James Retallack

Invited Lectures, Conference Papers, Commentaries, etc. (1984-2004)

· Invited commentator, Section II, “Citizenship and Its Borders,” at the conference “Citizenship and National Identity in Twentieth-Century Germany,” Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford University, 10-12 September 2004.

· “The Heydebrand-Westarp Correspondence 1911-1920: What Does It Tell Us?” invited paper presented at the conference “‘Ich bin der letzte Preusse’: Kuno Graf von Westarp und die deutsche Politik,” Gärtringen, Germany, 21-23 May 2004.

· Invited Faculty Mentor, Tenth Transatlantic Doctoral Seminar, “German History in the Short Nineteenth Century, 1790-1890,” sponsored by the German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C., and the BMW Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University, held at the University of Tübingen, 28 April - 1 May 2004.

· “Making the Enemy German: Peacemaking and National Identity after the Civil War of 1866,” paper presented at the symposium “Making Germany,” The Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, 16 April 2004.

· “‘Something magical in the name of Prussia…’ British Perspectives on German Nation-Building during the Prussian ‘Rape’ of Dresden in 1866,” paper presented to the Graduate / Faculty Seminar in European Studies, Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, 25 September 2003.

Differing versions of this talk (in English and German) were presented …

· as an invited paper to the Sonderforschungsbereich 437, „Kriegserfahrungen, Krieg und Gesellschaft in der Neuzeit,” at the University of Tübingen, 20 June 2003

· as a public lecture at the University of Göttingen, 17 June 2003

· as an invited paper at the University of Augsburg, 19 November 2002

· as an invited paper at the conference, “The Two Unifications of Germany: A Comparative Analysis,” European Research Institute, University of Birmingham, 19-21 September 2002

· “1900,” paper presented in the session “Turning Points in German History” at the Annual Meeting of the German Studies Association, New Orleans, 18-21 September 2003.

· “Commentary” delivered for the panel “The State, Parties, and Politics,” at the conference “Gendering Modern German History,” Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, 21-23 March 2003.

· “Power / Culture / Territoriality: ‘Doing’ German Regional History Today,” invited paper presented at Tulane University, New Orleans, 12 April 2002.

· “Identity-, Culture-, and Nation-Building, Writ Small,” paper presented in the session “Politics, Culture, Gender: Small Subjects Bow before the State?” at the Symposium “Local History as Total History,” Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, 25 February 2002.

· “Local History and histoire totale: Differences and Transitions,” opening remarks presented at the Symposium “Local History as Total History,” Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, 25 February 2002.

· “A Saxon ‘Moment’ in German Regional History,” invited paper presented in Workshop no. 2, “Democratic Thought in German Historiography 1918-1960,” at the Colloquium for Humboldt Fellows in Canada, National Research Council, Ottawa, 18-20 May 2001.

· “Patronage, Privilege, and Political Elites in Saxon Cities: Who Could Vote for Whom?” (co-authored with Thomas Adam), invited paper presented at the international symposium “Philanthropy, Patronage, and Urban Politics: Transatlantic Transfers between Europe and North America in the 19th and 20th Century,” held at the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, 3-5 May 2001.

· “Party Ideology and Popular Politics: Rhetoric, Reality, and the Advent of ‘Mass’ Politics,” invited commentary delivered at the Graduate Student Workshop "Challenges to Political Parties since 1870: A Multidisciplinary Retrospective," held at the Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, 20-21 April 2001.

· “Symbolic Territoriality and the Problem of Culture: Methodological Reflections,” invited paper presented at the Institute for German Studies, University of Birmingham, 14 December 2000.

· “Defending Deutschtum in the Provinces: Noble and Bourgeois Antisemites in Imperial Germany,” invited paper presented in Session III, “Aristocratic and Bourgeois Antagonists,” at the Symposium “From Emancipation to Restitution: Jews in German Society and Politics, 1800-2000,” held at the Munk Centre for International Studies, University of Toronto, 12 September 2000.

· “Regional Identities and German Memory Cultures,” invited paper presented to the Third Midwest German History Workshop, held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, 19-21 November 1999.

· “Kultur, Politische Kultur und Regionenbezogene Identifikationsprozesse: Neuere Forschungen zum Thema ‘Sachsen in Deutschland’”, invited paper presented to the Sonderforschungsbereich 417, „Regionenbezogene Identifikationsprozesse. Das Beispiel Sachsen“, 4 October 1999.

· “Demagogentum auf dem politischen Massenmarkt vor und nach dem Umbruch 1918/19.” Invited paper presented at the conference, “Deutsche Umbrüche im 20. Jahrhundert,” sponsored by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bamberg, 14-18 March 1999.

· “Suffrage Reform, Corporatist Society, and the Authoritarian State: Saxon Transitions in the 1860s.” Invited paper presented at the conference, "Memory, Democracy, and the Mediated Nation: Political Cultures and Regional Identities in Germany, 1848-1998," held at the University of Toronto, 18-20 September 1998.

· "Doing Regional History in Eastern Germany: The View from the South." Invited paper presented at the conference "Continent in Change: Canadian Perspectives on German and European Studies," held at the Canadian Centre for German and European Studies, York University, Toronto, 3-5 April 1998.

· “Regional Electoral Cultures and the ‘West-Bias’ — Bouncing Comparisons Off the Wall,” Invited paper for the session “Germany between East and West: Dissolving the Boundaries?”, paper presented at the Midwest German History Workshop, held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 8-9 November 1997.

