Narrating the First World War - Experiences and Reports from Transregional Perspectives
How did civilians live and work at the home front? How did artists and writers document their experiences in the trenches? How did the war influence people outside of Europe? The Max Weber Stiftung and the Forum Transregionale Studien would like to kindly invite you to the WeberWorldCafé "Narrating the First World War - Experiences and Reports from Transregional Perspectives".
Experts and participants will discuss the events of the First World War from an interdisciplinary and transregional perspective. With the help of primary sources the guests will be given the opportunity to explore the impact of the war on everyday life of contemporaries all over the world.
Venue: Deutsches Historisches Museum, Unter den Linden 2, 10117 Berlin,
Date: Tuesday 16 September, 2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
The Event will be introduced by a 45-minute guided tour through the First World War exhibition of the DHM.
Experts:
1. Western Europe: Elisa Marcobelli (DHI Paris) | Dr. Juliane Haubold-Stolle (curator of the exhibition 1914-1918. Der Erste Weltkrieg, DHM)
2. Central Europe: Dr. Frank Reichherzer (HU Berlin) | Dr. Silke Fehleman (Universität Frankfurt am Main)
3. Eastern Europe: Dr. Stephan Lehnstaedt (DHI Warschau) | Andreas Mix (curator of the exhibition 1914-1918. Der Erste Weltkrieg, DHM)
4. North America/Oceania: Dr. Sebastian Jobs (FU Berlin) | Dr. Christina Spittel (University of New South Wales, Canberra)
5. Western Asia: Dr. Philipp Wirtz (SOAS, University of London) | Dr. Nazan Maksudyan (Istanbul Kemerburgaz University)
6. Near and Middle East: Dr. Valeska Huber (DHI London) | Fatameh Masjedi (Zentrum Moderner Orient, Berlin)
7. East Asia/South Asia: Dr. Torsten Weber (Deutsches Institut für Japanstudien, Tokyo) | Dr. Samiksha Sehrawat (Newcastle University)
8. Africa: Dr. Michelle Moyd (Indiana University) | Dr. Joe Lunn (University of Michigan)
Please register via schifferdecker@maxweberstiftung.de. (only a limited number of places available)
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Contact:
Gesche Schifferdecker, M.A.
Max Weber Stiftung - Deutsche Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute im Ausland
Referentin für Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Rheinallee 6
53173 Bonn
(t) +49 (0)228 377 86 25
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