1 David E. Barclay

Curriculum Vitae

1. ADDRESS: Office: Department of History Home: 125 Balmoral Court Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006 1200 Academy Street U. S. A. Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006 U. S. A.

2. TELEPHONE: (269) 337-7056 (office) or (269) 382-3406 (home)CELL: (269) 267-7585FAX: (269) 337-7251E-MAIL: barclay@kzoo.edu

3. DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: 12 July 1948; Tampa, Florida.

4. EDUCATION:

Institution Degree Field of Study Year

Dixie M. Hollins High School, -- -- 1965 St. Petersburg, Florida

University of Florida, B.A. History 1969 Gainesville, Florida

University of Florida, M.A. History 1970 Gainesville, Florida

Stanford University, Ph.D. History 1975 Stanford, California

5. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1969- 70University of Florida

Graduate Teaching Assistant, 1970-72Stanford University

Assistant Professor of History, 1974-81Kalamazoo College

Academic Director, European Term in 1979

Comparative Urban Studies,Great Lakes Colleges Association

Gastdozent, University of Hannover, Fall 1980Hannover, West Germany

Associate Professor of History, 1981-88Kalamazoo College

Professor of History, 1988-dateKalamazoo College

Margaret and Roger Scholten Professor of International Studies,Kalamazoo College 2000-date

Chair, Department of History, 1990-93, fallKalamazoo College 1994, summer

1997

Director, Center for Western European Studies, 1990-2003 Kalamazoo College (The Center was anUndergraduate National Resource Center,supported by a U. S. Department of Education grant through Title VI of the Higher Education Act.)

Executive Director, German Studies Association 2006-(Responsible for all activities of the GSA, includingthe annual meeting, editing the newsletter, oversight over the journal, finances, membership, and website.)

Friends of the German Historical Institute, Washington, DC 2006-2010Vice Chair, Executive Board 2007-2010

American Council of Learned Societies, Council of AdministrativeOfficers 2005-Executive Committee 2007-2010

Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der WissenschaftenOversight Committee, “Akten des preußischen Staats-ministeriums” 2001-2004Oversight Committee, “Preußen als Kulturstaat” 2004-2007

Alliierten-Museum BerlinUS Representative, International Consultative Committee 2007-

6. MEMBERSHIP IN ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS:

Phi Beta KappaOmicron Delta Kappa

Phi Kappa PhiAmerican Council of Learned Societies, Council of Administrative OfficersAmerican Historical AssociationConference Group for Central European History

Chair, Archives Committee, 2000-2005Friends of the German Historical InstituteGerman Studies Association

Executive Committee, 2000-03Program Committee, 2000-01Program Director, 2004-05Executive Director, 2006-

German History Society (U. K.)North American Society for Court Studies

Executive Committee, 2000-date

7. AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

Woodrow Wilson FellowFord Fellow, 1969-70Foreign Area Fellow, 1972-74Stipendiat of Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, 1972-73Konsultationsgast, Historische Kommission zu Berlin, 1975 and 1981Kalamazoo College Faculty Development Grants, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1986, 1987, 1989-90,

1992, 1993-94John D. MacArthur Scholar, Kalamazoo College, 1982-83, 1984Florence J. Lucasse Fellowship for Excellence in Scholarship, Kalamazoo College, 1985Research Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, 1985-86, 1991-92Kalamazoo College Faculty Foreign Study Grant, 1989Summer Stipend, National Endowment for the Humanities, 1990Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Research Grant, 1997George H. W. Bush/Axel Springer Berlin Prize Fellow, American Academy in Berlin, 2007

8. COURSES TAUGHT:

Kalamazoo College:

Germany and Central Europe in the Nineteenth CenturyGermany and Central Europe, 1890 to the PresentFrench Revolution and NapoleonHistory of France, 1815 to the PresentBritain and the British Empire, 1688 to the PresentModern RussiaEurope in the Nineteenth CenturyContemporary EuropeWorld War IIMass Culture in Comparative and Historical Perspective (team-taught in conjunction with

American Studies Program, Kalamazoo College)

An Introduction to Global History: Europe and the World, 1400-1800An Introduction to History: The Making of the Modern World, 1700 to the PresentFreshman Seminar: Revolutions in Modern EuropeFreshman Seminar: The Fasces and the Swastika: Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany,

1918-1945Junior/Senior Seminar: Approaches to Historical Knowledge (required of all history

majors at Kalamazoo College)Junior Seminar: Problems in Modern European History: The Cold WarHistory of the Netherlands (special evening course for Non-Traditional Students Program,

Kalamazoo College)

University of Hannover:

German-American Relations since 1918Trade Unions in Germany and the United States, 1860-1960

9. FACULTY COMMITTEES AND RELATED ACTIVITIES, KALAMAZOO COLLEGE:

Committee on Athletics, 1975-76 Faculty Study Group, co-chair, 1975-76 Foreign Study Committee, 1976-78, 1983-84 Educational Policies Committee, 1977-80, 2008-

Subcommittee on Counselling, 1977-78; Subcommittee on Grades and Credit, 1977-78; Subcommittee on Professional Development [Colloquia], 1977-78; Subcommittee B, 1978-79;

Subcommittee on Foreign Languages and International Studies, chair, 1979-80 Faculty Council, 1977-8l, 1983-85 (Personnel Committee, 1977-81) Committee on Counselling, Summer Quarter, 1977 Graduate Fellowship Committee, 1977-81 (Danforth Liaison Officer, 1977-80) Committee on Student Participation in the Tenure Process,

