Space, Identity and National Socialism

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Space, Identity and National Socialism

Veranstalter
Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust Studies, University of Leicester; Department of Politics, History and International Relations, Loughborough University
Veranstaltungsort
Loughborough/Leicester
Ort
Loughborough/Leicester
Land
United Kingdom
Vom - Bis
11.05.2010 - 12.05.2010
Website
http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/eu/studying/History/SpaceIdentityAndNationalSocialism.html
Von
Chris Szejnmann

‘Space, Identity and National Socialism’

National Socialism is often associated with a rebirth of ultra-nationalism and the creation of a centralised totalitarian state. Such formulas imply that a uniform spatial logic underpinned the regime. Yet a growing body of work has emphasised local and regional variation within the Nazi state, and challenged simple centre-periphery dichotomies.

The aims of this conference are to open up a dialogue between experts who employ a range of different approaches and methodologies in their research on aspects of ‘Space, Identity and National Socialism’; to take stock of current knowledge; to explore continuing disagreements and gaps in the research; to discuss problems arising from new methodologies and a widened source base; and to suggest some directions for future work.

Specifically, the conference seeks to tackle the following questions: 1. Meaning and Function of Regions; 2. Milieus
and Spheres of Belonging; 3. Heimat and its Representations; 4. Racism and Genocide; and 5. Writing new histories.

Programm

‘Space, Identity and National Socialism’

Alon Confino (University of Virginia/USA): 'Space and Memory in the Third Reich'; Aubrey Newman Lecture (Keynote Lecture), University of Leicester, Tuesday 11 May 2010, 17.30-18.30

Wednesday, 12 May 2010, 8.30-16.30, Loughborough University
Panel I: Meaning and Function of Regions/ Milieus and Spheres of Belonging
Chair: Chris Szejnmann (Loughborough University)

Martina Steber (German Historical Institute, London): ‘Region and Ideology. Reflection on contained plurality’;

Detlef Schmiechen-Ackermann (University of Hanover): ‘Milieus, political culture and regional traditions in Lower Saxony in comparative perspective’;

Winson W. Chu (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee): ‘National Socialism and Regional Hierarchy: The German Minorities in Interwar Poland’

Panel II: Heimat and its Representations 1
Chair: Oliver Werner (University of Jena)

Hans-Ulrich Wagner (University of Hamburg): ‘Between “Landschaftsarbeit” and “Bildung einer Volkgemeinschaft”. Space-related Identities in the Literary Programme of the ‘Reichssender Hamburg’;

Tom Williams (University of Oxford): ‘Grenzlandschicksal: historical narratives of regional identity and national duty in Gau Oberrhein 1940-44’

Panel III: Heimat and its Representations 2
Chair: Ulrike Ehret (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg)

Elizabeth Harvey (University of Nottingham): ‘National Socialist students and their mission to the Yugoslav and Romanian Germans’;

Willeke Sandler (Duke University): ’“Auch hier liegt unser Lebensraum”: Colonial Space as German Space’;

Panel IV: Racism and Genocide
Chair: Claire Hall (University of Nottingham)

Catherine Epstein (Amherst College): ‘Model Nazi: Arthur Greiser and the Nazi Occupation of Western Poland’;

Helen Whatmore (University College London): ‘Co-existence with a KZ’;

Final Comment and Discussion
Chair: Maiken Umbach (University of Manchester);
Geoff Eley (University of Michigan): ‘Ideology, Enjoyment, and the Stakes of Opposition: Remembering the Coerciveness of the Volksgemeinschaft’

Conference website http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/eu/studying/History/SpaceIdentityAndNationalSocialism.html

The Conference is co-sponsored by the German History Society

Kontakt

Pauline Dainty
Department of Politics, History and International Relations
Loughborough University
email: P.A.Dainty@lboro.ac.uk

http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/eu/studying/History/SpaceIdentityAndNationalSocialism.html