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09/25/2024 - 09/25/2024 | Online

Virtual Panel Discussion: Global History meets German Zeitgeschichte

The German Historical Institute Washington, and the Leibniz Centre for Contemporary History Potsdam (ZZF Potsdam) with its newly founded department “Globalizations in a Divided World” are hosting an online panel featuring four established historians from the United States and German-speaking Europe to discuss current trends and future developments at the intersection of Global History and German Zeitgeschichte. The panel will be held in English language and is open to the general public.

Panelists:
Frank Biess (UC San Diego),
Franziska Exeler (FU Berlin/University of Cambridge),
Michelle Lynn Kahn (University of Richmond),
Isabella Löhr (ZZF Potsdam) https://zzf-potsdam.de/institut/personen/mitarbeiter_innen/isabella-loehr

Moderated by Isabella Löhr and Carolin Liebisch-Gümüş (German Historical Institute Washington) https://www.ghi-dc.org/

In the last decades, Global History and German Zeitgeschichte, the sub-discipline dedicated to the most recent period, have surprisingly had few overlaps and exchanges, despite the latter being widely regarded as a quintessentially globalized era. Global History primarily focused on the long nineteenth century, while German-speaking Zeitgeschichte oftentimes retained its focus on the national perspective, employing transnational approaches but rarely engaging with the theories and methodologies of Global History. This is currently changing, partly due to the vibrant research on the global history of socialism and the Cold War, which has begun to shed a different light on the history of the two German states. Starting from a brief assessment of the past relationship between the two fields, the panel discusses current shifts and emerging questions as new publications, conferences, and institutional initiatives signal the start of a more substantial dialogue between these historiographical domains. What are the prevailing trends, challenges, and potential stumbling blocks in bringing Global History and German Zeitgeschichte together? And what can we learn from transatlantic and transregional perspectives on these two fields?

Information on participating / attending:
For the Webinar please register here:
https://maxweberstiftung.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ng4BtxtiSDyFGLBwtYiNCA#/reg...

Date:

09/25/2024 18:00 - 09/25/2024 19:45

Event venue:

Virtual Panel Discussion
Online
other

Target group:

Scientists and scholars, all interested persons

Relevance:

international

Subject areas:

History / archaeology

Types of events:

Seminar / workshop / discussion

Entry:

08/12/2024

Sender/author:

Marion Schlöttke

Department:

Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

Event is free:

yes

Language of the text:

English

URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event77470


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