The Rise of a (Trans-)national Civil Society and the Transformation of the Public Sphere after 1945

This Marie Curie Conference and Workshop Series (SCF) supported by the European Union provides a comprehensive interdisciplinary training for researchers on European protest movements since 1945.

The series bring together international young academics and leading experts from various disciplines to give them the opportunity for scientific exchange and high-level instruction. Currently, its research network has about 150 affiliates in more than 25 countries.

The series is directed by

Martin Klimke
Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA)
University of Heidelberg, Germany
Joachim Scharloth
Department of German
University of Zurich, Switzerland
Kathrin Fahlenbrach
Department of Communication and Media Studies
University of Halle Wittenberg, Germany
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Most Recent Event:

Shaping Europe in a Globalized World?
Protest Movements and the Rise of a Transnational Civil Society

Date: June 23-26, 2009
Location: German Department, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Convener: Roland Axtmann (Swansea), Kathrin Fahlenbrach (Halle), Martin Klimke (Heidelberg), Joachim Scharloth (Zuerich), Rolf Werenskjold (Volda)
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Call for Papers:

"Perspectives on a European Social, Cultural, and Protest History of the 1980s"

Date: May 6-8, 2010
Location: Bremen, Germany

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NEW PUBLICATIONS:

- "1968 in Europe"
   (Online Teaching and Research Guide)

- "Protest, Culture and Society" - Series
- Summer School Proceedings
 

 
This project is supported by the European Commission.