Heligoland: What a small island in the North Sea tells us about the Anglo-German past
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Online
Jan Rüger talks about his book Heligoland: Britain, Germany, and the Struggle for the North Sea. He traces a rich history of contact and conflict from the Napoleonic Wars to the Cold War. For generations this North Sea island expressed a German will to bully Britain; and it mirrored a British determination to prevent Germany from establishing hegemony on the Continent. Caught in between were the Heligolanders and those involved with them: spies and smugglers, poets and revolutionaries, sailors and soldiers. Drawing on a wide range of material, Jan Rüger explores what this sea-bound microcosm tells us about the Anglo-German relationship.
Book online via Zoom link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_2H7hnh7fRe65-LQmzafY6w
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Department of History, Classics and Archaeology