Programme

Friday, May 21, 2004

14:30 Begrüßung/Welcome: Prof. Dr. Ronald G. Asch (Vorsitzender)

Workshops:
- Außenpolitik (Prof. Dr. Gustav Schmidt)

- Wirtschafts- und Sozialgeschichte (Prof. Dr. Christiane Eisenberg)

- Ideengeschichte/Politische Theorien (PD Dr. W. Steinmetz)

- Vergleichende Politik (Prof. Dr. Hans Kastendiek/Dr. Richard Stinshoff)

15:30 Kaffeepause/Coffee Break

Fortsetzung der Workshops

18:00 Abendessen/Dinner

19:00-20:30 Opening Lecture
Approaches to the History of Anglo-American Relations
David Reynolds

Saturday, May 22, 2004

9:00 Part I:
From Enmity to Friendship: The cultural construction of Anglo-American relations and cultural transfer processes during the 19th Century
Chair/Moderator: David Reynolds

Constructing Anglo-American Friendship: The Great Exhibition of 1851 and the Social Construction of the Special Relationship
Ursula Lehmkuhl (Free University Berlin)

Dame Britannia and Uncle Sam: The cultural representation of the "special relationship" in 19th century political cartoons
Stefanie Schneider (Max Weber Kolleg, University of Erfurt)

Discussion

10.45-11:15 Coffee Break

11:15 The American Way of Empire? The American appropriation of British colonial policy and the emerging "special relationship" at the turn of the century
Frank Schumacher (University of Erfurt)

Comment: The “special relationship” and approaches to transnational history
Willibald Steinmetz (University of Bielefeld)

Discussion

12:30-14:00 Lunch Break

14:00 Part II:
"The special relationship" and the Challenges of the Cold War Era: Institutional Constellations and Areas of Conflict and Cooperation
Chair/Moderator: Gustav Schmidt (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

Anglo-American Relations in the Era of Détente and the Challenge of Ostpolitik
Gottfried Niedhart (University of Mannheim)

Development Policy, International Finance and International Trade
Heide-Irene Schmidt (Ruhr-Universität Bochum)

Discussion

15:30-16.00 Coffee Break

16:00 The Secret Service
Wolfgang Krieger (University of Marburg)
Nuclear Strategy and Nuclear Diplomacy
Beatrice Heuser (Director of Research, MGFA Potsdam)

Discussion

18:00 Dinner

19:00-21:00 Mitgliederversammlung