John Andreas Fuchs
Independent Scholar, US Cultural History, Department Member
- American Catholicism, American Civil War, American Culture, American History, American Literature, American Religion, and 22 moreAmerican South, Church History, Cultural History, Cultural Studies, Education, Gilded Age and Progressive Era, History, Literature, Literature of the American Civil War, Mark Twain, Military History, Naval History, Pedagogy, Philosophy, Soviet History, Teaching English as a Second Language, Teacher Education, Transcultural Studies, U.S. history, U.S. Progressive Era, Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture, and Southern Studies (U.S. South)edit
- Author, Editor, Historian, Teacher - In essence: "A literature loving cultural historian and teacher." I study Ameri... moreAuthor, Editor, Historian, Teacher - In essence: "A literature loving cultural historian and teacher."
I study American Cultural History and American Literature with a focus on American Catholicism, the Civil War, and the American South. I'm also interested in the History of Education and School Development, Evaluation and Research.
I read History, American Studies, Anglistics, Educational Sciences and Theology at the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt (www.ku-eichstaett.de), the University of Aberdeen (http://www.abdn.ac.uk/) and the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (http://www.uni-muenchen.de/) and graduated with a thesis on American and German reactions to the Russian Revolutions in 1917. I hold an M.A. (KU Eichstätt) and both, First and Second, State Certificates (Erstes und Zweites Bayerisches Staatsexamen) for Secondary School Teachers. I'm currently working on a dissertation under the working title: "Katholizismus und Anti-Katholizismus in US-Fernsehserien 1970-2010 (Arbeitstitel)".
Education:
2012: Zweites Staatsexamen für das Lehramt an Gymnasien (Second State Certificate for Secondary School Teachers)
2005: Erstes Staatsexamen für das Lehramt an Gymnasien (First State Certificate for Secondary School Teachers)
2005: M.A. in Modern and Contemporary History, American Studies (Minor) and Theory and Didactics of History (Minor), Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Positions and Appointments:
2018-present: Studienrat (Secondary School Teacher), Freie Hansestadt Bremen
2013-2018: Assistant Professor (Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter) with the Chair of School Pedagogy at KU Eichstätt.
2012-2013: Lehrer (High School Teacher), Citykolleg München
2012-2013: Lehrbeauftragter (Lecturer), Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
2010-2012: Studienreferendar (High School Teacher), of EFL and History, Bayern
2010-2010: Lehrbeauftragter (Lecturer), Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
2009-2010: Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (Assistant Professor), American Studies, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
2008-2010: Lehrer i.K. am Gymnasium (High School Teacher employed by the church), of EFL and History, Gnadenthal-Gymnasium Ingolstadt
2007-2009: Lehrbeauftragter (Lecturer), Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
2008: Lehrer i.V. (Deputy Junior High School Teacher), of EFL and History, Freiherr-von-Ickstatt-Schule, Staatliche Realschule I, Ingolstadt
2006 - present: Board Member, Zentralinstitut für Mittel- und Osteuropastudien, Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
2006-2007: Verwaltungsangestellter im Akademischen Auslandsamt (International Relations Officer), Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadtedit - Prof. Dr. Michael Hochgeschwenderedit
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Abstract In the Star Trek universe most of the stories focus on the individual and its uniqueness. The narratives revolve around the characters dealing with their dreams and sorrows. The biggest threat in Star Trek is the loss of... more
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In the Star Trek universe most of the stories focus on the individual and its uniqueness. The narratives revolve around the characters dealing with their dreams and sorrows. The biggest threat in Star Trek is the loss of individuality and self-determination as represented by the Borg. Every individual, as long as it forms a productive part of society, has humanitas – even non-humans or AIs. Machines sometimes even are the better human beings.
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Im Fokus der Geschichten im Star Trek Universum standen von Anfang an die Personen, ihre Charaktere, Stärken, Schwächen und Ängste. Zentral sind stets die Rolle des einzelnen Individuums sowie seine Einzigartigkeit. Die größte Bedrohung stellen der Verlust der eigenen Identität und die Auslöschung aller Individualität dar; rep-räsentiert durch die Borg. Der Artikel zeigt zudem, dass man im Star Trek Universum kein Mensch sein muss, um Menschlichkeit zu haben; im Gegenteil: Maschinen sind manchmal die besseren Menschen.
In the Star Trek universe most of the stories focus on the individual and its uniqueness. The narratives revolve around the characters dealing with their dreams and sorrows. The biggest threat in Star Trek is the loss of individuality and self-determination as represented by the Borg. Every individual, as long as it forms a productive part of society, has humanitas – even non-humans or AIs. Machines sometimes even are the better human beings.
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Im Fokus der Geschichten im Star Trek Universum standen von Anfang an die Personen, ihre Charaktere, Stärken, Schwächen und Ängste. Zentral sind stets die Rolle des einzelnen Individuums sowie seine Einzigartigkeit. Die größte Bedrohung stellen der Verlust der eigenen Identität und die Auslöschung aller Individualität dar; rep-räsentiert durch die Borg. Der Artikel zeigt zudem, dass man im Star Trek Universum kein Mensch sein muss, um Menschlichkeit zu haben; im Gegenteil: Maschinen sind manchmal die besseren Menschen.
