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Joseph Haydn-Institut

http://www.haydn-institut.de/

Available in German only, this is the website of the Joseph Haydn-Institut, which was founded in Cologne, Germany in 1955. The main purpose of the institute was to compile and publish the complete works of Austrian composer Joseph Haydn (1732-1809). It also commissions a comprehensive bibliography on Haydn, which is published by G. Henle Verlag in Munich. The institute's library contains a source card index, and original scores and manuscripts. The website provides information about the institute's publications under 'Haydn-Studien'. Details about the bibliography is also provided. This is an invaluable source of information for anyone involved in the study of Haydn.
Added: 2009-11-27More details

After the wall

http://afterthewall.bangor.ac.uk/

This website provides access to information on the 'interdisciplinary research network which has been set up in order to examine the ways in which the East German past has been – and is being – reconstructed and represented since the demise of the German Democratic Republic (GDR)'. The project centres around a number of events taking place in 2009 and 2010 in order to remember the GDR, and to develop our understanding of how East German history, society, culture and politics fit into place in a unified Germany. This website provides information on the project, along with information on a number of workshops and conferences. Users should note that, as of June 2009, some of the website (for example, information on the conference) is still under construction.
Added: 2009-06-30More details

German Jewish travelling cultures in the diaspora, 1919-1939

http://www.diasporas.ac.uk/assets/Roemer.pdf

This very short PDF document describes the background to the AHRC funded project “German Jewish Travelling Cultures in the Diaspora, 1919-1939”. The project examines Jewish interwar travel writing with its comingling of modernity and nostalgia and looking beyond the German nation state, sees Europe as “a powerful Jewish historical landscape“ offering “communists, Zionist travellers and middle-class tourists“ alike conflicting alternative Jewish futures.
Added: 2009-06-04More details

Kunstverein Hannover

http://www.kunstverein-hannover.de/

This is the website of the Kunstverein Hannover, an art association that, set up in 1832, was one of the first of its kind in Germany. The 'About us' section on the website has information about the origins and history of the institution as well as an outline of its programmes and aims. An exhibition section has information about current, past and forthcoming exhibitions, as well as touring exhibitions and complementary events and discussions. The Kunstverein has a library, which can be visited by appointment, and the website has publications and artists' editions for sale. The press section has large images available alongside press release (these are in German and can be downloaded as PDF files). The website is available in both English and German, has a links page to local organisations and a keyword search facility.
Added: 2009-04-30More details

Primary sources on copyright in five jurisdictions 1450-1900

http://www.copyrighthistory.org/

This website is “a digital archive of primary sources on copyright from the invention of the printing press (c. 1450) to the Berne Convention (1886) and beyond”. Funded by the AHRC, this ambitious and extensive database includes digital images and commentary for key texts in the evolution of intellectual property law pertaining to five modern jurisdictions: Britain, Germany, France, Italy, the United States. Documents include “privileges, statutes, judicial decisions, contracts and materials relating to legislative history” as well as “contemporary letters, essays, treatises and artefacts”. Material was compiled by separate national editors, and limited to 50 core texts (20 for the USA and Italy covering a much shorter time period) supplemented by “many more” contextual documents. Inclusions were additionally scrutinised by an international editorial board. The development of copyright is outlined in its broadest sense, with documents relating to subjects as varied as the book trade, authorship, fine art, printed textiles, dramatic performance, telegraphic cable messages and photography. The database allows browsing several perspectives – documents are assembled into useful lists which can be traced as a global timeline or within specific jurisdiction, as well as enabling browsing by individual locations and authors. Documents can further be browsed by Institution, Legislation and Case law referred to. This resource is obviously invaluable to anyone studying the history of intellectual property law but its detailed commentary and clear structure make it useful to those studying a far wider range of historical subjects.
Added: 2009-04-30More details

Language box

http://languagebox.eprints.org/

The 'Language Box' is an online resource whereby teachers and students will be able to share their learning materials for any language. The site has been developed by the Faroes project team at the the University of Southampton and the University of Portsmouth, with the financial support of JISC. The site is very easy to navigate, and in most cases users can view previews of the materials before downloading them. Sometimes free registration is necessary to be able to download files. Materials can be browsed by: type; language; or tags. Activities cover a wide range of languages such as: Chinese; English; French; German; Arabic; etc. Likewise, activities are of a wide range and they include: videos; computer applications; texts; and exercises. Although this site is of recent creation, it is growing gradually and is being updated regularly. This all is the result of the collaboration between students and teachers, as they share the resources which they have found useful for language learning. Anyone interested in learning a language will therefore find this resource useful.
Added: 2009-04-13More details

Heimito von Doderer Gesellschaft

http://www.doderer-gesellschaft.org/

This is the website of the Heimito von Doderer Society. Some of the features in English are still under construction and students are often referred to the German version of the website. Despite this, there is still a wealth of information here about the Austrian author Heimito von Doderer (1896-1966), probably best known in the U.K. for his novel 'Die Dämonen' ('The Demons') (1956). Details are given about membership of the Society and its annual prize: 'The Heimito von Doderer Prize for Literature'. Bibliographic information about his work, synopses of scholarly contributions examining his work, interviews with contemporary witnesses (in German), a brief curriculum vitae and overview of his work, is provided. Audio recordings of Heimito von Doderer reading a selection of his work can be accessed using a QuickTime Player. Some English translations of his work are available to download in PDF. The whole site has a search facility.
Added: 2009-03-30More details

