The Center for Advanced Studies at the University of Munich (LMU) has initiated a new blog this Fall, to reflect on the time of the pandemic. Liliane Weissberg, a frequent guest at the CAS, was invited to participate in the blog’s first issue, and in her contribution, she recounts her return to Philadelphia from the American Academy in Berlin in May, and the summer and early Fall at the University of Pennsylvania and in Philadelphia. Entitled “Eine Universität im Notstand, ein Land im Notstand” it offers impressions from the pre-election United States:  https://www.blog.cas.uni-muenchen.de/topics/corresponding-fellows/eine-u...