Communication, the Media, and Perceptions in German and British History (18th to 20th century)

Communication, the Media, and Perceptions in German and British History (18th to 20th century)

Organizer
University of Konstanz; University of Cambridge; FU Berlin; University of Freiburg
Venue
University of Konstanz, Bischofsvilla, Otto-Adam-Str. 5, 78467 Konstanz
Location
Konstanz
Country
Germany
From - Until
26.09.2013 - 28.09.2013
Website
By
Stefan Messingschlager

Since the 1990s, the global community has faced dramatic changes in the media and in the speed of communication, comparable only to the revolutionary developments of the 1850s and 1860s. This workshop will explore the role of communication and the media in the history of the modern world, focusing on the German and British examples. Our workshop asks how, over the last two centuries, the role of the media has developed, and in which ways they have influenced social, political, and economic relations in German and British society.

Programm

Thursday, 26 September 2013

3.00 p.m. Welcome

3.15 – 4.45 p.m.

- Prof. Dr. James Brophy (University of Delaware)
Publishers, Political Communication, and Transnational Media in Germany, 1770-1870

- Dr. Jan Marco Sawilla (Universität Konstanz)
Jenseits der Wildnis? Repräsentationen der American Indians in europäischen Medien des 18. Jahrhunderts

Commentator: PD Dr. Christian Wieland (Universität Freiburg/Konstanz)

4.45 – 5.15 p.m. Coffee Break

5.15 – 6.45 p.m.

- Alison Loader, M.A., (Concordia University Montreal)
The Popular Observatories & Camera Obscura of Maria Short in Nineteenth-century Edinburgh

- Johannes Geng, M.A. (Universität Mainz)
Das Sensorische Regime von Körper, Masse und Raum im NS-Kino

Commentator: Prof. Dr. Beate Ochsner (Universität Konstanz)

8.00 p.m. Dinner

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Friday, 27 September 2013

10.00 – 11.30 p.m.

- Frank Beyersdorf, M.A. (FU Berlin)
Liberty, Equality, or Responsibility? Freedom of Information as a Global Media Order, 1944 – 1948

- Sarah Schwab, M.A. (Universität Konstanz)
Creating „Germans“. German-South-African Newspapers in the Interwar Period

Commentator: Dr. Franz Leander Fillafer (Universität Konstanz)

11.30 – 11.50 p.m. Coffee Break

11.50 – 1.20 p.m.

- Dr. Peter Busch (King´s College London)
West and East German Propaganda and the Vietnam War in the 1960s

- Tobias Becker, M.A. (FU Berlin)
Anglo-German Perceptions and the Popular Stage in the Age of Empire

Commentator: Prof. Dr. Richard Evans (University of Cambridge)

1.20 – 2.30 p.m. Lunch

2.30 – 4.00 p.m.

- Dr. Robert Heinze (Universität Bern)
„Murder by Radio": British Settlers in the Central African Federation and the BBC World Service

- Dr. Ana Sobral (Universität Konstanz)
Mediating the Message: Transformations of Guy Fawkes in British Culture

Commentator: Dr. Martin Rempe (Universität Konstanz)

5.00 – 6.00 p.m.

Keynote speaker: Prof. Dr. Aleida Assmann (Universität Konstanz)
Transnational Memory and the Construction of History Through Mass Media

7.00 p.m. Dinner

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Saturday, 28 September 2013

10.00 – 11.30 a.m.

- Dr. Norman Domeier (University of Cambridge/ Universität Stuttgart)
Die britischen Auslandskorrespondenten im Dritten Reich (1933 - 1939)

- Dr. Stephanie Seul (Universität Bremen)
Communicating Appeasement to the German Public: The BBC German-Language Broadcasts and British Foreign Policy, 1938 - 1939

Commentator: Prof. Dr. Boris Barth (Universität Konstanz)

11.30 – 11.50 p.m. Coffee Break

11.50 - 1.20 p.m.

- Dr. Bianca Gaudenzi (University of Cambridge)
Showcasing the prosperous future of fascism: Advertising media in Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany, 1922-1945

- Dr. Bernhard Fulda (University of Cambridge)
Emil Nolde: the Media and the (Un-)Making of a Great Artist

Commentator: Prof. Dr. Sven Reichardt (Universität Konstanz)

1.20 –1.40 p.m. Conclusion

Contact (announcement)

Dagmar Bethe

Universität Konstanz
Universitätsstraße 10, Fach 1
78457 konstanz

07531/88-2471

dagmar.bethe@uni-konstanz.de