Friedrich Naumann foundation

http://www.fnfasia.org/

The Friedrich Naumann Foundation (FNF) is a non-profit organisation that promotes liberal democracy, peace, respect for human rights, rule of law, and social and economic freedom. It seeks to uphold and explore the ideas of Friedrich Naumann, the nineteenth and early twentieth century German Protestant thinker who espoused liberalism and remedies for social ills in non-Marxist, bourgeois arguments for progressive reform. The site provides a history of the foundation established in Naumann's honour in 1958 by Theodor Heuss, the first president of the Federal Republic of Germany after the Second World War. The site serves the foundation's larger purpose of providing liberal civic education programmes to the general public. The site also outlines the foundation's work alongside partner organisations, NGOs, and governmental bodies to provide policy consultation at an international level. Of note here are the foundation's activities in East Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East; its internships; publications; online full text articles; latest news; press releases; video clips of liberal democratic politicians worldwide; forums which publish opinion pieces and commentaries; the foundation's International Academy for Leadership; seminars and training; famous liberal quotes; and archived site resources. One section is devoted to providing brief biographies of noted liberal thinkers, which will, along with other materials here, aid teachers and members of the general public as much as students. Researchers who are interested in assessing the development of liberal ideological ideas over time or who are interested in the foundation's projects and funding should find this site to be useful. The site also provides a list of related links and e-cards.
Added: 2009-02-26More details

Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin : Preussischer Kulturbesitz

http://staatsbibliothek-berlin.de/index_en.html

This is the Website of the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, the State Library in Berlin, which has, in earlier incarnations, been preserving Prussian cultural heritage since 1661. This Website gives information on the history of the library's holdings, including the dissemination of the collections during World War II. During the Cold War, the library survived in two East and West Berlin sites, an arrangement will still persists after German reunification and the reunification of the library in 1992. The library's holdings extend well beyond German materials to include international printed works; manuscripts; music; maps; globes; atlases; estates; newspapers; periodicals; official publications; and microformed materials. The library holds some 10 million books; 4,400 incunabula; 18,500 occidental manuscripts; 40,000 oriental manuscripts; 1,400 personal archives; 450,000 print music editions; 1 million maps and atlases; 38,000 subscription periodicals and monographic series; 180,000 early newspaper volumes; 2.3 million microfiches and microfilms; and 13.5 million images in the picture archive. Among several famous iterms, the library boasts original music autographs by Bach and Beethoven, and a parchment Gutenberg Bible.

The site provides an online catalogue and extensive details on these collections and the library departments which manage them, rules for access, and information for visitors. Each section offers digitised sources, online publications, and databases along with lists of internal and external links. Digitised collections are a true prize here, and users should check the many subsites for resources in their fields. Among several primary source subsites, researchers will find excellent materials in Beethoven Digital, with essays in German and scanned illustrations from the library's holdings; Preußische Rechtsquellen Digital, or Prussian Digital Legal Sources; and Amtspresse Preußens, which makes available Prussian political and official correspondence from the nineteenth century. The main site is in German with some limited parallel explanatory sections in English and Russian.

Ferdinand Freiligrath Briefrepertorium

http://www.ferdinandfreiligrath.de/

Ferdinand Freiligrath Briefrepertorium is a website which aids research on the German writer and poet, Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810-1876), who was a friend of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882). In the 1840s he became more political and attracted the attention of Karl Marx (1818-1883); historians will note Freiligrath's letters with Engels about Marx, which are listed here. This site posts a research index to Freilgrath's published and unpublished correspondence, including letters, visiting cards, telegrams and similar documents. It provides a systematic bibliographic and archival guide to these sources, which was developed between 1998 and 2000. A search engine allows detailed searches by addressee, date, or full text word search. Searches bring up the date, place of writing, topic of letter, and archival location of each actual letter or item or correspondence. To aid searches, dozens of addressees are listed alphabetically on a separate subpage, and include little known and famous figures, such as Hans Christian Andersen. Another subpage devoted to 'Siglen,' or sigla, that is, to archival or bibliographic abbeviations, gives short descriptions of various correspondence topics in particular archival collections. A list of institutions which hold collections worldwide is provided. An index of persons was still under construction at the time of review. The site is entirely in German; scholars working in German Studies and nineteenth century History will find this site to be a wonderful aid to investigating Freiligrath as well as the links between Romanticism, socialism and nationalism.
Added: 2009-02-11More details

Ernst Barlach Gesellschaft Hamburg

http://www.ernst-barlach.de/aktuell/aktuell.php?lang=de

This is the homepage of Ernst Barlach Association concerning the life and works of the German expressionist artist, Ernst Barlach (1870-1938), who was persecuted during the early Nazi period for creating so-called 'degenerate art.' Barlach's work was banned by the Nazi party because his works carried an anti-war theme in the period leading up to the Second World War. His pacifist stance stemmed from his experiences in the First World War. In the section, 'Vita,' the site provides a summary of biographical details in a useful timeline. Other sections provide scanned images of Barlach's artworks, particularly scuptures, prints and drawings, along with brief descriptions of artistic movements and the Great War that influenced him. There is also a subpage devoted to Barlach's written works, some of which were dramatic, some of which were autobiographcal. A couple of scanned handwritten pages are posted as examples. The Association's small online shop sells published copies of Barlach's writings and books about him. The Wedel and Ratzeberg sections describe two galleries devoted to Barlach that are respectively located in these German towns. The site explains how to join the Association and receive the latest news on its activities. Information is presented in German and English and should prove a helpful initial resource for study of this long-neglected artist and writer.
Added: 2009-02-10More details

