Germany in the World, 1500-2000: Reflections on a Theme
Mar 14, 2024 | 4 - 5:30 PM PT
Book Talk at Institute of International Studies at UC Berkeley | 223 Philosophy Hall | Speaker: David Blackbourn (Vanderbilt University)
Cosponsored by the Pacific Office of the GHI Washington and the Institute of European Studies at UC Berkeley
David Blackbourn’s Germany in the World: A Global History, 1500-2000 appeared last summer. A reviewer in the Economist said that “Readers of this book will never see Germany in quite the same way again.” In this lecture, the author discusses the thinking behind the book, talks about the challenges it presented, and draws out some of the main themes. There should be something for (almost) everyone, whether you are interested in merchants or missionaries, the German Atlantic or National Socialism, the works of Albrecht Dürer or the films of Fatih Akin.