Summer Quarter, 1978 Social Science Competitive Essay Examination Committee,

1978-82, 1983-85, 1986-87 (chair, 1978-82, 1983-85) Associate Director, International Commerce Program, 1979-1995 Social Science Summer Speaker Committee, chair, 1980 Search Committees:

English (Winter Quarter, 1977); History (Spring Quarter, 1977); Philosophy (Spring Quarter, 1977); Religion (Spring Quarter, 1977); Provost Search Committee (Spring Quarter, 1977); Spanish (Summer Quarter, 1977); Political Science (Winter-Spring Quarters, 1978); Political Science (Spring-Summer Quarters, 1980); Foreign Study Assistant Director (1981, 1985, 1988); History (Winter-Spring Quarters, 1982); Economics (Winter Quarter, 1985); History (Spring-Summer Quarters, 1985); History (Winter Quarter, 1988); History (Spring Quarter, 1991);Music (Spring Quarter, 1992);

History (Fall-Winter Quarters, 1992-93);Presidential Search Committee (Winter-Spring Quarters 1996);African Studies (Fall-Winter Quarters, 1996-97);East Asian Studies (Fall-Winter Quarters, 1998-99);Biology (Winter 2001);History (Fall-Winter 2001-02);German (Fall-Winter 2003-04);Presidential Search Committee (Summer-Fall 2004);History (Fall-Winter 2008-09).

Forum Committee, 1980-81, 1982, 1983-85 Committee on International Education, 1981-82, 1983-85 (chair, 1981-82)

European Area Studies Subcommittee, chair, 1983-85Sesquicentennial Council, 1981-82 Sesquicentennial Coordinating Committee, 1981-82 Commencement Committee, Spring-Summer Quarters, 1984 Subcommittee on General Education, Summer Quarter, 1984 Faculty Development Committee, 1986-87, 2000-date

(Lucasse Nomination Subcommittee, 1987, 1988; chair, Summer Quarter, 1987) Foreign Study Review Committee, chair, Winter-Spring Quarters, 1988 Western European Studies Committee, 1988-90 Institutional Resources Committee, 1990-93International and Area Studies Committee, 1990-dateChair, Department of History, 1990-93, Fall 1994, 1997Associate Director, Center for Western European Studies, 1988-90Director, Center for Western European Studies, 1990-2003Academic Council, Great Lakes Colleges Association, 1997-2002International Council, 2002-dateCommittee on International Programs, 2002-04ACE Internationalization Laboratory Team, 2003-2006Academic Standards Committee, 2007-08

10. LANGUAGES:

German: excellent reading, speaking, writingFrench: good reading, poor speaking, poor writingDutch: good reading, poor speaking, poor writingAfrikaans: excellent reading, poor speaking, poor writingRussian: elementary (equivalent of two years of college study)

11. PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH:

a. DISSERTATION:

"Social Politics and Social Reform in Germany, 1890-1933: Rudolf Wissell and the Free Trade Union Movement." Ph.D. diss., Stanford University, 1975. Dissertation Committee: Prof. Gordon A. Craig, Chair; Prof. Peter Paret; Prof. Otto Büsch.

b. PUBLICATIONS:

i. Books:

Rudolf Wissell als Sozialpolitiker 1890-1933. Einzelveröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission zu Berlin, vol. 44. Berlin: Colloquium Verlag, 1984.

Frederick William IV and the Prussian Monarchy 1840-1861. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.

Anarchie und guter Wille. Friedrich Wilhelm IV. und die preußische Monarchie. Translated by Marion Müller. Berlin: Siedler Verlag, 1995. (A more extensive version of the book published in English by Oxford University Press.)

Co-edited with Elisabeth Glaser-Schmidt, Transatlantic Images and Perceptions: Germany and America since 1776. New York and Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997.

Co-edited with Eric D. Weitz, Between Reform and Revolution: German Socialism and Communism from 1840 to 1990. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1998.

Schaut auf diese Stadt. Der unbekannte Ernst Reuter. Translated by Ilse Utz. Berlin: Siedler Verlag, 2000.

Revised and updated English version of Ernst Reuter book to be published by Berghahn Books.

ii. Articles:

"Die Bibliothek Rudolf Wissells in der Historischen Kommission zu Berlin." Internationale wissenschaftliche Korrespondenz zur Geschichte der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung 11, no. 4 (December 1975): 496-98.

"Rudolf Wissell, Planwirtschaft and the Free Trade Unions, 1919-1923: Some Tentative Observations." In Historische Prozesse der deutschen Inflation 1914 bis 1924. Ein Tagungsbericht, ed. Otto Büsch and Gerald D. Feldman (with the assistance of Monika Wölk and Wolfgang Wölk), 295-309. Einzelveröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission zu Berlin, vol. 21. Berlin: Colloquium Verlag, 1978.

"A Prussian Socialism? Wichard von Moellendorff and the Dilemmas of Economic Planning in Germany, 1918-19." Central European History 11, no. 1 (March 1978): 50-82.

"The Insider as Outsider: Rudolf Wissell's Critique of Social Democratic Economic Policies, 1919 to 1920." In Die Anpassung an die Inflation/The Adaptation to Inflation, ed. Gerald D. Feldman, Carl-Ludwig Holtfrerich, Gerhard A. Ritter, Peter-Christian Witt, 451-71. Veröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission zu Berlin, vol. 67; Beiträge zu Inflation und Wiederaufbau in Deutschland und Europa 1914-1924, vol. 8. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1986.