British library : German and Austrian exile periodicals 1933-1945

http://www.bl.uk/reshelp/findhelplang/german/germanaustrianexiles/germanaustrian

German and Austrian Exile Periodicals 1933-1945 is a research site posted by the German Section of the British Library. It provides a listing of German-language periodicals written and produced by Nazi-era exiles from Germany and Austria, which are held at the British Library. This resource will prove of interest to those researching the history of both German and German Jewish culture outside of Germany during the Nazi period. These periodicals were published in London, Paris, Copenhagen and Amsterdam, among other cities. The collection includes works by "Bertolt Brecht, Lion Feuchtwanger, Hugo Huppert, Berta Lask, Georg Lukacs, Heinrich Mann, Thomas Mann, Gustav Regler, Anna Seghers, Friedrich Wolf, and Paul Zech." Aside from complete runs, there is also a select list of isolated periodical issues which the library possesses. The site provides shelfmarks and locations of these resources in the British Library as well as further relevant research aids and links to external sites.
Added: 2009-02-08More details

Goethe-Institut : Deutschland Erlesen

http://www.goethe.de/kue/lit/prj/dle/

Text and the City: a literary map of Germany is an English translation of the German website, Deutschland Erlesen. The English site is presented by the Goethe Institute in London. The site provides selections from recent and contemporary well-known writers, who hail from, or are associated with, fourteen German towns and cities: Berlin; Bremen; Dresden; Frankfurt am Main; Hamburg; Cologne; Bonn; Leipzig; Mannheim; Heidelberg; Munich; Rostock; Stuttgart; and Weimar. There are some references to famous authors from earlier periods. Biographical and bibliographical information are presented for each author, along with relevant links lists. Some of the English translations reproduced here have been commissioned exclusively for this site, and appear for the first time. They can be viewed together with all the corresponding German texts. The site would function as a good teaching tool, or as an introduction for undergraduates or interested members of the public.
Added: 2009-02-06More details

Exilpresse digital : Deutsche Exilzeitschriften 1933-1945

http://deposit.ddb.de/online/exil/exil.htm

Exilpresse digital: Deutsche Exilzeitschriften 1933-1945 is an online project published by the German National Library and based on collections of the Exiled Germans Archive, 1933-1945 at the German Library in Frankfurt am Main and related collections of exile literature in Leipzig. These collections contain a total of about 30,000 individual publications and volumes and some 900 periodical titles; a portion of this total was digitized between 1998 and 2003. Around thirty periodicals from the Nazi period from a broad range of subjects are posted on this site. They were published in German in places as diverse as New York, Paris, Shanghai and London. Several, but not all, of the newspapers are Jewish publications, such as the Shanghai Jewish Chronicle; Jüdisches Nachrichtenblatt (The Jewish Voice, Shanghai); Gemeindeblatt der Jüdischen Kultusgemeinde (Shanghai); and Ordo (Paris). Publication histories of the scanned periodicals are posted separately. Resources can be searched by keyword, year, issue and page. A keyword catalogue is provided. Pages have a zoom function for easier viewing. There are some glitches in the site's navigation. The site is entirely in German.
Added: 2009-02-06More details

German history in documents and images

http://germanhistorydocs.ghi-dc.org/

German History in Documents and Images (GHDI) exhibits primary sources online to present a narrative of Germany's political, social, and cultural history from 1500 to the present. The site includes historical narrative overviews and original German texts, accompanied by new English translations. Short secondary historical narratives are prepared by a variety of current scholars who are specialists in relevant fields. The site is divided into ten sections according to historical time periods, with each addressing the following themes: government and administration; parties and organizations; military and war; economy and labour; nature and environment; gender, family, and generations; region, city, and countryside; religion; literature, art, and music; elite and popular cultures; and science and education. Primary sources and texts can be downloaded from the site, which is extermely useful for teaching, research, and study purposes. The site prohibits commercial use.
Added: 2009-01-29More details

Erlange Liste

http://www.erlangerliste.de/

Published by the University of Erlangen, the German-language Erlange Liste features sets of annotated links on literature; visual arts; photography; encyclopedias; and dictionaries. The site is part of the Germanistik im Internet platform. Other pages, entitled 'Digital Editions,' are devoted to: Baroque lyrics, with glossaries and lyrical translations from other languages into German; annotated links to relevant research sites; details on the life and works of the German poet Johann Peter Uz (1720-1796); parodies in lyrics and literature, along with pages on German artists noted in this genre; the influence of Arthur Rimbaud on German Expressionism; and a page that allows users to search a number of German newspapers directly. Each subsite provides links to full text historical sources and extensive analyses in German that will aid researchers. Some of the subpages led to broken links at the time of review.
Added: 2009-01-25More details

staatsvertrag.at : eine akustische Webausstellung zur Nachkriegsgeschichte in Österreich

http://www.staatsvertrag.at/

Staatsvertrag.at: eine akustische Webausstellung zur Nachkriegsgeschichte in Österreich (State treaty: an acoustic Web exhibition on post-war history in Austria) is an online exhibition of historical sound samples presented by Österreichische Mediathek, the audio-visual archive of the Technical Museum of Vienna. The site offers samples that convey the mood of the period 1945 to 1955 in Austria, not only in terms of the international treaty that saw Austria's rebuilding under Allied occupation, but also internal politics and aspects of everyday life in society, including: arts and academia; sports; music; radio; and literature. Each topic opens onto a subpage with historic photographs and sound samples. The Literature section, for example, includes excerpts from contemporary performances at the Burgtheater (Vienna's Municipal Theatre). The site should enhance research and serve as an excellent teaching tool on the Cold War as it was experienced in Central Europe. The site has its own search engine and some information in English.
Added: 2009-01-25More details

