Contemporary History as Transatlantic Project: Autobiographical Reflections on the German Problem, 1960-2010
Journal: Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
Year: 2021

»Zeitgeschichte als transatlantisches Projekt: Autobiographische Überlegungen zur deutschen Frage«. This autobiographical retrospective discusses Konrad Jarausch’s scholarship as an example of the topical and methodological development of contemporary history. In contrast to nationally bound scholars, his career in the United States and involvement in German debates illuminates the transatlantic connections of historicizing the recent past. The need to confront the Nazi dictatorship initially pr