American-based Scholars
in Germany
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scholars in Germany for academic year 2008-2009 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: Augsburg (except summer 2008: Wolfenbüttel ) Duration of stay: 3 semesters (through end of 2009) Archive(s) to be visited: Stadtarchiv Augsburg, Nördlingen, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Frankfurt ( Institut für Stadtgeschichte); Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart; Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Munich; Herzog August Bibliothek Wolfenbüttel. Research interests: Rights and duties associated with bearing arms in early modern Germany Email: tlusty@bucknell.edu |
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Name: Benita Blessing Institution: Humboldt University (Ohio University) Location(s) in Germany: Berlin and Potsdam Duration of stay: AY 2008-09 (until at least June 09) Archive(s) to be visited: Bundesarchiv, Bundesarchiv-Filmabteilung, Potsdam Filmarchiv Research interests: history of DEFA children's films, gender & sexuality, economics of film industry Email: benitablessing@gmail.com
Name: Andrew Donson
Name: Mariana Ivanova Institution: University of Texas at Austin/ Dept. of Germanic Studies Location(s) in Germany: Berlin Duration of stay: September 2008 - April 2009 Archive(s) to be visited: Bundesarchiv, Filmarchiv, Archives at the Filmmuseum Potsdam and the Filmmuseum at the Potsdammer Platy, Archive at the Hochschule für Film und Fernsehen "Konrad Wolf", DEFA-Stiftung. Research interests: DEFA film, East German and Eastern European film, transnational cinema, Post-war German history, culture, film and literature Email: marianaivanova@mail.utexas.edu
Name: Melissa Kravetz Institution: University of Maryland Location(s) in Germany: Berlin Duration of stay: October 2008-August 2009 Archive(s) to be visited: Bundesarchiv in Berlin, Landesarchiv in Berlin, Institute for the History of Medicine in Berlin, Hygiene Museum in Dresden Research interests: female doctors in Weimar and Nazi Germany, eugenics, racial hygiene, sexual and marriage counseling centers, women in medicine Email: mkravetz@umd.edu
Name: Joseph F. Patrouch Institution: Florida International University (Miami, FL/USA); Currently Gastwissenschaftler, Friedreich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universitaet Location(s) in Germany: Berlin Duration of stay: Sept. 2008-July 2009 Archive(s) to be visited: Geheimes Staatsarchiv preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin-Dahlem. Perhaps various city archives in southern Germany. Research interests: Das Reich im 1570; connections between early modern women's courts (especially Habsburgs) Email: patrouch@fiu.edu
Name: Svanur Pétursson Institution: Rutgers
University Location(s) in Germany:
Berlin Duration of stay: October
2008 - August 2009 Archive(s) to be visited:
APO-Archiv (Freie Universität), Spinnboden, Schwules Museum,
Staatsbibliothek, FFBIZ, Deutsche Kinemathek etc. Research interests: The
history of sexuality, 1960s and 1970s West Germany, Censorship, Student-,
feminist-, and gay-rights movement. Email: Name:
Stephen J. Scala Institution: University of
Maryland-College Park Location(s) in Germany:
Guest Researcher, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität, Berlin Duration of stay: Sept.