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During the American Civil War, at a time of significant anti-Catholic feeling, Roman Catholic nuns helped the sick and wounded on both sides despite opposition from Church hierarchy and even from their patients. Nursing sisters... more
During the American Civil War, at a time of significant anti-Catholic feeling, Roman Catholic nuns helped the sick and wounded on both sides despite opposition from Church hierarchy and even from their patients. Nursing sisters volunteered readily, but were often held back by bishops who argued that the sisters would neither find the time nor a priest for regular masses when in the field with the armies. When they did serve, they were sometimes greeted by verbal and even physical abuse on the part of those they sought to heal. Even Dorothea Dix, Superintendent of US Army nurses during the Civil War, preferred other nurses over sisters because of her staunch anti-Catholicism. Despite such opposition, many physicians replaced secular nurses with nursing sisters to improve treatment as the latter were the only persons with any experience of institutional nursing in the ante bellum period. Recognition of their contributions led to a greater acceptance of Catholics in general, and of nursing sisters in particular, who acquired a symbolic function: on hospital ships sisters were even placed on deck to show the peaceful mission of the vessel. So effective was their work that nuns went on to serve during the Spanish-American War, working alongside secular nurses now assigned as a special, quasi-military unit for the first time. The nursing sister changed the discourse concerning Catholicism part, impacted built environments with the subsequent expansion of the number of convents, and even inspired sculpture, in the form of a monument erected in 1924 to the over 600 sisters who served during the Civil War.
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Revised and abbreviated version of: John Andreas Fuchs: “Showing Faith: Catholicism in American TV Series”, Moravian Journal of Literature and Film 2 no.1 (Fall 2010), pp. 79-98. According to Colleen McDannell, Catholicism stands above... more
Revised and abbreviated version of: John Andreas Fuchs: “Showing Faith: Catholicism in American TV Series”, Moravian Journal of Literature and Film 2 no.1 (Fall 2010), pp. 79-98.
According to Colleen McDannell, Catholicism stands above all other religions for the film and TV audience because it seems to be the most mystical and the most easily recognizable of all religious creeds; however, it is also the most criticized and suspicious denomination. Since Catholics star on the big screen, as well as on the flat screen in American homes, it is useful to have a close look at the different depictions of Catholicism and their criticism by institutions. Using examples from movies such as Million Dollar Baby and Gran Torino as well as TV series such as Ally McBeal, Bones, The West Wing and The Simpsons, this article discusses the fascination with Catholicism on the screen and argues that even depictions seen as negative by the Catholic League do not necessarily harm Catholicism.
According to Colleen McDannell, Catholicism stands above all other religions for the film and TV audience because it seems to be the most mystical and the most easily recognizable of all religious creeds; however, it is also the most criticized and suspicious denomination. Since Catholics star on the big screen, as well as on the flat screen in American homes, it is useful to have a close look at the different depictions of Catholicism and their criticism by institutions. Using examples from movies such as Million Dollar Baby and Gran Torino as well as TV series such as Ally McBeal, Bones, The West Wing and The Simpsons, this article discusses the fascination with Catholicism on the screen and argues that even depictions seen as negative by the Catholic League do not necessarily harm Catholicism.
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Zehn Jahre nach der Veröffentlichung der UN-Behindertenrechtskonvention stellt sich die Frage nach ihrer Umsetzung. Obwohl sich das Schlagwort „Inklusion“ an zentralen Stellen in öffentlichen, politischen und fachwissenschaftlichen... more
Zehn Jahre nach der Veröffentlichung der UN-Behindertenrechtskonvention stellt sich die Frage nach ihrer Umsetzung.
Obwohl sich das Schlagwort „Inklusion“ an zentralen Stellen in öffentlichen, politischen und fachwissenschaftlichen Debatten findet, ist es bisher nicht einhellig definiert.
Der vorliegende Band ist der Versuch sich dem Inklusionsbegriff aus schultheoretischer, raumtheoretischer und didaktischer Sicht zu nähern und mehr Klarheit in die Inklusionsdebatte zu bringen. Dazu bieten die Autorinnen und Autoren einerseits Einblicke in die Praxis unterschiedlicher Schulen und Fallbeispiele.
Andererseits setzen sich systematische Beiträge mit der Theorie der Inklusion in vielfältiger und kritischer Weise auseinander.
Obwohl sich das Schlagwort „Inklusion“ an zentralen Stellen in öffentlichen, politischen und fachwissenschaftlichen Debatten findet, ist es bisher nicht einhellig definiert.
Der vorliegende Band ist der Versuch sich dem Inklusionsbegriff aus schultheoretischer, raumtheoretischer und didaktischer Sicht zu nähern und mehr Klarheit in die Inklusionsdebatte zu bringen. Dazu bieten die Autorinnen und Autoren einerseits Einblicke in die Praxis unterschiedlicher Schulen und Fallbeispiele.
Andererseits setzen sich systematische Beiträge mit der Theorie der Inklusion in vielfältiger und kritischer Weise auseinander.
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Die Moderne ist in allen gesellschaftlichen Bereichen eine zukunftsgewandte Umbruchphase – neue Wege werden entdeckt, alte Traditionen und Denkweisen brechen auf, sei es in der Politik, der Gesellschaft, der Wissenschaft oder der Kunst.... more
Die Moderne ist in allen gesellschaftlichen Bereichen eine zukunftsgewandte Umbruchphase – neue Wege werden entdeckt, alte Traditionen und Denkweisen brechen auf, sei es in der Politik, der Gesellschaft, der Wissenschaft oder der Kunst. Kluge Köpfe rütteln auf, hitzige sorgen für Verwirrung, Diskussion oder Chaos und erzwingen Weiterentwicklung. Der finale Band der Reihe Menschen, die Geschichte schrieben enthält zahlreiche Aufsätze zu Persönlichkeiten, die die Welt in der Moderne maßgeblich beeinflussten und nachhaltig veränderten. Die Spanne der behandelten Personen reicht hierbei von John F. Kennedy und Marilyn Monroe über Albert Einstein und Che Guevara bis zu Johannes Paul II., Picasso, Madonna u.v.m.
