--- Peter Barker <[log in to unmask]> schrieb:

> Datum:         Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:35:05 +0000
> Von:         Peter Barker <[log in to unmask]>
> Betreff: Reminder: Call for Papers. Conference on
> the GDR and post-GDR at Reading
> An:           [log in to unmask]
> 
> Reminder that proposals should be submitted by 30
> November 2005.
> 
> Call for Papers
> 
> Conference: "Views from Abroad. Die Aufarbeitung von
> Geschichte und 
> Folgen der SED-Diktatur aus britischer Perspektive"
> (13-15 July 2006 University of Reading)
> 
> The conference is jointly organised by the Centre
> for East German 
> Studies (CEGS) at the University of Reading, the
> Stiftung zur 
> Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur, Berlin and
> Deutschland Archiv 
> (Bertelsmann Verlag), and is the result of an agreed
> programme of 
> cooperation between the Stiftung and CEGS.
> The aim of the conference is to bring together
> academics, journalists 
> and writers from Great Britain  and Ireland who are
> working on the 
> history and culture of the Soviet Zone in Germany,
> the German 
> Democratic Republic, on the division of Germany, as
> well as on the 
> aftermath and consequences of the collapse of the
> GDR in 1990. About 
> 20 German researchers on these topics will also take
> part in the 
> conference, invited by the Stiftung. Participation
> without presenting 
> a paper is also welcomed by those working in these
> areas who would be 
> in a position to disseminate the results of the
> conference.
> Offers of papers are requested from British and
> Irish participants on 
> all aspects of political, historical and cultural
> developments in the 
> SBZ, GDR and post-GDR. The only area not to be
> considered will be 
> literary/cultural research of a purely theoretical
> nature, but 
> contributions on literature, film and art in its
> political and social 
> context are welcome. Contributions are also
> requested on archival 
> sources in Britain, e.g. the Public Records Office.
> Papers should not exceed 30 minutes in length and
> can be given in 
> either English or German. Publication of selected
> papers is planned 
> in a special issue of Deutschland Archiv by its
> publishers, the 
> Bertelsmann Verlag. A further volume in an English
> publication is 
> also envisaged.
> The accommodation costs of British participants will
> be covered, and 
> if the relevant financial support is granted it is
> hoped that it will 
> also be possible to contribute towards travel costs.
> 
> Proposals of about 200 words should be sent by 30
> November 2005 to:
> Dr Peter Barker,
> Director of the Centre for East German Studies,
> Department of German Studies,
> The University of Reading,
> PO Box 218,
> Reading RG6 6AA
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> 
> -- 
> Dr Peter Barker,
> Director of the Centre for East German Studies,
> Dept. of German Studies,
> University of Reading,
> PO Box 218,
> Whiteknights,
> Reading RG6 6AA
> 
> Tel: 0118 3787947
> Fax: 0118 3788333
> Email: [log in to unmask]



	

	
		
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