Thursday, February 11, 2005

14:00-15:00 Arrival

15:00
Welcome
Prof. Dr. Gunnar Berg, Leucorea Foundation Wittenberg
Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Grabbe, German Association for American Studies
PD Dr. Manfred Berg, Center for U.S. Studies, Leucorea Foundation Wittenberg

15:30
American History and International History
Chair: Prof. Dr. Ursula Lehmkuhl, Free University of Berlin

The American Welfare State in International Perspective
Dr. Anja Schüler, Humboldt University Berlin

Trouble in Sarkhan: "The Ugly American" Revisited
Dr. Andreas Etges, Free University of Berlin

16:30
Coffee Break

17:00
From 'Western Civ' to 'Cultural Wars': Teaching and Writing World
History at U.S. American Universities in the Twentieth Century.
PD Dr. Eckhardt Fuchs, University of Mannheim

18:30
Dinner

20:00
Keynote Lecture
Re-living the Past and Rethinking History
Professor David Thelen, Indiana University, Bloomington

Saturday, February 12, 2005

08:00
Breakfast

15:00
Workshops
I. Gender History
II. Political History and International Relations
III. Law and Politics in Society and Culture

10:30
Coffee Break

11:00
History and Memory
Chair: Dr. Andreas Etges, Free University of Berlin

Building Bridges Over the Widening Gulf Between Academic and Public
History Professionals. Historical Memory and 1930s America.
Professor Kriste Lindenmeyer, University of Maryland, Baltimore/University of Halle-Wittenberg
Dr. Sabine Schindler, University of Halle-Wittenberg

Personality and Historiography: Eyewitnesses, Audiences, and Historians
Kristina Scholz, MA, Free University of Berlin

12:30
Lunch

14:30
Slavery and Abolition
Chair: Prof. Dr. Heike Bungert, University of Cologne/University of Bremen

Slavery and Racism: The Origins Debate Revisited.
PD Dr. Manfred Berg, Center for U.S. Studies, Wittenberg

Testing Freedom on the Frontier-Edward Coles and the Issue of Slavery in the Old Northwest
Dr. Astrid Eckert, German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C.

16:30
Coffee Break

17:00
Ideologies of White Supremacy
Chair: Prof. Dr. Hans-Jürgen Grabbe, University of Halle-Wittenberg

Fiction, Historical Criticism, and Race: Thomas Dixon's The Flaming Sword
Professor John David Smith, University of North Carolina, Charlotte

White Resistance to Black Civil Rights
Professor Jane Dailey, University of Maryland, College Park/American Academy Berlin

18:30
Dinner

20:00
Business Meeting

Sunday, February 13, 2005

08:00
Breakfast

09:00
The Town and the City
Chair: PD Dr. Jürgen Martschukat, University of Hamburg

"A Remarkable Example for All Generations": The New England Town in American Historiography
Dr. Johannes Dillinger, University of Trier

"A Lady can't even walk without soiling her clothes!" Gender and Urban Space in New Orleans, 1900.
A. Nadine Klopfer, MA, University of Tübingen

10:30
Coffee Break

11:00
Culture and Religion
Chair: PD Dr. Volker Depkat, Free University of Berlin

The Forgotten Victorians or Why Historians Hate American 19th-Century Culture
PD Dr. Jessica Gienow-Hecht, University of Frankfurt/M.

Recent Developments in American Catholic Historiography
Prof. Dr. Michael Hochgeschwender, LM University of Munich

12:30
Concluding Remarks

12:45
Lunch, Departure