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Erscheint im März 2015
EAN: 978-3-7374-0974-2
Artikelnummer: 01021
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"Die Frage nach dem Verhältnis Osteuropas zum Westen ist nicht nur aktueller denn je, sondern hat auch eine lange und ambivalente Geschichte. Diese hing jeweils stark von den Selbstwahrnehmungen der beteiligten Kulturen ab. Brücken bauen... more
"Die Frage nach dem Verhältnis Osteuropas zum Westen ist nicht nur aktueller denn je, sondern hat auch eine lange und ambivalente Geschichte. Diese hing jeweils stark von den Selbstwahrnehmungen der beteiligten Kulturen ab. Brücken bauen beschäftigt sich nicht nur mit den Selbst- und Fremdwahrnehmungen aus historischer, literaturwissenschaftlicher, philosophischer und politikwissenschaftlicher Sicht, sondern beleuchtet auch die Beziehungen zwischen West und Ost sowie gemeinsame ebenso wie jeweils eigene Phänomene und Strömungen. Mit den Beiträgen soll Leonid Luks, Direktor des Zentralinstitutes für Mittel- und Osteuropastudien an der Katholischen Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt und einer der fleißigsten Brückenbauer zwischen Ost und West, zu seinem 65. Geburtstag geehrt werden. So spiegelt Brücken bauen Luks' eigene Forschungsschwerpunkte wider. Dabei vereinigt der Band Analysen, Aufsätze, Skizzen und Gedanken etwa zu Fragen der vergleichenden Totalitarismusforschung, der Ideengeschichte und der Aufarbeitung des kommunistischen Erbes in Osteuropa solch etablierter Wissenschaftler, Philosophen und Persönlichkeiten wie Uwe Backes, Boris Chavkin, Jerzy Holzer, Heinz Hürten, Nikolaus Lobkowicz, Bernhard Sutor und Hans-Georg Wieck.
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"Wann und wie wird eine Person oder Figur zum Mythos - schon für die Zeitgenossen? Dieser Frage gehen Fachleute anhand bekannter Gestalten des 20. Jahrhunderts nach, die uns die Medien erlebbar und anschaulich machen und machten. Es ist... more
"Wann und wie wird eine Person oder Figur zum Mythos - schon für die Zeitgenossen? Dieser Frage gehen Fachleute anhand bekannter Gestalten des 20. Jahrhunderts nach, die uns die Medien erlebbar und anschaulich machen und machten. Es ist interessant festzustellen, wie ihr zeitgeschichtliches Wirken oder ihre "Erfindung" sie gefürchtet, verehrt oder populär machten.
Als einmalig und unverwechselbar werden sie schließlich zum Mythos und stehen für Spannungen und Aufbrüche unserer Epoche. Marilyn Monroe, Johannes Paul II., Che Guevara, Albert Einstein, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, der "neue Mensch", Madonna, Picasso, John F. Kennedy und Asterix stehen im Fokus dieses Bandes."
Als einmalig und unverwechselbar werden sie schließlich zum Mythos und stehen für Spannungen und Aufbrüche unserer Epoche. Marilyn Monroe, Johannes Paul II., Che Guevara, Albert Einstein, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, der "neue Mensch", Madonna, Picasso, John F. Kennedy und Asterix stehen im Fokus dieses Bandes."
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"Wann und wie wird eine Person oder Figur zum Mythos - schon für die Zeitgenossen? Dieser Frage gehen Fachleute anhand bekannter Gestalten des 20. Jahrhunderts nach, die uns die Medien erlebbar und anschaulich machen und machten. Es ist... more
"Wann und wie wird eine Person oder Figur zum Mythos - schon für die Zeitgenossen? Dieser Frage gehen Fachleute anhand bekannter Gestalten des 20. Jahrhunderts nach, die uns die Medien erlebbar und anschaulich machen und machten. Es ist interessant festzustellen, wie ihr zeitgeschichtliches Wirken oder ihre "Erfindung" sie gefürchtet, verehrt oder populär machten.
Als einmalig und unverwechselbar werden sie schließlich zum Mythos und stehen für Spannungen und Aufbrüche unserer Epoche. Marilyn Monroe, Johannes Paul II., Che Guevara, Albert Einstein, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, der "neue Mensch", Madonna, Picasso, John F. Kennedy und Asterix stehen im Fokus dieses Bandes."
Als einmalig und unverwechselbar werden sie schließlich zum Mythos und stehen für Spannungen und Aufbrüche unserer Epoche. Marilyn Monroe, Johannes Paul II., Che Guevara, Albert Einstein, Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, der "neue Mensch", Madonna, Picasso, John F. Kennedy und Asterix stehen im Fokus dieses Bandes."
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Auch wenn die USA Religionsfreiheit von ihrer Gründung an betonten, hatten sie stets ein zwiespältiges Verhältnis zum Katholizismus, der für viele eine schaurige Faszination ausübte. Während sich die Erwachsenen an verboten-erotischen... more
Auch wenn die USA Religionsfreiheit von ihrer Gründung an betonten, hatten sie stets ein zwiespältiges Verhältnis zum Katholizismus, der für viele eine schaurige Faszination ausübte. Während sich die Erwachsenen an verboten-erotischen Geschichten über das Leben hinter Klostermauern ergötzten, besuchten die Kinder häufig katholische Schulen. Was wiederum mit Misstrauen beäugt wurde und teilweise zu gewalttätigen Auseinandersetzungen führte. Durch den kontinuierlichen Zustrom katholischer Einwanderer – Deutsche, Iren, Italiener, Polen, Hispanics – veränderte sich nicht nur der amerikanische Katholizismus selbst, auch der Anti-Katholizismus blieb stets präsent und gilt heute als das letzte akzeptierte Vorurteil in den USA. Doch auch die Faszination blieb, und so finden sich unter den interessantesten Charakteren beliebter TV-Serien und Filme zahlreiche Katholiken. So prägen nicht nur die Missbrauchs-Skandale das öffentliche Bild der Katholischen Kirche – der (amerikanische) Katholizismus ist Teil der Populärkultur in den USA.
