Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that Esther Isaac will present her chapter draft, “Commemoration and Claims to the City at Père-Lachaise and Waldheim Cemeteries” at a joint session of the Transnational Approaches to Modern Europe Workshop and the American History and Culture Workshop next Wednesday, May 8. The session will take place in the John Hope Franklin Room (SSRB 224), […]

Dear all,   We are looking forward to seeing you all next week for our second workshop of the spring quarter. We will be meeting in the John Hope Franklin Room (SSRB 224) on Wednesday, April 3, from 4:00 to 5:30 PM.   Elena Hoffenberg will be presenting her conference paper, “A Family of Credit or Credit for the Family? […]

Hello all, Please join the Transnational Approaches to Modern Europe Workshop next Thursday, March 21st, 4:00–5:30 pm, for our first session of Spring Quarter 2024. We will be discussing Ksenia Podvoiskaia‘s dissertation chapter, “Re-inventing the Schoolmaster: Teacher Training in early 19th century London.” Laura Cremer will serve as the respondent. Ksenia’s paper is available on the TAMEW Canvas page, as well […]

Thank you all for a fruitful and engaging Winter Quarter at the Transnational Approaches to Modern Europe Workshop! We are pleased to announce our schedule for this upcoming spring below. *** Transnational Approaches to Modern Europe Workshop Wednesdays, 4:00–5:30 PM Coordinators: Tahel Goldsmith and Rebecca Epstein-Boley Spring 2024 Thursday, March 21 – Week 1 (History Day) Ksenia […]

Dear friends, We’re looking forward to seeing you all for our final workshop session of winter quarter to discuss Laura Cremer’s dissertation chapter, Wörishofen and Monte Verità: The Business of Bringing Bodies “Back to Nature.” Rebecca Epstein-Boley will serve as discussant. Please join us this upcoming Wednesday, February 21st, from 4:00 to 5:30 PM, in Pick […]

Dear colleagues, We’re looking forward to seeing you all this upcoming Wednesday for another workshop session of Transnational Approaches to Modern Europe. We will be discussing an article by Ofer Ashkenazi, Associate Professor of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, entitled “Home as a Symbol of Migration: The Optimistic Melancholy of the Meyer Family’s Photo Album.” Professor Leora Auslander, Associate Chair, Department of Race, Diaspora, […]

Please join us for the next session of the Transnational Approaches to Modern Europe workshops as we welcome our very own Alice Goff, Assistant Professor of German History and the College, for a panel and discussion on her new book The God Behind the Marble: The Fate of Art in the German Aesthetic State (University […]

Dear colleagues, We’re looking forward to seeing you all this upcoming Wednesday for our first workshop session of Winter Quarter. We will be discussing Tahel Goldsmith‘s dissertation chapter “Beyond the Authentic: The Peripheries of Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum, 1945-2004.” Brigitte McFarland will serve as discussant, and this will be a joint session with the Jewish Studies workshop. The workshop session will take place […]

Dear Colleagues, Thank you all for an engaging and successful fall quarter at the Transnational Approaches to Modern Europe Workshop. Please find the complete schedule for the upcoming Winter 2024 quarter below. As always, please feel free to reach out to us with any questions or concerns. We’ll see you soon in the new year! […]

Dear Colleagues, Please join the Transnational Approaches to Modern Europe Workshop next Wednesday, November 15th, for our fourth session of Autumn Quarter 2023. The workshop will take place from 4:00 to 5:30 PM in the John Hope Franklin Room (Social Sciences Research Building, Room 224). We are excited to have Hannah Wiemer, visiting postdoctoral scholar […]