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This seminar, led by Prof. Gregor Thuswaldner (Gordon College) will focus on the topic "Morbus Austriacus: Thomas Bernhard's Critique of Austria." Bernhard, an Austrian novelist, playwrite, and poet, is widely considered to be one of the most important German-speaking authors of the … Read more
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
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
Little is known about the existence of the German prisoner-of-war stockade in the mountain community of Hot Springs, North Carolina during World War I. The collective memory has nearly faded from view. This event illuminates the history of Hot Springs … 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
