CALL FOR PAPERS:
Censorship and Cinema: Cinematic Kahlschlag and the GDR’s 11th Plenum
38th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association (GSA), October 1-4, 2015, Washington, D.C.
250-word paper proposal deadline: January 26, 2015
EVENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM H-NET
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Recent years have witnessed a flowering of historical scholarship on the origins of the First World War, harnessing new source materials, approaches to international history, and reflecting the rising influence of transnational methodologies. However, as we commemorate the centenary of the war's outbreak, academic consensus concerning the conflict's causes remains elusive. This forum has brought together four leading experts on this topic to take stock of recent historiographical developments and to offer us their thoughts on fruitful avenues for future research.
The Limits of the Possible: Some Reflections on Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg and the July Crisis of 1914
T.G. Otte, University of East Anglia
"Von der Parteien Gunst und Hass verwirrt,
Schwankt sein Charakterbild in der Geschichte."[1]
For an International Conference to be held in Amsterdam, Sept. 24-26, 2015.
40th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History Association (SSHA)
Date and Location: Baltimore, MD, November 12-15, 2015
Conference Theme: "Pluralism and Community: Social Science History Perspectives"
Submission Deadline: February 14th, 2015
“Worlds of Welfare: An Interdisciplinary Conference at the Free University of Berlin”
9-10 July 2015, Berlin, Germany
Proposal Deadline: 10 January 2015
On January 1, 2015, we will publish our next bulletin on new books in German History and German Studies. If you would like to announce the publication of your book, please submit the following information to kira.thurman(at)h-german.org by December 31, 2014: the author's name, the title of the book, the press, the month it appeared in print, and a link to the publisher/book's site optional).
