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Anke Ortlepp <ortlepp@ghi-dc.org> German Historical Institute current work: - immigrant letters as primary sources - comparative study of German-American women's voluntary organizations discussions threads and features: - more book reviews on German-American issues - discuss use of census data in Germany and the US - compare migration museums, review those museums |
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List Affiliations: | Advisory Board Member for H-TGS Reviewer for H-Soz-u-Kult |
Reviews: | T. Brinkmann: Gemeinde D.T. Courtwright: Sky as frontier D. Simpson: 9/11 A.C.T. Geppert (Hrsg.): Imagining Outer Space B. Christ (u.a.) (Hrsg.): Obama and the Paradigm Shift V. Vantoch: The Jet Sex S. Höhne: New York City Subway |
Interests: | American History / Studies Ethnic History / Studies Women, Gender, and Sexuality |
Bio: Education UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE, Cologne/Germany Ph.D. in American History, December 2000 UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE, Cologne/Germany M.A. in American History, Modern History, and American Literature, 1995 Experience GERMAN HISTORICAL INSTITUTE, Washington DC, 2005-Research Fellow NORTH AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM, University of Bonn/Germany and INSTITUTE OF ANGLO-AMERICAN HISTORY, University of Cologne(joint appointment), Assistant Professor of American History, 2000-2005 INSTITUTE OF ANGLO-AMERICAN HISTORY, University of Cologne, Assistant Professor of American History, 1998-2000 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON, Visiting Fellow, Department of History, Mai-September 1996 INSTITUTE OF ANGLO-AMERICAN HISTORY, University of Cologne, Research Assistant, Fall 1995-1998 Publications • Gender Talks: Geschlechterforschung an der Universität Bonn, ed. Anke Ortlepp and Sabine Sielke (Frankfurt a.M.: Lang, 2006) • „Kinder, Küche, Kirche: Deutschamerikanerinnen, Ethnizität und Weiblichkeit,“ Gender Talks: Geschlechterforschung an der Universität Bonn, ed. Ortlepp/ Sielke (Frankfurt a.M.: Lang, 2006) 63-79. • New Orientations in the Study of Regionalism, ed. Lothar Hönnighausen, Anke Ortlepp, James Peacock, Niklaus Steiner (Madison: CSUMC, 2005). • „German American Women’s Organizations“, Germany and the Americas: Culture, Politics, and History, ed. Thomas Adam (Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO, 2005) 413-418. • „The Formation of Regional Identity: The Case of German American Women in the Midwest“, New Orientations in the Study of Regionalism, hg. Lothar Hönnighausen, Anke Ortlepp, James Peacock, Niklaus Steiner (Madison: CSUMC, 2005) 117-131. • „Auf denn, Ihr Schwestern!“ Deutschamerikanische Frauenvereine in Milwaukee (Wisconsin), 1844-1914, Transatlantische Historische Studien 17 (Stuttgart: Steiner Verlag, 2004). • Taking Up Space: New Approaches to American History, ed. Anke Ortlepp and Christoph Ribbat (Trier: Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier, 2004). • „‘Give to the Poor! Yourself You’ll Bless!‘ Jewish Charities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1850-1914,“ German-Jewish Identities in America: From the Civil War to the Present, ed. Christof Mauch und Joseph Salmons (Madison: Max Kade Institute, 2003) 21-39. • „German American Women’s Clubs: Constructing Women’s Roles and Ethnic Identity,“ Amerikastudien/ American Studies 48.3 (2003): 425-442. • „‘Aus dem Wiedschen Land‘: Emigrants from the Westerwald to Wisconsin“, The German Experience with the Land in Wisconsin, ed. Heike Bungert, Robert Ostergren, Joseph Salmons (Madison: Publications of the Max-Kade Institut, forthcoming). Lectures and Presentations "'Now you can fly around the world': Reisen mit dem Flugzeug im Amerika der Nachkriegszeit" (Hamburger Gespräche für Geschichtswissenschaft, Januar 2006). "Zwischen Vergnügen und Verspätung: Reisen mit dem Flugzeug im Amerika der Nachkriegszeit" (Kolloquium Prof. Dr. Silke Hensel, Münster, Januar 2006). "Writing the History of Everyday Objects: An Introduction" (One More Thing: Everyday Objects, History, and Writing, Bonn June 2005). „Deutsch-Athen Revisited: Writing the History of Germans in Milwaukee“ (Urban Studies Conference, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, October 2004). „Die Entstehung einer deutschamerikanischen Frauenbewegung“ („Die deutsche Präsenz in den USA“, conference hosted by the Zentrum für interdisziplinäre Forschung, Universität Bielefeld, October 2004). „Kinder, Küche, Kirche? Deutschamerikanerinnen, Ethnizität und Weiblichkeit“ (Lecture Series: „Gender Matters: Geschlechterforschung an der Universität Bonn“, Mai 2003) „Vereine deutschamerikanischer Frauen in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, im 19. Jahrhundert“ (Lecture Series: „Immigration“, John F. Kennedy-Institut, Berlin, November 2001) „The Formation of Regional Identity: The Case of German-American Women in the Midwest“ („New Orientations in the Study of Regionalism,“ Conference hosted by the North American Studies Program, University of Bonn, July 2001) „Deutschamerikanische Frauenvereine – Konstruktionen von Weiblichkeit und Ethnizität“ (Annual Meeting of the Historians Section of the German Association for American Studies, Tutzing, February 2001) „‘Give to the Poor! Yourself You’ll Bless!‘ Jewish Charities in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1865-1920“ („German Jewish Identities in America: From the Civil War to the Present,“ conference hosted by the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison and the German Historical Institute Washington, D.C., Madison, October 2000) „Political Debates or Kaffee and Kuchen? German-American Women’s Clubs in Milwaukee, 1875-1920“ („Bridging Worlds: Migrations and Regions in Germany and America During the 18th and 19th Centuries“, conference hosted by the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel, October 2000) „‘Aus dem Wiedschen Land‘: Emigration from the Westerwald to Wisconsin, 1845-1860“ (Workshop „The German Experience with the Land in Wisconsin“, University of Wisconsin, Madison, September 2000) „Can Gender Be Regional – Can Region Have a Gender: Reflections on the Compatibility of Two Concepts““ („Concepts of Regionalism“, Workshop hosted by the Center for International Studies, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, March 2000) „Who Organizes First? Some Reflections on German-American Women’s Organizations in Milwaukee (Wisconsin) during the 19th Century“ (Annual Meeting of the Society for German-American Studies, New Ulm, Minnesota, April 1999) „German-American Women’s Vereinskultur in Milwaukee, 1870-1920“ („Defining Tensions: A Fresh Look at Germans in Wisconsin, conference hosted by the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies, University of Wisconsin, Madison, October 1998) „German-American Women’s Organizations in Milwaukee, 1848-1918“ (Alice E. Smith Lecture, State Historical Society Wisconsin, Madison, March 1998) |