*BERLIN Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989, *GERMANS, *CONFERENCES & conventions, EAST German history
Abstract
Information about several papers discussed at a conference entitled "Remembering and Rethinking the GDR. Multiple Perspectives and Plural Authenticities," held September 8-10, 2010 at Bangor University in Bangor, Great Britain and sponsored by the "After the Wall" Network is presented. Topics include the collective memory of the army of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), events in Berlin, Germany in 2009 commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall, and East German immigrants in Australia.
*URBAN planning, *TWENTIETH century, *CONFERENCES & conventions, *HISTORY of urban planning, 20TH century urban planning
Abstract
The article reports on the conference "Der Kult des großen Plans um 1910: Gestaltung von Metropolen in historischer Perspektive," held on November 25-26, 2010, at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany. The conference discussed philosophies and standards of urban planning in the early 20th century in cross-cultural perspective, with papers focusing on various cities, including Chicago, Illinois, Vienna, Austria, and Canberra, Australia.
The article reports on the panel "Grenzmissverständnisse in der Globalgeschichtsschreibung (ca. 1500-1900)" at the Deutscher Historikertag (Annual Meeting of the Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands [VDH, German Historians' Association]), from September 28 to October 1, 2010, in Berlin. Several papers on the concepts of borders and frontiers in European imperialism and colonialism in Asia, Africa, and Australia, from the perspective of global history, were presented.
Published
2011
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