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Next to JFK The West Wing’s fictional Jed Bartet is the only Catholic President of the US. Being Catholic, however, is not the only thing they have in common: Just like JFK, Bartlet is a New England Democrat, hid a serious illness during... more
Next to JFK The West Wing’s fictional Jed Bartet is the only Catholic President of the US. Being Catholic, however, is not the only thing they have in common: Just like JFK, Bartlet is a New England Democrat, hid a serious illness during the presidential campaign, and after winning the nomination he had to beg his former rival to accept the vice presidency in order to get support from the South and win the general election. In my paper I will compare the creation of presidential myths in fact and fiction surrounding the only two Catholics in the White House.
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After the Civil War Catholics in the South had not only to deal with the hostility of the Reconstruction Era Republicans and the KKK’s hatred, they also had to prove that they could be good Catholics – Rome had its doubts –, good... more
After the Civil War Catholics in the South had not only to deal with the hostility of the Reconstruction Era Republicans and the KKK’s hatred, they also had to prove that they could be good Catholics – Rome had its doubts –, good Americans, and good Southerners at the same time. Southern Catholics found themselves to be a minority within a minority. Adding to the problem of the clash between two highly ritualized cultures, Catholicism and Southerness, Catholics with different national backgrounds – French, German, Irish, Polish, and Italian – did not necessarily agree with each other. As Cleta Ellington points out in her history of Catholic parishes in Mississippi, Christ: The Living Water: The Catholic Church in Mississippi (1989) Southern Catholics used to be “steadfast in their faith in small, isolated communities” and being Catholic in the South was rather “a lonely experience”. Nevertheless, Southerners and Catholics share common grounds, both value family and traditions and both could agree with Scarlett O’Hara on her statement that “really, it t[akes] a lot of sense to cultivate and hold… a pose.” Thus Catholics succeeded in making the South their home. Today the number of Catholics moving South – mostly people seeking jobs migrating from the rust belt to the sunbelt, Hispanic immigrants, or retirees – is growing steadily. The growth brings new challenges: Southern Evangelicals are not happy with more and more Catholics invading ‘their territory’, and Southern Catholics eye the new customs and traditions of the immigrants suspiciously. This leads, once more, to the question: What happens when Catholic Bells meet Southern Belles?
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“In the world of movies, religion is Catholic”, Colleen McDannell claims in her introduction to Catholics in the Movies (Oxford UP 2008). Catholicism, the expert on material religion argues, stands above all other religions for the... more
“In the world of movies, religion is Catholic”, Colleen McDannell claims in her introduction to Catholics in the Movies (Oxford UP 2008). Catholicism, the expert on material religion argues, stands above all other religions for the audience because it seems to be the most mystical and the most easily recognizable of all religious ways, however, it is also the most criticized and suspicious denomination. Since Catholics star on the big screen as well as on the flat screen in American homes, it is necessary to have a close look at the motifs for presenting Catholics and Catholcism in the first place. There is also the question of who depicts Catholicism – Catholics or non-Catholics.
Among the first Catholics on TV was Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who is often seen as a pioneer of televangelism. His TV-show Life is Worth Living (1951-1957) won him an Emmy award in 1952 and it is in honor of him that actor Martin Sheen adopted his stage name. Martin Sheen, who has been awarded University of Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal, is not merely “a self-described Catholic peace activist, opponent of abortion and student of Catholic social teaching” but also America’s only Catholic President next to John F. Kennedy. Further prominent TV-Catholics are Father Mulcahy (MASH 4077) and Seeley Booth (Bones), high popularity, on the other hand, also has the criticism of the Catholic Church in Boston Legal. Catholicism plays such an important role in American popular culture and everyday life that it is the dominating religion in commercial media. This presentation is going to show the popularity of Catholicism on TV for a general audience and to analyze the different depictions of Catholic believe. Catholicism on TV can be seen as substitute for other institutions and religion(s) and doesn’t necessarily equal real Catholicism. Whether that is seen as positive or not is still a matter of belief.
Among the first Catholics on TV was Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, who is often seen as a pioneer of televangelism. His TV-show Life is Worth Living (1951-1957) won him an Emmy award in 1952 and it is in honor of him that actor Martin Sheen adopted his stage name. Martin Sheen, who has been awarded University of Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal, is not merely “a self-described Catholic peace activist, opponent of abortion and student of Catholic social teaching” but also America’s only Catholic President next to John F. Kennedy. Further prominent TV-Catholics are Father Mulcahy (MASH 4077) and Seeley Booth (Bones), high popularity, on the other hand, also has the criticism of the Catholic Church in Boston Legal. Catholicism plays such an important role in American popular culture and everyday life that it is the dominating religion in commercial media. This presentation is going to show the popularity of Catholicism on TV for a general audience and to analyze the different depictions of Catholic believe. Catholicism on TV can be seen as substitute for other institutions and religion(s) and doesn’t necessarily equal real Catholicism. Whether that is seen as positive or not is still a matter of belief.
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Southern Nationalists like R. Gordon Thornton claim that the Confederate battle flag has become the flag of people dreaming of freedom all over the world. It was flown on the Berlin Wall shortly after German reunification in 1989, for... more
Southern Nationalists like R. Gordon Thornton claim that the Confederate battle flag has become the flag of people dreaming of freedom all over the world. It was flown on the Berlin Wall shortly after German reunification in 1989, for example. This sentiment functions not only as a justification for the new Southern nationalist movement, but also as a strong link to the "Old South" and to the founding fathers. Linking freedom and personal rights with the Confederacy is not a new idea. German immigrants, some of them "Forty-Eighters", rallied around the "stars and bars" to fight for self-determination. In Micheal Shaara's Pulitzer Prize-winning historical novel "The Killer Angels" General Pickett compares the Union with a gentlemen's club where every member has the right to end their membership, if the others start meddling with their personal affairs. With the 2004 elections and their aftermath the USA have once more become "a house divided", some voices say. As the nationalist movement in the South is growing, could the traditions of 1776, 1848 and 1861 be instrumental in sparking a new secession movement?