2008-July 2009 Archive(s) to be visited:
Geheimes Staatsarchiv preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin-Dahlem. Perhaps
various city archives in southern Germany. Research interests: Das
Reich im 1570; connections between early modern women's courts (especially
Habsburgs) Email:
patrouch@fiu.edu
Name: Jennifer William Institution: Purdue
University Location(s) in Germany:
Berlin Duration of stay: about 5
months, starting in January 2009 Archive(s) to be visited:
Filmmuseum/Archiv am Potsdamer Platz; Berlin Jewish Museum archives; Stabi
Research interests:
contemporary German film, particularly historical dramas Email:
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Name: Christine Fojtik Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison Location(s) in Germany: Bonn Duration of stay: 2008 -- 2009 Archive(s) to be visited: Research interests: cultural resonance of hunger memories among the populace after World War II, evolution of post war German identities Email: zimmerli@wisc.edu |
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Name: Nadine Zimmerli Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison Location(s) in Germany: Dresden Duration of stay: October 2008 through July 2009 Archive(s) to be visited: Stadtarchiv Dresden, Sächsisches Hauptstaatsarchiv Dresden, Bundesarchiv (Abteilung R, Berlin) Research interests: Permanently residing foreigners in Dresden, 1871-1914 Email: zimmerli@wisc.edu |
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Name: Jennifer Kopf Institution: Friedrich-Schiller Universität Lehrstuhl für Sozialgeographie Location(s) in Germany: Jena Duration of stay: ~1 yr Archive(s) to be visited: DHM, Treptow Bezirk archives Research interests: creating German vs. Muslim and 'other' identities at 1896 Berliner Ausstellung and Carnival of Cultures; childrens experiences of place and changing self-identity |
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B. Barrett Institution: The Citadel, Charleston, SC Location(s) in Austria: Vienna Duration of stay: Late January--end of March or early April Archive(s) to be visited: Kriegsarchiv; Hof...und Staat Research interests: Austro-German Campaign in Romania, 1916. Email: barrettm@citadel.edu After working in Austria, I plan a short trip on the way home to Munich, Stuttgart and Freiburg i.B. to wrap up earlier research in Bay. Kriegsarchiv, Bay. Staatsbibliothek; B-W Landesarchiv; and Bundermiliaerarchiv. |
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Name: Leora Auslander Institution: University of Chicago Location(s) in Germany: Berlin and Giessen Duration of stay: Sept 1 2008-July 15 2009 Archive(s) to be visited: Landesarchiv Berlin, Jewish Museum Berlin, Centrum Judaicum Beriln, Bundesarchiv Research interests: German and Jewish conceptions of home in Weimar; post-war restitution processes Email: lausland@uchicago.edu
Name: Waitman W. Beorn Institution: UNC-Chapel Hill Location(s) in Germany: Stuttgart, Freiburg Duration of stay: Until July 2009 Archive(s) to be visited: Bundesarchiv Ludwigsburg, Bundesmilitararchiv, Hessisches Staatsarchiv, and others Research interests: Wehrmacht Participation in the Holocaust Email: waitman.beorn@gmail.com
Name: Matthew Conn Institution: Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies / University of Iowa Location(s) in Germany: Berlin, Prag, und München Duration of stay: 12 months Archive(s) to be visited: Geheimis Staatsarchiv PK, Bundesarchiv Berlin, Schwules Museum, Bayerisches Hauptstaatsarchiv, Státní Ústřední Archiv (Prag) Research interests: Gerichtsmedizin, Forensic Science, Sexuality, Gender, First World War Email: matthew-conn@uiowa.edu
Name: Anna Hajkova Institution: University of Toronto Location(s) in Germany: Berlin, Hamburg, Bad Arolsen, Ludwigsburg, Hannover Duration of stay: 3 months, off and on Archive(s) to be visited: Centrum Judaicum, BStU, Neuengamme Memorial, Landeszentrale für politische Bildung Niedersachsen, BA-Ludwigsburg Research interests: modern German and Eastern European history, gender, microhistory and the Holocaust Email: a.hajkova@utoronto.ca
Name: S. Marina Jones Institution: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Location(s) in Germany: various locations such as Koblenz, Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Munich Duration of stay: September 2008-July/August 2009 Archive(s) to be visited: Koblenz; Staatsbibliotheken, universities in Berlin and Munich Research interests: Modern European, women's and gender history, the African Diaspora and race relations Email: marina@unc.edu
Name: Heather Perry Institution: University of North Carolina at Charlotte Location(s) in Germany: Munich, Heidelberg, Frankfurt, Freiberg Duration of stay: 15 Oct 2008 to 15 Dec 2008 Archive(s) to be visited: Bay Kriegsarchiv; Bay Hauptstaatsarchiv; Bay Staatsbibliothek; Deutsches Museum; Deutsches Medizinhistorisches Museum; Deutsche Orthopaedische Museum Research interests: Germany in WWI; medicine and society in WWI; gender, technology, and the body; Email: hrperry@uncc.edu
Name: Sarah Elizabeth Summers Institution: UNC Chapel Hill Location(s) in Germany: Berlin, Bonn, Koblenz Duration of stay: Sept. 2008-July 2009 Archive(s) to be visited: Research interests: feminism and social policy in West Germany Email: ses278@email.unc.edu
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