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“Violence and the Law in German Cultures of Modernity”
Germany's violent modern history has elicited much scholarship focusing directly on violence, but considerably less on how legal culture reacted to, curbed, enacted, legitimated, or (after regime change) judged it.
This seminar explores the relationship between German legal culture, violence, dictatorship, and democracy along two axes: the “external legal culture of the society and the “internal legal culture of the professionals who perform technical legal tasks.
Concerning external legal culture, the seminar examines basic assumptions about justice, order, legitimacy, security, individual freedom, the neutrality of the law, and other foundational ideas held in the general culture or by important sub-groups within it. Was there a specifically German conception of the rule of law? How did it relate to state authority? In what ways was 1933 a continuity or break in a longer legal tradition? These and other questions might be examined in sessions focusing on specific cultural artifacts such as: famous trials; legal causes célèbres; the representation of law in literature, stage, and film; media coverage; and political mobilization around legal controversies. Internal legal culture raises questions about the corporative nature of the legal establishment, and of course about its resistance to or encouragement of legally questionable state actions. Focal themes might include topics such as: Wilhelminian “class justice”; the campaign to defend Imperial Germany’s alleged war crimes in World War I; the “blind eye” of Weimar judges; Carl Schmitt and the exception; the deformation of law in the Third Reich and the DDR; the break or continuity after 1945; the “emergency laws” of 1968, etc. These explorations will permit an extended reconsideration of law’s relation to violence, state coercion, and democracy in Germany. Though the seminar focuses on modern Germany since 1871, participants with research projects concerning violence and law in earlier German cultures will also be welcome, as their insights and perspectives will provide useful points of comparison for group discussion.
This seminar will take place June 14–July 23, 2010 at Cornell University.
Seminar Director: Isabel V. Hull, John Stambaugh Professor of History, Cornell University, and Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Eligibility Requirements
Postdocs who have received their degrees within the past two years at accredited US and Canadian institutions of higher education are invited to apply.
Preference will be given to candidates who have not previously attended one of the summer seminars or received a DAAD grant within the past three years.
Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada. Permanent residents must have been affiliated with a United States or Canadian institution in full-time employment for at least five consecutive years, German nationals for at least six years.
Participants are expected to have an active interest in German intellectual and cultural history.
A reading knowledge of German is advisable.
Tuition
There is a $50 course fee.
Terms of Award
DAAD awards a small number of grants of $3,200 to cover tuition, travel and room and board during the seminar. The duration of the seminar is typically four to six weeks.
Seminar Requirements
Participants are required to attend all seminar sessions and to participate actively in the work of the seminar. Work-in-progress of participants and guests will be discussed. A written report is expected within four weeks of the end of the seminar.
Application Guidelines
All parts of the application must be typewritten or computer-generated and submitted in duplicate (original and one copy).
Please do not staple any of the application materials.
A complete application consists of the following parts:
- DAAD application form entitled "Interdisciplinary Summer Seminar in German Studies.” Please answer all questions on the form, even if you refer to additional material
- Curriculum vitae
- Complete list of publications
- A detailed statement explaining why the applicant wants to attend the seminar
- One letter of recommendation
All application materials to be sent to Professor Isabel V. Hull at Cornell University.
The application deadline: March 15, 2010
Questions?
For further information about the seminar content or to apply, please contact Prof. Isabel V. Hull at Cornell University. For other seminar-related questions, please contact Olga Petrova at Cornell University’s Institute for German Cultural Studies.
Prof. Isabel V. Hull
Department of History
Cornell University
450 McGraw Hall
Ithaca NY 14853-4601
Phone: (607) 255-6747 (607) 255-6747
Fax: (607) 255-0469
e-mail: Prof. Isabel V. Hull[ivh1@cornell.edu]
Olga Petrova, Assistant to the Director
Institute for German Cultural Studies
Cornell University
726 University Avenue
Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: (607) 255-8408 (607) 255-8408
Fax: (607) 255-6585
e-mail: Olga Petrova [ogp2@cornell.edu]
Please quote Scholarization.blogspot.com as your reference when applying for this opportunity
“Violence and the Law in German Cultures of Modernity”
Germany's violent modern history has elicited much scholarship focusing directly on violence, but considerably less on how legal culture reacted to, curbed, enacted, legitimated, or (after regime change) judged it.
