Fließende Grenzen? Der Alltag am Rhein und an der Oder, 1949–1989
Gastvortrag für das “Research Factory” des Viadrina-Centers B/orders in Motion.
For Farm and Fatherland? Claiming German Property on French Territory after 1945
Presented at the ‘Managing the Land’ workshop at the European University Institute in Florence, 11 April 2019.
Binding the Nation, Bounding the State: Germany and its Borders
Review article for German History Vol. 37, No. 1 (2019), examining seventeen recent publications on the borders of Germany and of Europe in the 19th and 20th centuries.
Ungerecht, undemokratisch, unsicher. Argumente und Akteure der deutsch-französischen Anti-AKW-Bewegung der 1970er Jahre
Vortrag am Deutschen Museum in München im Rahmen des Oberseminars Technikgeschichte.
Review: Smith, Terror and Terroir
Monograph reviewed for French History, Volume 32, Issue 4, December 2018, pp. 615–617. doi:10.1093/fh/cry078 Summary: In the summer of 1907, France’s Midi rouge (the ‘red South’) was in revolt, with regular Sunday protests in towns throughout the region drawing as many as 600,000 participants. After protesters torched buildings in Narbonne, the military occupied the town,…
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Fishing in the Wrong Pond: GDR-Poland Border Conflicts in Everyday Life
Presented at the 2018 annual conference of the German Studies Association in Pittsburgh, PA
Solidarity, Sabotage, Students: Protest in Europe, 1968-89
I designed and teach this year-long special subject, which examines the history of Europe in the second half of the twentieth century through the prism of those social movements that contested local, national, and international political decision-making throughout the period.
Introduction: The Material Culture of Politics
Introduction to the special issue of the International Journal of History, Culture and Modernity, Vol. 6, No. 1 (2018), pp.1–12.
The Material Culture of Modern Politics in Cold War Europe
Special issue of the International Journal of History, Culture and Modernity, co-edited with Jan Hansen, Jochen Hung, and Philip Wagner.
Biking the Border: Oder-Neiße-Radweg, June-July 2018
Bike trip along the Oder-Neiße-Radweg.
May ’68: The Beginning of a Long Struggle
Presentation for student conference, University of Sheffield, 10 June 2018.
Occupy, Blockade, Riot: Seizing Space in the 1970s and 1980s
Teach-out for the University and College Union, University of Sheffield, 23 May 2018.
’68 within and beyond France
Presentation given as part of the ‘1968: A Global Revolt Fifty Years On’ panel discussion organised by the University of Sheffield Centre for Contemporary and Modern History.
From the Jessop Left picket line
A contribution to the ‘Picket Line Perspectives’ series for ‘Historians’ Watch’ on History Workshop Online