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GERMAN HISTORICAL INSTITUTE LONDON in cooperation with the
SEMINAR IN MODERN GERMAN HISTORY INSTITUTE OF HISTORICAL RESEARCH University of London, School of Advanced Study
MICHAEL WILDT (Berlin)
The Individual and the Community: New Research on the History of National Socialism ANNUAL LECTURE OF THE GERMAN HISTORY SOCIETY IN LONDON to be held at the German Historical Institute London, Seminar Room on Thursday, 29 May 2014, at 5.30 p.m. Historiography has long focused on the National Socialist regime’s structures and methods of rule. More recent research, by contrast, concentrates on the role of society, highlighting consent and cooperation, perpetrating and participating, relations between the public and private spheres, and processes of individualization and collectivization. These recent studies are inspired by such approaches as the cultural history of the political and the history of emotions, and incorporate sources such as photographs and diaries.
Michael Wildt is Professor of Twentieth-Century German History at the Humboldt University in Berlin. He specializes in the history of National Socialism, the Holocaust, and violence and political orders in the twentieth century. His main publications include An Uncompromising Generation: The Nazi Leadership of the Reich Security Main Office (2009); and Hitler’s Volksgemeinschaft and the Dynamics of Racial Exclusion: Violence against Jews in Provincial Germany, 1919–1939 (2012). Please check for any last minute changes on 020 7309 2050 (tel.) or visit: http://www.ghil.ac.uk This lecture will be held at the German Historical Institute London 17 Bloomsbury Square, LONDON WC1A 2NJ. Tea is served from 5.00 p.m. in the Common Room, and wine is available afterwards. Guided tours of the Library are available one hour before the lecture.