Conferences 2004 Print



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Science and Technology in the 20th Century: Cultures of Innovation in Germany and the United States
October 15-16, 2004
Conference at the GHI
Jointly organized by Christoph Strupp (GHI) and Helmuth Trischler (Deutsches Museum Munich / DFG-Research Group 393).

Adolf Cluss, Architect: From Germany to America
September 30 - October 02, 2004
Conference at the GHI
Conveners: Christof Mauch (GHI) in collaboration with Joseph Browne (Cluss Project), Cynthia Field (Smithsonian Institution), William Gilcher (Goethe-Institut / German Cultural Center), and Alan Lessoff (Illinois State University)

The Atlantic Community Unravelling? States, Prowww Movements, and the Transformation of US-European Relations, 1969-1983
September 18-19, 2004
Conference at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, .
Conveners: Matthias Schulz (Vanderbilt University), Thomas A. Schwartz (Vanderbilt University), Bernd Schäfer (German Historical Institute, DC).

Access - Presentation - Memory: The American Presidential Libraries and the Memorial Foundations of German Statesmen
September 08-11, 2004
Conference at the GHI
Conveners: Astrid M. Eckert, Christof Mauch (GHI).

Alexander von Humboldt and North America
June 03-06, 2004
Conference at the GHI
Conveners: Andreas Daum (University of Buffalo, SUNY); Simone Lässig (GHI).

Environmental History and the Oceans
June 03-04, 2004
Conference at Copenhagen,
Co-sponsored by the GHI and the Center for Maritime and Regional Studies, University of Southern Denmark.
Conveners: Frank Zelko (GHI), Poul Holm (University of Southern Denmark).

Environment, Culture, Politics: Transatlantic Perspectives
May 27-30, 2004
Young Scholars Forum
Conveners: Charles Closmann, GHI; Frank Zelko, GHI.

War and the Environment: Contexts and Consequences of Military Destruction in the Modern Age
May 07-08, 2004
Conference at the GHI
Conveners: Charles Closmann (GHI), Christof Mauch (GHI).

German History, 1790-1890
April 28 - May 01, 2004
Tenth Transatlantic Doctoral Seminar at the University of Tübingen
Conveners: Dieter Langewiesche (University of Tübingen), Roger Chickering (Georgetown University), Richard F. Wetzell (GHI).

Toward a Biographical Turn? Biography in Modern Historiography: Modern Historiography in Biography
March 25-27, 2004
Conference at the GHI
Conveners: Volker Berghahn, Simone Lässig.

Taxation, State and Civil Society in Germany and the United States, 1750-1950
March 18-20, 2004
Conference at the GHI
Conveners: Alexander Nützenadel (University of Cologne), Christoph Strupp (GHI).

Pietism in Two Worlds: Transmissions of Dissent in Germany and North America, 1680-1820
March 04-07, 2004
Conference at the Emory University (Atlanta, GA)
Conveners: James Melton (Department of History, Emory University), Dirk Schumann (GHI), Jonathan Strom (Candler School of Theology, Emory University).

Natural Disasters and Cultural Strategies: Responses to Catastrophe in Global Perspective
February 19-22, 2004
Conference at the GHI
Conveners: Christof Mauch (GHI), Christian Pfister (University of Bern).

Reconstituting Public Realms: Archivists, Librarians, and Journalists in Postwar Germany
January 08-11, 2004
Panel at American Historical Association Conference, Washington DC
Panelists: Astrid M. Eckert (GHI), Michaela Hönicke Moore (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill), Peter A. Kraemer (Indiana University, Bloomington).