Join the North Carolina German Studies and Workshop Series for a discussion on post-colonialism and anti-semitism through the case of Achille Mbembe. This spring witnessed heated debate in Germany about the campaign to disinvite Achille Mbembe, the South African-based Cameroonian … Read more
Join the North Carolina German Studies and Workshop Series for a discussion on the sociology of empire. Over the past 20 years, historians have dramatically reevaluated the Habsburg Monarchy. Whereas scholars once characterized the Monarchy as a “prison of nations,” … Read more
Join the North Carolina German Studies and Workshop Series for a discussion on gas masks in the Third Reich. The presentation will examine the ways in which the gas mask served as a technological site of discipline, conformity and complicity … Read more
Join the North Carolina German Studies and Workshop Series for a discussion on international youth exchanges in the Eastern Bloc. In the spirit of communist internationalism, Eastern Bloc regimes provided ample opportunities for children, teenagers and students to travel and … Read more
Join the North Carolina German Studies and Workshop Series for a discussion on anti-Semitism in Germany. Anti-Semitism seems to be on the rise, in Germany and elsewhere. However, the scope of this rise, its reason, its agents and its meaning, … Read more
Join the North Carolina German Studies and Workshop Series for a discussion on Germany's Great War. This talk examines Germany’s “long” Great War (1914-1924) through the lenses of food, health and gender. Whereas most scholars have focused on how hunger … Read more
This book shows how the concept of the German nation developed and changed over half a millennium, demonstrating that nationalism was only one possible way of imagining the nation. Using evidence from maps and literature, material culture and high politics, … Read more
Can and should the history of democracy in Germany be written as a success story? With her newest book, Demokratie: Eine deutsche Affaire, Hedwig Richter, professor at the University of the Bundeswehr in Munich, has generated fierce debate by claiming that … Read more
The electoral success of rightwing populist parties in major democracies has sparked an international discussion about the efficacy of “fascism” as an analytical framework. Do analogies with early and mid-twentieth century fascist movements and governments make sense today? What attributes, … Read more
In the armies of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Europe, much of military life centered on the regiment. As cultural institutions and combat formations, army regiments not only provided soldiers with a sense of belonging, but also served as focal points … Read more
