Karen Hagemann

Research Interests

Karen Hagemann teaches Modern German and European history, Military history and Women's and Gender history. Her reserach includes studies in the fields of social and population policy, labor history, family history and the history of everyday lives, as well as the history of the women's movement. Her more recent studies focus on the history of military, war and the nation, the history of masculinity and citizenship, and on a comparative gender history of post-1945 welfare and education systems.

Her most recent book publications include:

• Gendering Modern German History. Rewriting Historiography, ed. with Jean H. Quataert (Berghahn Books, 2007, in German: Campus, 2008)
• Representing Masculinity: Male Citizenship in Modern Western Culture, ed. with Stefan Dudink and Anna Clark (Palgrave Macmillan, 2007)
• Civil Society and Gender Justice. Historical and Comparative Perspectives, ed. with Sonya Michel and Gunilla Budde (Berghahn Books, 2008)
• Soldiers, Citizens and Civilians: Experiences and Perceptions of the French Wars, 1790–1820, ed. with Alan Forrest and Jane Rendall (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009)
• Gender, War, and Politics: Transatlantic Perspectives, 1775–1830, ed. with Gisela Mettele and Jane Rendall (Palgrave Macmillan, 2010)
• Children, Families and States: Time Policies of Child Care, Preschool and Primary Schooling in Europe, ed. with Konrad H. Jarausch and Cristina Allemann-Ghionda (Berghahn Books, 2011)
• Together with Rafe Blaufarb and Alan Forrest she is the editor of the new Palgrave Macmillan Series War, Culture and Society, 1750–1850 (started fall 2008)

Graduate Students Advised by Karen Hagemann

• Friederike Bruehoefener

• Marina Jones (co-advised with Konrad H. Jarausch)

• Brittany Lehman (co-advised with Konrad H. Jarausch)

• Jennifer Lynn

• Ali Rodriguez

• Alexandria Ruble

• Sarah Summers (co-advised with Konrad H. Jarausch)

Courses Offered (as schedules allow)

For current course listings, consult the Directory of Classes.

• HIST 089-001—(First Year Seminar in History) Women's Voices: 20th Century European History in Female Memory

• HIST/WMST 259—Women and Gender in Europe, 18–20 C.

• HIST/PWAD 268—(Gateway course for the undergraduate cluster) War, Revolution and Culture: Transatlantic Perspectives, 1750–1850

• HIST/WMST 259—Women and Gender in Europe, 18-20 C.

• HIST 263H—(Honors Seminar) War and Gender in Movies: European Warfare in Twentieth Century Feature Films

• HIST/WMST 391—(Undergraduate seminar in history): Gendering Modern German History, 19–20 C.

• HIST/PWAD/WMST 490—(Joint graduate/undergraduate course) Military, War and Gender in Comparative Perspective 18–20 Century: Germany and the United States

• HIST/WMST 500—(Joint graduate/undergraduate course): Gender, Race and Nation in Europe and Beyond, 18-20 C.

• HIST/WMST 501—(Joint graduate/undergraduate course): The Gender of Welfare - Comparative Perspectives, 19–20 C.

• HIST 712—(Graduate seminar): Modern European History Colloquium
• HIST/WMST 725—(Graduate seminar): Comparative/Global Women's and Gender History: Gender History and the History of Masculinity in Comparative Perspective

• HIST/WMST 730—(Graduate seminar) Feminist Theory for Historians: From Women's to Gender History

• HIST/WMST 770—(Graduate seminar) Readings in European Women's and Gender History

Local Seminar Series on Central European History, Military History and Women's and Gender History

• "North Carolina German Studies Seminar and Workshop Series"

• Research Triangle "History of Military, War, and Society Workshop Series"

• UNC Workshop Series "Gender, Politics, & Culture in Europe and Beyond"

• "Working Group in Feminism and History“

(Internet) Resources on Modern German History and European Women's and Gender History

• (Internet) Resources: Modern German History
• (Internet) Resources: Modern European Women and Gender History