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Arlington, Virginia GERMAN STUDIES ASSOCIATION Thirty-Ninth Annual Conference October 1–4, 2015 Washington, DC Cover photograph: Memorial commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall, grounds of the German Embassy, Washington, D.C. German Studies Association Annual Conference 2015 Program of the Thirty-Ninth Annual Conference German Studies Association October 1–4, 2015 Arlington, Virginia Crystal Gateway Marriott German Studies Association Main Office: 1200 Academy Street Kalamazoo, MI 49006-3295 USA Tel.: (269) 267-7585 Fax: (269) 337-7251 www.thegsa.org e-mail: [email protected] President Irene Kacandes (2015–2016) Dartmouth College Vice President Mary Lindemann (2015–2016) University of Miami Secretary-Treasurer Gerald A. Fetz University of Montana Executive Director David E. Barclay Kalamazoo College GSA Board: Elizabeth Ametsbichler, University of Montana (2015) Joy H. Calico, Vanderbilt University (2016) Alice H. Cooper, University of Mississippi (2015) Randall Halle, University of Pittsburgh (2016) Jennifer Kapczynski, Washington University in St. Louis (2017) H. Glenn Penny, University of Iowa (2017) Jared Poley, Georgia State University (2017) Janet A. Ward, University of Oklahoma (2015) S. Jonathan Wiesen, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale (2016) Sabine Hake, University of Texas at Austin, ex officio non-voting Suzanne Marchand, Louisiana State University (2016), ex officio non-voting © Copyright 2015 by German Studies Association Institutional Members American Friends of the Alexander Leo Baeck Institute, New York von Humboldt Foundation McGill University American Friends of the Max Planck Institut für Geschichte Documentation Center of Nanovic Institute for European Austrian Resistance Studies at the University of Notre American Institute of Contemporary Dame German Studies SUNY Buffalo Austrian Cultural Institute United States Holocaust Memorial Austrian Fulbright Commission Museum The Canadian Centre for German University of California, Berkeley/ and European Studies/Le centre Institute for European Studies canadien d’études allemandes et University of Florida/Center for européennes at York University European Studies and Université de Montréal University of Minnesota/Center for Carolina-Duke PhD in German German and European Studies Studies University of Minnesota/ Center for Holocaust Studies of The Department of German, University of Vermont Scandinavian, and Dutch Cornell University The University of Montana Freie Universität Berlin The University of North Carolina at Georgetown University/Center for Chapel Hill German and European Studies University of Pennsylvania German Historical Institute University of Richmond Gesellschaft für University of South Carolina Deutschlandforschung The University of Texas at Austin Grinnell College University of Wisconsin–Madison/ Hannah-Arendt-Institut, Dresden Center for European Studies Harvard University/Center for Vanderbilt University European Studies Zentrum für Militärgeschichte Illinois College und Sozialwissenschaften der Indiana University/Institute of Bundeswehr, Potsdam German Studies Zentrum für Zeithistorische Kalamazoo College Forschung (ZZF) Potsdam Landesarchiv Schleswig-Holstein Former Presidents of the Association David Kitterman, 1976–78 Reece Kelley, 1979–80 Charles Burdick, 1981–82 Wulf Koepke, 1983–84 Konrad Jarausch, 1985–86 Ehrhard Bahr, 1987–88 Ronald Smelser, 1989–90 Frank Trommler, 1991–92 Jay W. Baird, 1993–94 Jennifer E. Michaels, 1995–96 Gerhard L. Weinberg, 1997–98 Gerhard H. Weiss, 1999–2000 Henry Friedlander, 2001–02 Patricia Herminghouse, 2003–04 Katherine Roper, 2005–06 Sara Lennox, 2007–08 Celia Applegate, 2009–10 Stephen Brockmann, 2011–12 Suzanne Marchand, 2013–2014 Editors of German Studies Review Gerald R. Kleinfeld, 1978–2001 Diethelm Prowe, 2001–2011 Sabine Hake, 2012– Executive Director Gerald R. Kleinfeld, 1976–2005 David E. Barclay, 2006– Table of Contents Table of Contents 5 THE GERMAN STUDIES Association 6 Membership 6 German Studies Review 6 American Council of Learned Societies 8 CONFERENCE Information 9 Highlights 9 GSA Conference Hotel for 2015 10 The Cut-Off Date 10 Air and Ground Transportation 11 GSA Conference Registration 12 GSA On-Site Registration Desk 12 Name Badges 13 Meal Tickets 13 Receipts 13 Refunds 13 The Printed Program 14 Audiovisual Services 14 Important Information for International Participants 14 EVENTS 15 GSA Annual General Meeting 15 Book Exhibits 15 Arts Night 15 Conference Speakers 18 Receptions and Cocktail Parties 19 THE PROGRAM COMMITTEE FOR THE 2015 CONFERENCE 20 BERLIN PROGRAM FOR Advanced GERMAN AND EUROPEAN STUDIES 21 DAAD AND GERMAN STUDIES IN NortH AMERICA 22 