Narrator: Paul Soglin Interviewer: Skye Doney Date: 17 March 2023 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Duration: 3 hours, 3 minutes Paul Soglin Biography: Paul Soglin was raised in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, …
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Alex Scheepens, George L. Mosse Graduate Exchange Fellow, 2022-2023
Upon completing my preliminary examinations in June 2022, I was privileged to receive a George L. Mosse Graduate Exchange Fellowship to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, which enabled me to travel to Israel, live and …
George M. Marsden, review of Daniel G. Hummel’s “The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism”
Daniel G. Hummel. The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism: How the Evangelical Battle over the End Times Shaped a Nation. Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 2023. 400 pp. Cloth $29.99. ISBN: 9780802879226. During the …
Jay Geller, review of Darcy Buerkle, Skye Doney eds., “Contemporary Europe in the Historical Imagination”
Darcy Buerkle and Skye Doney, eds. Contemporary Europe in the Historical Imagination. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2023. 418 pp. Cloth $79.95. ISBN 9780299342401. The mid-twentieth century produced many exceptional scholars of German history, more …
Gabriel Chazan, review of Rotem Rozental’s “Pre-State Photographic Archives and the Zionist Movement”
Rotem Rozental. Pre-State Photographic Archives and the Zionist Movement. New York: Routledge, 2023. 260 pp. Cloth $160.00. ISBN 9781032182384. Rotem Rozental’s Pre-State Photographic Archives and the Zionist Movement makes a strong argument that photographs were crucial …
Oral History: David James (Jimmy) Fisher
Narrator: David James (Jimmy) Fisher Interviewer: John Tortorice Date: 15 June 2018, 23 November 2022 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes, 13 seconds David James (Jimmy) Fisher biography: David James (Jimmy) Fisher …
Lecture: Norman Domeier, “World Domination and Genocide: The ‘Lochner Version’ of Hitler’s Speech on 22 August 1939, a Key Document of National Socialist Ideology”
Attendees at the event received a hard copy of the “Lochner Version” of Hitler’s speech for reference through the lecture: **** Hitler’s Speech to the Leading Wehrmacht Generals on the Obersalzberg. 22 August 1939 (“Lochner …
Adam R. Seipp, review of Mikkel Dack’s “Everyday Denazification in Postwar Germany: The Fragebogen and Political Screening during the Allied Occupation”
Mikkel Dack. Everyday Denazification in Postwar Germany: The Fragebogen and Political Screening during the Allied Occupation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2023. 350 PP. Cloth $110.00. ISBN 9781009216333. The Fragebogen (Questionnaire) was a ubiquitous feature of …
Caroline Kita, review of Kerry Wallach, Aya Elyada, eds. “German-Jewish Studies: Next Generations”
Kerry Wallach and Aya Elyada, eds. German-Jewish Studies: Next Generations. New York: Berghahn Press, 2023. 278 PP. Cloth $145.00. ISBN 9781800736771. What is German-Jewish studies? From where did this field emerge and where is it …
Oral History: Sander L. Gilman
Narrator: Sander L. Gilman Interviewer: Skye Doney Date: 8 June 2023 Transcribed by: Skye Doney, Matthew Greene Format: Audio Duration: 57 minutes, 37 seconds Sander L. Giman biography: Sander L. Gilman is a distinguished professor emeritus …
Joshua Shelly, review of Marc Volovici’s “German as a Jewish Problem: The Language Politics of Jewish Nationalism”
Marc Volovici. German as a Jewish Problem: The Language Politics of Jewish Nationalism. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2020. 352 PP. Cloth $65.00. ISBN: 9781503612303. How do we understand the field of German Jewish Studies? Given …
Daniel G. Hummel, review of Anne Perez’s “Understanding Zionism: History and Perspectives”
Anne Perez. Understanding Zionism: History and Perspectives. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2023. 277 PP. Paper $27.00. ISBN: 9781506481166. A small thought experiment: a non-academic friend texts you, “What book would you recommend as an introduction to …
