Dear colleagues,

please find below an invitation to the first event of the new major research project "Weltanschauungen. The German Past and the Contemporary World: The Domestic and Foreign Politics of Memory", hosted by the Institute for German Studies at the University of Birmingham. The seminar is organised in co-operation with the German Politics Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association and will take place on Wednesday 20th March at the Westminster Forum in London. The seminar will be followed by a wine reception. RSVP by 15th March 2013 to Josefin Graef, [log in to unmask]


Seminar

Constructing Germanness:
German Immigration Policy between Collective Memory
and National Identity

with

Professor Phil Triadafilopoulos,
University of Toronto

“Harnessing Memory: Tragic Events and Political Action
in German Citizenship Debates, 1992-2012”

Jennifer Elrick,
University of Toronto

“Immigrant Admissions Policy as an Articulation of National Identity:
Methodological Issues in Linking the National, the Regional,
and the Individual Street-level Bureaucrat”

Discussant

Dr Ruth Wittlinger,
University of Durham

Wednesday 20th March 2013, 2-5 pm

The Westminster Forum, 5th Floor
The University of Westminster, 32-38 Wells Street, London W1T 3UW

RSVP by 15th March 2013 to Josefin Graef, [log in to unmask]

Weltanschauungen
An interdisciplinary research network 2013 - 2015.
Hosted by the Institute for German Studies with the support of the DAAD.

For a programme of events, and information on travel funds for postgraduates attending,
please contact Josefin Graef, [log in to unmask]


Best wishes,

Josefin Graef
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Doctoral Researcher and Project Assistant
Institute for German Studies
Department of Political Science and International Studies
Muirhead Tower
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
B15 2TT