"König, Königtum, Hof und preußische Gesellschaft in der Zeit Friedrich Wilhelms IV. (1840-1858)." Jahrbuch für die Geschichte Mittel- und Ostdeutschlands 36 (1987): 1-21. Also published in Otto Büsch, ed., Friedrich Wilhelm IV. in seiner Zeit. Beiträge eines Colloquiums, 1-21. Einzelveröffentlichungen der Historischen Kommission zu Berlin, vol. 62. Berlin: Colloquium Verlag, 1987.

"The Soldiers of an Unsoldierly King: The Military Advisers of Frederick William IV, 1840-1858." In Geschichte als Aufgabe. Festschrift für Otto Büsch zu seinem 60. Geburtstag, ed. Wilhelm Treue, 247-66. Berlin: Colloquium Verlag, 1988.

"Medievalism and Monarchy in Nineteenth-Century Germany: Ludwig I and Frederick William IV." In Selected Papers on Medievalism: Volumes I and II (1986 and 1987) (Indiana, Pennsylvania: Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 1988), 2:124-35.

"Hof und Hofgesellschaft in Preußen in der Zeit Friedrich Wilhelms IV. (1840-1857). Überlegungen und Fragen." In Hof und Hofgesellschaft in den deutschen Staaten im 19. und beginnenden 20. Jahrhunderts, 321-60. Edited by Karl Möckl. Deutsche Führungsschichten in der Neuzeit, vol. 18. Boppard am Rhein: Harald Boldt Verlag, 1990.

"Ritual, Ceremonial, and the `Invention' of a Monarchical Tradition in Nineteenth-Century Prussia." In European Monarchy: Its Evolution and Practice from Roman Antiquity to Modern Times, 207-20. Edited by Heinz Duchhardt, Richard A. Jackson, and David Sturdy. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 1992.

"The Court Camarilla and the Politics of Monarchical Restoration in Prussia, 1848-58." In Between Reform, Reaction, and Resistance: Studies in the History of German Conservatism from 1789 to 1945, 123-56. Edited by Larry Eugene Jones and James Retallack. Providence and Oxford: Berg Publishers, 1993.

"Denkmal und Revolutionsfurcht. Friedrich Wilhelm IV. und die Verherrlichung des preußischen Feldzugs in Südwestdeutschland 1849 -- Monumentale Beispiele im Potsdamer Raum." Jahrbuch für brandenburgische Landesgeschichte 44 (1993): 130-60.

"Gartenintendant und konservativer Hofpolitiker. Ludwig von Massow (1794-1859." Mitteilungen der Pückler Gesellschaft (Neue Folge), 9 (1993): 6-30.

"Medievalism and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Germany." Studies in Medievalism 5 (1993): 5-22.

"Wichard von Moellendorff." Entry in Neue Deutsche Biographie (Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1994), 17: 632-33.

“Otto Büsch und die USA -- Eine persönliche Erinnerung.” Jahrbuch für die Geschichte Mittel- und Ostdeutschlands 43 (1995): xii-xiv.

“Monarchie als Gesamtkunstwerk. Das Monarchische Projekt.” In Friedrich Wilhelm IV. Künstler und König. Zum 200. Geburtstag. Ausstellung vom 8. Juli bis 3. September 1995. Neue Orangerie im Park von Sanssouci, 22-27. [Exhibition catalogue.] Edited by Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg. Frankfurt am Main: H. W. Fichter Edition, 1995.

“Ein deutscher ‘Tory democrat’? Joseph Maria von Radowitz (1797-1853).@ In Konservative Politiker in Deutschland. Eine Auswahl biographischer Porträts aus zwei Jahrhunderten, 37-67. Edited by Hans-Christof Kraus. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, 1995.

“‘Die Gleichzeitigkeit des Ungleichzeitigen’: Wolfram Siemann's Nineteenth Century.” German Historical Institute London. Bulletin 17, no. 3 (November 1995): 15-23.

"Monarchy, Court, and Society in Constitutional Prussia." In International Politics and German History: The Past Informs the Present, 59-73. Edited by David Wetzel and Theodore S. Hamerow. Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 1997.

“Friedrich Wilhelm IV., König von Preußen: Gottesgnadentum in einem revolutionären Zeitalter.” In Die Achtundvierziger. Lebensbilder aus der deutschen Revolution 1848/49, 290-302. Edited by Sabine Freitag. Munich: Verlag C. H. Beck, 1998.

Entries on “Country Life,” “Wilhelm I, King of Prussia and German Emperor (1797-1888),”and “Wissell, Rudolf (1869-1962),” in Modern Germany: An Encyclopedia of History, People, and Culture, 1871-1990, 1: 207, 2: 1070-71, 2: 1076. Edited by Dieter K. Buse and Juergen C. Doerr. 2 vols. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1998.

“Rethinking Social Democracy, the State, and Europe: Rudolf Hilferding in Exile, 1933 to 1941.” In Between Reform and Revolution: German Socialism and Communism from 1840 to 1990, 373-95. Edited by David E. Barclay and Eric D. Weitz. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 1998.

“Representing the Midle Ages: Court Festivals in Nineteenth-Century Prussia.” In Medievalism in the Modern World: Essays in Honour of Leslie Workman, 105-16. Edited by Richard Utz and Tom Shippey. Turnhout: Brepols, 1998.

