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Theory and History of Violence
Studying history and society should always also entail the study of violence. For violence–whether threatened, perpetrated, or endured–has been an ever-present phenomenon throughout the history of humankind. As the twentieth century came to an end, hopes were raised for a brief moment that we had seen the end of an era of extreme violence and that new strategies for harnessing unprecedented potentials for violence might be developed.
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Current Projects:
Bernd Greiner
The American Century: War and Civil Society in the U.S.A. (Last modified February 2008)
Bernd Greiner (Project head), Tim B. Müller, Dierk Walter, Claudia Weber
Between "Total War" and "Small Wars": Studies on the Societal History of the Cold War (Last modified January 2008)
Regina Mühlhäuser, Gaby Zipfel
Working Group on Gender and War (Last modified Juni 2010)
Regina Mühlhäuser, Gaby Zipfel
Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts (Last modified March 2010)
Dierk Walter
Wars of Empire: The Shape and Logic of Violence as a Component of European Expansion (Last modified October 2010)
Claudia Weber
Communicating Murder: The Mass Executions of Katyn in Cold War Political Communication (Last modified February 2008)
Staff:
Dr. phil. Bettina Greiner, Dr. phil. Regina Mühlhäuser, Dr. phil. Tim B. Müller, Katrin Radtke, M.A. Klaas Voß, PD Dr. phil. Dierk Walter, Dr. phil. Claudia Weber, Gaby Zipfel
Director: Prof. Dr. phil. Bernd Greiner