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Here is the final programme for the conference in Reading. If you require
accommodation please register by the end of July. A registration form is
included at the end of the programme.

University of Reading
Department of German Studies
CENTRE FOR EAST GERMAN STUDIES

Conference:	The GDR and its History: Rueckblick und Revision
		Die DDR im Spiegel der Enquete-Kommissionen

Venue:	Faculty of Letters, Palmer Building, Room 101
		University of Reading

Date:		Friday 17 to Saturday 18 September 1999


Programme

The Centre wishes to thank the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung and the
Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung for its generous financial support.

Friday 17 September
10.00 - 10.30 am	Arrival and registration

10.30 - 11.00 am	Introduction
			Professor John Sandford, University of Reading

11.00 - 11.30 am	Approaches to the History of the GDR
			Professor Mary Fulbrook, University College, London

11.30 - 12.00 pm	Begruendung, Entstehung und Zielsetzung der Enquete-
			Kommission 1992-1994 im Deutschen Bundestag
			Dr Dorothee Wilms (Member of the Commission and
 			formerly Minister for Inner-German Relations)

12.00 - 12.30 pm	Discussion

12.30 - 2.00 pm	Lunch

2.00 - 2.30 pm	The Work of the Commission and the 'Geschichtsdebatte'
			in Germany since 1989
			Prof. Bernd Faulenbach, University of Bochum (Member of
 			the Commission)

2.30 - 3.00 pm	Wege zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur. Unabhaengige
 			Aufarbeitungsinitiativen zur Geschichtsdebatte ueber die
 			DDR
			Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk (Stiftung zur Aufarbeitung der
 			SED-Diktatur)

3.00 - 3.30 pm	Discussion

3.30 - 4.00 pm	Tea

4.00 - 4.30 pm	The PDS and the Commissions
			Dr Peter Barker, University of Reading

4.30 - 5.00 pm	The PDS. Marx's Baby or Stalin's Bathwater?
			Peter Thompson, University of Sheffield

5.00 - 5.30 pm	Discussion

7 pm			Dinner


Saturday 18 September

9.30 - 10.00 am	Buchenwald, Sachsenhausen and the Territorialisation of
 			Memory
			Dr Bill Niven, University of Nottingham Trent

10.00 - 10.30 am	Original Sin or Working-Class Unity? Conflicting
 			Interpretations of the Formation of the SED
			Prof. Henry Krisch, University of Connecticut, USA

10.30 - 11.00 pm	Discussion

11.00 - 11.30 am	Coffee

11.30 -12.00 pm	The work of the Enquete-Commissions
			Markus Meckel MdB (Deputy Chair of the Commission)

12.00 -12.30 pm	Erziehung, Bildung und Wissenschaft in der DDR
			Prof. Dr Roswitha Wisniewski (Member of the
 			Commission)

12.30 - 1.00 pm	Discussion

1.00 - 2.15 pm	Lunch

2.15 - 2.45 pm	Angepasste Kirchenleitungen und aufmuepfige Basis?
			The Enquete-Commissions and the role of the Protestant
 			churches in the GDR
			Stephen Brown (University of Reading)

2.45 - 3.15 pm	Socialist legacies and civil society in eastern Germany
			Dr Jonathan Grix, Institute for German Studies,
 			University of Birmingham

3.15 - 3.45 pm	GDR architecture in post-unification Germany:
 			"Geschichtsaufarbeitung or aesthetic autonomy?"
			Dr Robert Halsall, Robert Gordon University Aberdeen

3.45 - 4.15 pm	Discussion

4.15 - 4.45 pm	Tea

4.45 - 5.30 pm	Forum discussion

5.30 pm		End of conference


CONFERENCE FEES

Full residential: stlg90/70 (Concessions) Special rate for post-graduates stlg60
(Single rooms with private hand-basins and shared bathroom facilities)
(Single rooms with en suite facilities are available for a supplement of stlg15)

Non-residential: stlg60/50 Special rate for post-graduates stlg30
(Includes lunch, light refreshments and admission to all sessions on both
days)

One-day attendance: stlg30/25 Special rate for post-graduates stlg15
(Includes lunch, light refreshments and admission to all sessions on either
the Friday or Saturday of the conference)

The closing date for registration is Friday 30 July 1999. To guarantee a
place, a deposit (non-returnable) of stlg30/25 (Concessions)/stlg15 (PGs) is
payable in advance. For residential accommodation a further deposit
(non-returnable) of stlg10 is payable.
Please use the following slip to specify your requirements and return it to
the address indicated.

Registration slip

Please delete what is NOT applicable

1.	I wish to attend the conference on Friday/Saturday (delete as
 	appropriate) but do not require accommodation. I enclose a
	(non-returnable) deposit of stlg30/25. (stlg15 for post-graduates) These
	 charges include lunch and light refreshments.

2.	I wish to attend the whole conference and require standard
 	accommodation. I enclose a (non-returnable) deposit of stlg40/35. (stlg25
	for post-graduates)

3.	I wish to attend the whole conference and would prefer en suite
 	accommodation. I enclose a (non-returnable) deposit of stlg40/35.

	I have the following special requirements (e.g. diet, disability)

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Cheques should be made payable to: 'The University of Reading' and
returned, together with this slip, to Dept. of German Studies (GDR
Conference), The University of Reading, Whiteknights, PO Box 218,
READING, RG6 6AA.



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