“Preußen und die Unionspolitik 1849/50.” In Die Erfurter Union und das Erfurter Unionsparlament 1850, 53-80. Edited by Gunther Mai. Cologne: Böhlau Verlag, 2000.

“Friedrich Wilhelm II. (1786-1797.” In Preußens Herrscher. Von den ersten Hohenzollern bis Wilhelm II., 179-96. Edited by Frank-Lothar Kroll. Munich: Verlag C. H. Beck, 2000.

“Mäzenatentum am preußischen Hof. Christian Carl Josias Bunsen, Alexander von Humboldt und die Umgebung Friedrich Wilhelms IV.” In Jahrbuch Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, Band I: 1995/96, 11-17. Edited by Hans-Joachim Giersberg. Berlin: Akademie Verlag, 2000.

“Friedrich Wilhelm II. und das Marmorpalais.” Die Mark Brandenburg, No. 39 (December 2000): 22-27.

“Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Prussia, 1840-50.” In Modern Prussian History 1830-1947, 66-85. Edited by Philip G. Dwyer. Harlow, Essex: Longman, 2001.

“Beyond Cold War Mythmaking: Ernst Reuter and the United States.” In Germany and America: Essays in Honor of Gerald R. Kleinfeld, 123-45. Edited by Wolfgang-Uwe Friedrich. New York and Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2001.

“Die Gegner der Reformpolitik Hardenbergs.” In “Freier Gebrauch der Kräfte”. Eine Bestandsaufnahme der Hardenberg-Forschung, 217-29. Edited by Thomas Stamm-Kuhlmann. Munich: R. Oldenbourg Verlag, 2001.

“Prussian Conservatives and the Problem of Bonapartism.” In Dictatorship in History and Theory: Bonapartism, Caesarism, and Totalitarianism, 67-81. Publications of the German Historical Institute, Washington, D. C. Edited by Peter Baehr and Melvin Richter. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2004.

“Großherzogliche Mutter und kaiserliche Tochter im Spannungsfeld der deutschen Politik. Maria Pawlowna, Augusta und der Weimarer Einfluß auf Preußen !1811-1890).” In “Ihre kaiserliche Hoheit”. Maria Pawlowna: Zarentochter am Weimarer Hof. Katalog und CD-R zur Ausstellung im Weimarer Schloßmuseum, Part 2 (CD-ROM), 77-81. [Exhibition catalogue.] Edited by Stiftung Weimarer Klassik und Kunstsammlungen. Weimar: Stiftung Weimarer Klassik und Kunstsammlungen, 2004.

“Political Trends and Movements, 1830-50: The Vormärz and the Revolutions of 1848-1849.” In The Short Oxford History of Germany: Germany 1800-1870, 46-68. Edited by Jonathan Sperber. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.

“Transatlantic Cooperation in an Age of Transnationalism: The Future of German Studies.” In German Studies Association: Newsletter 37, no. 2 (Winter 2007-08): 25-35.

“Carlsbad Decrees” and “Prussia.” In The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World, 1750 to the Present, 2: 52 and 6: 275. Edited by Peter N. Stearns. 8 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008.

“Ernst Reuters Tätigkeit als Sowjetkommissar im Wolgagebiet.” In Ernst Reuter. Kommunalpolitiker und Gesellschaftsreformer 1921-1953, 69-77. Edited by Heinz Reif and Moritz Feichtinger. Bonn: Verlag J. H. W. Dietz Nachf.GmbH, 2009.

“Westberlin.” In Erinnerungsorte der DDR, 431-40. Edited by Martin Sabrow. Munich: Verlag C. H. Beck, 2009.

“Mythos, Symbol, Realpolitik. Ernst Reuter und die Blockade.” In Die Berliner Luftbrücke. Ereignis und Erinnerung, 149-57. Edited by Helmut Trotnow and Bernd von Kostka. Berlin: Frank & Timme, 2010.

“Benno Ohnesorg, Rudi Dutschke, and the Student Movement in West Berlin: Critical Reflections after Forty Years.” In Berlin Divided City, 1945-1989, 125-34. Edited by Philip Broadbent and Sabine Hake. New York: Berghahn Books, 2010.

Three more articles currently scheduled for publication.

Over forty book reviews in a variety of journals, including American Historical Review, Central European History, German History, German Studies Review, Internationale wissenschaftliche Korrespondenz zur Geschichte der deutschen Arbeiterbewegung, Jahrbuch für die Geschichte Mittel- und Ostdeutchlands, Journal of American History, Journal of Modern History, and Majestas.

ii. Documentary Recordings

Consulting historian and interviewee for Ernst Reuter. Ein zerrissenes Leben, directed by Jan Peter, script Yury Winterberg (Berlin: Neue PROVOBIS Film GmbH, 2010),

broadcast on German ARD television 26 May 2010.

Numerous television interviews in Germany and the United States. See below for details.

iii. Translation:

Translation into English of Otto Büsch, Industrialisierung und Geschichtswissenschaft. Ein Beitrag zur Thematik der historischen Industrialisierungsforschung. 2nd edition. Historische und pädagogische Studien, vol. 10. Berlin: Colloquium Verlag, 1979. English title: The Historian and the Industrial Age: Some Thematic and Methodological Observations on Industrialization as an Historical Problem. (The English text appeared as part of a dual-language edition.)

c. PAPERS PRESENTED:

Participant in panel discussion on "The Uses of the Film and the Novel in Comparing National Cultures," Popular Culture Association, 24 April 1976, Chicago, Illinois.

