German Migrant Historians in North America : Transatlantic Careers and Scholarship After 1945.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hagemann, Karen.

Contributor:

Jarausch, Konrad H.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historiography.

Historians.

Germany--History--20th century--Historiography.

Germany.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (419 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Berghahn Books, Incorporated, 2024.

Summary:

This book explores the careers and scholarly contributions of German migrant historians in North America after 1945. Edited by Karen Hagemann and Konrad H. Jarausch, it examines the impact of these historians on transatlantic academic exchange and their role in shaping historical scholarship, particularly regarding German history. The book includes individual narratives of historians who migrated to North America, discussing their experiences and challenges in adapting to different academic cultures. It also addresses broader themes in German history, such as the writing of national history and the transatlantic scholarship on topics like National Socialism and the Holocaust. This work is intended for scholars and students interested in the history of German historiography, transatlantic academic exchange, and the influence of migrant scholars in North America. Generated by AI.

Contents:

Contents

Tables

List of Abbreviations

List of Contributors

Foreword

Introduction — German Historians and Central European History in North America after 1945

Part I — German (Migrant) Historians in North America since 1945: Careers and Academic Institutions

Chapter 1 — Labor Migrants, Explorers, and Academic Intermediaries: German Historians in North America since 1945

Chapter 2 — Transatlantic Mediators or Scholars Abroad? The German Studies Professorship Program of the DAAD in North America

Chapter 3 — German Politics on the Potomac: The Foundation of the German Historical Institute and Transatlantic Exchange

Part II — Transatlantic Academic Migration: Individual Narratives

Chapter 4 — Generation of 1938: The Trials and Tribulations of Teaching and Researching Modern German History in Three Academic Cultures

Chapter 5 — Inadvertent Intermediary: Becoming a German Historian in the US

Chapter 6 — Recentering a German Academic Career: From Munich and Berlin to Toronto

Chapter 7 — My Transatlantic Life: The (Mis)adventures of a Military Historian

Chapter 8 — Gender Historian by Passion, Professor and Migrant by Chance

Chapter 9 — German-American Identity and the Demise of National History

Chapter 10 — From East Berlin to West Los Angeles: An Unexpected Journey

Chapter 11 — Moving Transatlantic: Episodes, Encounters, and Experiences

Chapter 12 — Straight Outta Niederbayern: Writing Gender History on the US West Coast

Chapter 13 — Professors, Post-structuralism, and the “Postwar”: A Transnational Academic Career in the Age of Globalization

Chapter 14 — Going East and Going West: A Central Europeanist in the US

Part III — Transatlantic Scholarship: Key Themes and Debates in Twentieth-Century German History

Chapter 15 — A Transatlantic “Second Repression”? Postwar Migrant Historians and Writing about National Socialism and the Holocaust

Chapter 16 — Reexamining the Transatlantic Scholarship on Modern German-Jewish History since the 1970s

Chapter 17 — Writing the History of Post-1945 Germany from Across the Atlantic: Entangled Histories and Critical Perspectives

Appendix — List of German-Born Migrant Historians in Canada and the United States

Selected Bibliography

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ISBN:

9781805397939

1805397931

9781805397946

180539794X

OCLC:

1460463157