Le divan historique
Le divan historique (German: The historical sofa ) is a series of events on German contemporary history . It takes place four times a year, alternating between the German Historical Institute Paris (DHI) and the Goethe Institute Paris.
Story and concept
In 2014, the Goethe-Institut Paris, the DHI Paris, the LabEx EHNE (Ecrire une Histoire nouvelle de l'Europe) and the Université de Lorraine (CEGIL) decided on a new event format to present new publications and research discussions on contemporary German history to a French audience present. Together with the author, Corine Defrance , Ulrich Pfeil and a changing third commentator discuss the publication in order to define its special status in the research landscape. In the interests of the organizing institutions, this event format sees itself as a forum to promote the dialogue between different scientific cultures and to contribute to an internationally oriented historiography . In addition to established representatives of the subject, the “Divan historique” also wants to give young scientists the opportunity to present the results of their research.
Events
- November 13, 2014: Ulrich Herbert , History of Germany in the 20th Century, Comment: Christian Ingrao
- March 31, 2015: Karl Schlögel , Le Berlin russe, Comment: Catherine Goussef
- May 11, 2015: Heinrich-August Winkler , History of the West, Comment: Robert Frank
- June 2, 2015: Andreas Wirsching , Democracy and Globalization. Europe since 1989, Comment: Reiner Marcowitz
- October 19, 2015: Leonie Treber, Myth of rubble women , Comment: Patrick Farge
- May 9, 2016: Philipp Ther , The new order on the old continent. A history of neoliberal Europe, comment: Jakob Vogel
- October 17, 2016: Andreas Rödder , 21.0: A Brief History of the Present, Comment: Bettina Severin-Barboutier
- November 21, 2016: Gunter Hofmann , Helmut Schmidt - Soldier, Chancellor, Icon, Commentary: Hélène Miard-Delacroix
- December 1, 2016: Maren Röger, War Relations: Intimacy, Violence and Prostitution in Occupied Poland 1939 to 1945, Comment: Stefan Martens
- February 9, 2017: Martin Sabrow , Erich Honecker . Life Before 1912–1945, Commentary: Anne Kwaschik
- April 3, 2017: Kristina Meyer, The SPD and the Nazi Past 1945–1990, Commentary: Valérie Robert
- September 25, 2017: Anna Kaminsky, Women in the GDR , Comment: Anne-Laure Briatte
- November 20, 2017: Wolfgang Reinhard , The Submission of the World: Global History of European Expansion 1415–2015, Commentary: Thomas Maissen
- February 12, 2018: Katrin Hammerstein, Shared past - separate memories ? The National Socialism in memory discourses and identity constructions of the Federal Republic of Germany, East Germany and Austria, comment: Dominique Trimbur
- June 18, 2018: Wilfried Loth , Almost a Revolution . The May 68 in France , comments: Caroline Moine
- September 17, 2018: Bodo Mrozek , Youth - Pop - Culture : A Transnational Story, Commentary: Florence Tamagne
- November 19, 2018: Eckart Conze , History of Security , Comment: Laurence Badel
- March 25, 2019: Gabriele Metzler , The State of Historians - Concepts of the State of German Historians since 1945, Comment: Christophe Duhamelle
- May 20, 2019: Konrad Jarausch , From the Ashes: A New History of Europe in the 20th Century, Comment: Yaman Kouli
- October 7, 2019: Christiane Bürger, German Colonial History (s). The genocide in Namibia and the historiography of the GDR and FRG, commentary: Jean-Louis Georget
- November 25, 2019: Stefanie Eisenhuth, The Protecting Power . The Americans in Berlin 1945–1994, Comment: Pascale Laborier
- January 20, 2020: Frank Bösch , turning point 1979. When the world began today, comment: Laurence Badel