"Rudolf Wissell, die Planwirtschaft und die Freien Gewerkschaften 1919 bis 1923," paper presented at conference on "Historische Prozesse der deutschen Inflation," Historische Kommission zu Berlin, 12-14 July 1976, Berlin.

Commentator for session on "Germany in Trouble: Weimar, Hitler, and Neurosis," Great Lakes History Conference, 29 April 1977, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Participant in workshop on "Film and Teaching," Great Lakes Colleges Association, 23-25 February 1978, Albion College, Albion, Michigan.

Commentator for session on "Socialist Agrarian Politics at the Turn of the Century," Southern Historical Association, 10 November 1978, St. Louis, Missouri.

"Arbeitersekretariate in Deutschland vor 1914," paper presented at conference on "Sozialer Wandel, Konflikt und gewerkschaftliche Organisation. Die deutsche Gewerkschaftsbewegung von den Anfängen bis 1918," Historische Kommission zu Berlin, 22-24 March 1979, Berlin.

Commentator for session on "Studies in 20th Century German History," Great Lakes History Conference, 10 May 1979, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Participation in panel discussion on "Two Approaches to the European Experience: Using Film to Teach History," Great Lakes History Conference, 11 May 1979, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

"The Insider as Outsider: Rudolf Wissell's Critique of Social Democratic Economic Policies, 1919-20," paper presented at "Workshop on Inflation and Reconstruction in Germany and Europe, 1914-1924," University of California, Berkeley, July 1982, Berkeley, California.

"Die Hofgesellschaft in der Zeit Friedrich Wilhelms IV.," paper presented at 24th "Büdinger Gespräche," Schloß Büdingen, 20-22 March 1986, Büdingen, West Germany.

"Neue Tendenzen in der anglo-amerikanischen Geschichtswissenschaft," paper presented to Historisches Seminar, University of Kiel, 14 May 1986, Kiel, West Germany.

"König, Königtum, Hof und preußische Gesellschaft in der Zeit Friedrich Wilhelms IV. (1840-1861)," paper presented at conference on "Friedrich Wilhelm IV. in seiner Zeit," Historische Kommission zu Berlin, 31 October-1 November 1986, Berlin.

"Frederick William IV and the Dilemmas of Prussian Medievalism," paper presented at 22nd International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, 7-10 May 1987, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

"Medievalism and Monarchy in Nineteenth-Century Germany: Ludwig I and Frederick William IV," paper presented at Second Annual Conference on Medievalism, University of Notre Dame, 8-10 October 1987, Notre Dame, Indiana.

"The Soldiers of an Unsoldierly King: The Military Advisers of Frederick William IV, 1840-58," paper presented at eleventh annual meeting of German Studies Association, 15-18 October 1987, St. Louis, Missouri.

"Friedrich Wilhelm IV.--Neue Forschungsperspektiven," lecture presented to Pückler-Gesellschaft, 15 December 1987, West Berlin.

Moderator for session on "Economic Change and Academic Disciplines in the Early Nineteenth Century," twelfth annual meeting of German Studies Association, 6-9 October 1988, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"Monarchical Institutions and the State in Prussia, 1840-58," paper presented at twelfth annual meeting of German Studies Association, 6-9 October 1988, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

"Medievalism and Nationalism in Nineteenth-Century Germany," paper presented at Third Annual Conference on Medievalism, 13-15 October 1988, Chicago, Illinois.

"The Evolution of a European Market: Historical Steps towards 1992," lecture presented at symposium on "The 1992 Challenge from Europe: A Single European Market and Its Implications for American Business," Center for Western European Studies, Kalamazoo College, 12 May 1989, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Commentator for session on "Nineteenth-Century German Economy and Bureaucracy," thirteenth annual meeting of German Studies Association, 5-8 October 1989, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

"East Germany and the German Question," lecture presented in lecture series on "The Changing Face of Europe," Center for Western European Studies, Kalamazoo College, 6 February 1990, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

"Representing the Middle Ages: Court Festivals in Nineteenth-Century Prussia," paper presented at 25th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, 10-13 May 1990, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

"Royal Ritual and the 'Invention' of a Monarchical Tradition in Nineteenth-Century Prussia," paper presented at Majestas II: Second International Conference on

Rulership, 21-24 June 1990, Paris.

"Hof und Hofgesellschaft in Preußen in der Zeit Friedrich Wilhelms IV.," guest lecture presented to Fachbereich Geschichtswissenschaften, Philipps-Universität Marburg, 28 June 1990, Marburg, West Germany.

"German Reunification: An Historical Perspective," lecture presented to Continuing Education Program, Kellogg Community College, 24 July 1990, Battle Creek, Michigan.

Commentator for session on "The Changing Moods of Prussian Conservatism, 1786-1933: Statism, Anti-Statism, and Demagoguery," fourteenth annual meeting of German Studies Association, 4-7 October 1990, Buffalo, New York.

"Looking Toward the Next Millennium: Teaching About Europe," paper presented at Great Lakes Colleges Association conference on "The International College of the Nineties: Experiencing Diversity On-Campus and Overseas," Ohio Wesleyan University, 26-27 October 1990, Delaware, Ohio.

