violence, racism and fanaticism, rightwing populism, witnessing history, photography, cultural identities<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awards<br \/>\n<\/strong>\u201cDas politische Buch\u201d from the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (2005)<br \/>\n\u201cErnst-Bloch-Preis: Award for Young Authors\u201d (2006)<br \/>\n\u201cTheodor Wolff-Preis\u201d (2008)<br \/>\n\u201cOtto-Brenner-Preis, 1st Prize\u201d (2010)<br \/>\n\u201cReporterpreis \u2013 Best Reportage\u201d (2010)<br \/>\n\u201cJournalist of the Year\u201d, mediummagazin (2010)<br \/>\n\u201cUlrich Wickert Award for Child Rights\u201d (2012)<br \/>\n\u201cJohann Heinrich Merck Preis\u201d from the German Academy for Language and Literature (2014)<br \/>\n\u201cLessing Award\u201d from the Free State of Saxony (2015)<br \/>\n\u201cLichtenberg Poetik-Dozentur Award\u201d (2015)<br \/>\n\u201cPeace Prize of the German Book Trade\u201d (2016)<br \/>\n\u201cSoul of Stonewall Award\u201d (2017)<br \/>\n\u201cBr\u00fcckenpreis der Stadt Regensburg\u201d (2019)<br \/>\n\u201cSilvers Grant for Work in Progress 2019\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cCarl-von-Ossietzky-Preis f\u00fcr Zeitgeschichte und Politik\u201c (2020)<br \/>\n\u201cRosa-Courage-Preis\u201c (2021)<br \/>\n\u201cHermann-Sinsheimer-Preis\u201d (2023)<br \/>\n\u201cGlas der Vernunft\u201c (2024)<br \/>\n\u201cKompassnadel\u201d (2024)<br \/>\n&#8220;Mercator Professur&#8221; University Essen-Duisburg (2024)<br \/>\n\u201eAri-Rath-Preis\u201c (2025)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organisational Roles<br \/>\n<\/strong>Member of the Board of Trustees of the Gerda-Henkel-Stiftung<br \/>\nMember of the Board of Trustees of the Wissenschaftskolleg, Berlin<br \/>\nMember of the association of the Moses Mendelssohn Zentrum<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press photos download CV Download\u00a0\/ Short Bio Download &nbsp; CV Carolin Emcke, writer, born in 1967, lives in Berlin. &nbsp; Higher Education Studied philosophy, politics and history in London, Frankfurt&hellip; <a class=\"excerpt-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/en\/about\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1089,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1088","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1088","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1088"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1088\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3257,"href":"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1088\/revisions\/3257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolin-emcke.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}