Conference
The Fischer Controversy 50 years on
Programme
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Thursday 13 October 2011
Registration from 1.00 pm
1.30:
Welcome (Andreas Gestrich) and
Opening Introduction (John Röhl and Annika Mombauer)
1.45 – 3.15
Panel 1: Reflections on a Controversy
Chair: Richard Evans
Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann: The political and historical significance of the Fischer Controversy
Geoff Eley: The historiographical ramifications of the Fischer Controversy
3.15 – 3.45 Tea Break
3.45 – 5.45
Panel 2: International Reactions to the Fischer Controversy
Chair: James Retallack
John Keiger: French reactions to the Fischer controversy, and French views on the origins of the war 50 years on
Joshua Sanborn: Russian historiography on the origins of the war since the Fischer controversy
Matthew Stibbe: The Fischer Controversy in the GDR
5.45 – 6.15: Tea Break
6.15 – 8.00
Round Table Discussion:
The Insiders’ views of the Fischer Controversy
Chair: Andreas Gestrich
Hartmut Pogge von Strandmann, Helmut Bley, Bernd Sösemann, Gerd Krumeich
8.00 Conference reception at the GHI
Friday 14 October 2011
9.00 -10.30
Panel 3: New Evidence on the Decisions for War
Chair: Dominic Lieven
Günther Kronenbitter: New Light on Austria-Hungary’s decision for war in 1914
Bruce Menning: Russian Intelligence during the July Crisis
10.30 -11.00 Tea Break
11.00 – 1.00
Panel 4: New Evidence on the Decisions for War
Chair: Alan Kramer
John C. G. Röhl: War Premeditated? The “War Council” of 8 December 1912 revisited
Annika Mombauer: New Evidence on the Immediate Origins of the War: International documents
Stig Förster: Staatskunst und Kriegshandwerk: Bethmann Hollweg and the coming of the First World War
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch
2.00 – 4.00
Panel 5: The war aims of the Central and Entente Powers
Chair: Thomas Otte
Holger Afflerbach: The war aims of the Central Powers
Keith Neilson: British aims in the First World War
David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye: Tsarist Russia’s war aims
4.00 -4.30 Tea Break
4.30 – 6.30
Panel 6: German Auskreisung or Einkreisung?
Chair: David Stevenson
Frank Nägler: Auskreisung? The Anglo-German Antagonism and the Tirpitz Plan
Matthew Seligmann: The Royal Navy and the German Threat: The Trade Defence Dimension
Andreas Rose: “The Committee of Four“ – The „Blue Funk School“, the C.I.D., and the Myth of the German Peril (1906–1909)
8.00 Dinner (at a nearby restaurant, at delegates’ own expense)
Saturday 15 October 2011
9.00 – 11.00:
Panel 7: New Evidence on the Decision for War
Chair: Frank Müller
Christopher Clark: Serbia and the coming of war in 1914
Stefan Schmidt: French decision-making in July 1914 and French war aims
Christopher Duggan: Italy’s decision against and for war, and Italy’s war aims
11.00 – 11.30 Tea Break
11.30 – 1.00
Panel 8: Revolutionisation in Russia and the Middle East
Chair: Kathy Lerman
Jennifer Jenkins: Jihad or Nationalist Uprising? Germany’s ‘Programme for Revolution’ in the Middle East
John W. Steinberg: The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk from the Soviet perspective
1.00 – 2.00 Lunch
2.00 – 3.30
Panel 9: The First World War in the 20th century
Chair: Jost Dülffer
Gerhard Hirschfeld: Continuities? From the First to the Second World War
Jonathan Steinberg: Final reflections on the Fischer controversy
Hew Strachan: Summary Remarks
3.30 End of conference