Co-organizer and presider for two sessions on "Medievalism in Nineteenth-Century Germany: Historical Preservation and the Medieval Past," 26th International Congress on Medieval Studies, 9-12 May 1991, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

Presider and respondent for session on "Medievalism in Twentieth-Century Germany: Medieval Ideologies in the Weimar Republic," 26th International Congress on Medieval Studies, 9-12 May 1991, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

"Die Kamarilla Friedrich Wilhelms IV.," lecture presented to Pückler-Gesellschaft, 2 March 1992, Berlin.

"Germany at the Crossroads," lecture presented in series "What You Need to Know about the European Community," 23 September 1992, Lee Honors College, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan.

"Monarchy, Court, and Society in Constitutional Prussia, 1848-1890," paper presented at 107th annual meeting of American Historical Association, 27-30 December 1992, Washington, D.C.

"Das Michaelsdenkmal im Babelsberger Park und das Triumphtor in Potsdam," lecture presented to Pückler-Gesellschaft, 10 February 1993, Berlin.

Commentator for session on "German Liberalism in the 1850s and 1860s: The `New Era' Revisited," 17th annual meeting of German Studies Association, 7-10 October 1993, Washington, D. C.

"Friedrich Wilhelm IV. im Porträt und in der Karikatur," lecture presented to Pückler-Gesellschaft, 6 September 1994, Berlin.

Commentator for session on "Political Ideologies and the Making of the Empire," 18th annual meeting of German Studies Association, 29 September-2 October 1994, Dallas, Texas.

"Monarchy and Society in Germany, 1786-1888," paper presented at Annual General Meeting of German History Society (U.K.), 25-26 November 1994, German Historical Institute, London.

"Monarchie als Gesamtkunstwerk: Das monarchische Projekt Friedrich Wilhelms IV.," lecture presented to Pückler-Gesellschaft, 15 March 1995, Berlin.

"Monarchy, State, and Society in Prussia, 1840-1888," paper presented at Seventh Biennial Conference on Central and Eastern Europe, 30 March-1 April 1995, New College of the University of South Florida, Sarasota, Florida.

“Mäzenatentum am preußischen Hof: Christian Carl Josias Bunsen, Alexander von Humboldt und die Umgebung Friedrich Wilhelms IV.,” paper presented at conference on “Fürstliches Mäzenatentum im Zeitalter bürgerlicher Revolutionen,” Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, 15-26 August 1995, Schloß Lindstedt, Potsdam.

“Die Bedeutung Friedrich Wilhelms IV. für die preußisch-deutsche Geschichte im 19. Jahrhundert. Betrachtungen zum 200. Geburtstag,” lecture presented to Freunde der preußischen Schlösser und Gärten, 30 August 1995, Schloß Charlottenburg, Berlin.

"Landhäuser und Gärten der Pücklerzeit in Südafrika," lecture presented to Pückler-Gesellschaft, 28 February 1996, Berlin.

"The Bosnian Tangle: A Riddle inside a Mystery inside an Enigma?," lecture presented to 1833 Society, 20 March 1996, Kalamazoo College.

Commentator for session on "Defense Mechanisms: Nineteenth-Century Women and the Burden of the Present," 20th annual meeting of German Studies Association, 10-13 October 1996, Seattle, Washington.

"Die Revolutionen von 1848 als gesamteuropäisches Phänomen. Betrachtungen zum bevorstehenden 150. Jahrestag," lectures presented to Pückler-Gesellschaft, 15 April 1997, Berlin, and at Historisches Institut, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität, 29 April 1997, Greifswald.

"König, Hof und Verfassung in Preußen in der Zeit Friedrich Wilhelms IV.," lecture presented at Institut für Geschichte, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, 18 April 1997, Halle.

"Ernst Reuter: Zwischen Exil und Remigration," paper presented at conference on "Ernst Reuter: Zwischen Exil und Remigration," Gedenkstätte Deutscher Widerstand, 22 April 1997, Berlin.

“Die Gegner der Reformpolitik Hardenbergs,” paper presented at Hardenberg-Fachkonferenz 1997, Werner-Reimers-Stiftung, 8-10 September 1997, Bad Homburg, and to Pückler-Gesellschaft, 11 September 1997, Berlin.

Commentator for session on “The Unmade Era: Politics and Culture in Vormärz Prussia,” 21st annual meeting of German Studies Association, 25-28 September 1997, Washington, D. C.

Moderator and commentator for session on “‘Opium fürs Volk’, oder Quell gesellschaftlicher Erneuerung? Kirche, Kunst und Politik im 19. Jahrhundert,” 21st annual meeting of German Studies Association, 25-28 September 1997, Washington, D. C.

“The Center for Western European Studies as a GLCA Resource,” paper presented at Great Lakes Colleges Association workshop on international education,”The World Is Our Campus,” 27-28 March 1998, Albion College, Albion, Michigan.

“Can You Go Home Again? Political Exile in the Twentieth Century,” Honors Day lecture presented at Kalamazoo College, 5 November 1998.

“Germans in Turkish Exile, 1933-1952,” paper presented at Midwest German History Workshop, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 21-22 November 1998.

“Ernst Reuter and the Problem of Cold War Hagiography,” lecture presented as part of fall lecture series on “Biography and German History,” German Historical Institute, Washington, D. C., 10 December 1998.

“Prussian Conservatives and the Problem of Bonapartism,” paper presented to conference on “After Revolution and Democratization: Conceptualizing the 18th Brumaires and Regimes of the Two Bonapartes,” International Conference for the Study of Political Thought, Hunter College, New York, 9-11 April 1999.

