GSA INTERDISCIPLINARY NETWORKS ANNOUNCED

The interdisciplinary initiative of the German Studies Association will be experimenting with the establishment of a series of “networks,” designed to foster exchanges around broadly conceived themes across disciplines and to provide continuity of discussion from meeting to meeting and  to encourage workshops and conferences beyond the GSA annual meeting.

Networks should be conceived so as to be open to several disciplines and to encourage discussions that break with traditional periodization schemas.

Each network should have one or two coordinators and a dedicated GSA discussion forum.

Initial proposed networks:

Law, Culture and Society: Coordinators Jonathan Sheehan (Sheehan(at)berkeley.edu) and Timothy Guinnane (timothy.guinnane(at)yale.edu)

Family and Kinship

Transnationalism

Religious Culture: Coordinators Christopher Wild (wild(at)uchicago.edu) and John Smith (jhsmith(at)uci.edu)

Urban Society and Culture

Visual Culture: Coordinators Gavriel Rosenfeld (grosenfeld(at)mail.fairfield.edu)

Memory Studies

Individuals who would like to act as coordinators for the Family and Kinship, Transnationalism, Urban Society and Culture, Visual Studies, or Memory Studies networks should contact the chair of the standing Committee for Interdisciplinary Initiatives, David Sabean: dsabean(at)history.ucla.edu. If you wish to be part of the networks where there are coordinators already in place, please contact them directly