This seminar explores the relationship between German legal culture, violence, dictatorship, and democracy along two axes: the “external legal culture of the society and the “internal legal culture of the professionals who perform technical legal tasks.
Concerning external legal culture, the seminar examines basic assumptions about justice, order, legitimacy, security, individual freedom, the neutrality of the law, and other foundational ideas held in the general culture or by important sub-groups within it. Was there a specifically German conception of the rule of law? How did it relate to state authority? In what ways was 1933 a continuity or break in a longer legal tradition? These and other questions might be examined in sessions focusing on specific cultural artifacts such as: famous trials; legal causes célèbres; the representation of law in literature, stage, and film; media coverage; and political mobilization around legal controversies. Internal legal culture raises questions about the corporative nature of the legal establishment, and of course about its resistance to or encouragement of legally questionable state actions. Focal themes might include topics such as: Wilhelminian “class justice”; the campaign to defend Imperial Germany’s alleged war crimes in World War I; the “blind eye” of Weimar judges; Carl Schmitt and the exception; the deformation of law in the Third Reich and the DDR; the break or continuity after 1945; the “emergency laws” of 1968, etc. These explorations will permit an extended reconsideration of law’s relation to violence, state coercion, and democracy in Germany. Though the seminar focuses on modern Germany since 1871, participants with research projects concerning violence and law in earlier German cultures will also be welcome, as their insights and perspectives will provide useful points of comparison for group discussion.
This seminar will take place June 14–July 23, 2010 at Cornell University.
Seminar Director: Isabel V. Hull, John Stambaugh Professor of History, Cornell University, and Elected Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Eligibility Requirements
Postdocs who have received their degrees within the past two years at accredited US and Canadian institutions of higher education are invited to apply.
Preference will be given to candidates who have not previously attended one of the summer seminars or received a DAAD grant within the past three years.
Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States or Canada. Permanent residents must have been affiliated with a United States or Canadian institution in full-time employment for at least five consecutive years, German nationals for at least six years.
Participants are expected to have an active interest in German intellectual and cultural history.
A reading knowledge of German is advisable.
Tuition
There is a $50 course fee.
Terms of Award
DAAD awards a small number of grants of $3,200 to cover tuition, travel and room and board during the seminar. The duration of the seminar is typically four to six weeks.
Seminar Requirements
Participants are required to attend all seminar sessions and to participate actively in the work of the seminar. Work-in-progress of participants and guests will be discussed. A written report is expected within four weeks of the end of the seminar.
Application Guidelines
All parts of the application must be typewritten or computer-generated and submitted in duplicate (original and one copy).
Please do not staple any of the application materials.
A complete application consists of the following parts:
- DAAD application form entitled "Interdisciplinary Summer Seminar in German Studies.” Please answer all questions on the form, even if you refer to additional material
- Curriculum vitae
- Complete list of publications
- A detailed statement explaining why the applicant wants to attend the seminar
- One letter of recommendation
All application materials to be sent to Professor Isabel V. Hull at Cornell University.
The application deadline: March 15, 2010
Questions?
For further information about the seminar content or to apply, please contact Prof. Isabel V. Hull at Cornell University. For other seminar-related questions, please contact Olga Petrova at Cornell University’s Institute for German Cultural Studies.
Prof. Isabel V. Hull
Department of History
Cornell University
450 McGraw Hall
Ithaca NY 14853-4601
Phone: (607) 255-6747 (607) 255-6747
Fax: (607) 255-0469
e-mail: Prof. Isabel V. Hull[ivh1@cornell.edu]
Olga Petrova, Assistant to the Director
Institute for German Cultural Studies
Cornell University
726 University Avenue
Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: (607) 255-8408 (607) 255-8408
Fax: (607) 255-6585
e-mail: Olga Petrova [ogp2@cornell.edu]
Please quote Scholarization.blogspot.com as your reference when applying for this opportunity
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