“Central Europe in Revolution, 1844-1851,” paper presented at annual meeting of The Historical Society, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 27-29 May 1999.

“Der Einfluß Ernst Reuters auf das deutschlandpolitische Denken Willy Brandts,” paper presented at conference on “Kleine Schritte, langer Weg. Die deutschland- und ostpolitischen Konzeptionen Willy Brandts vom Mauerbau bis zum Mauerfall 1961-1989,” Bundeskanzler-Willy-Brandt-Stiftung, Berlin, 4-5 November 1999.

“‘Schaut auf diese Stadt’. Ernst Reuter und sein bewegtes Leben,” lecture presented at the URANIA, Berlin, 11 April 2000.

“Germany in an Age of Democratic Revolutions, 1770-1918,” paper presented at annual meeting of The Historical Society, Boston, Massachusetts, 1-3 June 2000.

Moderator for session on “1815-1848/49,” conference on “Preußens Weg in die Moderne,” Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Schloß Blankensee, 30 November - 2 December 2000.

“Gedanken über einen versunkenen Staat: Preußen nach 300 Jahren,” lecture presented at symposium on “Preußen gestern und morgen,” German Historical Institute, Washington D. C., 27 March 2001.

”Revolution and War in an Age of Globalization: A Nineteenth-Century Example,” inaugural lecture as Margaret and Roger Scholten Professor of International Studies, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 24 April 2001.

“Ernst Reuter,” paper presented at conference on “Reformer, Renegaten, Dissidenten. Die Rolle innerkommunistischer Opposition im langen Auflösungsprozeß der

Parteidiktatur,” Akademie für politische Bildung, Tutzing, 4-6 May 2001.

“‘Chinese’ Gordon und die Suche nach dem Garten Eden,” lecture presented to Pückler-Gesellschaft, Berlin, 8 August 2001.

Moderator for session on “New Approaches to the Long Nineteenth Century in Prussia,” 25th annual meeting of German Studies Association, Washington, D. C., 4-7 October 2001.

“Ernst Reuter and the Berlin Blockade in the Context of Cold War History, paper presented at session on “Berlin from the Blockade to German Unity,” 25th annual meeting of German Studies Association, Washington, D. C., 4-7 October 2001.

Commentator for session on “Preußen zwischen Restauration und Revolution,” conference on “Italien und Preußen: Dialog der Historiagraphien,” Villa Vigoni: Centro Tedesco-Italiano, Loveno di Menaggio, 24-26 October 2002.

“From Center to Periphery? Recent Trends in the Historiography of Prussia, position paper presented at annual Midwest German History Workshop, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 9-10 November 2002.

Commentator for session on “Images of German Nationhood: Alternative Narratives,” 117th annual meeting of American Historical Association, Chicago, Illinois, 2-5 January 2003.

“The View from Elgin, Illinois: Images and Stereotypes in German-American Relations,” keynote address at International Association of Torch Clubs annual convention, Oak Brook, Illinois, 19-22 June 2003.

“Ein amerikanischer Parkfriedhof der Pückler-Zeit. Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge/Massachusetts,” lecture presented to Pückler-Gesellschaft, Berlin, 2 September 2003.

“Großherzogliche Mutter und kaiserliche Tochter im Spannungsfeld der deutschen Politik. Maria Pawlowna, Augusta und der Weimarer Einfluß auf Preußen (1811-1890),” paper presented at conference on “Maria Pawlowna. Zarentochter und Großherzogin in St. Petersburg und Weimar,” Stiftung Weimarer Klassik und Kunstsammlungen, Weimar, 10-12 September 2003.

Moderator for session on “Music and the Public Sphere in Nineteenth-Century Germany,” 27th annual meeting of German Studies Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, 18-21 September 2003.

“Nostalgia for Empire: The Old Reich in the Nineteenth-Century Prussian Imagination,” position paper presented at annual Midwest German History Workshop, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 18-19 October 2003.

“Europeans from Venus, Americans from Mars?,” three lectures presented at the Fountains at Bronson Place, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 21 October, 28 October, 4 November 2003.

“An Old New Europe and a New Old Europe,” lecture presented at “Global Awareness Day VII: Europe Old and New,” St. Clair County Community College, Port Huron,

Michigan, 23 October 2003.

Commentator for session on “Rethinking the Restoration: Political Culture and Cultural Politics after Napoleon,” 28th annual meeting of German Studies Association, Washington, D. C., 7-10 October 2004.

“Berlin (West)/West-Berlin/Westberlin: Was bleibt? Some Random Musings and Speculations,” position paper presented at annual Midwest German History Workshop, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 23-24 October 2004.

“The Cold War and the Power of Symbolism in US-German Relations: The Case of Ernst Reuter,” paper presented at conference on “Will It Ever Be the Same Again? The Shaping of German-American Relations from 1945 to 1994,” Meridian International Center, Washington, D. C., 2 December 2004.

“The Crisis of Royal Authority in Pre-March Central Europe, 1830-1848: Reflections on Recent Research,” 35th annual conference of Consortium on Revolutionary Europe 1750-1850, Florida Southern College, Lakeland, Florida, 17-19 February 2005.

“Ernst Reuters Tätigkeit als Sowjetkommissar im Wolgagebiet,” paper presented at conference on “Ernst Reuter als Kommunalpolitiker 1922-1953,” Landesarchiv Berlin, 23-24 March 2007.

