German History Society Conference 2010

For the first time since its inception, the German History Society held its AGM Conference not as a one-day event in London but as a full two-day conference in Manchester organized around a series of plenary lectures and panel presentations. The idea behind the new format was threefold. First and foremost, the Committee of the GHS felt that the conference should be a place to showcase a wider range of research than is possible under the old AGM format, which was restricted to four invited papers by established scholars. In particular, the Society wished to provide a forum for graduate students to present their work to the wider scholarly community. Here the format provided by the annual conference of the Society's American-based counterpart, the German Studies Association, provided a helpful model. Second, the Committee would like to use the conference in order to strengthen bridges between UK/Ireland-based scholars and colleagues based elsewhere. The excellent response to the Society's call for papers both from North America and Germany suggests, indeed, that the conference could take on an expanded role in this respect. Finally, the Committee wanted to move the annual conferences around the country a little more. It has therefore decided to alternate the venue for the conference between London and a non-London location in the UK and Ireland. In doing so it will continue to work in close cooperation with the German Historical Institute in London, whose support for the Society and its annual conference has been invaluable. We are particularly grateful to Andreas Gestrich and the Institute for the financial assistance it provided for the new conference format. Particular thanks are also due to Annika Mombauer, Maiken Umbach and Sheona Davies for their help in organizing the conference.

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