Discussion published by Frank Reichherzer in H-War on Friday, February 17, 2023

"...a True Chameleon" - Transformation, Persistence and Emergence of Military Force and Violence

War resembles a “true chameleon”. Carl von Clausewitz, the Prussian general and philosopher of war, uses this analogy in his work ‘On War’. This reference to the mutability of military force and violence relates to current research trends: increasingly scholars are examining temporalities and processes of violence. Therefore, the 62.

Discussion published by Cornelia Pierstorff in H-Germanistik on Saturday, February 11, 2023

CFP: GSA Seminar: Gendered Violence in Literature, Theater, and Visual Arts after 1970, Montreal (03.03.2023)

German Studies Association, October 5-8, 2023, Montreal, Canada

We invite abstract proposals for the seminar "Gendered Violence in Literature, Theater, and Visual Arts after 1970", which will take place at the 47th Annual German Studies Association Conference. Deadline for submissions is March 3, 2023.

Review published on Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Author: 
Nicole Iturriaga
Reviewer: 
Katherine Hite

Hite on Iturriaga, 'Exhuming Violent Histories: Forensics, Memory, and Rewriting Spain’s Past'

Nicole Iturriaga. Exhuming Violent Histories: Forensics, Memory, and Rewriting Spain’s Past. New York: Columbia University Press, 2022. xv + 234 pp. $120.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-231-20112-4; $30.00 (paper), ISBN 978-0-231-20113-1. 

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