GERMAN & EUROPEAN STUDIES IN THE U.S.
Changing World, Shifting Narratives
University of Massachusetts Amherst
NEH SUMMER INSTITUTE
6 July – 2 August 2005

Syllabus

*note: Unless noted otherwise, readings are part of the books or readers that will be sent to you. Some readings could not be included in the readers for copyright reasons. These will be on ereserve and/or print reserve. For instructions on using ereserves, please see Orientation Information or go directly to the handout on ereserves.

*Note on Die Umkehr. Due to shipping problems, we have not been able to send you Die Umkehr. In the meantime, the author, Konrad Jarausch, has generously offered electronic copy of a draft of the unpublished English translation, entitled After Hitler. Recivilizing Germans. This draft translation has been made available for you on ereserves. For information on using ereserves, go to the handout on ereserves.

Week 1 : Transatlantic Agendas in Contemporary History and a "New European Historiography"

Week 2: Film and History / Film as History / Film History

Week 3 : Issues in Feminism and German Studies

Week 4 : A Multicultural Germany in a Globalizing World? The Case of Black Germans

Week 5 : Academic Work in a Changing World

WEEK I ( July 6-8, 2005 )

Transatlantic Agendas in Contemporary History and a “New European Historiography”

Facilitator: Sky Arndt-Briggs, Konrad Jarausch and Jay Rowell

Tuesday July 5

Arrivals and Registration

11:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Duckett House, Smith College

Registration, 11:30 – 5:30 p.m.

6 – 8 p.m.

 

Neilson Browsing Room

Opening Get-Together (a light meal will be served)

Wednesday July 6

Introductions and Keynote

9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

 

 

Neilson Browsing Room

Faculty Introductions

Self Introductions and Overview

Reading :

Sara Lennox. “Globalization and German Studies.” Manuscript Draft. Ereserves

Altner et. al. “Traum und Albtraum Amerika. Europa und die USA müssen ihr Verhältnis zueinander ohne ideologische Scheuklappen neu ordnen. Die Duisburger Erklärung.” Frankfurter Rundschau. 16 April 2004 . Dokumentationen 9. [Altner et. al. “The Duisburg Declaration.”] Ereserves

Recommended Reading :

Jürgen Habermas, with endorsement of Jacques Derrida. “Unsere Erneuerung: Nach dem Krieg: Die Wiedergeburt Europas.” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 31 May 2003. Feuilleton 33. Ereserves

Iris Marion Young. “ Europe and the Global South: Towards a Circle of Equality.” Open Democracy. Ereserves

2 – 5 p.m.

 

 

Neilson Browsing Room

Keynote lecture (Konrad Jarausch)

Cultural Dimensions of the Estrangement between the US and Europe


Coffee Break.
 

Discussion: Thinking about 20th Century Germany after Postmodernism and Unification

Reading:

Konrad Jarausch and Michael Geyer. Shattered Past . Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2003. Intro and chapters 1 – 6.

Recommended Reading :

Konrad Jarausch and Michael Geyer. Shattered Past . Chapters 7 – 12.

6 – 8 p.m.

Opening Reception

Thursday July 7

Reconstructing German History in an Intertwined Europe

9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

 

 

Neilson Browsing Room

Presentation and discussion (Konrad Jarausch):

After Hitler: Recivilizing Germans

Reading :

Konrad Jarausch. Introductions and Conclusions for each section. After Hitler. Recivilizing Germans. unpublished translation. [Die Umkehr. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, 2005. ] Ereserves.

1:30 p.m. – 5 p.m.

 

 

Neilson Browsing Room

Lecture (Jay Rowell): Narrating Intertwined European Histories: histoire croisée

Discussion: The “histoire croisée” Toolbox and the Production of Sociohistorical Knowledge

Reading  :

Michael Werner and Bénédicte Zimmermann. “Beyond Comparison: Histoire croisée and the Challenge of Reflexivity.“ Unpublished Manuscript. [translation of: Michael Werner and Bénédicte Zimmermann. "Penser l'histoire croisée: entre empirie et réfléxivité." Annales: Histoire, Sciences sociales 1 (Jan-Feb, 2003): 7-36.]

Recommended Reading :

Michael Werner and Bénédicte Zimmermann. "Vergleich, Transfer, Verflechtung: der Ansatz der Histoire croisée und die Herausforderung des Transnationalen." Geschichte und Gesellschaft 4 (2002): 607-636. Ereserves

Friday July 8

Intertwined Europe

9 a.m. – 12 p.m.

 

 

Neilson Browsing Room

Discussion: Histoire croisée – Case Studies

Reading :

Jan C. Behrends and Friederike Kind. “Vom Untergrund in den Westen. Samizdat, Tamisdat und die Neuerfindung Mitteleuropas in den achtziger Jahren.” Unpublished Manuscript.

Nicolas Mariot and Jay Rowell. “An Asymmetrical Comparison: Visits of Sovereignty and the Nation in France and Germany before World War I.” Unpublished Manuscript. [translation of: Nicolas Mariot and Jay Rowell. In De la comparaison à l'histoire croisée. Le genre humain, 42 . Paris : de collectif.]

Recommended Reading :

Valerie Amiraux: “Restructuring Political Islam: Transnational Belonging and Muslims in France and Germany .” Transnational Political Islam: Religion, Ideology and Power. Ed. Azza Karam. London : Pluto Press, 2004: 28-57. Ereserves

1 p.m.

 

 

Neilson Browsing Room

Discussion: Histoire croisée and the Transnational Approach

Reading :

Deniz Göktürk: “Migration und Kino – Subnationale Mitleidskultur oder transnationale Rollenspiele?” Interkulturelle Literatur in Deutschland . Ed. Carmine Chiellino. Stuttgart: Metzler, 2000. 329-47.

Recommended Reading :

Appadurai, Arjun. Modernity at Large: Cultural Dimensions of Globalization. Public Worlds. Vol. 1. Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 1996. Introduction. Ereserves

Thomas Faist. The Volume and Dynamics of International Migration and Transnational Social Spaces. New York :  Oxford University Press, 2000. Introduction. Ereserves

2:45 p.m.

 

Film Screening: Academy of Music

Head-on . [Gegen die Wand]. Germany , Fatih Akin, 2004. 121 minutes. 35 mm.