
CfP: GSA Panels "Biographical Writing"
Mary Lindemann and Ben Marschke are organizing panels on "biographical writing in the twenty-first century" for the 2023 German Studies Association conference (5-8 Oct., in Montreal).
These panels will address how scholars have recently approached the writing of biographies, whether of canonical figures, lesser known people, or even unknown people.
Small Screen Orientalisms in the German-Speaking Contexts
deadline for submissions:
March 1, 2023
full name / name of organization:
Christian David Zeitz, University of Toronto
contact email:
christian.zeitz@mail.utoronto.ca
Panel Proposal
Forty-Seventh Annual Conference of the German Studies Association
October 5-8, Montréal, Québec, Canada
H-Diplo Essay 503- Isabel V. Hull on Learning the Scholar's Craft
H-Diplo Essay 503
Soltau on Jost and Wachter, 'Die verschwundene Arbeit: In Fotografien aus Berliner Sammlungen und Archiven'
Sarah Jost, Gabriela Wachter, eds. Die verschwundene Arbeit: In Fotografien aus Berliner Sammlungen und Archiven. Berlin: Parthas Verlag, 2008. 309 pp. EUR 29.80 (paper), ISBN 978-3-86601-385-8.
Reviewed by Noah Soltau (University of Tennessee-Knoxville) Published on H-German (November, 2010) Commissioned by Benita Blessing
Work on Film: Berlin's Bygone Businesses
Caldwell on Graf, 'Die Zukunft der Weimarer Republik: Krisen und Zukunftsaneignungen in Deutschland 1918-1933'
Rüdiger Graf. Die Zukunft der Weimarer Republik: Krisen und Zukunftsaneignungen in Deutschland 1918-1933. Munich: Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag, 2008. 480 pp. ISBN 978-3-486-58583-4.
Reviewed by Peter C. Caldwell Published on H-German (November, 2008) Commissioned by Eve M. Duffy
The Many Futures of the Weimar Republic
Buse on Gerhards, 'The Name Game: Cultural Modernization and First Names'
Jürgen Gerhards. The Name Game: Cultural Modernization and First Names. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers, 2005. Foreword. $34.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-7658-0297-2.
Reviewed by Dieter K. Buse (Department of History, Laurentian University) Published on H-German (January, 2008)
The Name in the Game is No Longer German