Dichterhandschriften des Poetischen Realismus

http://net.lib.byu.edu/~rdh7/prmss/

This site is a so-called cyber-index of modern German poetry, which provides a comprehensive global archival research guide to the poetry, personal papers and prose written by German poets from the eighteenth to nineteenth centuries. Authors are listed in alphabetical order. Each has his or her own page, with links to different institutional collections that preserve their writings. Researchers in this field should find this page to be an invaluable aid for their work. The site provides information on the site's compilers, Richard Hacken and Marianne Siegmund; instructions on how to access site materials; criteria which Hacken and Siegmund used for selecting authors; site acknowledgements; bibliographic information and citations; a list of links to institutions which hold the original poetic sources; and some relevant links. The site is in German and published by Harold B. Lee Library of Brigham Young University, Utah. This is a simply designed, useful site with a long virtual publishing history.
Added: 2009-01-23More details

Händel, Georg Friedrich : Complete works

http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/~db/ausgaben/uni_ausgabe.html?recherche=ja&o

This website, published by the Bavarian State Library and part of the Library's Münchener DigitalisieungsZentrum Digitale Bibliothek (Munich Digitalisation Centre Digital Library), posts fully digitised historical sources devoted to the work of the German Baroque composer, Georg Friedrich Händel (George Frideric Handel). Specifically, the site presents a classic collection of 105 volumes by Friedrich Chrysander, Handel's biographer. These works were published between 1858 and 1902. Originally published by the German Händel Society, these critical editions on Handel represent Chrysander's life's work. The site notes their significance to the field of musicology: "Chrysander's edition ... is regarded as a pioneering work for the historical performance practice of baroque music, and still represents the most comprehensive complete edition of Händel's works even today." The scanned texts are available via alphabetical or chronological order, or by archival signature number.
Added: 2009-01-23More details

dg : dramaturgische Gesellschaft

http://www.dramaturgische-gesellschaft.de/dramaturg/

DG: Dramaturgische Gesellschaft (Dramaturgical Society) is a German-based society devoted to uniting theatre artists and craftspeople associated with theatrical production in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. People represented here include dramaturgs, stage directors, theatre managers, as well as publishers and journalists who focus on dramatic works. Nor does the Society neglect video, film and related motion picture media as they relate to the stage. The Society debates dramaturgical themes and broader related questions, with the aim of determining contemporary artistic and social aspects of these themes. The Society provides an open discussion network and forum for its members to achieve these aims. The site gives a history of the Society's activities up to current and upcoming events listings. These are mainly evident in symposia, lectures and discussions, along with cooperative ventures with particular theatre companies and groups. The table of contents of the Society's annual journal, "Dramaturgie," is posted here running back to 2000. The site also has a blog and provides links to relevant press releases. The site is entirely in German.
Added: 2009-01-23More details

dichtung digital

http://www.dichtung-digital.de/

This is the homepage of Dichtung Digital (Digital Fiction), an online newsletter in German devoted to "contributions on digital aesthetics." The site contains annotated links to and commentary on a broad range of electronic literature; hyperfiction; Latin American cyberculture and cyberliterature; canonized hypertexts; trans-medial narrative theory; and digital poetry that references prehistoric texts and symbols. The site publishes reviews on digital literature and art; interviews with authors, scholars and advocates; and full text essays on literary theory and related historical and sociological commentary. It also posts links to conferences, events and competitions; book reviews and research abstracts; authors' conceputal statements; relevant links; workshop notes with student work; summary descriptions of research project websites; online books about the Internet and education; and lecture notes on the aesthetics and pedagogy of digital literature. All English contributions to this German site are grouped together into one sub-index for ease of access.
Added: 2009-01-23More details

Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig

http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~dll/

This is the homepage of the German Literature Institute at the University of Leipzig, founded in 1955 and devoted to the study of literary theory, literature and creative writing. A history of the Institute is provided, as is a media section with links to reports on affiliated scholars and their work. The site provides an annotated calendar of upcoming events; current courses and lectures; visitors' talks; instructions for applicants; important links for current students; creative writing modules; and current affiliated members of the Institute. Some parts of the site are restricted to current members and require user registration. A parallel English site was still under construction at the time of review.
Added: 2009-01-20More details

Der Mittelalter Server

http://www.mittelalter-server.de/mittelalter/mittelalter/hrrdn.html

Der Mittelalter Server is a Web resource in German which provides a wealth of information for Medievalists. The site should prove useful to undergraduates and post-graduate students, although some of the historical commentary on the site should be treated with caution. The site is most valuable for its information and scanned primary source materials related to: battles; historic maps; the Crusades; notable people; contemporary Germanic currencies; and a medieval songbook (Liederbuch). The site also contains an extensive annotated links list, downloadable fonts and graphics, and its own search engine.
Added: 2009-01-19More details

Das Pedal des Claviers : Seine Beziehung zum Clavierspiel und Unterricht, zur Composition und Akustik

http://vlp.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/library/data/lit38523?/

This website, a subsite of the Virtual Laboratory hosted by the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin, posts a downloadable fulltext version of the historical 1919 fifth edition of Hans Schmitt's "Das Pedal des Claviers. Seine Beziehung zum Clavierspiel und Unterricht, zur Composition und Akustik." Initially published in Vienna in 1875, this source discusses piano performance practice and methods not currently referenced in modern texts. Reproduction and reading quality of the text is fair. The site provides links to a number of other similar, scanned and downloadable contemporary texts on musical performance.
Added: 2009-01-17More details

