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The Resilience of the Nation State: Cosmopolitanism, Holocaust Memory and German Identity (2011)
Journal Article
Welch, S., & Wittlinger, R. (2011). The Resilience of the Nation State: Cosmopolitanism, Holocaust Memory and German Identity. German Politics and Society, 29(3), 38-54. https://doi.org/10.3167/gps.2011.290303

The aim of this paper is to offer a critique of the proposal of “methodological cosmopolitanism“ in theoretical terms and to substantiate this critique by providing an account of the dynamics of collective memory and identity in postunification Germa... Read More about The Resilience of the Nation State: Cosmopolitanism, Holocaust Memory and German Identity.

From Diaspora to Diaspora: The Case of Transylvanian Saxons in Romania and Germany (2011)
Journal Article
Koranyi, J., & Wittlinger, R. (2011). From Diaspora to Diaspora: The Case of Transylvanian Saxons in Romania and Germany. Nationalism and Ethnic Politics, 17(1), 96-115. https://doi.org/10.1080/13537113.2011.550248

This article investigates the relationship between Transylvanian Saxons (Siebenbürger Sachsen) and their perceived “external homeland.” The authors consider the history of German minorities in East-Central Europe and, more specifically, briefly outli... Read More about From Diaspora to Diaspora: The Case of Transylvanian Saxons in Romania and Germany.