Emily Schultheis is based in Berlin, focusing on the rise of right-wing populism. Her research focuses primarily on Germany, but also explores parallels with populist parties in neighboring countries including Austria, Hungary and Poland. Prior to receiving an ICWA fellowship, Emily worked as a freelance journalist in Berlin covering German politics and the rise of populist parties in more than a dozen countries. Her reporting has appeared in The Atlantic, Foreign Policy, Politico Europe, CBS News, The Los Angeles Times, NBC News, World Politics Review, BBC Online, Spiegel Online International, Deutsche Welle and Der Tagesspiegel, among other outlets. Emily is a native of the San Francisco Bay Area and received her B.A. in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania.
Dispatches from Emily Schultheis
Cooperating with the far right, German lawmakers break major taboo
Center-right politicians join the AfD to oust a state premier, a first in postwar politics.
Auschwitz survivors’ thinning ranksloom over liberation commemoration
With the demise of firsthand witnesses, history is increasingly a pawn in an era of rising intolerance and revisionism.
Pride, shame and responsibility: Confronting history in a changing Germany
The AfD is working to co-opt patriotism and alter the way Germans view their past. But most find the issue far more complicated.