The Cold War was not only about the imperial ambitions of the super powers, their military strategies, and antagonistic ideologies. It was also about conflicting worldviews and their correlates in the daily life of the societies involved. The term "Cold War Culture" is often used in a broad sense to describe media influences, social practices, and symbolic representations as they shape, and are shaped by, international relations. Yet, it remains in question whether - or to what extent - the Cold War Culture model can be applied to European societies, both in the East and the West. While every European country had to adapt to the constraints imposed by the Cold War, individual development was affected by specific conditions as detailed in these chapters. This volume offers an important contribution to the international debate on this issue of the Cold War impact on everyday life by providing a better understanding of its history and legacy in Eastern and Western Europe.

The Cold War was not only about the imperial ambitions of the super powers, their military strategies, and antagonistic ideologies. It was also about conflicting worldviews and their correlates in the daily life of the societies involved. The term "Cold War Culture" is often used in a broad sense to describe media influences, social practices, and symbolic representations as they shape, and are shaped by, international relations. Yet, it remains in question whether - or to what extent - the Cold War Culture model can be applied to European societies, both in the East and the West. While every European country had to adapt to the constraints imposed by the Cold War, individual development was affected by specific conditions as detailed in these chapters. This volume offers an important contribution to the international debate on this issue of the Cold War impact on everyday life by providing a better understanding of its history and legacy in Eastern and Western Europe.

Despite the growing interest in general European history, the European dimension is surprisingly absent from the writing of contemporary history. In most countries, the historiography on the 20th century continues to be dominated by national perspectives. Although there is cross-national work on specific topics such as occupation or resistance, transnational conceptions and narratives of contemporary European history have yet to be worked out. This volume focuses on the development of a shared conception of recent European history that will be required as an underpinning for further economic and political integration so as to make lasting cooperation on the old continent possible. It tries to overcome the traditional national framing that ironically persists just at a time when organized efforts to transform Europe from an object of debate to an actual subject have some chance of succeeding in making it into a polity in its own right. This work is presented with the collaboration of Annelie Ramsbrock.

..".brings together an array of scholars' perspectives and approaches on how to rework and reframe traditional histories in order to foster and serve as the foundation for future political and economic integration in Europe...overall this volume critically examines the historiography of integration and the foundations of the constantly evolving European community. It successfully provides its readers with a refreshing framework in which European history can be studied and is highly recommended for graduate students and scholars of contemporary European history." . H-German Despite the growing interest in general European history, the European dimension is surprisingly absent from the writing of contemporary history. In most countries, the historiography on the 20th century continues to be dominated by national perspectives. Although there is cross-national work on specific topics such as occupation or resistance, transnational conceptions and narratives of contemporary European history have yet to be worked out. This volume focuses on the development of a shared conception of recent European history that will be required as an underpinning for further economic and political integration so as to make lasting cooperation on the old continent possible. It tries to overcome the traditional national framing that ironically persists just at a time when organized efforts to transform Europe from an object of debate to an actual subject have some chance of succeeding in making it into a polity in its own right."

Das um 1900 durch Bernhard Seuffert gegrundete Editionsvorhaben, das sich die historisch-kritische Edition des Wielandschen uvres (Werke, Ubersetzungen und Briefwechsel) zum Ziel setzte, begann ab 1909 Bande in der Ersten Reihe (Werke) und Zweiten Reihe (Ubersetzungen) zu veroffentlichen. Die Arbeit an der Ausgabe war wahrend und nach den beiden Weltkriegen jeweils langere Zeit unterbrochen. In den 50er Jahren begann Hans-Werner Seiffert im Auftrag der Berliner Akademie der Wissenschaften mit der Bearbeitung des Wielandschen Briefwechsels. Der Erste Band konnte 1963 publiziert werden. Seit 1982 setzt Siegfried Scheibe mit seinen Mitarbeitern die Arbeit an der Wieland-Ausgabe erfolgreich fort. Es wurden neue editorische Grundlagen erarbeitet und erstmals vollstandige Sammlungen des Materials angelegt. Diese Briefwechsel-Edition wird 19 Bande umfassen. Die noch ausstehenden Bande (15.2, 18.1 und 18.2) befinden sich bereits in Vorbereitung. Band 19 wird neben einem Gesamtregister fur die Ausgabe auch Nachtrage enthalten, darunter rund vierzig bisher unbekannte Briefe Wielands. Zuletzt erschienen: Elfter Band: Januar 1791-Juni 1793 Teil 2: Anmerkungen 2003. 819 S. - Leinen, 128, - ISBN 3-05-003703-2 Siebzehnter Band: Januar 1806-September 1809 Teil 2: Anmerkungen 2003. 591 S. - Leinen, 128, - ISBN 3-05-003771-7"

Censorship and its counterpart, the 'underground' production and distribution of printed texts and images, existed ever since a 'public sphere' came into being. The volume approaches this phenomenon by covering cases from the Tsarist Empire, the Soviet Union, Central Europe, South America and China. In a long-term as well as global perspective, the well-known practise of samizdat under communist rule may be understood as part of a long tradition of underground publishing still relevant today in places like Russia, Iran, or China.