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Public Panel Discussion on the Legacies of the 1848/49 Revolution

Posted in Uncategorized on March 28, 2023| Leave a Comment »

[Edit 28 June 2023: The MLU’s department of history has published a short blog on the discussion here. The event was recorded and broadcast by MDR Kultur radio. The recording is available in full here.]

In the context of the 175-year anniversary of the revolutions of 1848/49, on June 15, the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg and the State Centre for Political Education Saxony-Anhalt host a public panel discussion on the current significance of these historical events. How can we engage with the revolutions’ legacies without reducing the complexities and ambivalences of this so called ‘milestone’ of German democratic history to a mere opportunity for self-gratulatory contentedness?

Discussants:

  • Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Hachtmann, Centre for Contemporary History, Potsdam
  • Prof. Dr. dr. h.c. Dieter Langewiesche, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen,
  • Prof. Dr. Hedwig Richter, University of the Bundeswehr, Munich
  • Prof. Dr. Manfred Hettling, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
  • Prof. Dr. Theo Jung, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg

All are welcome.

Date: June 15, 5 to 7 pm

Venue: Franckesche Stiftungen, Franckeplatz 1, Haus 1, Freylinghausen-Saal, 06110 Halle a.d. Saale

Funding: State Centre for Political Education Saxony-Anhalt.

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Stiftung Orte der deutschen Demokratiegeschichte

Posted in Honors, tagged , , on March 17, 2023| Leave a Comment »

I received notice that I’ve been appointed to the Advisory Board of the newly established Foundation Sites of German Democratic History (Stiftung Orte der deutschen Demokratiegeschichte).

The Foundation aims to promote consciousness of and public engagement with the eventful and complex history of German democracy in a Eurpean and global context. It was established by the German Bundestag in 2021. It is currently in development and will start its activities later this year.

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Exhibition on the Constitution of 1849 in the German Bundestag

Posted in Presentation, tagged , , on March 15, 2023| Leave a Comment »

On March 27, I’m invited to speak at the opening of a new exhibition in the Reichstag-building in Berlin. The exhibition addresses one of the major achievements of the 1848/49 revolution: the Imperial Constitution adopted by the National Assembly on 27 March 1849. It’s center piece is the original constitution document itself (one of three originals, actually, but the only parchment version), signed by 405 Members of Germany’s first national parliament.

More information on the exhibition, planned by Klaus Seidl and Hilmar Sack of the parliament’s scientific service, an be found here.

A catalogue is in the making and will be available soon through this link.

[Edit, March 29, 2023]: A short video capturing the ceremony, including a snippet from an interview I gave on the historical significance of the 1848 revolution, is to be found here.

[Edit, May 12, 2023]: A video of my talk is now available online through this link.

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