Inaugural Columbia University Mosse Lecture: Steven E. Aschheim, “George L. Mosse: Historian of Fascism, Masculinity, and Nationalism”
27 April 2023 Steven E. Aschheim, “George L. Mosse: Historian of Fascism, Masculinity, and Nationalism” Claudia Breger: My name is Claudia Breger, I’m the chair of the department of Germanic studies and languages here. And …
Stanley Payne, review of Emilio Gentile’s “Storia del fascismo” and “Totalitarismo 100”
Emilio Gentile. Storia del fascismo. Bari-Rome: Laterza, 2022. xxi, 1350 PP. Cloth 38€. ISBN: 9788858148914. Emilio Gentile. Totalitarismo 100. Ritorno alla storia. Rome: Salerno Editrice, 2023. 204 PP. Cloth 21€. ISBN: 9788869737794. Fascism died in …
Oral History: Mark A. Stoler
Narrator: Mark A. Stoler Interviewer: Skye Doney, Kilian Harrer Date: 15 June 2018 Transcribed by: Skye Doney Format: Audio Duration: 38 minutes, 55 seconds Mark A. Stoler biography: Mark A. Stoler is Professor Emeritus of …
Oral History: Alfred Kelly
Narrator: Alfred Kelly Interviewer: Skye Doney Date: 16 December 2022 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Total Time: 2 hours, 13 minutes, 35 Seconds Alfred Kelly Biography: Alfred Kelly is the Edgar B. Graves Professor of …
Yuan Chang, review of Nicolas Berg’s “The Holocaust and the West German Historians: Historical Interpretation and Autobiographical Memory”
Nicolas Berg. The Holocaust and the West German Historians: Historical Interpretation and Autobiographical Memory. Trans. and ed. Joel Golb. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2015. 346 PP. Paper $34.95. ISBN: 9780299300845. The Holocaust and the …
ANN: Then Came Armageddon – A Digital Exhibit
The struggle, grit, pain, and reality of life during the Great War – World War I – are brought into a new light as a unique online exhibition is unveiled at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. …
CFA: 2023 Mosse First Book Prize
Submission Period Now Open for George L. Mosse First Book Prize The University of Wisconsin Press and the George L. Mosse Program in History are pleased to announce that the submission period is now …
Emma Kuby, review of Elissa Mailänder’s “Amour, mariage, sexualité. Une histoire intime du nazisme (1930-1950)”
Elissa Mailänder. Amour, mariage, sexualité. Une histoire intime du nazisme (1930-1950). Paris: Éditions du Seuil, 2021. 512 PP. Paper €24.00. ISBN: 9782021459241. In 1995, an elderly Austrian woman stood before the photographic evidence of Nazi …
Oral History: Lawrence Baron
Narrator: Lawrence Baron Interviewer: Skye Doney Date: 20 December 2022 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Total Time: 1 hour, 57 minutes, 13 seconds Lawrence Baron Biography: Professor Emeritus Lawrence Baron held the Nasatir Chair of Modern …
Elisheva Carlebach, Mosse Lecture 03: Seminar- Records and the Forgotten Jewish Women
Gender and the Jewish Archive Lecture 1: The Jewish Archives of Early Modern Europe Lecture 2: Records and the Forgotten Jewish Women Lecture (seminar) 3: Jewish Court Records- Gender and “Jewish Autonomy” The venue …
Oral History: Gerda Lerner
Narrator: Gerda Lerner (1921-2013) Interviewer: Barry Teicher (1949-2016) Date: 18 and 22 November 2000 Transcribed by: Teresa Bergen Format: Audio Duration: 4 hours, 3 minutes Oral History Project Interview #554 Gerda Lerner Biography: Gerda Lerner …
Sean Andrew Wempe, review of Matthew Unangst’s “Colonial Geography: Race and Space in German East Africa, 1884-1905”
Matthew Unangst, Colonial Geography: Race and Space in German East Africa, 1884-1905. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2022. 320 PP. Cloth $85.00. ISBN: 9781487543402. Colonial Geography: Race and Space in German East Africa, 1884-1905 charts …
Christopher A. Molnar, review of Lauren Stokes’s “Fear of the Family: Guest Workers and Family Migration in the Federal Republic of Germany”
Lauren Stokes. Fear of the Family: Guest Workers and Family Migration in the Federal Republic of Germany. New York: Oxford University Press, 2022. 312 PP. Cloth $35.00. ISBN: 9780197558416. One morning in late August 2022, …