About the Seminar

A growing number of humanities faculty with research interests related to Germany and Central Europe now belong to the UT community. This group of scholars, along with interested students, is now large enough to launch a whole number of enterprises in German studies. One of these ventures began in the fall of 2006 and continues in 2007-2008.

Upcoming Events

Discussion and Lecture       
     Wednesday, March 26, 2:30pm - 3:30pm
      Hodges Library, Room 258 (Faculty Lounge)
     Discussion of "Composing the Party Line: Music and Politics in Early Cold War Poland
             and East Germany", by Dr. David Tompkins, Assistant Professor of History, The
             University of Tennessee
     Respondent: Dr. John Connelly, Associate Professor of History, The University of
              California, Berkeley
and  
      Wednesday, March 26, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
      Hodges Library, Room 258 (Faculty Lounge)
      Dr. John Connelly, Associate Professor of History, The University of California,
      
        Berkeley, "Catholic Racism: The German Syndrome."

Lecture
     Friday, April 4, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
     Black Cultural Center
     Dr. Larry Wolff, Professor of History, New York University
     "Kennst du das Land? The Uncertainty of Galicia in the Age of Metternich and Fredro"

Book Discussion
     Wednesday, April 16, 4:00pm
     Temple Court, Room 205
     Book Discussion of The Jewish Enemy
by Jeffrey Herf and Erased: Vanishing Traces of
             Jewish Galicia in Present Day Ukraine by Omer Bartov

     Moderated by Dr. Gilya G. Schmidt, Professor of Religion, The University of Tennessee
    
Brown Bag Discussion
     Tuesday, April 22, 12:00pm
     Temple Court, Room 205
     Dr. Jeffrey Herf, Professor of History, University of Maryland
     Book Discussion of Dr. Herf's The Jewish Enemy with the author

Lecture
     Tuesday, April 22, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
     Black Cultural Center
     Dr. Jeffrey Herf, Professor of History, University of Maryland
     "'The Jewish Enemy': Nazi Propaganda in Germany and the Middle East
               During World War II and the Holocaust"

Brown Bag Discussion
     Monday, April 28, 12:00pm
     Temple Court, Room 205
     Dr. Omer Bartov, John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History and
             Professor of German Studies, Brown University
     "The Holocaust from Below: Testimonies as Historical Documents"

Lecture
     Monday, April 28, 4:00pm - 5:00pm
     Black Cultural Center
     Dr. Omer Bartov, John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History and
             Professor of German Studies, Brown University
     "Erased: Vanishing Traces of Jewish Galicia in Present-Day Ukraine "


Check Seminars & Events for a full list of Spring 2008 Semester Events.

For more information, contact:
David G. Tompkins
Assistant Professor of History
2631 Dunford Hall
865-974-9896
eMail:dtompki3@utk.edu
Daniel H. Magilow
Assistant Professor of German
705 McClung Tower
865-974-7163
eMail: dmagilow@utk.edu
 
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