American-based Scholars
in Germany
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| H-German offers the following list of
scholars in Germany for academic year 2007-2008 as a means of sharing
experiences dealing with specific libraries or archives, finding fellow
scholars with similar research interests, and creating support networks to
discuss dealing with practical issues of living in Germany.
H-German members who wish to add their name to this listing should contact Christopher Fischer at cfischer@isugw.indstate.edu. |
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Name: Ann Tlusty Institution: Bucknell University Location(s) in Germany: Augsburg Duration of stay: June 2008 - July 2009 Archive(s) to be visited: Augsburg, Noerdlingen, Stuttgart, Munich, Ulm Research interests: Violence and masculinity, defense systems Email: tlusty@bucknell.edu |
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Name: Dan Bullard Institution: York University, Toronto Location(s) in Germany: Berlin Duration of stay: 10 months Archive(s) to be visited: Bundesarchiv, Preussischer Kulturbesitz Research interests: German Imperialism after 1919 Email: dbullard@yorku.ca
Name: Michael DeJonge Institution: Emory University (Free University in Berlin) Location(s) in Germany: Berlin Duration of stay: At least until Spring 2009 Research interests: Religion, Philosophy, History; Dietrich Bonhoeffer Email: mpdejon@emory.edu
Name: Peter Fritzsche Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Location(s) in Germany: Berlin Email: pfritzsc@uiuc.edu
Name: Angelika Hoelger Institution: Johns Hopkins University Location(s) in Germany: Berlin Duration of stay: 12 months Archive(s) to be visited: Landesarchiv Berlin, Preussisches Geheimes Staatsarchiv Research interests: Popular culture, mass culture, theater, cabaret, history of consumption, etc. Email: ahoelge2@jhu.edu
Name: Theodore Jackson Institution: Freie Universität Berlin Location(s) in Germany: Berlin Duration of stay: now until July 15 Archive(s) to be visited: various Research interests: Hermann Hesse, Wandervogel and other youth groups Email: tsjackso@wustl.edu
Name: Kristin Kopp Institution: Humboldt Stiftung / University of Missouri, Columbia Location(s) in Germany: Berlin Duration of stay: Sept. 2007-August 2008 Archive(s) to be visited: Staatsbibliothek Research interests: My projects for this year include completing my monograph on the construction of Poland as German colonial space; a co-edited volume (with Joanna Nizynska) on postwar German and Polish instrumentalizations of memory narratives; and a co-edited volume (with Werner Michael Schwarz) in which we are offering a reprint of Peter Altenberg's Ashantee with appended essays. Email: koppkr@missouri.edu
Name: David L. Marshall Institution: Kettering University Location(s) in Germany: Berlin Duration of stay: November/December 2007 Archive(s) to be visited: Staatsbibliothek Research interests: A project in intellectual history with the provisional title "Spaces of Appearance: Hannah Arendt's Redaction of German Social Thought." It tests and explores the hypothesis that Arendt is a key figure in the modernization of rhetorical theory by reconstructing her transposition into English of concepts that she derives from German-language initiatives in Heidegger, Jaspers, Marx, Benjamin, and Kant. Email: dlmarshall@gmail.com
Name: Charles McClelland Institution: Univ. of New Mexico/Humboldt Universitaet zu Berlin Location(s) in Germany: Berlin Duration of stay: June-August 2008 Archive(s) to be visited: UnivArch, GSA, BA Research interests: History of the University of Berlin Email: cemcc@unm.edu
Name: Eli Rubin Institution: Western Michigan University / Zentrum für Zeithistorische Forschung Location(s) in Germany: Berlin Duration of stay: 2 Years Archive(s) to be visited: Bundesarchiv Lichterfeld, BA Hoppegarten, Bezirksmuseum Marzahn, Landesarchiv Berlin Research interests: East Germany, architecture, memory, generations, family life Email: eli.rubin@wmich.edu
