Tagung "Public History in Germany and the United States. Fields, Developments and Debates in Praxis and Theory"
The Friedrich Meinecke Institute and the John F. Kennedy Institute at the Freie Universität Berlin together with the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC were hosting a conference on “Public History in Germany and the United States” in June 2009. Recognizing the prominence of public history in the United States, its focus was on Germany and the United States in a comparative perspective. Sponsors also included the Embassy of the United States of America and the Center for Area Studies at the Freie Universität Berlin.
Veranstalter: Paul Nolte, Friedrich-Meinecke-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin; Andreas Etges, John-F.-Kennedy-Institut, Freie Universität Berlin; Anke Ortlepp, German Historical Institute, Washington DC
Datum, Ort: 25.06.2009-27.06.2009, Berlin
Welcome speeches
Paul Nolte
Anke Ortlepp
Session 1 – Contested Memories, History and the Public
Chair: Andreas Etges
Kathleen Franz “A Report from the Trenches. Training the Next Generation of Public Historians”
Leora Auslander “State-sponsored Memorialization of Domestic Shame in Germany and the U.S.: Commemoration of what and for whom?”
Keynote
Lonnie Bunch “Creating a National Museum: The Challenge of Interpreting Race in American Museums”
Session 2 – Policy of History in Museums and Exhibitions
Chair: Anke Ortlepp
Erik Christiansen “A National Shrine: American History at the Cold War Smithsonian”
Jacob S. Eder “No ‘Kind Words’ about the Federal Republic? The Kohl Government and the United States Holocaust Memorial”
Warren Rosenblum “Justice Accused & Amended: Exhibits on Law and Civil Liberties in the U.S. and Germany”
Katja Roeckner “Industrial Museums and Economic Structural Change”
Session 3 – Landscape and Memory
Chair: Marcus M. Payk
David Glassberg “Public History Projects in Landscape and Memory”
Elizabeth H. Lambert “The Best and Worst Place in German History: Contested Memory of Weimarer Klassik and Gedenkstätte Buchenwald”
Janet Ward “Signs of Rubble and Reconstruction: German and American Memorialisation of War, Terror and Sacrifice”
Session 4 – History of the Lost Cause
Chair: Hanno Hochmuth
Jon Berndt Olsen “Re-Tailoring Truth: Post-Unification Debates on Places of Memory in Eastern Germany”
David A. Zonderman “Myths, Memories, and History: Teaching Public History in the American South”
Session 5 – Politics and Public History
Chair: Christine Gundermann
Joseph P. Harahan “Public Historians and the U.S. Government: Documenting, Interpreting, and Disseminating Federal History”
Arnita A. Jones “Public History as Policy History: The U.S. Federal Government as a Case Study”
Martin Sabrow “History and Politics in United Germany. The GDR Case”
Session 6 – Selling History
Chair: Paul Nolte
Dietmar Pieper “The ever-present past. A short history of SPIEGEL GESCHICHTE”
Hanno Hochmuth “HisTourism. Public History and Berlin Tourism”
Tagungsberichte:
Fiona Würthner (wie auch auf H-Soz-u-Kult)
