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CFP (Conference): The Krimis (Cincinnati, Oh, 15./16. September 2018), Deadline 15th of June 2018
The Krimis
15-16 September 2018
University of Cincinnati, OH, USA
The editors of the graduate student journal Focus on German Studies, in conjunction with the Graduate Student Association of the Department of German Studies at the University of Cincinnati, present the Twenty-Third Annual Graduate Student Conference: The Krimis.
CFP: Seeking Panelist for Panel "Left-Wing Terrorism in the Global Seventies" at German Studies Association Annual Conference
We are looking for a third panelist for a panel on “Left-Wing Political Violence in the Global Seventies” at the 2018 German Studies Association’s Annual Conference in Pittsburgh (September 27-30).
CFP (Conference): The Multiplicity of Exits from the War, Ukraine, 28-30 August 2018 (Deadline: April 1, 2018)
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CFA: 5th Bergen-Belsen International Summer School – “Perspectives on the Holocaust. Dealing with mass atrocities and their global relevance” 28 July – 5 August 2018 (Deadline 15 May 2018)
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CFP (Workshop): Émigré scholars: Historians in Exile and the Writing of History in the 20th century, Bochum 19-21 September 2019 (Deadline 31 May 2018)
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CFP: An interdisciplinary conference "(De-)constructing Central Europe: From Mitteleuropa to Visions of a Common Europe, 1918-2018" (Deadline 28 May 2018)
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CFP (Conference Panel): European Identity: From Culture to Politics, Lucca, Italy, 14-15 June 2018 (Deadline 7 May 2018)
Call for Papers for the Panel
European Identity: From Culture to PoliticsThe panel is part of the 7th Euroacademia International Conference ‘Identities and Identifications: Politicized Uses of Collective Identities’
14 – 15 June 2018, Lucca, Tuscany, Italy
Deadline: 7th of May 2018
CFA: ITS Research Seminar for Members of Historical, Educational and Remembrance Initiatives (Bad Arolsen, Germany; 25-27 June 2018) (Deadline 1 May 2018)
Call for Applications (CfA)
NS-Verfolgung, Zwangsarbeit und Displaced Persons vor Ort
ITS-Rechercheseminar für Mitglieder lokaler Aufarbeitungs-, Bildungs- und Gedenkinitiativen
Bad Arolsen, 25.-27. Juni 2018
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CFP (Panel): Figurations of In-/Hospitality in German Culture and Thought, AGS 2018 (Deadline 6 April 2018)
Dear All,
Here is a reminder about our panel at the coming AGS conference in Bangor (29-31 August). The deadline for proposals is 6th April 2018.
Figurations of In-/Hospitality in German Culture and Thought, AGS 2018
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Recent Reviews
Rinner on Marven and Taberner, 'Emerging German-Language Novelists of the Twenty-First Century'
Lyn Marven, Stuart Taberner, eds. Emerging German-Language Novelists of the Twenty-First Century. Rochester: Camden House, 2011. 288 pp. $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57113-421-9.
Reviewed by Susanne Rinner (University of North Carolina at Greensboro) Published on H-German (September, 2015) Commissioned by Chad Ross
Contemporary German Fiction Writing in a Global Context
Woltering on Longerich, 'Heinrich Himmler: A Life'
Peter Longerich. Heinrich Himmler: A Life. Trans. Jeremy Noakes and Leslie Sharpe. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012. xviii + 1,031 pp. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-959232-6.
Reviewed by Ky Woltering (The Graduate Center, CUNY) Published on H-German (August, 2015) Commissioned by Chad Ross
Himmler and the Personalization of Power
Kramer on Lane and Ruehl, 'A Poet's Reich: Politics and Culture in the George Circle'
M. S. Lane, Martin Ruehl, eds. A Poet's Reich: Politics and Culture in the George Circle. Rochester: Camden House, 2011. x + 349 pp. Illustrations. $75.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-57113-462-2.
