Claudia Koonz papers, 1992-1999

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Summary

Creator:
Koonz, Claudia
Abstract:
Claudia Koonz is an emeritus professor of history at Duke University, whose research has focused on Nazi Germany and on ethnic hatreds and fears. The Claudia Koonz papers include some records related to the Refugee Action Project and a proposed center for research on human security.
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0.5 Linear Feet
Language:
Materials in English
Collection ID:
UA.29.02.0267
University Archives Record Group:
29 -- Papers of Faculty, Staff, and Associates
29 -- Papers of Faculty, Staff, and Associates > 02 -- Individuals

Background

Scope and content:

The Claudia Koonz papers include some records related to the Refugee Action Project and a proposed center for research on human security. The collection includes correspondence, reports, emails, and other materials.

Biographical / historical:

Claudia Koonz is an emeritus professor of history at Duke University, whose research has focused on Nazi Germany and on ethnic hatreds and fears.

Claudia Koonz received her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1962, her M.A. from Columbia University in 1964, and her Ph.D. from Rutgers University in 1969. She has taught history at College of the Holy Cross and Duke University.

Her early research focused on Nazi Germany, particularly the role of women in supporting the Nazi Party; her published works include Mothers in the Fatherland: Women, the Family and Nazi Politics (1987) and The Nazi Conscience (2003). Her more recent research examines, in her words, "the formation of ethnic fears that endow the 'us' with the conviction they have been summoned to rid the world of an evil 'them,'" including treatment and portrayal of Muslim women who wear a hijab in contemporary Europe.

During the 1990s, Claudia Koonz was involved with the Refugee Action Project (RAP, later Service Opportunities in Leadership, SOL) at Duke, a part of the Hart Leadership Program that placed students in internships with refugee relief organizations around the world. She was also invovled with efforts to create a center for research on human security.

Sources: Claudia Koonz faculty profile page on Duke History Department website, https://history.duke.edu/people/claudia-koonz, accessed 09 September 2019.

Claudia Koonz wikipedia page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudia_Koonz, accessed 09 September 2019.

Acquisition information:
The Claudia Koonz papers were received by the Duke University Archives as a transfer in 2019.
Processing information:

Processed by Tracy M. Jackson, September 2019

Accessions described in this collection guide: UA2019.0069

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Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Subjects

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Subjects:
Refugees
Human security
Ethnic conflict
Names:
Koonz, Claudia

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