Founding Democracy - Visualizing Legitimacy: A Contrastive Comparison of the Early American Republic and Weimar Germany

Portrait comparisons of 2nd President of Germany, Paul von Hindenburg (left) and 1st President of USA, George Washington (right)
November 18, 2013
4:30PM - 6:00PM
451 Hagerty Hall

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2013-11-18 16:30:00 2013-11-18 18:00:00 Founding Democracy - Visualizing Legitimacy: A Contrastive Comparison of the Early American Republic and Weimar Germany Presented by the Department of Comparative Studies and Co-Sponsored by the Center for Folklore Studies.Volker Depkat(Professor of American Studies/Amerikanistik at the University of Regensburg)Dr. Depkat’s talk focuses on the different visual strategies used to depict Washington and Hindenburg and the consequences of those differences on the subsequent success or failure of the republics they helped establish. 451 Hagerty Hall America/New_York public

Presented by the Department of Comparative Studies and Co-Sponsored by the Center for Folklore Studies.

Volker Depkat
(Professor of American Studies/Amerikanistik at the University of Regensburg)

Dr. Depkat’s talk focuses on the different visual strategies used to depict Washington and Hindenburg and the consequences of those differences on the subsequent success or failure of the republics they helped establish.