The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host Susanne Vees-Gulani, associate professor of German, for a Faculty Work-in-Progress presentation Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 4:30 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206.
Vees-Gulani will give a talk titled “The Air War in the Museum: The Bombing of Dresden as History and Spectacle.”
In her talk, Vees-Gulani will explore the representations of the 1945 destruction of the famous German baroque city in two new exhibition spaces: the Military History Museum of the German Armed Forces, redesigned by Daniel Libeskind, and the large-scale panorama installations by the architect Yadegar Asisi.
Despite vastly different methodologies, both places favor an emotional experience over a factual analysis and, in turn, create opportunities for developing a new—possibly troubling—German nationalism.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is available online.
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