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In commemoration of German reunification

German Unity Day is celebrated on October 3rd. Tag der Deutschen Einheit celebrates the 1990 reunification of the Federal Republic of Germany and the German Democratic Republic with ceremonial acts and the citizens’ festival Bürgerfest.

The beginning of a Germany divided

August 13th marks the anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall. The concrete barrier physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Along with separating West Berlin from East German territory, it came to symbolize the “Iron Curtain” that separated Western Europe and the Eastern Bloc during the Cold War. Browse relevant Berghahn titles on the history of […]

¶ Posted 13 August 2022 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Events § In the News ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: Berlin, Berlin Wall, divided germany, east and west germany, german history, modern german history, postwar, postwar germany, postwar history

Does the Man Make the Motorcycle or the Motorcycle the Man?

Sasha Disko In celebration of World Motorcycle Day (21 June), we are featuring the following excerpt from Sasha Disko’s THE DEVIL’S WHEELS: Men and Motorcycling in the Weimar Republic.

¶ Posted 21 June 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Chapter Excerpt ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: gender studies, german history, history, masculinities, Motorcycle Day, motorcycles, Transport Studies, weimar, Weimar Republic, World Motorcycle Day

Fascism and Conservation

Excerpted from Sandra Cheney’s Nature of the Miracle Years: Conservation in West Germany, 1945-1975

¶ Posted 23 February 2021 † Berghahn Books § Understanding Fascism ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: AHA21, conservation, german history, Germany, history, landscapes, national socialism, nazi germany, nazi past, postwar conservation, Understanding Fascism, west germany

Berghahn’s Best-selling Books in History

We are delighted to present a list of our History bestsellers in honor of the American Historical Association’s 2020 – 2021 Virtual Conference. Visit our Virtual AHA Booth for special opportunities for discounts and engagements.

¶ Posted 15 January 2021 † Berghahn Books § Blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: 1960s, AHA21, American Historical Association, auschwitz protocol, Auschwitz-Birkenau, cold war, cold war history, east and west germany, east germany, GDR, german history, german politics and society, Germany, global south, history, internationalism, jewish refugees, nanking, nanking atrocity, nostalgia, post-communist, postsocialist, postwar history, stasi, wannsee conference, world history

Everything you need to know for #VirtualGSA2020

We are pleased to invite you to visit our virtual stand at the German Studies Association annual meeting taking place online from 30 September to 4 October 2020. Please see below for information about special offers from Berghahn Books for titles purchased through our website. For anyone who would have liked to discuss their manuscript with us at the […]

¶ Posted 30 September 2020 † Berghahn Books § Blog § Events § New Book Releases § New Journal Issues ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: german film, german history, German Politics, german politics and society, German Studies Association, Germany

Meet the Author: Gaëlle Fisher

Dr. Gaëlle Fisher’s recent monograph, Resettlers and Survivors: Bukovina and the Politics of Belonging in West Germany and Israel, 1945–1989, explores some of the more complex reverberations of World War II. It is the third volume in Berghahn’s growing Worlds of Memory series, published in collaboration with the Memory Studies Association.

¶ Posted 18 May 2020 † Berghahn Author § Blog § From Idea to Book § In Their Own Words § Meet the Author § New Book Releases ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: Bukovina, Jewish studies, Memory studies, memory studies association, Romania, Ukraine, World War II, Worlds of Memory

Spring Simulated Shelves

Browse our February and March 2020 releases in Anthropology, Archaeology/Heritage Studies, History, Memory Studies, and Mobility Studies and see what’s new in paperback.

¶ Posted 20 April 2020 † Berghahn Journals § Blog ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: africa, Amazonia, anthropology, aoluguya, archaeology, asia pacific, asia pacific world, auschwitz protocol, Auschwitz-Birkenau, austrian and habsburg, belize, biosocial society, children, cultural resource management, cultural studies, czech popular culture, democratization, dogme, east and west germany, economic anthropology, economics, economy, Egalitarianism, environmental history, environmental studies, estonia, ethnography, europe, ewenki, Fertility Reproduction and Sexuality Series, film and media studies, finland, Food and Nutrition, food studies, foreign policy, gender, habsburg, heritage, heritage studies, history, holocaust studies, human economy series, humanism, international relations, Latin America, medical anthropology, Memory studies, migration, military history, mobility history, mobility studies, neoliberal, peace and conflict studies, post-soviet, postwar germany, postwar history, property relations, Roma, romani, romani studies, solomon islands, South Africa, Spektrum, street vending, theory, united states, urban mobility, Vanuatu, Viktor Frankl, wildlife, wine, World War II

The Emotional Language of Flowers

The following is an excerpt from Ute Frevert’s “The Emotional Language of Flowers,” a chapter found in FEELINGS MATERIALIZED: Emotions, Bodies, and Things in Germany, 1500–1950, edited by Derek Hillard, Heikki Lempa, and Russell Spinney. Learn more about the book here.

¶ Posted 13 February 2020 † Berghahn Author § Blog § Events § New Book Releases ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: aesthetics, communication, Emotion, Feelings, Flower Industry, Flowers, gender, German culture, holidays, Mothers Day, politics, romanticism, symbolism, Valentines Day

SIMULATED SHELVES

We’re delighted to offer a selection of latest releases from our core subjects of Anthropology, Archaeology, Film, and History along with our new-in-paperback titles and new Berghahn journal issues released in October.

¶ Posted 19 November 2019 † Berghahn Books § Blog § New Book Releases § New Journal Issues ‡ Comments Off ° Also tagged: anthropology books, anthropology journals, archaeology, environmental studies, film and media studies, heritage studies, history, laboratory manual, Open Access, Open Anthro, romani studies, SIMULATED SHELVES

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The beginning of a Germany divided

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Fascism and Conservation

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Everything you need to know for #VirtualGSA2020

Meet the Author: Gaëlle Fisher

Spring Simulated Shelves

The Emotional Language of Flowers

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