FA-51961-05 | Research Programs: Fellowships for University Teachers | Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius | German Utopias in Eastern Europe, 1914-1955 | 1/1/2006 - 12/31/2006 | $40,000.00 | Vejas | Gabriel | Liulevicius | | | | University of Tennessee, Knoxville | Knoxville | TN | 37916-3801 | USA | 2004 | European History | Fellowships for University Teachers | Research Programs | 40000 | 0 | 40000 | 0 |
I am writing a book, entitled "German Utopias in Eastern Europe, 1914-1955: Modernity, National Identity, and Conflict", an historical study of four separate German projects for utopias of modernity situated in Eastern Europe. Using a wide range of hitherto neglected sources from popular culture, the visual arts, and propaganda, I explore changing German views of a cultural mission in Eastern Europe as a culmination of "alternative modernities", diverging from Western models earlier considered normative. |