Name: Stephen J. Scala Institution: University of Maryland, PhD Candidate Location(s) in Germany: Berlin, Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Abteilung Berlin Duration of stay: September 2007-August 2008 Archive(s) to be visited: SAPMO-DDR, Birthler-Behörde Research interests: Foreign Policy Experts in the GDR Email: sjscala@gmail.com
Name: Sagi Schaefer Institution: Columbia University Location(s) in Germany: Berlin Duration of stay: 1 year Archive(s) to be visited: Thuringisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Weimar, Thüringisches Staatsarchiv Gotha, Niedesächsisches Landesarchiv -Staatsarchiv Wolfenbüttel, Niedesächsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Hannover, Bundesarchiv Berlin Lichterfelde and Koblenz, Some community, regional, church and city archives in Thuringia and Lower Saxony. Research interests: The German-German border, postwar reconstruction in East and West Germany, rural regions Email: ss2556@columbia.edu
Name: Eric
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Name: Hamed Abdel-Samad Institution: Georg-Eckert-Institution for Internattional textbook research Location(s) in Germany: Celler Strasse 3 Braunschweig, Germany Duration of stay: 12 Years Research interests: Arabic Textbooks, Migration Email: abdel-samad@gei.de |
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Name: Anke Finger Institution: University of Connecticut Location(s) in Germany: Darmstadt Duration of stay: August-December 07 Archive(s) to be visited: Bundesarchiv, Literaturarchiv Marburg, Flusser Archiv Research interests: East Germany/GDR, German Expressionism, Vilém Flusser Email: anke.finger@uconn.edu |
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Name: Susan Boettcher Interest: late Reformation Protestant preaching |
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Name: Shawn Boyne Institution: University of Wisconsin Location(s) in Germany: Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Law Duration of stay: 10/1 through 7/31 Archive(s) to be visited: Max Planck Library Research interests: comparative & international law Email: smboyne@daad-alumni.de |
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Name: Mark Jantzen Institution: Bethel College, Kansas Location(s) in Germany: Weierhof near Kirchheim-Bolanden Duration of stay: March and April 2008 Archive(s) to be visited: Mennonitische Forschungsstelle Research interests: Religion and nationalism in the nineteenth century Email: mjantzen@bethelks.edu |
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Name: Bradley Coates Institution: McMaster University Location(s) in Germany: Marburg; Munich; Prague Duration of stay: Oct 2007 - June 2008 Archive(s) to be visited: Ausgleich Archiv Bayreuth; Herder Institut; Bayerisches Staatsarchiv Research interests: Sudeten Germans and the Nazi state; ethnic Germans abroad Email: coatesbc@mcmaster.ca
Name: David B. Dennis Institution: The Ohio State University Location(s) in Germany: Berlin, Bremerhaven, Bremen, Berlin Duration of stay: October 2007 - July 2008 Archive(s) to be visited: Bundesarchiv - Lichterfelde; Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum; Staatsarchiv Bremen; Staatsarchiv Hamburg Research interests: Kaiserreich, merchant marine, masculinity, sexuality Email: dennis.161@osu.edu
Name: Ana Monica Fonseca Institution: Portuguese Institute for International Relations / ISCTE - Lisbon Location(s) in Germany: Berlin; Bonn Duration of stay: Some months (still not decided) Archive(s) to be visited: Politisches Archiv - Auswaertiges Amt; Bundesarchiv; Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Archiv; Willy Brandt Archiv, etc... Research interests: German policy towards Portuguese Transition to Democracy (formal and informal actors in foreign policy: the relations between Portugal and FRG - PhD project) Email: anamonicafonseca@gmail.com
Name: Stephen Gross Institution: UC Berkeley Location(s) in Germany: Berlin (primary); Essen; Vienna Duration of stay: 1 year Archive(s) to be visited: Bundesarchiv, Auswaertiges Amt, Geheimes Staatsarchiv Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Krupp Archiv Research interests: German business and cultural organizations operating in Central and Southeastern Europe during the 1920s and 1930s. Email: stephengross@berkeley.edu
