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Rose Weithaus, “How George L. Mosse’s Scholarship Speaks to the Importance of History Today”
In May of 2021, I was hired as an intern for the George L. Mosse Program. My job was to make existing oral histories, including those recorded with people who knew and worked with George …
George L. Mosse interview with Jost Hermand: 19 May 1992
Professors Carol Poore and Marc Silberman found the following cassette in Professor Jost Hermand’s home after he passed away on 9 October 2021. Recorded on 19 May 1992, Professor Hermand asks George L. Mosse about …
Oral History: Paul Soglin
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, …
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. …
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 …