TOC: Bulletin of the German Historical Institute Washington, no. 62 (Spring 2018)
The latest issue of the Bulletin of the German Historical Institute (Washington) has just been published online and in print.
Recent Discussions
ANN: JDC Archives Launches Updated Website
The JDC Archives is pleased to announce the launch of its revamped website. Along with a crisper and cleaner look and improved navigation, the site’s functionality has been modernized, making it more user and mobile friendly. The website also includes a collection database with pdfs of documents, images of photos and artifacts and an index of 500,000 names.
ANN: GHI Washington Doctoral and Postdoctoral Fellowships
The GHI awards short-term fellowships to European and North American doctoral students as well as postdoctoral scholars to pursue research projects that draw upon primary sources located in the United States.
We are particularly interested in research projects that fit into the following fields:
CFP: Poetik(en) der Transkulturalität und ihre edukative Relevanz (XIV. IVG-Kongress "Wege der Germanistik in transkulturellen Perspektiven" in Palermo 26.7.-2.8.2020)
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Call for Papers
Date:
November 30, 2018
ANN: New Books in German History and German Studies (August 2018)
New Books in German History and German Studies (August 2018)
ANN: H-Net Job Guide Weekly Report For H-German: 30 July - 6 August 2018
The following jobs were posted to the H-Net Job Guide from 30 July 2018 to 6 August 2018. These job postings are included here based on the categories selected by the list editors for H-German. See the H-Net Job Guide website at http://www.h-net.org/jobs/ for more information. To contact the Job Guide,write to jobguide@mail.h-net.msu.edu, or call +1-517-432-5134 between 9 am and 5 pm US Eastern time.
EUROPEAN HISTORY / STUDIES
CFP: UC Berkeley Transit Journal Deadline Extension
Due to a number of extension requests, we’ve decided to extend the deadline for the following Call for Papers (TRANSIT Volume 12.1) to September 1, 2018.
We are excited to present TRANSIT’s newest Call for Papers (entitled: “Landscapes of Migration”). We welcome all submissions, both traditional papers and multi-media projects that make use of our online platform’s digital capabilities.
CFP: CITIES AND CHANGE: THREE DECADES OF POST-SOCIALIST TRANSITION (1989-2019), Darmstadt, 17-18. May 2019
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Call for Papers
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Germany
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Recent Reviews
Reviewer:
Kathryn Bruton
Bruton on Bösch and Hoeres, 'Außenpolitik im Medienzeitalter: Vom späten 19. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart'
Frank Bösch, Peter Hoeres, eds. Außenpolitik im Medienzeitalter: Vom späten 19. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart. Göttingen, Niedersachs: Wallstein, 2013. 343 pp. EUR 29.90 (cloth), ISBN 978-3-8353-1352-1.
Reviewed by Kathryn Bruton (Mississippi State University) Published on H-German (July, 2016) Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill
Public Opinion and the Media in German Foreign Policy
Reviewer:
Stephanie Seul
Seul on Bösch, 'Mass Media and Historical Change: Germany in International Perspective, 1400 to the Present'
Frank Bösch. Mass Media and Historical Change: Germany in International Perspective, 1400 to the Present. New York: Berghahn, 2015. 212 pp. $85.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-78238-625-4.
Reviewed by Stephanie Seul (Deutsche Presseforschung, University of Bremen, Germany) Published on H-German (July, 2016) Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill
The Media in History: Germany and Beyond
Reviewer:
W. Mikkel Dack
Dack on Kalshoven, 'Between Two Homelands: Letters across the Borders of Nazi Germany'
Hedda Kalshoven, ed. Between Two Homelands: Letters across the Borders of Nazi Germany. Translated by Hester Velmans and Peter Fritzsche. Champaign: University of Illinois Press, 2014. xxxiv + 253 pp. $25.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-252-07985-6; $95.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-252-03830-3.
Reviewed by W. Mikkel Dack (University of Calgary) Published on H-German (May, 2016) Commissioned by Chad Ross
A Family under the Shadow of Dictatorship and War
Reviewer:
Christina Morina
Morina on Forner, 'German Intellectuals and the Challenge of Democratic Renewal: Culture and Politics after 1945'
Sean A. Forner. German Intellectuals and the Challenge of Democratic Renewal: Culture and Politics after 1945. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014. xii +383 pp. $125.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-04957-4.
Reviewed by Christina Morina (Friedrich-Schiller Universität Jena) Published on H-German (April, 2016) Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill
Envisioning Democracy: German Intellectuals and the Quest for Democratic Renewal in Postwar German
Reviewer:
Ellen Yutzy Glebe
Glebe on Baschera and Gordon and Moser, 'Following Zwingli: Applying the Past in Reformation Zurich'
Luca Baschera, Bruce Gordon, Christian Moser, eds. Following Zwingli: Applying the Past in Reformation Zurich. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing, 2014. 320 pp. $134.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7546-9405-2.
Reviewed by Ellen Yutzy Glebe (Independent Scholar) Published on H-German (March, 2016) Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill
Informative Contributions to the Intellectual History of Post-Zwinglian Zurich
Reviewer:
Kira Thurman
Thurman on Aitken and Rosenhaft, 'Black Germany: The Making and Unmaking of a Diaspora Community, 1884-1960'
Robbie Aitken, Eve Rosenhaft. Black Germany: The Making and Unmaking of a Diaspora Community, 1884-1960. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 379 pp. $125.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-107-04136-3.
Reviewed by Kira Thurman (University of Michigan) Published on H-German (February, 2016) Commissioned by Shannon Nagy
The Rise and Fall of a Black Community in German History
Reviewer:
Karl Hjembo
Hjembo on Martel, 'The Month That Changed the World: July 1914'
Gordon Martel. The Month That Changed the World: July 1914. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2014. Illustrations, maps. 512 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-966538-9.
Reviewed by Karl Hjembo (Independent Scholar) Published on H-German (January, 2016) Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill
The Diplomatic Struggle and the Resulting Great War
Reviewer:
Ulf Zimmermann
Zimmermann on Kater, 'Weimar: From Enlightenment to the Present'
Michael H. Kater. Weimar: From Enlightenment to the Present. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2014. Illustrations. 480 pp. $45.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-300-17056-6.
Reviewed by Ulf Zimmermann (Kennesaw State University) Published on H-German (January, 2016) Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill
Shades of Goethe--and of Hitler: A History of [the town of] Weimar
Reviewer:
Geoffrey J. Giles
Giles on Merziger, 'Nationalsozialistische Satire und "Deutscher Humor": Politische Bedeutung und Öffentlichkeit populärer Unterhaltung 1931-1945'
Patrick Merziger. Nationalsozialistische Satire und "Deutscher Humor": Politische Bedeutung und Öffentlichkeit populärer Unterhaltung 1931-1945. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2010. 407 pp. $87.00 (paper), ISBN 978-3-515-09355-2.
Reviewed by Geoffrey J. Giles (University of Florida) Published on H-German (December, 2015) Commissioned by Chad Ross
Reviewer:
Dirk Bönker
Bönker on Cho and Crowe, 'Germany and China: Transnational Encounters since the Eighteenth Century'
Joanne Miyang Cho, David M. Crowe, eds. Germany and China: Transnational Encounters since the Eighteenth Century. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. 304 pp. $90.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-137-43846-1.
Reviewed by Dirk Bönker (Duke University) Published on H-German (October, 2015) Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill
Sino-German Studies