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According to Colleen McDannell, Catholicism stands above all other religions for the film and TV audience because it seems to be the most mystical and the most easily recognizable of all religious creeds; however, it is also the most... more
According to Colleen McDannell, Catholicism stands above all other religions for the film and TV audience because it seems to be the most mystical and the most easily recognizable of all religious creeds; however, it is also the most criticized and suspicious denomination. Since Catholics star on the big screen, as well as on the flat screen in American homes, it is useful to have a close look at the different depictions of Catholicism and their criticism by institutions. Using examples from movies such as Million Dollar Baby and Gran Torino as well as TV series such as Ally McBeal, Bones, The West Wing and The Simpsons, this article discusses the fascination with Catholicism on the screen and argues that even depictions seen as negative by the Catholic League do not necessarily harm Catholicism.
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"Fuchs’ article [...] deals with a topic which is too often neglected – the reception of the revolution of 1917 in elite circles in the United States. He points to Ambassador Francis’s keenness that the US should take the initiative and... more
"Fuchs’ article [...] deals with a topic which is too often neglected – the reception of the revolution of 1917 in elite circles in the United States. He points to Ambassador Francis’s keenness that the US should take the initiative and be first to recognise the Provisional Government and the exaggerated hopes placed in Russia’s new ‘republic’ (which was not officially proclaimed until September) by American opinion. Jewish hopes also rose. Expatriates were not immune. So excited was the congregation of one New York Russian Orthodox cathedral, that traditional prayers for the Tsar were instantly omitted from the liturgy. Once the Bolsheviks came to power the mood quickly soured and turned to stories of child murder and mass killings for fun. The only feature shared by these accounts is inaccuracy. The US did not really create a lasting impact by first recognition; the republic had little solid foundation; the lot of Jews did improve but not in line with expectations and the atrocity stories were often exaggerated or unsubstantiated. However, Fuchs’ excellent account does remind us that, although they were in conflict, liberal opinion in the US opposed both Tsar and Kaiser. Had the Tsar not been overthrown the chances of the United States joining the war would have been greatly reduced."
Christopher Read, Coventry, West Midlands
Source: Christopher Read über: Forum für osteuropäische Ideen- und Zeitgeschichte. Herausgegeben von Nikolaus Lobkowicz, Leonid Luks and Alexei Rybakov. Jg. 11, 2007, H. 2: Schwerpunktthema „Die Russische Revolution“. Böhlau Verlag Köln, Weimar, Wien 2007. ISBN: 978-3-412-21406-7, in: Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas. Neue Folge, 57 (2009) H. 4, S. 612-613: http://www.oei-dokumente.de/JGO/Rez/Read_Forum_11_2007_1.html (04.01.2010)
Christopher Read, Coventry, West Midlands
Source: Christopher Read über: Forum für osteuropäische Ideen- und Zeitgeschichte. Herausgegeben von Nikolaus Lobkowicz, Leonid Luks and Alexei Rybakov. Jg. 11, 2007, H. 2: Schwerpunktthema „Die Russische Revolution“. Böhlau Verlag Köln, Weimar, Wien 2007. ISBN: 978-3-412-21406-7, in: Jahrbücher für Geschichte Osteuropas. Neue Folge, 57 (2009) H. 4, S. 612-613: http://www.oei-dokumente.de/JGO/Rez/Read_Forum_11_2007_1.html (04.01.2010)
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Die beiden entfernten Cousins George Kennan und George F. Kennan teilen sich nicht nur den Namen und den Geburtstag, den 16. Februar, sondern auch ein großes Interesse an Russland. George Kennan bereiste Kamtschatka und Sibirien, hielt... more
Die beiden entfernten Cousins George Kennan und George F. Kennan teilen sich nicht nur den Namen und den Geburtstag, den 16. Februar, sondern auch ein großes Interesse an Russland. George Kennan bereiste Kamtschatka und Sibirien, hielt Vorträge über die dortigen Zustände und Lebensbedingungen in Lagern und berichtete als Journalist über den russisch-japanischen Krieg und die russische Revolution. George F. Kennan war als Diplomat vor und nach dem 2. Weltkrieg mehrfach in Moskau und anderen osteuropäischen Staaten tätig. Er gilt als Vater der Containment-Politik.
Anhand der Schriften beider Kennans werden die US-amerikanischen Beziehungen zu Russland, das Selbstverständnis der USA und die US-Außenpolitik des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts sowie die Wahrnehmung von Russland in der amerikanischen Öffentlichkeit erarbeitet.
Literatur:
Gaddis, John Lewis: George F. Kennan. An American Life (2011). Kennan, George F.: American Diplomacy, 1900-1950 (1951); ders.: Russia Leaves the War (1956); ders.: Russia, the Atom, and the West (1958); ders.: Russia and the West under Lenin and Stalin (1961); ders.: Memoirs, 1925-1950 (1967); ders.: Memoirs, 1950-1963 (1972); ders.: The Nuclear Delusion: Soviet-American Relations in the Atomic Age. Kennan, George: Tent Life in Siberia (1870), Siberia and the Exile System (1891). Lukacz, John: George F. Kennan and the Origins of Containment, 1944-1946: the Kennan-Lukacs Correspondence (1997); ders.: George Kennan: A Study of Character (2007).
Anhand der Schriften beider Kennans werden die US-amerikanischen Beziehungen zu Russland, das Selbstverständnis der USA und die US-Außenpolitik des 19. und 20. Jahrhunderts sowie die Wahrnehmung von Russland in der amerikanischen Öffentlichkeit erarbeitet.
