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The Sophie Mentored Research Project: Red Vienna Sourcebook And The Critically Annotated Collected Works Of Elisa Von Der Recke, Rob Mcfarland, Michelle S. James Jun 2019

The Sophie Mentored Research Project: Red Vienna Sourcebook And The Critically Annotated Collected Works Of Elisa Von Der Recke, Rob Mcfarland, Michelle S. James

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Without funding there would be no Sophie project, which is why the first item in this report on the Sophie activities during 2017 must be an expression of our gratitude to both the ORCA office and to the College of Humanities, on behalf of the faculty members involved, and particularly, on behalf of the many students whose lives have been enriched in numerous ways by their Sophie work. We are aware of the many projects vying for your attention and funding, and are particularly grateful for the support you have given this project over the years. Your grants have enriched …


Red Vienna Sourcebook, Blake Taylor, Dr. Rob Mcfarland May 2018

Red Vienna Sourcebook, Blake Taylor, Dr. Rob Mcfarland

Journal of Undergraduate Research

Under the guidance of my ORCA mentor, Professor Rob McFarland, I teamed up this semester with an international working group that is producing the Red Vienna Sourcebook, a reference work that will help North American scholars to supplement their knowledge of German-speaking Europe in the interwar period. I worked with Professor McFarland primarily to search out newspaper articles that demonstrate this time period, write introductions to the articles, and submit the articles for inclusion in the sourcebook.


Finding Sources For The Red Vienna Sourcebook, Madeline Mcfarland, Dr. Michelle James May 2018

Finding Sources For The Red Vienna Sourcebook, Madeline Mcfarland, Dr. Michelle James

Journal of Undergraduate Research

In between the World Wars, German-speaking Europe was split into two major groups: The Weimar Republic, which consisted of current Germany, and the SocialDemocratically run Austria. Due to this SocialDemocratic government, the capital (and eventually time period) was referred to as “Red Vienna.” While the Weimar Republic has many firsthand accounts that have been made available to scholars, teachers and historians, relatively little has been compiled from Red Vienna. Our goal with this project was to discover more sources that dealt with Gender and Feminism in Red Vienna, as well as more female authors to gain a more complete and …