
Katrin Schreiter
@katrinschreiter
Senior Lecturer in German & History @KingsCollegeLon 👑 Author of Designing One Nation (OUP) I 💛 history, politics, business & design. All views my own.
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For #twitterstorians German Historical Institute London German History Society IHR German History GSA Teaching Network and those on the #phdchat interested in #Germany 's #ColdWar, my book is available as #OpenAccess. Thanks, OUP History, for making that possible!👇

Absolutely chuffed to talk about Stasi espionage with the wonderful Katja Hoyer on 31 May 2022, 7 pm online! All are welcome to this German Kings and King's Centre for German Transnational Relations event. IHR German History German Historical Institute London German History Society Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-long-arm…

"The Long Arm of the Stasi - How East German spies infiltrated the West" One of the most effective secret police agencies ever, the Stasi primarily targeted the GDR. But it also reached beyond its borders.. A German Kings talk with Katrin Schreiter & me👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-long-arm…


If you missed "The Long Arm of the Stasi - How East German Spies infiltrated the West", a German Kings talk with Katrin Schreiter and myself, you can now find the recording on King's Arts & Humanities's YouTube channel. 🕵️♀️🕵️♂️ youtube.com/watch?v=lepssh…

I'm chuffed that my book with OUP History received such a positive review from @kajezowska in Jnl of Cont History! She writes: "Designing One Nation is an important book that, by using design as a lens, offers a fresh perspective on the German Question."

Are you a student of #German in Yr 12 or Yr 13? Why not enter our writing competition! There are lots of prizes on offer and the winning entry will be published in KCL Königspost, our German-language magazine. kcl.ac.uk/news/german-a-…

#CfP: DAAD_UKandIreland Postgraduate Summer School, London, 17-21 July 2023: ‘#Germany in the World: Intersecting #Inequalities in Challenging Times’ King's College London Centre for British Studies Centre for Irish-German Studies Call is open to #PhD researchers & advanced MA students, apply by 24 January 2023


#twitterstorians and related disciplines, please join Will Gray 🇺🇸🇺🇦 and me at the GSA in Montreal (Oct 5-8) to talk about the economy of "Made in Germany". Seminar description: thegsa.org/blog/cfa-semin… How to apply: thegsa.secure-platform.com/47/ IHR German History German History Society The GSA | @thegsa.bsky.social

Folks sure are excited about "Made in Germany," the three-session seminar hosted by Katrin Schreiter & me at the Montreal GSA. Don't miss this in-depth conversation about economic themes in German Studies! Deadline = Friday, March 3, so apply now. thegsa.org/blog/cfa-semin…

Come and think through the myths and materiality of German exports with Will Gray 🇺🇸🇺🇦 and me at the #GSA2023 in Montreal. Applications for seminar #15 "Made in Germany" are open until 3 March 2023. For more information, go here: thegsa.secure-platform.com/47/ Economic History Society GHI Washington

The room is filling up for the official launch of Katja Hoyer 's new book about the #GDR. What a great pleasure to celebrate this brilliant author and King's College London visiting research fellow! Thanks to KCL European & International Studies and Penguin Books for making this happen. King's History King's Languages, Literatures and Cultures


I'll have a new colleague over at the business school in September😊🧑🎓 Welcome to King's College London!

Spotted at the #GSA2023: our Berghahn Books book German Division as Shared Experience is out in paperback! It has contributions by Erika Carter Marcel Thomas Aine McMurtry Jan Palmowski Alissa Bellotti and many more. This copy is already sold 😀


Fasten your seatbelts, Netflix's 'Drive to Survive' returns to our screens today. 🏎 We spoke with Professor Paolo Aversa (Paolo Aversa) from King's Business School about how this docu-series has increased the popularity of Formula 1 and what this means for motorsport. #KingsQs 🧵⬇

Very excited to start my visiting fellowship with the Department of Management at Unive Ca' Foscari in Venice! I'm here to work with wonderful fellow business historians Giovanni Favero and Valentina Fava on a project about the enamelling industry in the multinational Habsburg Empire.



Among these wonderful #materialculture 'Glimpses of German History' is my grandma's English phrase book she was issued as a 'Fräulein vom Amt' (switchboard operator) under British occupation. They can viewed via germanhistorysociety.org/glimpses-of-ge… King's History King's Languages, Literatures and Cultures German History Society

9 November 1989 was the day that the Berlin Wall fell. 35 years on, what is left of the achievements of #GDR socialism in the urban landscape of reunited #Berlin? See my piece in the The Conversation King's Languages, Literatures and Cultures King's History
