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From: Mark Roseman <[log in to unmask]>
University of Glamorgan
04.04.2003-06.04.2003, Glamorgan
Conference, 'Britain and the German Democratic Republic (GDR)' at the
University of Glamorgan (4 - 6 April 2003)
The conference will take place from Friday 4 April until Sunday 6 April
at the University of Glamorgan in South Wales. The conference programme
brings together both leading experts in the field and of Anglo-GDR
relations as well as new, up-and-coming scholars, all of whom are at
the cutting edge of a new generation of archival-based studies. The
conference will provide a platform for work in progress, which could
gain from expert appraisal, as well as for those having completed
projects within the subject's parameters. The principal topics for
discussion and participants presenting papers include:
An opening address by Professor Ulrich Pfeil (Deutsches Historisches
Institut, Paris) on 'Cultural Relations between the GDR and the Western
Countries'
Film and Anglo-GDR Relations
Professor Bert Hogenkamp (University of Utrecht)
Dr Martin Brady (King's College, University of London)
Rosemary Stott (London Metropolitan University)
Organisational Contacts between Britain and the GDR
Professor Stefan Berger and Dr Norry LaPorte (University of
Glamorgan): Trade union relations, 1949 - 1990
Professor John Sandford (University of Reading): The peace movements
during the 1980s
Dr Peter Thompson (University of Sheffield): The Western Left and GDR
Dissidents 1971-1989
Professor Anthony Glees (Brunel University): the Stasi and Anglo-GDR
Relations
Dr Henning Hoff (University of Cologne): Relations between the
British Labour Movement and the GDR, 1949 - 1990
Regional Relations
Damian MacCon Udlah (University College, London): Relations between
the GDR and Northern Ireland
Professor Marianne Howarth (Nottingham Trent University): Relations
between Scotland, Wales and the GDR
Professional Relations
Professor Mike Dennis (University of Wolverhampton): British
historians and the GDR
Dr Toby Thacker (University of Cardiff): Music and Anglo-GDR
Relations
Dr Merrilyn Thomas (University College, London): Relationship between
the British and East German Churches
Witness Seminar
Peter Johnson (Former Reuters and BBC Journalist): Journalists and
the GDR
Rainer Oschmann (Neues Deutschland correspondent in Britain during
the 1980s): A GDR foreign correspondent during the Thatcher Years
John Green (Camera Man and British-born East German News Reporter):
The GDR through the lens of a British television journalist (1964-90)
Stanley Forman (Film Director and Communist Activist): A life in film
between Britain and the GDR
The Federal Republic and Anglo-GDR Relations
Dr. Arnd Bauerkไmper (Zentrum fuer Zeithistorische Forschung,
Potsdam)
Dr. Detlev Nakath (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter bei "Helle Panke
zur F๖rderung von Politik, Bildung und Kultur e.V.", Berlin)
The conference organisers welcome all enquiries from interested
persons.
A full programme and online registration form will shortly be available
at www.glam.ac.uk
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