Contigentia

http://www.seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/contingentia/

This is the homepage of Contigentia, a biannual online journal administered by the Deutschen Abteilung in Zusammenarbeit mit der Post-Graduierung im Bereich Literatur- und Sprachwissenschaft der Bundesuniversität Pôrto Alegre (German Department for Cooperation with Post-Graduates in Literature and Linguistics of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul at Pôrto Alegre, Brazil (UFRGS)). Searches of journal articles are available in Portuguese by edition, author, title and keyword. The most recent issues are available in downloadable fulltext versions. Articles cover literary, historical and linguistic topics related to German and Brazillian cultures. The journal also features translations of literary texts from German to Portuguese. Users must register and login to gain full access to the website's material.
Added: 2009-01-17More details

Zeutungszeugen, 1933-1945

http://einestages.spiegel.de/static/topicalbumbackground/3488/zeitungszeugen.htm

Zeitungszeugen, 1933-1945 is an article written by Carsten Volkery about a republication project under the same name, which started in January 2009, of Nazi magazines and newspapers produced during the Second World War under the editorship of Joseph Goebbels. This article, published by 'Spiegel Online,' provides some images from the reprinted material, which start with the election announcement of Hitler in newspapers from 30 January 1933. The 'Spiegel' article in itself opens some interesting questions for historians and scholars working in Media Studies about the impact of reprinting historical material from the war and selling it on newsstands today. These speculations will be a good starting point for students and teachers to ponder the power of the media and their historical context, their educational value, and attendant hazards. The Nazi newspapers have been compiled by British publisher Peter McGee and are accompanied by analyses written by recognised historians.
Added: 2009-01-16More details

Austrian Society for Eighteenth Century Studies

http://www.oege18.org/

The Austrian Society for Eighteenth Century Studies is a research website devoted to interdisciplinary research on the Hasburg Monarchy of the 18th century. Established in 1982, the Society specializes in a range of humanities disciplines, including history, philology, history of art, musicology, cultural history, and the history of education. There is information here on the Society's publications, yearbooks, seminars, conferences and workshops, as well as the Franz Stephan Prize, named for Francis Stephen of Lorraine, Holy Roman Emperor (1708-1765), husband of Maria Theresa (1717-1780). The prize is awarded every other year to outstanding graduate theses and dissertations and reflects this group's encouragement of younger scholars. The Society has a number of partnes outside of Austria that are listed here, including the International Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ISECS). The site posts several useful research-related links. Translated versions of the site into English and French were promised but not complete at the time of review.
Added: 2009-01-16More details

CIBEDO : Christlich-islamische Begegnungs- und Dokumentationsstelle

http://cibedo.kath.de/

CIBEDO: Christlich-islamische Begegnungs- und Dokumentationsstelle (Christian-Islamic Congress and Documentation Centre) is a website devoted to interfaith dialogue promoted by the German Conference of Roman Catholic Bishops. Founded in 1978, the group is based in Frankfurt am Main. The site features extensive information on: the group's executive committee and affiliated active members; publications; various interfaith initiatives, including pedagogical and teaching efforts; latest news (with archived entries running back to 2005, part of a larger general site archive); pamphlets and info-sheets; online full-text essays providing common themes for debate and discussion on the history of Islam and the position of Muslims in Germany; advisory tracts on different Christian views of Islam; symposia; book reviews; and relevant links. The group has a library with a searchable online catalogue of over 35,000 sources. There are instructions for access and directions for visitors wishing to consult these resources in person. An online media subsite gives a large number of audioclips from radio interviews conducted by the organisation's personnel. The site's navigation is clear and straightforward.
Added: 2009-01-16More details

Borromäusverein

http://www.borro.de/

This is the website of Borromäusverein, a media department of the Catholic Church. The resource makes available various material that would be of use to scholars of German culture and Catholicism in general. The organisation was established in 1845 to promote Catholic life and writing. The site publishes various magazines online, including editions of its publication BiblioTheke, which is aimed at librarians, and Buchprofile, which reviews thousands of works for librarians. Users can also subscribe free to the magazine Buchspiegal, receiving three copies a year looking at current issues around literature, children's literature, and religious works. Other sections include: a literature cafe, which enables discussion of newly published works; press announcements; and essays and articles, which brings together contributions from various authors. A site map facilitates navigation of this extensive Web resource. All in all, this is a useful source of information for researchers of Catholicism and the publishing industry. Obvious care should be taken regarding bias when using the site's contents.
Added: 2009-01-16More details

German-studies list

https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GERMAN-STUDIES

German-studies is a high-volume mailing list for the discussion of "matters relating to research and teaching in any field of academic German Studies". The list provides opportunities to include information on forthcoming conferences and seminars, the latest publications and journal issues, job applications, and the research interests of academics working in the field of German studies. It also advertises the activities of the Conference of University Teachers of German in Great Britain and Ireland (CUTG). The list is hosted by JISCmail, the UK national academic mailing list service. Visitors to the list can join or leave the list, and view list archives, dating back to September 1998; these archives can be viewed by non-list members.
Added: 2009-01-13More details

German Institute for Japanese Studies

http://www.dijtokyo.org/

The German Institute for Japanese Studies (Deutsche Institut für Japanstudien) is an academic research institute established in Tokyo in 1988 for the study of contemporary Japan. Its scope covers the humanities, social sciences and economics. Its website provides information on the Institute's history, research, staff, publications, events, library, and scholarships. It also has a very useful trilingual (English, German, Japanese) glossary of demographic terminology, part of the Institute's recent major research initiative on demographic change in Japan. The site is largely accessible in German, English and Japanese versions, but some parts are only in German. These include two of the Internet (online) resources: the Bandō collection (materials from the Bandō prisoner-of-war camp in Tokushima prefecture); and a database of special collections in Japanese university libraries. However, the Institute's online library catalogue can be searched in any of the three languages.
Added: 2009-01-05More details

