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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
In March 1983, the West German Greens became the first new party to enter the Bundestag since the early days of the Federal Republic. This workshop, which will take place on the thirtieth anniversary of the Greens’ March 1983 entrance … Read more
Molly Knight is Visiting Assistant Professor of German at Wake Forest University. From the 1960s to the present day, one viewpoint has occupied the center of the Pop movement and controlled Pop texts' portrayals of cultural upheaval and disillusionment: the disturbed … Read more
James Franklin Williamson, a PhD Candidate in European History at UNC-Chapel Hill, will be speaking in conjunction with the North Carolina German Studies Seminar and Workshop Series. In the wake of both world wars, Germans faced the task of mourning enormous losses … Read more
Corinna Kahnke, an assistant professor in the Department of German Languages & Literature at Duke University will be speaking in conjunction with theNorth Carolina German Studies Seminar and Workshop Series. Within the narratives of Popliteratur, violence functions as a ground on … Read more
Seminar given by Mischa Honeck (German Historical Institute in Washington, DC) In cooperation with the Duke-UNC “Gender, War and Culture” Series and the Research Triangle Seminar Series on the History of Military, War and Society
In cooperation with the Research Triangle Seminar Series on the History of Military, War and Society
Seminar given by John Wheatley White (UNC-Chapel Hill & Duke University)
Between 1969 and 1973, the § 175 of the West German Criminal Code, which penalized male homosexuality, was liberalized. This reform was greatly influenced by political considerations about how it would affect the West German armed forces—the Bundeswehr. Jurists, politicians … Read more
"World War I Centenary Project: The Causes of World War I" with Christopher Clark (Cambridge University) The North Carolina German Studies Seminar and Workshop Series intends on opening academic dialogues in order to raise awareness of the importance of Germany for the … Read more
