On September 20, 2000, the Institute hosted a small workshop on the tradition and practice of immunity, investigative commissions, and impeachment in the German and American cases. Representatives from three German political parties were the honored guests: Hermann Bachmaier (SPD), Andreas Schmidt (CDU), and Hans-Christian Ströbele (Bündnis '90/Die Grünen). Christof Mauch (GHI) provided the introductions and moderated. Dr. Helmut Winkelmann, head of the Commissions Secretariat of the Bundestag, and Dr. Christoph Eichhorn, from the political section of the German Embassy in Washington, D.C., among others, also attended. Professor Allan J. Lichtman, a specialist on American political history at American University, gave an informative presentation on recent political and electoral events in the United States. A lively and thoughtful discussion followed.
The Institute is delighted to announce the establishment of two new fellowship programs in honor of the late Jürgen Heideking (see issue no. 27 of the Bulletin). Sponsored by the Friends of the GHI, the Kade-Heideking Fellowship aims to support a German doctoral student working in the fields of twentieth-century international history, the early national period of American history, or the history of German-American relations. This twelve-month fellowship is residential in nature, and the fellow should plan to divide his or her time between the GHI in Washington and the University of Wisconsin - Madison. The stipend amount is $30,000. Applicants must be nominated by their academic supervisor, and they must submit an abstract of their dissertation project. The fellowship will be advertised in the spring of each year. The Friends and the Institute are grateful to the Annette Kade Charitable Trust of New York City for its generous support of this fellowship.
The Thyssen-Heideking Fellowship is a one-year residential post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Cologne whose purpose is to fund American post-doctoral students working in the fields of twentieth-century international history, the early national period of American history, or the history of German-American relations. The stipend amount is DM 40,000 plus allowances. Applicants must submit an abstract of their research project to the director of the GHI. The fellowship will be advertised in the spring of each year. The Institute is grateful to the Fritz Thyssen Foundation of Cologne, Germany, for its generous support of this fellowship.
The Heideking Fellowships, made possible by grants from a leading American charitable trust and a leading German private foundation, permit us to further the careers of talented young scholars while honoring the legacy of one of Germany's leading specialist in German-American history.
A new GHI program, the Young Scholars Forum was developed as a means of supporting American Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D. recipients working in the fields of German, German-American, or German-European history. It is planned as an annual weekend event at which young scholars will have the opportunity to present their work to their American peers and to distinguished scholars from both sides of the Atlantic. The Forum aims to provide a setting for critical debate and function as a source of inspiration for participants, and our hope is that it becomes a meeting place for junior scholars from across the United States. Each year participants will focus on a different topic, methodological approach, and time period. The theme for 2001 is "Gender, Power, Religion: Forces in Cultural History."
The Forum was advertised last autumn in the American Historical Association's newsletter, Perspectives, on several H-net mailing lists, and on the GHI's Web site. In addition, more than three hundred invitations to apply were sent out to graduate students and recent Ph.D. recipients, and nearly two hundred letters and program announcements were distributed to university faculty members in German history. We were overwhelmed by the response to our announcement because the number of applications exceeded the number we could accept by a factor of four. With many exciting research topics and impressive proposals covering all periods since the Middle Ages, it was very difficult to reach decisions. In the end, twenty-two young scholars were invited to discuss their research at the GHI in Washington from March 29 through April 1, 2001. Their individual topics cover a wide range of subjects, including the control of sexuality in early modern Germany, the role of religion as a social force, Jewish life in the nineteenth century, new definitions of femininity and masculinity from the nineteenth century onward, the history of fashion, and postwar homosexual culture in Germany.
Lyndal Roper, a distinguished scholar of early modern German cultural history at the University of London, has agreed to deliver the keynote lecture on the first evening, broadly addressing the topic of the Forum. Several other senior cultural historians have been invited to participate. The final program will be announced on the GHI Web site.
We are pleased that the Young Scholars Forum, supported by the Friends of the GHI and generously funded by the Max Kade Foundation, is off to a promising start. The theme for the Young Scholars Forum in 2002 will combine military and social history, and is tentatively titled "War and Society."
