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Nachrichten, Termine, Experten
After all, the relationship between occupiers and the occupied cannot simply be reduced to “collaboration” and “resistance”, in contrast to the suggestions of an older historiography. Rather, the physical and regulatory presence of the occupier was accompanied by a great variety of transnational encounters, and by both contacts and conflicts between the occupiers and the occupied. Furthermore, occupation also impacted upon the internal fabric of the occupied societies, going hand-in-hand with specific societal experiences, creating both opportunities for and constraints upon action, transforming daily routines and undermining long-established social certainties. In Western Europe in particular, the structures and scope of these interactions between occupier and occupied, as well as those within the occupied societies themselves, were often fundamentally influenced by forms of hybrid statehood, as the (nation-)state and its agencies were now operating under German supervision. A focus on occupation therefore provides a key to the historical understanding of wartime Western Europe, one capable of unlocking both the strangeness, confrontation and violent border crossings in these years, and also the encounters, hopes, and new opportunities that presented themselves.
On Thursday evening (7th July, 6:30 pm), an additional lecture by Prof. hab. Piotr Madajczyk (Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences PAN; Department of German Studies) about the war in Eastern Europe will be open to the public without former registration.
Organization:
The workshop is organized by the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) in Essen, the German Historical Institute Paris, the Duitsland Instituut Amsterdam (DIA), the University of Wuppertal, and the ADNG Arbeitskreis für Deutsch-Niederländische Geschichte/WDNG Werkgroep voor Duits-Nederlandse Geschiedenis.
Coordination:
Tatjana Tönsmeyer teaches Modern History at the University of Wuppertal and is the Head of the Research Area Europe at the Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI) in Essen.
Information on participating / attending:
Participation:
To register for participation, please contact Agnes Laba: laba@uni-wuppertal.de or Maria Klauwer: maria.klauwer@kwi-nrw.de
Date:
07/07/2016 13:30 - 07/08/2016 15:00
Event venue:
Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities (KWI),
Goethestraße 31
45128 Essen
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Germany
Target group:
Journalists, Scientists and scholars
Email address:
Relevance:
international
Subject areas:
Cultural sciences, History / archaeology, Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Seminar / workshop / discussion
Entry:
07/05/2016
Sender/author:
Helena Rose
Department:
Pressestelle
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event54802
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