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Dear colleagues, we’ve had lot of excellent applications for the Leeds’ DAAD-sponsored postgraduate conference next May, ‘German Pasts-German Futures’, including papers on Goth subcultures, Sprachskepsis on post-unification East German writing, history as cyclical, ’68 and its aftermath, the far-reight and violence by women, the role of the archive, comedic treatments of the Nazi past in film, Holocaust memorials in Germany, the UK, and South Africa, 'What Pegida could learn from the Middle Ages’, the Bundestag’s international intern scheme, performance art, utopias, East Germany’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, minority writers, architecture, Holocaust fiction, and many others. We’re now looking inviting additional proposals - especially proposals which might form coherent panels on some or any of the topics listed above! Our next deadline is Friday, December 4, With all best wishes, Stuart Taberner Brief abstracts (100-200 words) and a short CV to be sent to Stuart Taberner ([log in to unmask]) by Friday, December 4, 2015. > >.......................................................................... >...... >DAAD-sponsored Postgraduate Conference, 4-7 May, 2016 German Department, >University of Leeds > > >German Pasts - German Futures > > >This conference brings together postgraduates from across the UK, Ireland >and Germany to present cutting-edge work on contemporary >German-(language) history, culture and society. The scope of the >conference is broad, to encourage dialogue between postgraduates working >across different disciplines, and a variety of themes relating to the >German-speaking countries. In general terms, we are interested in the >most recent debates on how the German past is being remembered and >memorialised, and - as important - on what kind of future is emerging for >the German-speaking countries. We are especially interested in the >cultural, political and social consequences and emerging understandings >of rapid demographic transformation, German leadership in Europe, the >rapidly changing relationship between German-speaking countries and ‘the >world’, the impact of recent crises (the EURO and refugee crisis), and in >new and emerging national, regional, and local identities. > > >Dr Hans Kundnani, >Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United >States, will present a plenary talk at the conference (title to be >confirmed). > >(http://www.gmfus.org/profiles/hans-kundnani) > > >Participants will present papers of thirty minutes in English or German. > > >All accommodation and meals in Leeds will be covered free-of-charge, but >UK and Ireland participants will need to pay their own travel. >Participants from Germany will have their flights paid but will need to >pay their own transport to and from airports. > > >Brief >abstracts (100-200 words) and a short CV to be sent to Stuart Taberner >([log in to unmask]) by November 18, 2015. > > >Showcasing Public Engagement and Impact > > >A major interest of the conference is in how research on German themes >can >contribute to public engagement and impact. Participants will have the >opportunity to take part in a number of events happening in and around >the >conference, showcasing public engagement and impact in German at Leeds. >There will also be sessions on ‘how to get published’ and ‘how to apply >for academic posts’. > > >Performance by Roger Grunwald: The Mitzvah > > >They were called “mischlinge,” a Nazi term meaning “mixed blood” or, more >crudely, “halfbreed.” It was used to describe Germans descended from one >or two Jewish grandparents. By the outbreak of the Second World War, tens >of thousands of “mischlinge” were serving in the German armed forces. The >Mitzvah (the play), conceived, co-written and performed by actor and >child >of survivor, Roger Grunwald, tells the tragic story of a German half-Jew >who became an officer in Hitler’s army. > > >http://rogergrunwald.com/themitzvahproject/ > > >Performance by RJC Dance > > >RJD Dance is a historically black dance group from North Leeds. This >performance, which was designed in collaboration with members of the >German department at Leeds and funded by the AHRC, presents young black >Britons’ interpretation of the relevance of the Holocaust to their >present-day lives. > > >https://www.facebook.com/GermanatLeeds/photos/a.151243438324786.31267.1467 >5 >8465439950/798582723590851/ > > >The Skipton Diaries > > >Caroline Summers presents her translation project, working with >undergraduate and postgraduate students at Leeds, and with Skipton >Library, to translate diaries written by German PoWs interned in Skipton >during World War One. > > >http://arts.leeds.ac.uk/kriegsgefangen/ > > >Conscientious Objectors in World War One > > >Ingrid Sharp presents her research and outreach project, working with >various community groups in the UK, on the history of conscientious >objectors in the UK during World War One. > > >https://theconversation.com/life-was-even-tougher-for-the-german-conscient >i >ous-objectors-of-world-war-i-26715 > > >Junge Filmmacher auf Spurensuche in Bautzen > > >Paul Cooke presents his AHRC-funded project, in which he travelled to >Bautzen with young British people and, working with young Germans and the >education team at Bautzen, developed a film dealing with how the GDR past >is remembered. > > >https://vimeo.com/135783634 > > >Germany’s Confrontation with the Holocaust in a Global Context > > >This AHRC-funded exhibition, designed by Stuart Taberner in collaboration >with the South African Holocaust and Genocide Foundation and the UK >National Holocaust Centre, will be displayed at the conference venue >throughout the conference. > > >https://www.facebook.com/GermanatLeeds/videos/vb.146758465439950/746988008 >7 >50323/?type=2&theater >