Institute for Social Movements / History of the Ruhr Foundation
Prof. Dr. Stefan Berger
Director of the Institute for Social Movements
Chairman of the committee of the History of the Ruhr Foundation
Clemensstr. 17-19
44789 Bochum
Room 210
| Telefon: | +49 (0)234 32 - 24687 | Fax: | +49 (0)234 32 - 14249 |
Personal
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Professional Activities
Grants/ "Fellowships"
Research Fields
- History of social movements
- History of the labor movement
- History of deindustrialization
- Industrial culture
- History of memory
- History of historiography
- Theory of history
- History of the German-British relations
Publications
Teaching
Links
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Series: Writing History
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Representations of the Past: The Writing of National Histories in Europe
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Ruhr-Universität Bochum
Miscellaneous
- Online-Vortrag (03.12.2020): Prof. Dr. Stefan Berger - Industriekultur im Ruhrgebiet heute? Panel III: Industriekultur und Zivilgesellschaft, im Rahmen des 8. Berliner Forum für Industriekultur und Gesellschaft, bzi (Berliner Zentrum für Industriekultur).
- Online-Vortrag: Industriekultur im Ruhrgebiet heute? Panel III: Industriekultur und Zivilgesellschaft, im Rahmen des 8. Berliner Forum für Industriekultur und Gesellschaft, bzi (Berliner Zentrum für Industriekultur).
- Keynote lecture: Benefits and Disadvantages of a Unitary Mindscape? A case study of Industrial heritage in the Ruhr Area. In memoriam Dr. Dagmar Kift
The lecture was delivered in July 10, 2020 as a part of the summer course “Industrial Heritage as a Source of Social Empowerment and Economic Revitalization” organized by Central European University
Abstract: The paper discusses the development of a landscape of industrial heritage in the Ruhr and considers the position of key players towards industrial heritage initiatives from the 1960s to the present day. Key players were civil society, social movements, politicians, administrators, employers/ industrialists, trade unions, preservationists, artists, intellectuals, and academics. The lecture traces the development of a remarkably unitary “mindscape” (Dai Smith) around a concept of industrial heritage as a key building block of regional identity and a marker for the successful transformation of Germany’s foremost heavy industrial region into a future where heavy industry plays no, or a much diminished role. The lecture concludes by asking whether this unitary mindscape offers not only opportunities but also silences dissonant memories of the past.
Stefan Berger at the University of Technology Sydney - Radio show on industrial culture in Sydney and the Ruhr area in comparison
(Photograph courtesy of Jason L'Ecuyer of GLAMcity)
Cathedrals of Industry