Reviewed by Max Kramer (CUNY-Baruch College) Published on H-German (August, 2015) Commissioned by Chad Ross
Stefan George: zwischen Kulturwissenschaft und Alltagsgeschichte
Vick on Duchhardt, 'Der Wiener Kongress: Die Neugestaltung Europas 1814/15'
Heinz Duchhardt. Der Wiener Kongress: Die Neugestaltung Europas 1814/15. München: C.H. Beck Verlag, 2013. 128 pp. EUR 8.95 (paper), ISBN 978-3-406-65381-0.
Reviewed by Brian Vick (Emory University) Published on H-German (August, 2015) Commissioned by Nathan N. Orgill
A Guide to the Congress of Vienna
Imbrigotta on Zervigón, 'John Heartfield and the Agitated Image: Photography, Persuasion, and the Rise of Avant-garde Photomontage'
Andrés Mario Zervigón. John Heartfield and the Agitated Image: Photography, Persuasion, and the Rise of Avant-garde Photomontage. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012. Illustrations. 336 pp. $65.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-226-98177-2.
Reviewed by Kristopher Imbrigotta (University of Puget Sound) Published on H-German (July, 2015) Commissioned by Chad Ross
Prosecutor with Scissors: John Heartfield and the Photomontage
Clark on Kuzmany, 'Brody: Eine galizische Grenzstadt im langen 19. Jahrhundert'
Börries Kuzmany. Brody: Eine galizische Grenzstadt im langen 19. Jahrhundert. Vienna: Böhlau Verlag Wien, 2011. 406 pp. EUR 35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-3-205-78763-1.
Reviewed by Elizabeth Morrow Clark (West Texas A&M University) Published on H-German (July, 2015) Commissioned by Chad Ross
Brody is Always Brody: A Galician Border City in the Long Nineteenth Century
Auerbach on Dynner, 'Yankel's Tavern: Jews, Liquor, and Life in the Kingdom of Poland'
Glenn Dynner. Yankel's Tavern: Jews, Liquor, and Life in the Kingdom of Poland. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. 249 pp. $74.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-19-998851-8.
Reviewed by Karen Auerbach (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill) Published on H-German (June, 2015) Commissioned by Chad Ross
Coexistence and Symbiosis: The Jewish Tavernkeeper in Nineteenth-Century Poland
McFall on Dorondo, 'Riders of the Apocalypse: German Cavalry and Modern Warfare, 1870-1945'
David R. Dorondo. Riders of the Apocalypse: German Cavalry and Modern Warfare, 1870-1945. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 2012. 352 pp. $36.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-61251-086-6.
Reviewed by Kelly McFall Published on H-German (June, 2015) Commissioned by Shannon Nagy
Delaying the Inevitable: The Decline of the Cavalry in Germany
Stephens on Jessen and Nembach-Langer, 'Transformations of Retailing in Europe after 1945'
Ralph Jessen, Lydia Nembach-Langer, eds. Transformations of Retailing in Europe after 1945. Farnham, Surrey: Ashgate Pub., 2012. xvi + 234 pp. GBP 74.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-1-4094-2444-4; ISBN 978-1-4094-2445-1.
Reviewed by Robert P. Stephens (Virginia Tech) Published on H-German (April, 2015) Commissioned by Chad Ross
A Close Examination of Postwar Retailing
Terrell on Bauerkämper and Kaelble, 'Gesellschaft in der europäischen Integration seit den 1950er Jahren: Migration – Konsum – Sozialpolitik – Repräsentationen'
Arnd Bauerkämper, Hartmut Kaelble, eds. Gesellschaft in der europäischen Integration seit den 1950er Jahren: Migration – Konsum – Sozialpolitik – Repräsentationen. Studies on the History of European Integration Series. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2012. 187 pp. $54.00 (paper), ISBN 978-3-515-10045-8.