Deutsche Kinemathek : Museum für Film und Fernsehen

http://www.filmmuseum-berlin.de/

This is the website of Deutsche Kinemathek, a film and television museum based in Berlin, Germany. The museum contains collections on film history from the first moving images to digital film. The website contains information about the museum, the collections, events and exhibitions past and present. The collections area of the website covers: a film archive; a script collection; a photo archive; and a poster archive among others. There is also a Marlene Dietrich collection, and the website provides a biography on the actress. The section on exhibitions has information about the permanent exhibitions, current exhibitions and an archive going as far back as 2000. The retrospective project shows classic movies which have been restored. The films are placed in their historical context. There is an archive going as far back as 2006. The website is available in German and English.
Added: 2008-12-08More details

Monumenta germaniae historica

http://www.mgh.de/

The website "Monumenta Germaniae Historica digital" (MGH) introduces the renown and rigorous academic undertaking in German medieval scholarship, the series of medieval charters and primary sources. With an initial commitment to producing authoritative versions of historic texts up to 1500, the MGH originated in the Society for Early German History (Gesellschaft für ältere deutsche Geschichtskunde), established by Karl vom Stein in 1819, and later renamed the Imperial Institute for Early German History before the Second World War. Since World War II, the MGH Institute has been based in Munich; its members, hailing mainly from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, specialise in Medieval Studies and History. The site documents the history of this association within this scholarly field, as much as it describes the sources the MGH has available for the field itself. The site includes an online portrait gallery of prominent persons connected with MGH who lived from the 18th to 20th centuries, as well as digitised texts and scanned photographs related to the history of the MGH. The library holdings can be searched through an online MGH library catalogue. Another subsite is devoted to the MGH archives, with a wealth of information on medieval-era holdings. Aside from archival databanks and indexes that will aid research, the prize here for an assessment of sources is the MGH digital archive (Digitales Archiv), which makes scanned late medieval sources available online. Other digitised historical sources are posted here in association with the Bavarian State Library. The site also offers articles and tables of contents from the Institute's journals, yearbooks and other publications, many of which are available online in full text versions. The site is in German, has clear but extensive navigation, and should prove very useful both to medievalists as well as scholars working on 19th and 20th century German historiography.
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Howdy! Günter Schifter

http://www.schifter.mediathek.at/

Part of the Mediathek project, this Web resource takes as its focus the Austrian journalist, radio presenter, and record collector Günther Schifter (1923-2008). The site presents video clips of interviews with Schifter, excerpts from works in his collection and a biography of his life and work. Of particular interest are the sections looking at Schifter's experiences as a lover of forbidden Jazz during National Socialism and the Second World War. The overview is divided into two sections: collector and radio presenter. The site relies heavily on Realplayer and a Flash plug-in is required. It is part of a larger website, Mediathek, which makes available various audiovisual resources relating to Austrian history. Overall, this is an interesting glimpse into a key figure in 20th century popular culture in Austria.
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Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt

http://www.mgfa.de/

This is the website of the Potsdam-based Militärgeschichtliches Forschungsamt (Military History Research Institute). The Institute is the central federal organisation for all issues relating to German military history and its primary research interest is the 20th century. Of particular interest to scholars of German military history is the publication Militärgeschichte (Military history). Its intended audience is the general public but copies are also distributed to all branches of the armed forces in Germany, with the intention of providing them with a historical education. Four issues per year have been printed since its inception in 1986. Contents include articles, illustrations on various historic themes, military historical and biographical keywords, and links to Web resources of interest. Past and current issues of the magazine are available in PDF.

The Institute's library would also be of value to researchers, with documents dating from the 16th century. Highlights include the personal libraries of the uniformologist Herbert Knötel (1893-1963) and of the ground forces history expert Hans Bleckwenn (1912-1990), which is a comprehensive look at the history of the Prussian army in the 18th century. Alongside these are some 8,000 memoirs of important military personnel and 1,600 unit histories of the ancient army up to 1918. Users can search the catalogue. All in all, this is a very valuable Web resource for historians looking for information and materials relating to Germany's 20th century military campaigns, covering the key periods of the First and Second World Wars.
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fastforeword. magazin.

http://ffw.denkraeume-ev.de/

Fastforward. magazin. is an online magazine written in German, publishing articles on various aspects of cultural and social studies in relation to Germany and beyond. Its focus is on the humanities. Most issues are based around a theme, with past issues looking at topics such as: How sick is modernity?; the control of the uncontrollable; and evolutionism. The magazine's editors do not wish the venture to be a closed house, but propose to enter into dialogue with interested parties, inviting contributions from outside. Individual articles of interest include: Conservatism in Germany after 1945; architecture and literature in 1930s Sweden; the debate on population, modernization and nation 1890-1933; and Humanities and the theory of evolution. Other contributions deal with key individuals such as: Georg Simmel; Martin Heidegger; and Jacques Derrida. Editions are available in PDF. The magazine is published by Denkräume, a society based at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg. The articles contained within this magazine would prove of interest to Humanities scholars in general and those researching from a German point of view in particular.
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Lingo24 translation resources

http://www.lingo24.com/resources.html

The resource section of the professional translation company Lingo24's website provides a wealth of material for the student and expert of various modern languages. Of particular interest are free online translation services, which work best with shorter phrases and bring together the services of Google, AltaVista and x10 dictionary on one site. Languages represented include: Spanish; French; Italian; German; and Portuguese. Another section entitled ContexTrans provides the user with professionally human translated examples of how the searched for phrase or word is used, in order to place them in context. Furthermore, users can take advantage of the site's facility Parasaurus Rex, a combined thesaurus and paraphrasing tool. This tool uses databases of approved translations to find alternative wording for words and phrases in: English; Arabic; German; Spanish; Chinese; and French. Other sections of interest are an archive of articles on various aspects of language learning and linguistics and several blogs, including one highlighting news from the translation industry. Of use to potential recruits to the translation industry are the Career Guide and case studies. A Useful Phrases feature provides the holidaymaker with a bank of words for common situations. All in all, this website is an invaluable tool for the specialist and non-specialist alike. Anyone wishing to access professional translation services is well served as well.
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German plays in English translation

http://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/lon/pro/stuecke/stuindex.htm

