Founding Weimar: Violence and the Revolution of 1918/1919
Mar 21, 2019
Lecture at the GHI | Speaker: Mark Jones (University College Dublin/FU Berlin) | Series: The Weimar Republic Reconsidered
German voters went to the polls in January 1919 to elect a National Assembly to draft a new constitution to replace the imperial order that had collapsed two months earlier. The National Assembly’s meeting place soon became synonymous with the new constitution and a new era in German history: Weimar. The hundredth anniversary of the founding of the Weimar Republic affords an opportunity to take stock of new directions in research on this pivotal period of German history and to reflect on its bearing on the present.
All lectures take place on Thursdays and begin at 6:30 pm (refreshments will be served from 6:00 to 6:30 pm).
2019 Spring Lecture Series
The Weimar Republic Reconsidered
Organized by David Lazar and Richard F. Wetzell
- Remembering and Forgetting Germany’s First Democracy: Reflections on Weimar Germany
February 21, 2019
Speaker: Kathleen Canning (Rice University) - Founding Weimar: Violence and the Revolution of 1918/1919
March 21, 2019
Speaker: Mark Jones (University College Dublin/FU Berlin) - Did Sex Bring Down the Weimar Republic?
March 28, 2019
Speaker: Laurie Marhoefer (University of Washington) - City Streets and Civil Unrest: The Costs of Public Violence in the Weimar and Nazi Eras
April 11, 2019
Speaker: Molly Loberg (Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo) - The Chances and Challenges of Democracy: Weimar and Beyond
April 25, 2019
Speaker: Tim B. Müller (German Sinti and Roma Union)