Literatur:
Gaddis, John Lewis: George F. Kennan. An American Life (2011). Kennan, George F.: American Diplomacy, 1900-1950 (1951); ders.: Russia Leaves the War (1956); ders.: Russia, the Atom, and the West (1958); ders.: Russia and the West under Lenin and Stalin (1961); ders.: Memoirs, 1925-1950 (1967); ders.: Memoirs, 1950-1963 (1972); ders.: The Nuclear Delusion: Soviet-American Relations in the Atomic Age. Kennan, George: Tent Life in Siberia (1870), Siberia and the Exile System (1891). Lukacz, John: George F. Kennan and the Origins of Containment, 1944-1946: the Kennan-Lukacs Correspondence (1997); ders.: George Kennan: A Study of Character (2007).
In this seminar, we would like to juxtapose Russian and US-American nationalism, and to identify similarities and differences between their historic evolution, social doctrines, political behaviour, societal impact and organizational... more
In this seminar, we would like to juxtapose Russian and US-American nationalism, and to identify similarities and differences between their historic evolution, social doctrines, political behaviour, societal impact and organizational expressions. In the part on the USA will focus on the origin of American nationalism and its strong link with religious ideas. We will also deal with different manifestations of American nationalism, such as the KKK, Southern Nationalism, White Supremacy and the Militia Movement. Finally, we will have a brief glance at the struggle against the so called Imperial Presidency. In the part on Russia, we will deal, in particular, with the idea of "Moscow as the Third Rome" and Russian messianism as well as with various organizations, thinkers, and politicians who represent this ideology. We will also focus on the idea that Russia is a naturally grown empire and can only exist as an imperial state. We shall start with the emergence of Slavophilism in the first half of the 19th century, pass pan-Slavism, nativism, antisemitism, monarchism, Eurasianism, Stalinism, neo-racism and finish with the ideas of such actors as Vladimir Zhirinovskii and Aleksandr Dugin. Not the least, we will deal with Russian anti-Americanism.Selected relevant texts on the USApplebome, Peter (1996): Dixie Rising, How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics and Culture, New York.Bellah, Robert N. (1967): "Civil Religion in America", Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 96 (1): 1–21.Coski, John M. (2005): The Confederate Battle Flag: America's Most Embattled Emblem, Cambridge.Goldfield, David (2002): Still Fighting the Civil War, The American South and Southern History, Baton Rouge.Hobsbawm, Eric J. (1990): Nations and Nationalism since 1780 : Programme, Myth, Reality, Cambridge.Hochgeschwender, Michael (2007): Amerikanische Religion: Evangelikalismus, Pfingstlertum und Fundamentalismus, Frankfurt a.M.Lehmann, Hartmut und Hermann Wellenreuther, Hrsg. (1999): German and American Nationalism, Oxford.Pollard, Edward (2005): The Lost Cause, A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates, Whitefish.Swain, Carol M. (2002): The New White Nationalism in America, Cambridge.Wilson, Charles Reagan (1983): Baptized in Blood: The Religion of the Lost Cause, 1865-1920, Athens.Wilson, Charles Reagan (1989): "The Religion of the Lost Cause." In: Myth and Southern History. Volume 1. Second Edition. Eds. Patrick Gerster and Nicholas Cords, Urbana.Wilson, Charles Reagan (2007): Judgment and Grace in Dixie: Southern Faiths from Faulkner to Elvis, Athens.
In this seminar, we would like to juxtapose Russian and US-American nationalism, and to identify similarities and differences between their historic evolution, social doctrines, political behaviour, societal impact and organizational... more
In this seminar, we would like to juxtapose Russian and US-American nationalism, and to identify similarities and differences between their historic evolution, social doctrines, political behaviour, societal impact and organizational expressions. In the part on the USA we will focus on the origin of American nationalism and its strong link with religious ideas. We will also deal with different manifestations of American nationalism, such as the KKK, Southern Nationalism, White Supremacy and the Militia Movement. Finally, we will have a brief glance at the struggle against the so called Imperial Presidency. In the part on Russia, we will deal, in particular, with the idea of "Moscow as the Third Rome" and Russian messianism as well as with various organizations, thinkers, and politicians who represent this ideology. We will also focus on the idea that Russia is a naturally grown empire and can only exist as an imperial state. We shall start with the emergence of Slavophilism in the first half of the 19th century, pass pan-Slavism, nativism, antisemitism, monarchism, Eurasianism, Stalinism, neo-racism and finish with the ideas of such actors as Vladimir Zhirinovskii and Aleksandr Dugin. Not the least, we will deal with Russian anti-Americanism.
Selected relevant texts on the US: Applebome, Peter (1996): Dixie Rising, How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics and Culture, New York.Bellah, Robert N. (1967): "Civil Religion in America", Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 96 (1): 1–21.Coski, John M. (2005): The Confederate Battle Flag: America's Most Embattled Emblem, Cambridge.Goldfield, David (2002): Still Fighting the Civil War, The American South and Southern History, Baton Rouge.Hobsbawm, Eric J. (1990): Nations and Nationalism since 1780 : Programme, Myth, Reality, Cambridge.Hochgeschwender, Michael (2007): Amerikanische Religion: Evangelikalismus, Pfingstlertum und Fundamentalismus, Frankfurt a.M.Lehmann, Hartmut und Hermann Wellenreuther, Hrsg. (1999): German and American Nationalism, Oxford.Pollard, Edward (2005): The Lost Cause, A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates, Whitefish.Swain, Carol M. (2002): The New White Nationalism in America, Cambridge.Wilson, Charles Reagan (1983): Baptized in Blood: The Religion of the Lost Cause, 1865-1920, Athens.Wilson, Charles Reagan (1989): "The Religion of the Lost Cause." In: Myth and Southern History. Volume 1. Second Edition. Eds. Patrick Gerster and Nicholas Cords, Urbana.Wilson, Charles Reagan (2007): Judgment and Grace in Dixie: Southern Faiths from Faulkner to Elvis, Athens.
