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H-GAGCS provides a moderated multi-disciplinary forum for discussion of
topics relevant to German-speaking immigrants in North America from the
17th century to the present. Disciplines involved include history,
geography, ethnic and immigration studies, linguistics, literary and
cultural studies. Topics may include the invention/transformation of
ethnicity and national identities among German Americans and German
Canadians, patterns of settlement, patterns of maintenance and change
in language and culture, civic participation, methods of
conceptualizing German identity in North America etc. The list
addresses an audience of primarily academics and graduate students. We
stress the value of comparative and cross-border ethnic studies (a
diaspora approach) and the idea of cultural regions, including on
German communities in other parts of the world (South America,
Australia) for comparative purposes. Contributions are welcome in German or English.
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