This is the website for the catalogue of English translations of German plays. The catalogue was created by the Goethe-Institut and lists bibliographical details of translated plays held by Goethe-Institut libraries in English speaking countries. This website would be of interest to drama students who would like to find out which German plays of a particular author are available in English and how many different translations there are of particular plays. One can download the complete list of plays, search by playwright or title, or browse the list alphabetically.
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Thomas Mann Figurenlexikon

http://www.thomas-mann-figurenlexikon.de/

Thomas Mann Figurenlexikon is a website that looks at around 450 characters from various works by the German author Thomas Mann (1875-1955). Each entry contains a short portrait of the character and their fictional history, linking closely to textual references. Users can search by character name or browse the characters from specific works. Most entries are short but would be of use to anyone researching characters in Mann's volume of work as a whole as a starting point for information. Entries for major characters are considerably longer and provide a useful overview of their journey through the narrative. There is also a valuable list of links to Web resources on Mann. The resource is made available by Dr Eva D. Becker and hosted by the University of Saarland.
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Canoonet : Wörterbücher und Grammatik für Deutsch

http://www.canoo.net/

The 'Canoonet - Wörterbücher und Grammatik für Deutsch' website provides online dictionaries and grammar sections designed to aid students of German. There are detailed grammar sections dealing with individual aspects of studying German, including: verbs; adjectives; adverbs; pronouns; articles; and prepositions and their cases. The dictionaries available on the site include a dictionary of spelling that includes pre- and post-spelling reform entries, so that users can compare the evolution of the language following the recent spelling reforms in German. Alongside the special section on the spelling reform, users will find ample information on this subject. There is also a German-English dictionary and a dictionary of compound words, which shows users how such words behave in the plural and various German cases. Furthermore, a Wortbildung dictionary and grammar section teaches how new words are formed in German, highlighting different words originating from the same root.

Of particular use in understanding the complex nature of German syntax is a section dedicated to rules for sentence structure and grammar, looking at word order, moods, and tenses. Users can also post to a Blog and email language-related questions to the team. The website provides a site map, glossary, and index to aid navigation. The site has been developed by Canoo Engineering AG in collaboration with the University of Basel, the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and the Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA) in Lugano, Switzerland. The site and dictionaries are available in German and English. All in all, this is an excellent Web resource for students and teachers of German at levels. It is also useful for those researching the recent changes in the language and the structure of German.
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eLibrary Projekt eLib

http://www.literature.at/elib/

This is the website of the "eLibrary Projekt eLib", which was set up in 2005 as a digital library of eletronic texts. Free to use, the database holds around 2,000 texts. Contributions of texts are encouraged from the academic community, with a request for quality texts that have already undergone some level of peer review. Texts can be copied, pasted, saved, and searched, and cover topics such as history, literature, and politics. Tutorials are available on the site to aid the publication of new texts. The database is developed by a team who ensure that texts are organised to aid ease of use and accuracy; its aim is to build a scientific repository of texts. There are also numerous video and audio files for users to access. The texts are mainly in German and English. This Web resource would be of use to those interested in science, literature, and history in relation to German Studies. The website is part of a larger resource focusing on Austrian literature.
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German language and the future of Europe : ideologies, policies and practices

http://www.glipp.soton.ac.uk/

This website describes an AHRC-funded project which aims to explore the sociolinguistic role of the German language in forming and preserving national and ethnic identities in Germany, Austria and neighbouring countries to the east, following the 2004 expansion of the European Union and the emergence of a 'post-national' Europe. The project is based at the Centre for Transnational Studies at the University of Southampton.
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Werner Herzog Film

http://www.wernerherzog.com

This is the official website of the extraordinary German film director, producer and writer Werner Herzog (1942- ). The information is very basic but does provide the student with a starting-point for research. There is a news section; a complete list of films giving brief information with a photogallery; a list of his books and a list of books about him. Werner Herzog (real name: Werner H. Stipetic), along with Wim Wenders and Rainer Werner Fassbinder, was considered one of the leading figures among the German 'New Wave' filmmakers of the 1970s. He made a series of remarkable films starring the temperamental but brilliant actor Klaus Kinski (1926-1991), including 'Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes' (Aguirre, Wrath of God) (1972), 'Woyzeck' (1979), 'Fitzcarraldo' (1982) and documented their fiery love-hate relationship in the film 'Mein liebster Feind' (My Best Fiend) (1999). "Every grey hair on my head, I call Kinski," he was reputed to have said! Nevertheless, the films they made together must now be ranked among the best in the history of European cinema. More recently Herzog has taken to documentary filmmaking, 'Grizzly Man' (2005) being an example.
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J. W. Goethe - Poetry

http://goethe.lingvisto.org/

This website provides many of Johann Wolfgang Goethe's poems with accompanying translations into English, Italian, Esperanto, Russian, and Spanish. The poems can be read online and new additions to the site are flagged on the home page. Furthermore, as well as the dual versions, there are numerous other examples of Goethe's poetry. The site's lay out is intentionally simple and graphic free, although there are small advertisements on the site. This resource would be of value for students of Goethe as a source of primary material in the original language and in translation. Care should be taken as with all websites run by enthusiasts to keep a critical eye on accuracy of content.
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Institut für Frühmittelalterforschung