Selected relevant texts on the US: Applebome, Peter (1996): Dixie Rising, How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics and Culture, New York.Bellah, Robert N. (1967): "Civil Religion in America", Journal of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 96 (1): 1–21.Coski, John M. (2005): The Confederate Battle Flag: America's Most Embattled Emblem, Cambridge.Goldfield, David (2002): Still Fighting the Civil War, The American South and Southern History, Baton Rouge.Hobsbawm, Eric J. (1990): Nations and Nationalism since 1780 : Programme, Myth, Reality, Cambridge.Hochgeschwender, Michael (2007): Amerikanische Religion: Evangelikalismus, Pfingstlertum und Fundamentalismus, Frankfurt a.M.Lehmann, Hartmut und Hermann Wellenreuther, Hrsg. (1999): German and American Nationalism, Oxford.Pollard, Edward (2005): The Lost Cause, A New Southern History of the War of the Confederates, Whitefish.Swain, Carol M. (2002): The New White Nationalism in America, Cambridge.Wilson, Charles Reagan (1983): Baptized in Blood: The Religion of the Lost Cause, 1865-1920, Athens.Wilson, Charles Reagan (1989): "The Religion of the Lost Cause." In: Myth and Southern History. Volume 1. Second Edition. Eds. Patrick Gerster and Nicholas Cords, Urbana.Wilson, Charles Reagan (2007): Judgment and Grace in Dixie: Southern Faiths from Faulkner to Elvis, Athens.
Hatten die USA nach der Februarrevolution von 1917 enthusiastisch den Sieg der Demokratie über das autoritäre Zarenregime, kühlten sich die Beziehungen nach der Oktoberrevolution schnell ab und bis 1933 wurde die Sowjetunion nicht von den... more
Hatten die USA nach der Februarrevolution von 1917 enthusiastisch den Sieg der Demokratie über das autoritäre Zarenregime, kühlten sich die Beziehungen nach der Oktoberrevolution schnell ab und bis 1933 wurde die Sowjetunion nicht von den USA anerkannt. Zwar kämpften die beiden Mächte im 2. Weltkrieg gemeinsam gegen das Dritte Reich, doch die Gegensätze blieben und brachen nach dem 2. Weltkrieg wieder verstärkt hervor. Was folgte war ein Wettlauf auf die Vormachtstellung - technologisch und politisch. Das kurze 20. Jahrhundert wurde vom Weltgegensatz der beiden Supermächte dominiert, die die Welt mehr als einmal an den Rand des Abgrundes brachten. Ziel der Veranstaltung ist es die beiden unterschiedlichen politischen Systeme, Kulturen sowie deren Ideale und Ideologien zu analysieren und zu erklären, wie es 1991anstatt zur Katastrophe zum Fall des Eisernen Vorhangs kam.Literatur: Gaddis, J. L.. Russia, the Soviet Union and the United States. New York 1990; Hölzle, E. Amerika und Russland. Entstehung ihres Weltgegensatzes. Göttingen 1980;Eimermacher, K./Volpert, A./Bordjugov, G., Hrsg.: Verführungen der Gewalt. Russen und Deutsche im Ersten und Zweiten Weltkrieg, München 2005; Dieselben, Hrsg.: Aufbrüche und enttäuschte Hoffnungen. Russen und Deutsche in der Zwischenkriegszeit, München 2006.
Die Übung behandelt die Ursachen, den Verlauf und den Ausgang des amerikanischen und des russischen Bürgerkriegs; Ähnlichkeiten und Unterschiede sollen dabei herausgearbeitet werden. U.a. sollen zahlreiche Zeugnisse, Dokumente und... more
Die Übung behandelt die Ursachen, den Verlauf und den Ausgang des amerikanischen und des russischen Bürgerkriegs; Ähnlichkeiten und Unterschiede sollen dabei herausgearbeitet werden. U.a. sollen zahlreiche Zeugnisse, Dokumente und Erinnerungsstücke zur Sprache kommen, die die Positionen der gegnerischen Seiten belegen.Literatur: Figes, Orlando: Die Tragödie eines Volkes. Berlin 1998; Pipes, Richard: Die Russische Revolution, Bd. 1-2. Berlin 1992; Katzer, Nikolaus: Die weiße Bewegung in Rußland. Köln 1999; McPhaeson, James: Battle Cry of Freedom, Oxford 1988.
Einer der ersten Schritte der USA aus ihrem selbst gewählten Isolationismus zu einer aktiven Rolle in der Weltpolitik waren die Friedenverhandlungen zur Beendigung des russisch-japanischen Krieges. Das wechselhafte Verhältnis der... more
Einer der ersten Schritte der USA aus ihrem selbst gewählten Isolationismus zu einer aktiven Rolle in der Weltpolitik waren die Friedenverhandlungen zur Beendigung des russisch-japanischen Krieges. Das wechselhafte Verhältnis der Vereinigten Staaten zu Russland und zur Sowjetunion sollte prägend werden für das 20. Jahrhundert. Diese Übung soll Einblicke in die amerikanische Wahrnehmung Rußlands - des Verbündeten in zwei Weltkriegen und ideologischen Widersachers im "Kalten Krieg" - geben und zeigen, inwiefern sich das amerikanische Russlandbild änderte, oder sich treu blieb. Dies geschieht vor dem Hintergrund der Russlandbilder Deutschlands, dessen Einstellung zu Rußland in der ersten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts äußerst ambivalent war. Das Land pendelte in dieser Periode zwischen Russophilie und extremer Russophobie, die ihren Gipfel im Hitlerschen Vernichtungskrieg gegen die UdSSR erreichte. Die Trias Russland - USA - Deutschland ermöglicht den Vergleich völlig verschiedener politischer Systeme, Ideologien und ihrer Beziehungen zueinander.Literatur: Gaddis, J. L.. Russia, the Soviet Union and the United States. New York 1990;Hölzle, E. Amerika und Russland. Entstehung ihres Weltgegensatzes. Göttingen 1980;Eimermacher, K./Volpert, A./Bordjugov, G., Hrsg.: Verführungen der Gewalt. Russen und Deutsche im Ersten und Zweiten Weltkrieg, München 2005; Dieselben, Hrsg.: Aufbrüche und enttäuschte Hoffnungen. Russen und Deutsche in der Zwischenkriegszeit, München 2006.
