Fall 2021
Visiting Presenters
September 15
Tanjev Schultz
“Germany’s 9/11? Neo-Nazis and Right-Wing Terrorism in Germany and their Links to US Actors”
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September 23
Thomas Fleischmann
“Garbage Dump of the West: Re-examining the Origins of East Germany’s End”
September 27
Jeroen Dewulf, Akasemi Newsome, Soeren Urbansky
“Germany after Merkel: A Discussion of the 2021 Election Results”
Jeroen Dewulf, Akasemi Newsome, Soeren Urbansky
“Germany after Merkel: A Discussion of the 2021 Election Results”
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November 10
Kevin Ostoyich
“No Birthday Party this Year: Kristallnacht within the Memories of Shanghai Jewish Refugees”
Kevin Ostoyich
“No Birthday Party this Year: Kristallnacht within the Memories of Shanghai Jewish Refugees”
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December 8
Wulf Gruner
“Resisting Persecution: Jews and their Petitions during the Holocaust”
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Spring 2022
Visiting Presenters
March 4
Alice Hasters; Mohamed Amjahid
“Whiteness and Collective Trauma in the Rearview Mirror”
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March 16
Charles Huber; Sudha David-Wilp; Oliver Schramm
“Foreign Policy and the New German Government”
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March 18
Jenny Erpenbeck in conversation with Lilla Balint and Kurt Beals
“Blind Spots in Shared Memory”
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April 20
Wolfgang Petritsch
“A Watershed Moment for Europe’s Democracy: The Twin-Challenges of Authoritarian Populism and the Return of Weaponized Power Politics”
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May 2
Heribert Dieter
“Germany’s New China Policy: Will Berlin Revise its Previously Benign Course on Beijing?”
May 4
Nora Krug
“Belonging, Memory Culture, and the Power of Visual Narratives”
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