*Apologies for cross-posting*
Dear colleagues,
as part of its international research network - Weltanschauungen: The German Past and the Contemporary World - the Institute for German Studies invites you to a workshop under the title: "The End of Stasiland?", to be held on 29 October 2014, 2-7 p.m.
The aim of the event is to review both the history of the fall of the Berlin Wall and shifting representations of the GDR since 1989.
Papers:
David Clarke (Bath) "'Who Were the Victims of the GDR?"
Hope M. Harrison (Washington) "The 25th Anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall and German Historical Memory"
Sara Jones (Birmingham) "The End of Stasiland? Shifting Perspectives on the GDR in German Museums"
Karen Leeder (Oxford) "Haunted States, the GDR and the Berlin Republic"
Alison Lewis (Melbourne) "Scenes of Truth and Reconciliation and the Legacy of the GDR in Autobiography, Documentary and Film"
Debbie Pinfold (Bristol) "Deconstructing Binaries: Christian Petzold's 'Barbara' and the GDR Memory Landscape"
The workshop will be followed by a book launch.
WHEN: Wednesday 29th October 2014, 2-7pm
WHERE: Room 420, 4th Floor (East), Muirhead Tower, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT
The event is free to attend, but please RSVP by 17th October 2014 to Josefin Graef, [log in to unmask]
"Worldviews" is an interdisciplinary research network 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
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Josefin Graef
Doctoral Researcher and Project Assistant
Institute for German Studies
Department of Political Science and International Studies
Muirhead Tower
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
B15 2TT
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