Course Objectives:Introduction to Southern Culture, Literature and History.Course Content:Reading a wide variety of Primary and Secondary texts on the American South we will try to find out whether W.J. Cash was right when he wrote: "If... more
Course Objectives:Introduction to Southern Culture, Literature and History.Course Content:Reading a wide variety of Primary and Secondary texts on the American South we will try to find out whether W.J. Cash was right when he wrote: "If it can be said that there are many Souths, the fact remains that there is also one South."ReadingPrimary texts:William Faulkner, “Barn Burning” and “Dry September”Ellen Glasgow, The Battle-Ground (1902)Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird (1960)Carson McCullers, The Member of the Wedding (1946)Tony Morrison, Song of Solomon (1977)Flannery O’ Connor, “Good Country People” and “Displaced Person”Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852)Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi (1883) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884)Alice Walker, The Color Purple (1982)Eudora Welty, “Why I live at the P.O.”Tennessee Williams, The Glass Menagerie (1944)Secondary literature:Andrews, William L. (Ed). 1998. The Literature of the American South. A Norton Anthology. New York and London: W.W. Norton & Company.Applebome, Peter. 1996. Dixie Rising, How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics and Culture. New York: Times Books. Baker, Barbara. 2003. The Blues Aesthetic and the Making of American Identity in the Literature of the South. New York et al: Peter Lang.Cobb, James C. 2007. Away Down South: A History of Southern Identity. New York: Oxford University Press.
Course Objectives:Insights into the relationship between media and literature. How has literature shaped the media (and vice versa)? Insights into culture and pop-culture as well as their correlation. Introduction to theories and aspects... more
Course Objectives:Insights into the relationship between media and literature. How has literature shaped the media (and vice versa)? Insights into culture and pop-culture as well as their correlation. Introduction to theories and aspects of aesthetics of media and theories of media.Course Content:Major novels and their film adaptations as well as literary influences on TV-series and movies.ReadingReading list will be available in class.
Überblick über zentrale fachwissenschaftliche Probleme und Debatten; Kenntnisse der Grundzüge der britischen und nordamerikanischen Literaturgeschichte vom 19. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart; ausgewählte Dramen, epische und lyrische Texte... more
Überblick über zentrale fachwissenschaftliche Probleme und Debatten; Kenntnisse der Grundzüge der britischen und nordamerikanischen Literaturgeschichte vom 19. Jahrhundert bis zur Gegenwart; ausgewählte Dramen, epische und lyrische Texte sowie die Erzählliteratur des entsprechenden Zeitraumes; postkoloniale Literaturen/Studies.
The seminar will focus on Mark Twain's novels and short stories. Analyzing Twain's works literary theories such as "new criticism" and "new historicism" will be discussed. Twain's role as an American author in the second half of the 19th... more
The seminar will focus on Mark Twain's novels and short stories. Analyzing Twain's works literary theories such as "new criticism" and "new historicism" will be discussed. Twain's role as an American author in the second half of the 19th century will also be a point of discussion.This class is intended for students who have already passed the "Introduction to the Study of English and American Literature." Foreign students are welcome!
Goal: Understanding US history during the Reconstruction Era and the Gilded Age. Analyzing the historical background of the Reconstruction we will discuss texts written by renowned authors of the Gilded Age. Literature: Fones, Erik:... more
Goal: Understanding US history during the Reconstruction Era and the Gilded Age.
Analyzing the historical background of the Reconstruction we will discuss texts written by renowned authors of the Gilded Age.
Literature: Fones, Erik: Reconstruction. New York 2002; Twain, Mark: Innocents Abroad. Details and further literature in class.
Analyzing the historical background of the Reconstruction we will discuss texts written by renowned authors of the Gilded Age.
Literature: Fones, Erik: Reconstruction. New York 2002; Twain, Mark: Innocents Abroad. Details and further literature in class.
Designed as an introduction to 19th-century American short stories the seminar will explore a wide range of texts. A syllabus and a reader will be available in April 2008. This class is intended for students who have already passed the... more
Designed as an introduction to 19th-century American short stories the seminar will explore a wide range of texts. A syllabus and a reader will be available in April 2008. This class is intended for students who have already passed the "Introduction to the Study of English and American Literature." Foreign students are welcome!
Analyzing the historical background of the American Revolution and Civil war we will discuss texts written by Michael and Jeff Shaara and Stephen Crane.Further Reading: Shaara, Jeff, Rise to Rebellion, A Novel of the American Revolution.... more
Analyzing the historical background of the American Revolution and Civil war we will discuss texts written by Michael and Jeff Shaara and Stephen Crane.Further Reading: Shaara, Jeff, Rise to Rebellion, A Novel of the American Revolution. Shaara, Michael, The Killer Angels. Crane, Stephen, Red Badge of Courage. Dippel, Horst (1985), Die amerikanische Revolution, Frankfurt a.M. McPherson, James M. (1988), Battlecry of Freedom, New York.
