Friday, February 10
14:30 Arrival, Registration
15:00 Welcome
Manfred Berg (Heidelberg University) and Axel Jansen (German Historical Institute, Washington, DC)
15:15 Panel 1: Preparing for War
Chair: Axel Jansen (German Historical Institute, Washington, DC)
Dirk Bönker (Duke University): A World Power Second to None? The U.S. Navy, Geopolitics, and the Challenge of World War I
Manuel Franz (Heidelberg University): Defense Societies in the Campaign for American Preparedness, 1914-1920
16:45 Coffee Break
17:00 Keynote Lecture
Chair: Manfred Berg (Heidelberg University)
Ross A. Kennedy (Illinois State University): Strategic Calculations in Woodrow Wilson‘s Neutrality Policy, 1914-1917
18:45 Reception (at the HCA)
Saturday, February 11
9:00 Young Scholars Forum
Program and locations will be announced separately
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Panel 2: Mobilization and Propaganda
Chair: Mischa Honeck (German Historical Institute, Washington, DC)
Elisabeth Piller (Trondheim University): American War Relief, Cultural Mobilization and the Myth of Impartial Humanitarianism, 1914-1917
Katja Wüstenbecker (University of Jena/University of Hamburg): How to Mobilize an Unwilling Country for War: The Committee on Public Information
12:30 Lunch Break
14:00 Keynote Lecture
Chair: Axel Jansen (German Historical Institute, Washington, DC)
Jennifer Keene (Chapman University): Deeds Not Words: American Social Justice Movements and World War I
15:30 Coffee Break
16:00 Panel 3: The German American Experience
Chair: Simon Wendt (University of Frankfurt/M.)
Jörg Nagler (University of Jena): The Conflict of Divided Loyalties: German Americans, Their Responses to World War I and the American Home Front
Andreas Hübner (University of Kassel): “We are here as Pro-Americans, as Pro-Louisianians, as Pro-Orleanians”: Reassessing the German American Community of New Orleans during World War I
17:30 Break
17:45 GAAS Historians’ Business Meeting
19:00 Dinner (On Your Own)
Sunday, February 12
9:00 Panel 4: New Perspectives on the Social Impact of the War
Chair: Wilfried Mausbach (Heidelberg University)
Mischa Honeck (German Historical Institute, Washington, DC): Playing on Uncle Sam’s Team: American Childhoods During World War I
Matthias Voigt (University of Frankfurt/M.): Native American Doughboys in the Great War
10:30 Coffee Break
11:00 Panel 5: Legacies
Chair: Anja Schüler (Heidelberg University)
Charlotte Lerg (University of Münster): World War I and the Birth of Academic Freedom in America
Helke Rausch (University of Freiburg): The Birth of US Philanthropy from the Spirit of War: Rockefeller Philanthropists in World War I
12:30 Lunch/Departure