“Deutsche Demokraten und die amerikanische Besatzungspolitik. Das Beispiel von Ernst Reuter,” paper presented at conference on “Grundzüge und Wahrnehmung deutscher Nachkriegsgeschichte. Deutsch-Russische Historikerkonferenz,” Akademie für politische Bildung, Tutzing, 24-28 March 2007.

“Persönlichkeit als Symbol. Ernst Reuter und die Sonderfunktion West-Berlins im Kalten Krieg,” George H. W. Bush/Axel Springer Lecture, American Academy in Berlin, 2 May 2007.

“Transatlantic Cooperation in an Age of Transnationalism: The Future of German Studies,” keynote address presented at annual meeting of International Association for the Study of German Politics, Edinburgh, Scotland, 30 May 2007.

“European-American Relations in Historical Perspective,” lecture to United Nations Association of Kalamazoo, 16 September 2007.

“The Crisis in Central Europe between the World Wars,” lecture presented at “Experiencing History/Writing History: Symposium for Ernst Breisach,” Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 27 October 2007.

"Nicht immer präsent. West-Berlin aus amerikanischer Sicht 1948-1994," keynote paper presented at annual meeting of Gesellschaft für Deutschlandforschung (Society for Research on Germany), Berlin, 8 March 2008.

"Benno Ohnesorg, Rudi Dutschke, and the Studentenbewegung in West Berlin: Reflections after Forty Years," paper presented at German Studies Workshop on "Berlin: The Divided City, 1949-1989," University of Texas at Austin, 29 March 2008.

"Berlin 1968, Berlin 1972," lecture presented at retirement for Professor Diethelm Prowe, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, 24 April 2008.

"The Berlin Airlift after Sixty Years: Myth, Meaning, and the German-American Relationship," inaugural Gerald R. Kleinfeld Lecture in German History, Culture, and Politics, Wartburg College, Waverly, Iowa, 30 September 2008.

"Mythos, Symbol, Realpolitik. Ernst Reuter und die Blockade," paper presented at symposium on "Die Berliner Luftbrücke. Ereignis und Erinnerung," Berlin, 23-24 April 2009.

Moderator for session on "Die Berliner Mauer. Vom Sperrwall zum Denkmal," German Studies Association, Washington, D. C., 8-11 October 2009.

d. OTHER ACTIVITIES:

1) Bibliographical correspondent for Jahrbuch für die Geschichte Mittel- und Ostdeutschlands, 1974-1995.

2) Principal author of four successful grant proposals to the United States Department of Education (1990, 1993, 1996, and 1999) to fund an Undergraduate National Resource Center in Western European Studies at Kalamazoo College. This grant was provided under the terms of Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

3) Moderator of "Spotlight on Europe," a series of television programs produced netween 1991 and 2003 by the Center for Western European Studies, Kalamazoo College. Guests have included Peter Steinbach (Free University of Berlin), Thomas Stamm-Kuhlmann (University of Kiel), Josef Joffe (Süddeutsche Zeitung), Walter Momper (former Governing Mayor of Berlin), David Broder (Washington Post), Jolyon Howorth (University of Bath), Michael Shackleton (European Parliament), David Cannadine (Columbia University), Hermann-Josef Rupieper (Universities of Marburg and Halle), Robert Andres (Madeira Conservatory of Music), Vladimir Krpan (Zagreb Academy of Music), David Gould (Cabinet Office, London), Tim Carrington (Wall Street Journal), Sybil Milton (United States Holocaust Memorial Museum), Flora Lewis (New York Times and International Herald Tribune), Martin Walker (The Guardian), André Heintz (University of Caen), Stephan Sanders (De Volkskrant, Amsterdam), Fred Halliday (London School of Economics), Geoffrey Harris (European Parliament), Holger Teschke (Chief Dramaturg, Berliner Ensemble), Alain Parguez (University of the Franche-Comté, Besançon), Robert Harkavy (Penn State), Rolf Borchard (Bayerischer Rundfunk), Uwe Kitzinger (Oxford), Mark Cioc (University of California, Santa Cruz); Hanna Schissler (Hanover).

4) Organizer and coordinator of annual conferences at Center for Western European Studies, Kalamazoo College. The proceedings of the 1993 and 1994 conferences have been published.

5) Member of Advisory and Coordinating Committee for multiyear research project on “Preußen als Kulturstaat,” Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences), Berlin, 2004-2009.. The committee is chaired by Prof. Jürgen Kocka (Freie Universität Berlin), and the project coordinator is Prof. Wolfgang Neugebauer (Universität Würzburg).

6) Consulting historian and interviewee for the TV documentary film Ernst Reuter. Ein zerrissenes Leben. Film by Yuri Winterberg and Jan Peter. Berlin, PROVOBIS Film GmbH. First broadcast: 26 May 2010, ARD (Germany).

7) Additional work on behalf of undergraduate international education:

Presider and rapporteur for working group on "The Base of the Pyramid: The Undergraduate," annual meeting of Title VI Center Directors, Center for International Education, U. S. Department of Education, 31 March-2 April 1993, Washington, D. C.

Co-chair, Sub-Group on Undergraduate International Education, Association of International Education Administrators, Research Agenda Working Group, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, 10-11 August 1995, Washington, D. C.

Member of Interconsortial Task Force from Great Lakes Colleges Association, Associated Colleges of the Midwest, and Associated Colleges of the South to prepare joint grant proposal to Mellon Foundation, 1998-99.