Transatlantic Summer Institute in German Studies 2005

Transatlantic Summer Institute in German Studies 2005

Veranstalter
Center for German and European Studies (Minnesota), Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München, Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam
Veranstaltungsort
Center for Metropolitan Studies an der Technischen Universität Berlin
Ort
Berlin
Land
Deutschland
Vom - Bis
13.07.2005 - 28.07.2005
Deadline
15.06.2005
Website
Von
Annelie Ramsbrock, Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung

Mass Cultures and Mass Media in 20th-Century Germany
Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute in German Studies

Wie in den vergangenen drei Jahren findet auch im Sommer 2005 ein "Transatlantic Summer in German Studies" (TASI) in Zusammenarbeit des Center for German and European Studies (Minnesota), der Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München und dem Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam, gefördert durch den Deutschen Akademischen Ausstauschdienst (DAAD) und die Volkswagen-Stiftung, statt. Diese zweieinhalbwöchige auf deutsch und englisch durchgeführte Sommerschule wird dieses Jahr in Berlin unter dem Oberthema "Mass Cultures and Mass Media in 20th-Century Germany" durchgeführt. Doktoranden aus Deutschland, die sich für die Teilnahme bewerben wollen, wenden sich bitte an Prof. Dr. Martin Geyer, München, und Priv.-Doz. Dr. Thomas Lindenberger, Potsdam (Anschriften s. u.)

Overview

The Trans-Atlantic Summer Institutes provide a unique forum for graduate-level students in Germany and North America to collaborate in the exploration of advanced topics relating to Germany and its role in Europe. Each summer, twelve German and twelve North American graduate-level students work intensively for three weeks and explore in depth questions that will enrich their dissertations in German Studies.

The Summer Institutes also aim to make a major contribution to the training of the next generation of experts on Germany and Europe. They introduce German students to the American university and the larger academic culture of the United States; North American students will acquire a similar familiarity with the German setting. They therefore foster the international discussions and collaborations that are fundamental to the scholarly enterprise. As a student in the Summer Institute, you will learn how to combine the best aspects of training in both countries—the close attention to archival sources and their interpretation in Germany with the broad trans-disciplinary readings that characterize North American scholarship.

Topic

"Mass Cultures and Mass Media in 20th Century Germany" is the topic of the Trans-Atlantic Summer Institute 2005. Mass cultures and mass media have fundamentally altered the forms of life in the twentieth century. These shifts in the cultural sphere are decisively linked to economic, technological, and political history and offer a fruitful opening for an interdisciplinary and transnational history of society in the modern era. Beginning in the 1880s, a new public emerged through the standardization of consumer goods and new forms of communication. The old markers of class distinctions were challenged by the rise of mass newspapers and then the cinema, gramophone, and radio, and by political parties that now had to compete for votes in the public sphere. The increasing commercialization of virtually all aspects of life and the new technologies of communication challenged intellectuals and artists to grapple with the meaning of modernity.

In TASI 2005, German developments will stand at the center of our deliberations, but we will also compare them with trends in the United States and other European countries. We will explore the explanatory power of these themes for understanding the great breaks and fissures of German history in the 20th Century. Readings will include fundamental theoretical texts as well as histories of consumer culture and the mass media. We will draw upon Anglo-American cultural studies, social science perspectives, and recent German social and cultural history.

Faculty

Martin Geyer is Professor of Modern History at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität of Munich. Professor Geyer is the author of Verkehrte Welt: Revolution, Inflation und Moderne. München 1914-1924 (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1998) and editor (with Manfred Berg) of Two Cultures of Rights: The Quest for Inclusion and Participation in Modern America and Germany ( Cambridge, 2002). He was formerly the Associate Director of the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C.

Thomas Lindenberger is Project Director at the Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung, Potsdam. He is the author of Volkspolizei: Herrschaftspraxis und öffentliche Ordnung im SED-Staat, 1952-1968 (Böhlau, 2003), and Straßenpolitik: Zur Sozialgeschichte der öffentlichen Ordnung in Berlin (J.H.W. Dietz, 1995). He teaches at the Universität Potsdam.

Eric D. Weitz is Professor of History and Arsham and Charlotte Ohanessian Chair in the College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota. He is the author of A Century of Genocide: Utopias of Race and Nation (Princeton, 2003), and Creating German Communism, 1890-1990: From Popular Protests to Socialist State( Princeton, 1997).

Fellowship

All fellows will receive a fellowship to cover most expenses. Fellowships will provide:
- travelling expenses
- Housing and meal allowance for the duration of the Institute
- Access to library and Internet resources

Application

A complete application consists of 1) a letter of interest, 2) a two-page statement about the relevance of this topic to the applicant’s research, or a two-page commentary on the topic of the Institute, 3) a curriculum vitae, and 4) and one letter of recommendation. The letter of interest should include information on the applicant’s scholarly background, interests, and career goals. The statement should address how the Institute topic fits into the applicant’s program of study, and what the applicant hopes to gain through participation in the Institute.

Doktorand/innen an deutschen Hochschulen richten ihre Bewerbungen in deutscher oder englischer Sprache bitte an:

Professor Martin Geyer
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
Abteilung für Neueste Geschichte und Zeitgeschichte
Geschwister-Scholl-Platz 1
80539 München
Bundesrepublik Deutschland
mhgeyer@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

oder an

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Thomas Lindenberger
Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam
Am Neuen Markt 1
14467 Potsdam
lindenberger@zzf-pdm.de

Auskünfte zu organisatorischen Fragen erteilt

Annelie Ramsbrock
Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam
ramsbrock@zzf-pdm.de

Programm

Kontakt

Annelie Ramsbrock
Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam
ramsbrock@zzf-pdm.de


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