· “Civil Society, Suffrage Reform, and the Authoritarian State: Saxon Transitions to Modernity in the Era of Unification.” Conference paper presented at the German Studies Association, Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., 28 September 1997.

· “‘1866 and All That’ — the Birth of (Modern) (Mass) Politics in Germany?” Invited graduate-faculty colloquium paper presented at the Institut für Neuere Geschichte, University of Munich, 11 June 1997.

· “Demagogentum, Populismus, Volkstümlichkeit. Überlegungen zur ‘Popularitätshascherei’ auf dem politischen Massenmarkt des Kaiserreichs.” Invited graduate-faculty colloquium paper presented at the Ruhr-University Bochum, 5 June 1997.

· “Politische Kultur in der Region.” Invited conference paper delivered at the colloquium “Regionale politische Kultur in Mittel-, Ost- und Südosteuropa” held at the Zentrum für Höhere Studien / Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Zentrum, held at the University of Leipzig, 23 May 1997.

· “‘Why Can’t a Saxon be More Like a Prussian?’ Regional Identities and the Birth of Modern Political Culture in Germany, 1866-71.” Conference paper presented at German Studies Association, Annual Meeting, Chicago, 24 September 1995.

· “‘Why Can’t a Saxon be More Like a Prussian?’ Regional Identity and Political Culture in Germany after 1866.” Invited research colloquium paper, Institute of Historical Research, University of London, 1 June 1994.

· “Die ‘liberalen’ Konservativen? Konservatismus und Antisemitismus im industrialisierten Sachsen.” Invited conference paper, delivered at the conference, “Sachsen im Umbruch?,” held at the Historical Institute, Technical University Dresden, 26 May 1995.

· “Herrenmenschen und Demagogentum: Konservatismus und Antisemitismus in Sachsen am Vorabend des ersten Weltkrieges.” Invited research colloquium paper, delivered at the Department of Political Science (Otto Suhr Institute), Free University Berlin, 24 May 1995.

· “Politische Kultur in regional- und nationalgeschichtlicher Perspektive.” Invited conference paper delivered at the workshop “Wahl- und Wahlrechtskämpfe im regionalen Vergleich,” held at the Historische Kommission zu Berlin, 10-11 June 1994.

· “Why Can’t a Saxon be More Like a Prussian? Regional Identity and Political Culture in Germany after 1866.” Invited seminar paper presented at the University of Cologne, May 1994.

· “Political Culture and Regional History: The Case of Saxony.” Invited colloquium paper presented at the University of Düsseldorf, May 1994.

· “Electoral Politics in Local and Regional Perspective: the Kingdom of Saxony in the Kaiserreich.” Invited colloquium paper presented at the University of Bielefeld, November 1993.

· “German Conservatism Reconsidered: Old Problems and New Directions.” Invited paper presented (with Larry Eugene Jones) to the graduate and faculty seminar in European history at the State University of New York, Buffalo, April 1993.

· Invited Discussant, German Academic Exchange Service Symposium: “German Studies in Canada,” held in Victoria, British Columbia, November 1990.

· “Electoral Politics, Franchise Questions, and Anti-Socialist Solidarity in Imperial Germany.” Paper presented at the conference, “Elections, Mass Politics, and Social Change in Germany, 1890-1945: New Perspectives,” held at the University of Toronto, 20-22 April 1990.

· “Paradigms and ‘P-Words’: Populism, Participation, and Propaganda in the Kaiserreich.” Invited paper delivered at the conference, “The Kaiserreich in the 1990s: New Research, New Directions, New Agendas,” held at the University of Pennsylvania, 23-25 February 1990.

· “Against Revolution, Mammon, and the Jews: Right-wing Publicists in Germany, 1780-1920.” Paper presented to the graduate-faculty colloquium, Department of History, University of Toronto, 15 Nov. 1989.

· “Konservativer Journalismus und Antisemitismus im 19. Jahrhundert.” Invited seminar paper presented at the Institut für Journalismus, Universität Dortmund, 28 May 1989.

· “Propaganda, the Press, and Right-Wing Political Ideology in Germany, 1789-1918.” Invited conference paper delivered at the Annual General Meeting of the German History Society, London, October 1988.

· “Blue Pencil: Conservative Editors and Newspapers in Nineteenth-Century Germany.” Conference paper presented at the German Studies Association, Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, October 1988.

· “Anti-Socialist Solidarity and Franchise Questions in German Electoral Politics, 1871-1914,” American Historical Association Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., December 1987.

· “The Right-Wing Press and Regional Politics in Imperial Germany,” History Faculty Colloquium, University of Alberta, October 1986.

· “Conservative Volkspartei in the Diaspora: Anti-Semitism and the Conservative Appeal in South-West Germany,” German Studies Association Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, September 1986.

· “Weimar Culture,” invited lecture, Royal Roads Military College, Victoria, January 1986.

· “‘I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore’: German Junkers React to the Universal Franchise,” History Faculty Colloquium, University of Alberta, November 1985.

· “Conservative Popularizers and Political Participation in the Kaiserreich,” Junior Faculty Research Seminar, Stanford University, May 1985.

· “Demagoguery or Governmentalism? The Dilemma of German Conservatism in the Wilhelmine Era,” American Historical Association, Annual Meeting, Chicago, December 1984.

· “Conservative Mobilisers and the ‘Politics of Notables’ in Imperial Germany,” German Studies Association, Annual Meeting, Denver, October 1984.

· “Reformist Conservatives, Agrarian Demagogues, and His Majesty‘s Government in Pre-1914 Germany,” Canadian Historical Association, Annual Meeting, Guelph, June 1984.

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