40th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association

Programm zur 40th Annual Conference of the German Studies Association in San Diego 

Hier finden Sie eine Übersicht über die Beteiligung von Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftlern des ZZF Potsdam an Sektionen und Podiumsdiskussionen auf der diesjährigen GSA-Tagung (pdf, Stand Juli 2016)

The German Studies Association is the national and international association of scholars in all fields of German Studies. Its interest spans the period from the earliest times to the present Federal Republic of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. A multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary organization, the Association welcomes as members all those whose interests involve specific or broad aspects of history, literature, culture studies, politics and government, relating to German-speaking Europe. Members of the Association receive the German Studies Review, the electronic Newsletter, the Conference Program, and all other publications except for books published in the Spektrum series, which are available from Berghahn Books. 

The annual conferences of the German Studies Association bring together over one thousandscholars in the areas of German history, literature, culture, and politics. Presentations range over the period between the Middle Ages and the present. Not only established scholars but also younger ones, including graduate students, are welcome.

ZZF-Wissenschaftler und Wissenschaftlerinnen auf der diesjährigen GSA-Tagung:

• Sessions Number: 11, 135, 261 
  Biographical Approaches to Germany’s Divided Past 
  Garden Salon 2 – Fri/Sat/Sun 8:00 AM – 10:15 AM
  
  Stefanie Eisenhuth
  Hanno Hochmuth
  Martin Sabrow
  Dominik Juhnke
   

• Sessions Number: 13, 138, 264 
  Material Culture and Its Discontents 
  Le Sommet – Fri/Sat/Sun 8:00 AM – 10:15 AM
  
  Thomas Lindenberger
   

• Session Number: 84 
  Ten Days that Shook the Century? Modernity and the Meaning of the Russian October Revolution 
  Fri 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM Sunrise
  
  Jan C. Behrends
   

• Session Number: 185 
  Reframing Post-War German Identity: Consumerism, Youth Culture and Urban Space 
  Sat 10:30 AM – 12:15 PM Windsor
  
  Bodo Mrozek: German Post-War Youth Culture: A Case of “Americanization”?
   

• Session Number: 249 
  Historicizing and Problematizing “Historical Authenticity” 
  Sat 4:15 PM – 6:00 PM Windsor Rose
  
  Moderator: Martin Sabrow
  
  Achim Saupe: Authenticity: Aspects of a Key Concept in Cultural History and Public Memory