DEFA FILM LIBRARY: ARTS IN EXILE 26 SEMINAR AND SESSION TIMES 29 SEMINAR DESCRIPTIONS, Locations, AND PARTICIPANTS 54 SESSIONS 93 INDEX 201 German Studies Association The German Studies Association is the national and international associa- tion 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 spe- cific or broad aspects of history, literature, culture studies, politics and gov- ernment, relating to German-speaking Europe. Members of the Association receive the German Studies Review, the electronic Newsletter, the Confer- ence Program, and all other publications except for books published in the Spektrum series, which are available from Berghahn Books. Further information about the Association and its activities can be found on the website at www.thegsa.org. Membership Membership is available for purchase on the Association website. There is also a printable form for those who prefer to register by mail. Members are encouraged to review and update their membership record regularly. Changes of address or affiliation must be entered online. German Studies Review The scholarly journal of the Association is the German Studies Review, pub- lished three times each year, in February, May, and October. The GSR con- tains articles and book reviews in history, literature, culture studies, politics and government, or interdisciplinary topics. Publication is in the language of submission, English or German. Members of the Association are the pri- mary book reviewers. The German Studies Review is published for the Association by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Members and non-members are invited to sub- mit manuscripts to the Editor: Professor Sabine Hake Department of Germanic Studies Burdine 332 University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX 78712-0304 Phone: 512-232-6379 Fax: 512-471-4025 Email: [email protected] 7 Submission information is on the website. The current Editorial Board of the GSR includes: Claudia Breger Department of Germanic Studies, Indiana University Andreas Daum Department of History, SUNY Buffalo Geoff Eley Department of History, University of Michigan Jennifer Evans Department of History, Carleton University Peter Fritzsche Department of History, University of Illinois Martha B. Helfer Department of German, Russian, and East European Languages and Literatures, Rutgers University Lutz Koepnick Department of German Literature, Washington University in St. Louis Sabine Lang Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies, University of Wash- ington Barbara McCloskey Department of History of Art and Architecture, University of Pittsburgh Patrizia McBride Department of German Studies, Cornell University Katherine Pence Department of History, Baruch College, CUNY Brent O. Peterson Department of German, Lawrence University Pamela Potter School of Music, University of Wisconsin–Madison Brad Prager Department of German and Russian Studies, University of Missouri Stuart Taberner Department of German Studies, University of Leeds S. Jonathan Wiesen Department of History, Southern Illinois University Carbon- dale Andrew Zimmerman Department of History, George Washington University Members interested in reviewing books for the GSR should write to the Book Review Editors. For books in History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology: Professor Andrew S. Bergerson Department of History University of Missouri—Kansas City 5100 Rockhill Rd Kansas City, MO 64110 [email protected] For books in German Literature, Cultural Studies, Film Studies, Art and Architecture: Professor Carl Niekerk Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 2090 FLB, 707 South Mathews Urbana, IL 61821 [email protected] 8 Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association The GSA book series is entitled Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Published by Berghahn Books, the series represents the culmi- nation of four long-standing trends within the association. The first is a growing tendency among GSA members to organize their work around common topics and to present their collaborations in series of panels at the association’s annual conference. The second is an effort both to expand the GSA’s sponsorship of scholarly work into a broader array of disciplines and historical periods and to strengthen thematic connections between them. The third is the increasing collaboration at the GSA among scholars from around the world who share interests in the society, politics, and culture of the German-speaking peoples, from the Middle Ages to the present day. The fourth is the GSA’s burgeoning role as a venue for the introduction of state-of-the-art research and scholarship
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