http://www.uni-muenster.de/Fruehmittelalter/

The Institut für Frühmittelalterforschung (Institute for early medieval studies) was established in 1964 as an institute of interdisciplinary research. Based at the University of Münster, it brings together archaeologists, theologians, philologists, and historians working in the field of medieval studies, with particular attention given to Germany and Germanic countries. This website provides details of current and past research and projects undertaken by the Institute, which focus largely on the role of the Church. A list of publications published by the Institute is also given, including full contents for its yearbook Frühmittelalterliche Studien (Early medieval studies). One of the highlights of the site is an extensive links section which leads medievalists to relevant Web resources categorised by country or type, such as: libraries; institutes; archives; online publications; and databases. This website is part of a larger resource and would be of value to historians working on this region during the Middle Ages.
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Ausgaben der Werke historisch-ostdeutscher Autoren des 18. und frühren 19. Jahrhunderts

http://www.bkge.de/7092.html

This website makes available "Ausgaben der Werke historisch-ostdeutscher Autoren des 18. und frühren 19. Jahrhunderts" (Issues of works of historical East German authors of the 18th and early 19th centuries). The annotated bibliographical overview covers the period from the Enlightenment to the Vormärz (pre-March era), approximately 1730 to 1850. Authors are divided by region, for example: East Prussia; Russia; Pomerania; and the Baltics. This bibliography is part of a larger Web resource, the Bundesinstitut für Kultur und Geschichte der Deutschen im östlichen Europ, which is dedicated to the study of the culture and history of Germans in Eastern Europe. The institute is the official government adviser in this field and was established in 1989. This resource would appeal to anyone researching German authors working in Eastern Europe.
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Katalog der Wolfenbütteler Luther-Drucke 1513 bis 1546

http://diglib.hab.de/edoc/ed000007/start.htm

The "Katalog der Wolfenbütteler Luther-Drucke 1513 bis 1546" (The catalogue of Wolfenbüttel's Luther press 1513 to 1546) is an online searchable database that would be of use to scholars of Luther and the Reformation. The catalogue was begun in 1970 and now contains almost 6,000 entries between 1513 and 1546, being made available online in 2005. The database is hosted by the Herzog August Bibliothek (library) in Wolfenbüttel, which holds a large number of Lutheran works pre-dating 1546. The collection also contains numerous illustrations from the period and the title pages of many documents are given as a JPG file. Users can search the database by illustration; provenance; title; publisher; year; and catalogue number. Entries are then displayed and link to other related records. The site presents several graphs which give an idea of the scope of the collection, and a useful bibliography of relevant publications on Luther, the Reformation, and the origins of the printing press. This database is a valuable research tool for historians of this period.
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Gemeinfreie Gedichte

http://hor.de/gedichte/

"Gemeinfreie Gedichte" is an online collection of copyright-free poems by over 100 German poets. The site is simple to navigate and poems are read online. Users choose a poet from an alphabetical list. There is also a search facility which enables users to search for a term within all poems on the site. Just some of the individuals represented are: Clemens Brentano; Georg Büchner; Wilhelm Busch; Annette von Droste-Hülshoff; Joseph von Eichendorff; Theodor Fontane; Stefan George; Heinrich Heine; Friedrich Hölderlin; Hugo von Hofmannsthal; Gottfried Keller; Nikolaus Lenau; Martin Luther; Karl Marx; Sophie Mereau; Eduard Mörike; Christian Morgenstern; Mozart; Friedrich Nietzsche; Rainer Maria Rilke; Paul Scheerbart; Friedrich von Schiller; Gustav Schwab; and Theodor Storm.

From the homepage, users can also access a section dedicated to the poet Maria Luise Weissmann, which makes available biographical and bibliographical information and her poems and prose, including essays. This resource is a useful source of poetry for undergraduates and researchers. The site is entirely in German.
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Corpus : Text database von J.W. von Goethe und Thomas Mann

http://corpus.en.kyushu-u.ac.jp/

This website makes available "Corpus : Text database von J.W. von Goethe und Thomas Mann", a searchable database of works by Goethe (1749-1832) and Thomas Mann (1875-1955). Users can search for individual words or letter strings within a range of texts by the authors and view Keyword in Context results. The complete fictional works of both are presented to search, as well as Goethe's letters. The database covers over 75 published volumes. It is very simple to use and there is little other information on the site apart from the database and a short help section explaining issues regarding umlauts and codes used. Users enter a term or string of letters of interest and select the work that they wish to search; it is also possible to select whether to ignore or follow letter case. Results return parts of and complete words. To search more than one work at a time, it is necessary to select titles with a mouse whilst holding down the CTRL key. This resource is useful both for researchers of Goethe and Mann's literature and scholars of German linguistics.
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NS-Frauen-Warte. Zeitschrift der NS-Frauenschaft

http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/helios/digi/nsfrauenwarte.html

The Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Germany makes available facsimiles of the National Socialist publication for women "NS-Frauen-Warte. Zeitschrift der NS-Frauenschaft" (NS-women's look-out, magazine for NS women). Described as the only official party magazine for women, the illustrated magazine was published every two weeks and dealt with issues such as women's role in the family and social and cultural organisations. In line with Nazi policy, strong emphasis was put upon women as homemakers and mothers. There are around 60 issues available on this site, covering the years 1941 to 1945; they feature poems; articles; drawings; music scores; and photographs. This resource is extremely valuable for historians of National Socialism, in particular those concentrating on women and the family. It provides an interesting look at Nazi propaganda regarding women.
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