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Russian and Eurasian Studies
July 9, 2020
Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg
A New History of the International Military Tribunal after World War II
Francine Hirsch
Hosted by J. Stackhouse
How did an authoritarian regime help lay the cornerstones of human rights and international law? Soviet Judgment at Nuremberg: A New History of the International Military Tribunal after World War …
European Studies
July 8, 2020
November 1918
The German Revolution
Robert Gerwarth
Hosted by J. Stackhouse
Was Weimar doomed from the outset? In November 1918: The German Revolution (Oxford University Press, 2020), Robert Gerwarth argues that this is the wrong question to ask. Forget 1929 and …
Eastern European Studies
March 27, 2020
Retreat from Moscow
A New History of Germany's Winter Campaign, 1941-1942
David Stahel
Hosted by J. Stackhouse
Germany’s winter campaign of 1941–1942 is commonly seen as the Wehrmacht's first defeat. In Retreat from Moscow: A New History of Germany's Winter Campaign, 1941-1942 (FSG, 2019), David Stahel argues …
German Studies
March 13, 2020
Disruptive Power
Catholic Women, Miracles, and Politics in Modern Germany, 1918-1965
Michael O’Sullivan
Hosted by J. Stackhouse
How did Catholic mysticism shape politics and religion in 20th-century Germany? What do seers, stigmatics, and Marian apparitions reveal about broader cultural trends? Michael O’Sullivan’s award winning new book examines …
Eastern European Studies
January 22, 2020
West Germany and the Iron Curtain
Environment, Economy, and Culture in the Borderlands
Astrid Eckert
Hosted by J. Stackhouse
How did the Iron Curtain shape the Federal Republic of Germany? How did the internal border become a proving ground for rival ideologies? West Germany and the Iron Curtain: Environment …
American Studies
November 20, 2019
Forgotten Bastards of the Eastern Front
American Airmen behind the Soviet Lines and the Collapse of the Grand Alliance
Serhii Plokhy
Hosted by J. Stackhouse
What happened when Americans and Soviets fought alongside one another against Hitler? How did relations at Poltava airbase reveal cracks in the Grand Alliance? Serhii Plokhy tells the story of …
Eastern European Studies
September 19, 2019
Making Prussians, Raising Germans
A Cultural History of Prussian State-Building after Civil War, 1866-1935
Jasper Heinzen
Hosted by J. Stackhouse
How does civil war shape state building and national identity over the long term? What do the underlying conflicts between Hanoverians and the Prussian state reveal about the course of …
German Studies
June 27, 2019
1931
Debt, Crisis, and the Rise of Hitler
Tobias Straumann
Hosted by J. Stackhouse
What can we learn from the financial crisis that brought Hitler to power? How did diplomatic deadlock fuel the rise of authoritarianism? Tobias Straumann shares vital insights with 1931: Debt …
European Studies
January 18, 2019
Journalists between Hitler and Adenauer
From Inner Emigration to the Moral Reconstruction of West Germany
Volker Berghahn
Hosted by J. Stackhouse
What can the lives of journalists under Hitler and Adenauer reveal? How did they navigate the Third Reich as "internal emigrants"? How did the emerging Cold War shape new tensions …
German Studies
December 26, 2018
Hunt for Nazis
South America's Dictatorships and the Prosecution of Nazi Crimes
Daniel Stahl
Hosted by J. Stackhouse
How did the search for Nazi fugitives become a vehicle to oppose South American dictatorships? Daniel Stahl’s award-winning new book traces the story of three continents over the course of …
Art
November 20, 2018
Weimar Germany
Promise and Tragedy
Eric D. Weitz
Hosted by J. Stackhouse
What can the Weimar Republic teach us about how democracies fail? How could the same vibrancy that gave us cultural touchstones spawn Nazism? In his new book Weimar Germany: Promise …
German Studies
September 27, 2018
Reckonings
Legacies of Nazi Persecution and the Quest for Justice
Mary Fulbrook
Hosted by J. Stackhouse
What voices have been silenced in the history of the Holocaust? How did victims and perpetrators make sense of their experiences? How did the failed pursuit of post-war justice shape …