The GHI is pleased to invite applications for participation in our new annual seminar for German and American doctoral candidates in medieval history. Its purpose is to discuss common research problems and approaches, to encourage closer ties between German and American medievalists, and to foster intellectual exchange and collaboration. Each year, we plan to invite eight Europeans and an equal number of Americans to contribute seminar papers, which will be predistributed and discussed at a three-day meeting. The first seminar will be held at the Institute on October 25-28, 2001. Travel and lodging expenses will be covered by the GHI. Subsequent meetings will be in Europe and the United States.
Mentors for the seminar in 2001 will be: Michael Borgolte (Humboldt University), Caroline Walker Bynum (Columbia University), Patrick J. Geary (University of California at Los Angeles), and Johannes Fried (University of Frankfurt)
Participation is not limited to historians working on German history or German-speaking regions of Europe. However, since papers and discussions will be conducted both in German and English, the ability to read papers in both languages is necessary.
We are now accepting applications from doctoral students who will not have finished their degree by October 2001. Applications should include a short(ca. 3 pp.) project description, a curriculum vitae, and a letter of reference from the main advisor. Please send applications by May 1, 2001, to
The Seventh Annual Transatlantic Doctoral Seminar for Ph.D. candidates in German history will take place at the GHI from April 25 to 28, 2001. The topic is "Germany in the Age of Total War, 1914-1945." A detailed report will follow in the fall 2001 Bulletin.
The GHI is pleased to announce the participants in the 2001 Summer Seminar, co-organized by the German Department of University of Wisconsin - Madison. The participants will spend the period from June 17 to June 30 in Germany. Daniel S. Mattern from the GHI will once again lead this year's program. A complete summary of activities will follow in the fall 2001 issue of the Bulletin.
Yasser D. Djazaerly, Stanford University. Dissertation topic: "Goethe und der Hof der Renaissance." Adviser: Gerald Gillespie.
Lori K. Hoff, University of Wisconsin. Dissertation topic: "Latvian Influence on Middle Low German." Adviser: Robert B. Howell.
Kevanne Kirkwood, University of Delaware. Dissertation topic: "Early Medieval Manuscripts." Adviser: Lawrence Nees.
Peter A. Kraemer, Indiana University. Dissertation topic: "American Policy and Postwar Germany." Adviser: John Bodnar.
Marti M. Lybeck, University of Michigan. Dissertation topic: "Lesbian Culture in Weimar Germany." Adviser: Geoff Eley.
Alexander C. Merrow, Georgetown University. Dissertation topic: "Catholic Historiography in Imperial Germany, 1871-1914." Adviser: Roger Chickering.
Scott Moranda, University of Wisconsin. Dissertation topic: "Hiking in Germany: German National Landscapes as Realms of Competition." Adviser: Rudy Koshar.
Mary C. Noll, Yale University. Dissertation topic: "Ernst the Pious and the Long Seventeenth Century." Adviser: Carlos M.N. Eire.
Edith R. Sheffer, University of California at Berkeley. Dissertation topic: "Checkpoint 'Burned Bridge': Creating the Boundaries of East and West Germany, 1945-1961." Adviser: Gerald D. Feldman.
Tara Zahra, University of Michigan. Dissertation topic: "The Cultural Politics of Nationalism from Empire to Nation-State: Nationalism, Pedagogy, and Mass Culture in the Habsburg Monarchy, 1900-1924." Adviser: Kathleen Canning.
The GHI Library's new acquisitions include the Complete Correspondence between Walter Benjamin and Theodor W. Adorno, a critical edition of the complete works of Friedrich Nietzsche, the four-volume Darstellungen und Quellen zur Geschichte von Auschwitz, and the multi-volume edition of Hansers Sozialgeschichte der deutschen Literatur. We have also completed our collection of the series "Quellen zur Geschichte des Parlamentarismus und der politischen Parteien," an important resource for documents on postwar German political history.
In addition, we have once again expanded our list of journal subscriptions. The new titles include Zeitschrift für neuere Rechtsgeschichte, Rundfunk und Geschichte, Das Achtzehnte Jahrhundert, Journal of the History of Sexuality, and Social History of Medicine.
We would like to express our gratitude to the following people and institutions who have supported the work of the GHI Library by generously donating books: The American Institute for Contemporary German Studies; Johannes Burkhardt; Andreas W. Daum; Die Deutsche Bibliothek; Deutscher Bundestag; Georg-Eckert-Institut für Schulbuchforschung; German Embassy, Washington, D.C.; GHI London; GHI Warsaw; Library of Congress; Christof Mauch; Jürgen Miethke; Herman Nickel; Arnold Price; Helmut Schmersal; Brent Smith; DIE ZEIT; and Andrea Zielinski.
