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GDR Goes "Glocal" : Culture, Cooperation, and ConflictCHES Conference

14 March 2024

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No single country symbolised the physical and ideological post-war division of Europe as vividly as the German Democratic Republic (GDR). And yet, despite its anti-capitalist rhetoric and the building of the Wall in 1961, the GDR was far from being an insular state. Beyond its shared culture and myriad relationships with West Germany, it also sought global recognition and international leverage with socialist and non-socialist countries alike.

GDR goes “Glocal” aims to bring together scholars from various disciplines – and at any stage in their career – to explore the GDR’s local and global relationships in all their complexity. In doing so, we hope to provide a forum for interdisciplinary discourse and work toward a nuanced and multifaceted understanding of the GDR’ international networks, partnerships, rivalries, and exchanges.

13 – 14 JUNE 2024

UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG

WARBURG-HAUS, GERMANY

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