Name: Michael Imort Institution: Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Location(s) in Germany: Freiburg, Berlin Duration of stay: month of August Archive(s) to be visited: Militaerarchiv Freiburg, Stadtarchiv Freiburg, Bundesarchiv Berlin Research interests: Forest History and History of Foresters, 20th c. Email: mimort@wlu.ca
Name: Brendan Karch Institution: Harvard University Location(s) in Germany/Poland: Wroclaw, Opole, Warsaw, Berlin, Marburg Duration of stay: One Year (until Sept 2008) Archive(s) to be visited: Polish National Archives in Wroclaw, Opole, and Warsaw; Prussian State Secret Archives; German National Archives in Berlin Research interests: Catholicism and Ethnic/National Movements in Upper Silesia, 1870-1950 Email: karch2@fas.harvard.edu
Name: Eric Kurlander Institution: Stetson University/University of Cologne Location(s) in Germany: Cologne/Bonn/Berlin Duration of stay: June 2007 - June 2008 Archive(s) to be visited: Bundesarchiv Koblenz, Berlin Staatsbibliothek Research interests: Liberalism, Nationalism, Feminism, Anti-Semitism (Weimar/Third Reich) Email: ekurland@stetson.edu
Name: Ben Lima Institution: PhD Candidate, History of Art, Yale University Location(s) in Germany: Berlin, Cologne, Stuttgart Duration of stay: Sept. 2007 - June 2008 Archive(s) to be visited: Zentralarchiv des Deutschen Kunsthandels; Archiv Sohm (Staatsgalerie Stuttgart) Berlinische Galerie Research interests: 20th-century German art Email: ben.lima@gmail.com
Name: Jeanne Nugent Institution: New York University Location(s) in Germany: Berlin, Dresden, Cologne, Düsseldorf Duration of stay: ongoing Archive(s) to be visited: I work in a variety of public and private archives dealing with Cold War art history. Research interests: Art of the Cold War, Contemporary European and American Art, History of Photography, Holocaust Representation Email: jeanne.nugent@nyu.edu
Name: Kate Pierce-McManamon Institution: Technical University of Cottbus Location(s) in Germany: Cottbus, Berlin, Dresden Duration of stay: 3+ years Archive(s) to be visited: Berlin various, Dresden various Research interests: National Identity, Berlin Wall, Post-WWII, GDR, reunification, social politics, economic growth, restoration and preservation projects Email: Katepm@gmail.com
Name: Shelley Rose Institution: Binghamton University Location(s) in Germany: Berlin, Bonn Duration of stay: until December 2007 Archive(s) to be visited: Bundesarchiv, Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, APO Archiv Research interests: In my dissertation I investigate the effects of transnational identities on German national politics, centering on the relationships of the Social Democratic Party with German peace movements between the 1920s and 1966. Topics of interest: SPD, pacifism, transnational history, gender history Email: srose2@binghamton.edu
Name: Thomas Max Safley Institution: University of Pennsylvania Location(s) in Germany: Augsburg, Dillingen, Munich, Innsbruck, Berlin Duration of stay: 1 May - 1 August 2008 Archive(s) to be visited: Augsburg, Dillingen, Munich, Innsbruck, Berlin Research interests: Early modern bankruptcy Email: tsafley@history.upenn.edu
Name: Noah Strote Institution: UC Berkeley Location(s) in Germany: Frankfurt, Berlin, Marbach, Koblenz Duration of stay: 8 months Archive(s) to be visited: Universitätsarchiv Frankfurt, Horkheimer-Pollock Archiv, FU-Berlin, Bundesarchiv Koblenz, and more Research interests: Return émigré scholars in post-WWII West Germany;German-Jewish reconciliation Email: noah.strote@gmail.com
Name: Lorie A. Vanchena Institution: Creighton University Location(s) in Germany: Frankfurt am Main, Karlsruhe, Berlin Duration of stay: 5 weeks (November-December 2007) Archive(s) to be visited: Sammlung Deutscher Drucke 1801-1870, Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg, Frankfurt am Main; Generallandesarchiv Karlsruhe; Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin Research interests: nineteenth-century German-American cultural transfer, Reinhold Solger, Revolution of 1848 Email: vanchena@creighton.edu |