We would also like to inform our readers about our updated collection of databases in CD-ROM format. The following is a comprehensive list of CD-ROMs in the GHI library. As always please consult the Library's Internet catalog (www.ghi-dc.org) for complete bibliographical information, or simply call the GHI directly.
12 Jahre taz, die Tageszeitung: das runde Dutzend auf CD-ROM; 2.9.1986 bis 31.8.1998. Berlin: contrapress Media, 1998.
50 Jahre Rheinland-Pfalz [Fünfzig Jahre Rheinland-Pfalz]. Mainz: Landeszentrale für politische Bildung, [ca. 1999].
1848-1949: Ein Jahrhundert deutsche Geschichte / Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. Mannheim: Bibliographisches Inst., 1997.
1848 - Politik, Propaganda, Information und Unterhaltung aus der Druckerpresse = 1848 - Politics, Propaganda, information and Entertainment from the Printing Press / Deutsches Historisches Museum Berlin. Project leader: Dieter Vorsteher. München: Saur, 1998.
Access to Government Information, Information USA: InformationUSA. Orem, Utah: Infobusiness, 1995.
American National Election Studies, 1948-1994 / Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. Ann Arbor, Mich., 1995.
ArchivesUSA. Alexandria, Va.: Chadwyck-Healey, 1998.
Berliner Aufklärung - Zeitschriften von 1783-1811: Berlinische Monatsschrift 1783-1811, Berlinische Blätter 1797-1798, Neue Berlinische Monatsschrift 1799-1811 [gesamte Jahrgänge]. Hildesheim: Olms, 1999.
Chronologie: I. Quartal 1999 + II/III/IV 1998; [Dokumentation von Materialien von und über die sozialen Bewegungen in der Region] / Archiv für Soziale Bewegungen. Freiburg im Breisgau: Archiv für Soziale Bewegungen, 1999.
Classified Top Secret: The Definitive Word on the Cold War. Orem, Utah: Infobusiness, 1996.
Deutsche Einheit: Sonderedition aus den Akten des Bundeskanzleramtes 1989/90 / hrsg. vom Bundesministerium des Innern unter Mitwirkung des Bundesarchivs. Bearb. von Hanns Jürgen Küsters und Daniel Hofmann. (Dokumente zur Deutschlandpolitik Digitale Bibliothek; 21). Berlin: Directmedia Publ., 1999.
Deutsche Literatur von Lessing bis Kafka: mit illustrierten Biographien und bibliographischen Notizen zu jedem Werk. (Digitale Bibliothek; 1). Berlin: Directmedia Publ., 1998.
Documents Concerning Raoul Wallenberg 1945-1970. Documents Concerning the Search for Raoul Wallenberg, 1945-1970: Dossier P2 Eu1 / The Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, produced by SVAR, the Swedish National Archives. Fränsta, 1997.
Foreign Affairs Oral history. Arlington, Va., 1998.
Geschichte der Philosophie: Darstellungen, Handbücher, Lexika / ausgewählt von Mathias Bertram. (Digitale Bibliothek; 3). Berlin: Directmedia Publ., 1998.
Historical Abstracts on Disc: World History Excluding the United States and Canada. Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-Clio, 1999.
Historical statistics of the United States: bicentennial edition / U.S. Bureau of the Census. Cambridge: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1997.
Humanities abstracts. New York [u.a.]: Wilson, 2000.
Index to NIDS. [Alexandria, Va.]: Chadwyck-Healey, 1992 -
Internationaler biographischer Index World Biographical Index. München: Saur, 1998.
Jahresberichte für deutsche Geschichte Datenbank Jahresberichte für deutsche Geschichte / hrsg. von der Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 1955 -
Knaurs Lexikon der Symbole: mit über 600 Abbildungen / von Hans Biedermann. (Digitale Bibliothek; 16). Berlin: Directmedia Publ., 1999.
Krimdok, Krimmon: Dokumentation der deutschsprachigen kriminologischen Literatur / Kriminologische Institute der Universitäten Heidelberg und Tübingen. Tübingen, 1995
Die Luther-Bibel [Biblia das ist: die gantze Heilige Schrifft: deudsch] [Die Bibel oder die ganze Heilige Schrift des Alten und Neuen Testaments]. - Originalfassung 1545 und revidierte Fassung 1912. (Digitale Bibliothek; 29). Berlin: Directmedia Publ., 2000.
Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart: allgemeine Enzyklopädie der Musik; 21 Bände in zwei Teilen / begr. von Friedrich Blume. Hrsg. von Ludwig Finscher. - 2., neubearb. Ausg. Kassel [u.a.]: Bärenreiter [u.a.]
Nietzsche, Friedrich: Werke: [Die Edition basiert auf der . . . Studienausgabe von Karl Schlechta, die Nietzsches philosophische Werke erstmals auf einer gesicherten Textgrundlage präsentierte. Sie enthält ungekürzt sämtliche zu Lebzeiten erschienenen Schriften, alle wichtigen Werke aus dem Nachlass sowie eine kommentierte Auswahl seiner Briefe] / Friedrich Nietzsche. Hrsg. von Karl Schlechta mit der Biographie von Curt Paul Janz. (Digitale Bibliothek; 31). Berlin: Directmedia Publ., 2000.
Der Nürnberger Prozess: das Protokoll des Prozesses gegen die Hauptkriegsverbrecher vor dem Internationalen Militärgerichtshof 14. November 1945 - 1. Oktober 1946; [Die vorliegende elektronische Edition folgt den Bänden 1 bis 23 der amtlichen Textausgabe des Internationalen Militärgerichtshofs in deutscher Sprache]. (Digitale Bibliothek; 20). Berlin: Directmedia Publ., 1999.
Philosophie von Platon bis Nietzsche: philosophische Werke im Volltext / ausgewählt und eingel. von Frank-Peter Hansen. (Digitale Bibliothek; 2). Berlin: Directmedia Publ., 1998.
Ruck, Michael: Bibliographie zum Nationalsozialismus. Darmstadt: Wiss. Buchges., 2000.
Schindler, Peter: Datenhandbuch zur Geschichte des Deutschen Bundestages 1949 bis 1999: [enthält den vollständigen Text des dreibändigen Datenhandbuchs . . . einschließlich aller Register und Nachträge] / hrsg.: Deutscher Bundestag. Verfasser: Peter Schindler. Berlin: Deutscher Bundestag, 2000.
Social Sciences Abstracts. New York [u.a.]: Wilson, 2000.
Statistisches Jahrbuch . . . für die Bundesrepublik Deutschland und für das Ausland / Statistisches Bundesamt. Stuttgart: Metzler-Poeschel, 1994-
taz, die Tageszeitung, tazCompact: sechs ganze Jahre, Wort für Wort: 1.7.1988 bis 30.6.1994. Berlin: contrapress Media, 1994.
Unser Parlament - Forum der Demokratie: 150 Jahre deutsche Parlamentsgeschichte in Bildern, Fotos, Videos, Texten und Dokumenten; von der Frankfurter Paulskirche zum Deutschen Bundestag / hrsg.: Deutscher Bundestag, Referat Öffentlichkeitsarbeit. Bonn, 1998.
Wer ist wer?: Das deutsche who's who; ca. 30.000 Biographien. Lübeck: Schmidt-Römhild, 1999. Monika Hein
The Institute is delighted to bring to readers' attention the publication of an essay collection edited by William J. Courtenay of the University of Wisconsin - Madison and Jürgen Miethke of the University of Heidelberg. This book began as a conference held at the GHI in September 1997. The collection brings together leading students of the history of learning and higher education in medieval Europe, with four parts devoted to German students and universities, university careers in Italy and France, pre-university school and schoolmasters, and the uses of university learning and writing. In addition to the editors, contributors are J. Hoeppner Moran Cruz, Martin Kintzinger, Darleen Pryds, Frank Rexroth, Rainer C. Schwinges, Thomas Sullivan, Helmut G. Walther, and Klaus Wriedt.
Wilfried Mausbach, Research Fellow, left the GHI in November 2000 to accept a position as assistant professor of history at the University of Heidelberg.
Margit Moffitt, Administrator, left the GHI on December 1, 2000, to accept a position at the Deutsche Luft- und Raumfahrtsgesellschaft/German Aerospace Center's Washington office.
Waltraud Schelkle, Visiting Research Fellow, left the GHI at the end of 2000 and accepted positions as both a research fellow at the European Institute of Southbank University in London and as an adjunct professor in the Department of Economics at the Free University of Berlin.