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Dear colleagues, the Institute for German Studies at the University of Birmingham invites you to the first event of its new major research project "Weltanschauungen. The German Past and the Contemporary World: The Domestic and Foreign Politics of Memory": Seminar (in co-operation with the German Politics Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association) "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” and Dr Ruth Wittlinger (University of Durham) as discussant Date: Wednesday 20th March 2013 Time: 2-5 pm Location: The Westminster Forum, 5th Floor The University of Westminster, 32-38 Wells Street, London W1T 3UW The seminar will be followed by a wine reception. RSVP by 15th March 2013 to Josefin Graef, [log in to unmask] Best wishes, 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