Professor Geoff Eley
| March 28, 2007
Professor Geoff Eley, Chair of the German Studies Department at the
University of Michigan, Karl Pohrt Distinguished University Professor
of History, gave a seminar on Wednesday, March 28th "Rethinking German
Modernities: What Comes After the Sonderweg?" and a lecture "Empire by
Land or Sea? Germany's Imperial Imaginary, 1871-1945."
Professor Eley has published widely in German history of the 19th and
20th centuries, including books on the German Right between Bismarck
and the 1920s, and the idea of the Sonderweg in German history, as well
as essays on a wide range of subjects. His recent books include: A
Crooked Line: From Cultural History to the History of Society
(University of Michigan Press, 2005) and Forging Democracy: The History
of the Left in Europe, 1850-2000 (Oxford University Press, 2002).