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Newsletter of the Eastern German Studies Association |
#27 (April 2000) |
Former EGSA President Henry Krisch hs retired from the University of Connecticut, but not from scholarship. He expects to remain active in the EGSA.
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The newsletter DESTA: Destabilization, Terrorism & Disinformation recently carried a report on Stasi activities in Scandinavia. With the permission of its editor, the issue is available on-line.
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Patrick Conley (Hrsg.): Features und Reportagen im Rundfunk der DDR. Tonträgerverzeichnis 1964-1991. 2. Aufl. Berlin 1999.
Gert-Joachim Glaessner, Demokratie und Politik in Deutschland, Opladen: Leske+Budrich, 1999 647pp.
Alan Nothnagle, Building the East German Myth: Historial Mythology and Youth Propaganda in the German Democratic Republic, 1945-1989 (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1999).
Bettina von Hoven-Ignanski, Made in the GDR: The changing geographies of women in the post-socialist rural society of Mecklenburg-West-Pommerania. The book, based on a doctoral thesis, explores women's experiences in rural areas under state socialism in the GDR and in the New Germany since 1989. A key concern is to evaluate how dominant patriarchal power structures have impacted upon women's everyday lives under socialism and captialism. For more information, email: c.postma@frw.rug.nl.
The latest issues of the SAPMO library's list of its holdings include:
Randy Bytwerk can provide a photocopy for those find a particular issue interesting.
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I am pursuing a project to evaluate to influence of the Spanish Civil War on the politics and culture of the GDR. Dozens of leaders and writers, like Ludwig Renn, Hans Kahle (Police Chief in Mecklenburg), Hans Beimler, Wilhelm Zaisser (Minister of State Security), Franz Dahlem (Central Committee of the SED), Alfred Neumann (Basic Industry), Walter Ulbricht, Anton Ackermann (Ministry for Political Education), Friedrich Dickel (Minister of the Interior) , Paul Verner (Deputy Chairman of the Council of State), Heinrich Rau (Ministry of Trade), Richard Staimer (Ministry of National Defense), Erich Mielke (General of the Army) -- all fought in the International Brigades. I am looking for additional examples, especially writers and cultural icons. What factories, bridges, or monuments are named for former Spanish Civil War vets? I would appreciate any advice and information.
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President:
Laurence McFalls
Department de science politique
Université de Montreal
C.P. 6128
succursale Centre-ville
Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7
Canada
Email: laurence.mcfalls@umontreal.ca
Past-President:
Henry Krisch
Dept. of Political Science
University of Connecticut
341 Mansfield Road
Storrs, CT 06269-102
Phone: (860) 486-5334
Fax: (860) 486-3347
Email: henryk@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Membership and Treasurer:
Newsletter:
Randall Bytwerk
CAS Department
Calvin College
3201 Burton SE
Grand Rapids, MI 49546
Phone: (616) 957-6286
Fax: (616) 957-6601
Members- at-Large:
Scott Gissendanner
Potsdamer St. 82
15711 Koenigs Wusterhausen; Germany
Germany
Email: gissendanner@t-online.de
Aprill 2000 EGSA Newsletter
Last updated 27 April 2000
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Calvin College
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