History 393N: Germany since 1945
Bartlett Hall room 125 – TR 11:15 – 12:30 pm

Lecture Schedule:

 

This is the intended series of lectures for this course, though I reserve the right to make adjustments, if necessary, as the semester progresses.  Following each lecture topic you will find the pertinent pages in the textbook.  I recommend you do the reading in advance of coming to class for that day as it will help you to better follow the lecture.

 

Schedule:

 

Date

Subject

Readings

Tuesday, Jan 27

Zero Hour?

 

Thursday, Jan 29

Denazification

Stern: Occupiers, Germans and Jews in Postwar Germany
Winkler: Germany, 108-122

Tuesday, Feb 3

Sovietization in the East

Winkler: Germany, 128-131

Thursday, Feb 5

Marshall Plan and the Berlin Blockade

Clay: Berlin

Tuesday, Feb 10

From SBZ to GDR

Winkler: Germany, 141-146

Thursday, Feb 12

The Adenauer Years

Adenauer: Germany and Problems of our Time
Winkler: Germany, 122-128; 131-141; 154-171

Tuesday, Feb 17

Discussion: Billiards at Half-Past Nine

Böll: Billiards (all)

Thursday, Feb 19

The West German Economic Miracle

Winkler: Germany, 146-154
QUIZ #1

Tuesday, Feb 24

The June 17 Uprising

 

Thursday Feb 26

Consumer Culture in East and West

Pence: Women on the Verge

Tuesday, Mar 3

Building the Berlin Wall

Ross: Before the Wall
Winkler: Germany, 171-189

Thursday, Mar 5

Cultural Politics in East and West

Winkler: Germany, 190-210

Tuesday, Mar 10

Mid-Term Exam

 

Thursday, Mar 12

No Class

 

March 17 & 19

No Class – Spring Break

 

Tuesday, Mar 24

1968 in East and West

Winkler: Germany, 210-256

Thursday, Mar 26

Willy Brandt’s New Ostpolitik

Merkl: The German Janus
Winkler: Germany, 256-265, 271-296
PAPER PROSPECTUS DUE

Tuesday, Mar 31

The GDR under Honecker

Winkler: Germany, 265-271, 296-298, 310-312

Thursday, Apr 2

Discussion: New Sorrows of Young W

Plenzdorf: New Sorrows (all)

Tuesday, Apr 7

Terrorism in the BRD

Winkler: Germany, 298-310, 312-318

Thursday, Apr 9

“Normalcy” in East-West German relations

Winkler: Germany, 331-337
QUIZ #2

TBA

FILM: The Lives of Others

Time and place to be announced

Tuesday, Apr 14

Guest Workers, Greens, and Citizen Action Groups

Herbert & Hunn: Guest Workers
Winkler: Germany, 318-330, 337-354

Thursday, Apr 16

The Return of the “Nation”

Olsen: Recasting Luther’s Image
Winkler: Germany, 385-418

Tuesday, Apr 21

No Class: Patriot’s Day (Monday Classes Meet on Tuesday)

 

Thursday, Apr 23

Resistance in the GDR

Ramet: Disaffection and Dissent in East Germany
Winkler: Germany, 419-434

Tuesday, Apr 28

The Schmidt and Kohl Years

Winkler: Germany, 354-385

Thursday, Apr 30

Revolution in the East

Osmond: The End of the GDR
Winkler: Germany, 435-467

TBA

FILM: Goodbye, Lenin!

Time and place to be announced

Tuesday, May 5

German Unification

Winkler: Germany, 468-543

Thursday, May 7

Discussion: The File

Garton Ash: The File (all)
QUIZ #3

Tuesday, May 12

Post-Unification Challenges

Heilbrunn: Germany’s New Right
Winkler: Germany, 543-588
TERM PAPER DUE