International Conference “The Campus and Beyond: Higher Education and Social Inequalities in Europe and North America, 1890s-2000s”
Njemački povijesni institut u Washingtonu organizira 9. i 10. listopada 2025. međunarodnu konferenciju „The Campus and Beyond: Higher Education and Social Inequalities in Europe and North America, 1890s-2000s“ na kojoj će izlaganje „Breaking Barriers: Women in Croatian Higher Education (1892–1940)“ održati Ida Ograjšek Gorenjak.
The Campus and Beyond: Higher Education and Social Inequalities in Europe and North America, 1890s-2000s
October 9 – 10, 2025 | German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C.
Supported by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation
International Conference at the German Historical Institute Washington | Conveners: Raphael Rössel (GHI Washington), Elizabeth Tandy Shermer (University of Georgia), and Stefanie Coché (Gießen University)
Schedule
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Location:
German Historical Institute Washington
1606 New Hampshire Ave NW
9:00 a.m.
Arrival and Check-in at the GHI Washington
9:30 – 9:45 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
Ulrike von Hirschhausen (GHI Washington)
9:45 – 10:15 a.m.
Introduction
Raphael Rössel (GHI Washington)
Elizabeth Tandy Shermer (University of Georgia)
Stefanie Coché (Gießen University)
10:15 – 11:05 a.m.
Panel I: Barriers to University Access
Chair: Axel Jansen (GHI Washington)
Christopher Getowicz (University of Illinois): The Origins of Black Studies at the University of Minnesota: Black Women, Community, and Campus Protest 1966-1970
Stefanie Coché (Universität Gießen): Diversity as a Challenge and Resource for Evangelical Universities: Balancing Conservativism and Diversity at Evangelical Colleges
11:05 – 11:15 a.m.
11:15 a.m. – 1:05 p.m.
Coffee Break
Ida Ograjsek Gorenjak (Universität Zagreb): Breaking Barriers: Women in Croatian Higher Education (1892–1940)
Joshua Ward Jeffery (Northland Pioneer College, Arizona): A Dream Delayed Too Long: The Contested Founding of Northland Pioneer College as a Catalyst of the Tribal College Movement
1:05 – 2:05 p.m.
Lunch Break
2:05 – 3:55 p.m.
Panel II: Campus Inequalities in a changing Global Order
Chair: Raphael Rössel (GHI Washington)
Elizabeth Tandy Shermer (University of Georgia): From Winning Hearts, Minds, and Stomachs to Generating Revenue: The Evolution of US Universities’ Foreign Programs
Aaron Schulze (Technische Universität Dresden): Producing (NEW) Inequalities? Post-Socialist Transformation in Higher Education after 1989/90 as an East-West-Gap
7:00 p.m.
Conference Dinner
Friday, October 10, 2025
Location:
The George Washington University Museum and Textile Museum
701 21st Street, NW
10:00 a.m.
Arrival and Check-in at the Textile Museum
10:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
Panel III: Reforming Higher Education before World War II
Chair: Eric Arnesen (The George Washington University)
Jonathan Voges (Universität Hannover): “Une existence décente et dégagée de soucis matériels”. The League of Nations and social inequalities in higher education
Timothy R. Cain (University of Georgia): “Taking the ‘professor’ out of the category of the ridiculous”
Olga Sparschuh (Universität Wien): The Rise and Fall of “American Dentists” in the German Kaiserreich. Foreign Doctorates between Individual Aspirations and National Regulations, 1890-1920
12:45 – 1:45 p.m.
Lunch Break
1:45 – 3:35 p.m.
Panel IV: Campus Communities: Inclusion and Exclusion
Chair: Elizabeth Tandy Shermer (University of Georgia)
Mary Kate Steinbeck (University of Georgia): Spreading the “Old South”: Fraternity Parties as Exclusionary Ritual during the Civil Rights Movement
Raphael Roessel (GHI Washington): No More Hell Week? Student Reactions to Hazing Reforms (1890-1920s)
3:35 – 3:50 p.m.
Break
3:50 – 4:30 p.m.
Roundtable and Concluding Discussion
Moderator: Raphael Roessel (GHI Washington)
Timothy R. Cain (University of Georgia)
Olga Sparschuh (Universität Wien)
4:30 p.m.
End of Conference