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Prof. Noah Strote (North Carolina State University) will present a lecture titled "Christian Democracy, Social Democracy, and the Foundation of the West German State." When asked for historical examples of success in Western-sponsored nation-building projects, advocates invariably cite the occupation and … Read more
Kristen Dolan, a doctoral candidate in the History Department at UNC-Chapel Hill, will speak about the politics and policies of denazification in post-WW II American occupied Germany. Dolan's talk shows that from the outset the Germans authorities sought to distance … Read more
Acknowledgement of Support: This event has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this event are the sole responsibility of The UNC Center for European Studies and can in no way be taken to reflect … Read more
Part of the NC German Studies Seminar and Workshop Series. With Professor Claudia Becker from North Carolina Central University. Acknowledgement of Support: This event has been produced with the assistance of the European Union. The contents of this event are … Read more
Presenting is Peter H. Wilson, Chichele Professor of the History of War at the University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls College. The Peace of Westphalia (1648) is widely regarded as a milestone on humanity’s ‘road to modernity’ by supposedly providing … Read more
Presenting is Guy Miron, Professor of Jewish History and Chair of the Department of History, Philosophy and Jewish Studies at the Open University of Israel. Until the Holocaust German-Jewish history was associated with Jewish enlightenment, emancipation and assimilation, new religious movements, … Read more
Presenting is Rory Bradley, Visiting Assistant Professor of German at Wake Forest University, who received his Ph.D. from the Carolina Duke Graduate Program in German Studies. The term “ghost” commonly refers to the lingering spirit of a deceased person whose existence … Read more
Presenting is Gabriele Weinberger, Professor of German, French, English, Modern and Classical Languages at Lenoir-Rhyne University in North Carolina. Etty Hillesum, a Amsterdam university student of philosophy and Russian literature, was a prolific writer during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. … Read more
This event is part of the North Carolina German Studies Seminar and Workshop Series and the Carolina Gender, War and Culture Project and Series; the event is in cooperation with the North Carolina German Studies Seminar and Workshop Series. Caroline Nilsen … Read more
This event is part of the North Carolina German Studies Seminar and Workshop Series. Based on six dozen autobiographies of the age cohort born during the Weimar Republic, this project looks at the ruptures of German history from below which … Read more
