Call for Papers
How American is Globalization / How Globalized is America?
Akademie fur Politische Bildung, Tutzing (Germany)
February 14-16, 2003
Since the early 1990s globalization has been much debated in public as well
as among scholars. As an increasingly politicized catchword its explanatory
value has been called into question. The 2003 Tutzing meeting of the
historians in the German Association of American Studies aims at giving
historic specificity to those processes that have been discussed as obvious
signifiers of globalization, such as the improvement of cross-cultural
communication structures, the growth of international trade and investment,
the emergence of international organizations, the cross-cultural sharing of
values and cultural goods, as well as the arrival of a general consciousness
of interconnectedness among people in various countries, reacting in part to
global problems such as migration, environmental concerns, terrorism, and
global military threads.
Especially among Europeans the most recent phase of globalization is often
seen as an outgrowth of the emergence of the United States as a superpower
since World War II. The Tutzing meeting also aims at exploring the question
whether and how globalization can be linked to the growth of the American
military, political, economic, and cultural power before and after 1945. At
the same time we would like to address the question what impact
globalization has had on American life, whether, how, and to what degree the
political culture, government, the economy, and society have been influenced
by globalization. What, for example, is the role of the media in the
"globalizing of America"? Has the very nature of American society, its
multi-ethnic and multi-cultural makeup, any impact on the particular shape
globalization has taken?
We welcome proposals on various aspects of the "outer" and "inner" story of
globalization within the context of America's "national" and "international"
history. Also welcome are inquiries into the analytical value of
"globalization" as a heuristic tool for historians. In addition, we look for
contributions that explore early and pre-20th century phases of
cross-cultural interaction that may help to place more recent debates in
historical perspective.
Deadline: September 30, 2002.
Please send your abstract (one page maximum) and a short C.V./list of
publications to the following contact address:
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Philipp Gassert (Universitat Heidelberg)
Bernd Greiner (Hamburger Institut fur Sozialforschung)
Detlef Junker (Universitat Heidelberg)
Wilfried Mausbach (Freie Universitat Berlin)
Reinhold Wagnleitner (Universitat Salzburg)
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Dr. Philipp Gassert
Historisches Seminar
Universitat Heidelberg
Postfach 10 57 60
69047 Heidelberg
Tel.: 06221 - 54 24 77
Fax.: 06221 - 54 24 49
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