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The End of Memory? German-American Relations under Donald Trump (2018)
Journal Article
Langenbacher, E., & Wittlinger, R. (2018). The End of Memory? German-American Relations under Donald Trump. German Politics, 27(2), 174-192. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2018.1429410

This article examines recent dynamics of collective memory in German–American relations. After an introduction which outlines the importance of history and memory for bilateral relations, the article traces the evolution of collective memories of the... Read More about The End of Memory? German-American Relations under Donald Trump.

A ‘model of reconciliation’? Fifty years of German–Israeli relations (2018)
Journal Article
Wittlinger, R. (2018). A ‘model of reconciliation’? Fifty years of German–Israeli relations. Cooperation and Conflict, 53(4), 507-527. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010836717750200

This article argues that German–Israeli reconciliation after 1945 has not been as exemplary as is often suggested. Drawing on key aspects which emerge from a discussion of relevant concepts in the first part of the article – transitional justice and... Read More about A ‘model of reconciliation’? Fifty years of German–Israeli relations.

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)
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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.

A 'Usable' Past at last? The Politics of the Past in United Germany (2010)
Journal Article
Wittlinger, R., & Boothroyd, S. (2010). A 'Usable' Past at last? The Politics of the Past in United Germany. German Studies Review, 33(3), 489-502

The two decades since unification have witnessed considerable changes in German collective memory. Whereas views about the place that the Nazi past should occupy in Germany’s historical consciousness were still very polarized a few years before the f... Read More about A 'Usable' Past at last? The Politics of the Past in United Germany.

Parliamentary Heads of State: Players or Figureheads? The Case of Horst Köhler (2010)
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Strohmeier, G., & Wittlinger, R. (2010). Parliamentary Heads of State: Players or Figureheads? The Case of Horst Köhler. West European Politics, 33(2), 237-257. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402380903538856

In non-presidential systems the head of state is either a monarch or a president elected directly by the voters or by an assembly. The political powers of heads of state in non-presidential systems vary from being powerful to being just a symbolic fi... Read More about Parliamentary Heads of State: Players or Figureheads? The Case of Horst Köhler.

The Merkel Government's Politics of the Past (2008)
Journal Article
Wittlinger, R. (2008). The Merkel Government's Politics of the Past. German Politics and Society, 26(4), 9-27. https://doi.org/10.3167/gps.2008.260402

Angela Merkel came to power at a crucial time in regards to Germany's relationship with its past. Where would she position herself in light of Gerhard Schröder's approach that had offered a new way of accepting responsibility for the past and integra... Read More about The Merkel Government's Politics of the Past.

'No Future for Germany's Past? Collective Memory and German Foreign Policy' (2007)
Journal Article
Wittlinger, R., & Larose, M. (2007). 'No Future for Germany's Past? Collective Memory and German Foreign Policy'. German Politics, 16(4), 481-495. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644000701652490

Like most aspects of German politics and society after 1945, post-war German foreign policy has traditionally been greatly influenced by the legacy of Germany's National Socialist past and the Second World War. The semi-sovereign and divided nature o... Read More about 'No Future for Germany's Past? Collective Memory and German Foreign Policy'.

'British-German Relations and Collective memory' (2007)
Journal Article
Wittlinger, R. (2007). 'British-German Relations and Collective memory'. German Politics and Society, 25(3), 42-69. https://doi.org/10.3167/gps.2007.250303

British-German relations have undergone a considerable transformation since 1945 with both countries having to adapt to significant changes in their own status, as well as a very different international environment. Germany's status as a morally and... Read More about 'British-German Relations and Collective memory'.

'Collective memory and National Identity in the Berlin Republic:the emergence of a new consensus?' (2006)
Journal Article
Wittlinger, R. (2006). 'Collective memory and National Identity in the Berlin Republic:the emergence of a new consensus?'. Debatte (London. Online), 14(3), 201-212. https://doi.org/10.1080/09651560601042837

At the turn of the millennium, a consensus seemed to exist which suggested that Germany had faced up to its National Socialist past and confronted questions of responsibility and guilt. At last, the Holocaust and the Second World War seemed to have b... Read More about 'Collective memory and National Identity in the Berlin Republic:the emergence of a new consensus?'.

'Perceptions of Germany and the Germans in Post-war Britain' (2004)
Journal Article
Wittlinger, R. (2004). 'Perceptions of Germany and the Germans in Post-war Britain'. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 25(5-6), 453-465

Although Anglo-German relations since 1945 have by and large been friendly at the level of the political elite, on a wider scale British perceptions of Germany and the Germans are for the most part negative and still dominated by images of the Third... Read More about 'Perceptions of Germany and the Germans in Post-war Britain'.