Lecture Barbara Sollberg-Rilinger: King Frederick William I of Prussia and the History of Masculinity

31 vrij
Datum
31 maart 2023
Vanaf
16:00
tot
17:15
Adres
Utrecht, Janskerkhof 2-3, room 0.21

On 31 March, Professor of Early Modern History Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster) will give the lecture ‘King Frederick William I of Prussia and the History of Masculinity: Challenges of Biographical Writing’.

The suggestive power of retrospective rationalisation

Frederick William I, king of Prussia (1713-1740), called himself a tyrant, and most of his contemporaries would have agreed. Later historians, however, used to praise him as “educator of the German nation” and “Prussia’s greatest inner king”. His biography not only offers an insight into the social logic of autocracy and the transformation of masculinity. It is also an exemplary case to demonstrate the malleability of history and the suggestive power of retrospective rationalisation.

Start date and time: 31 March 2023 – 16:00

End date and time: 31 March 2023 – 17:15

Location: Janskerkhof 2-3, room 0.21

Registration: Please send an email to Jip Lettink (j.lettink@uu.nl)

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