Dr. Bettina Blum
Fakultät für Kulturwissenschaften > Historisches Institut > Zeitgeschichte
Research Associate - Lead of the DFG-funded project ‘British Forces in Germany. The Occupation and the Stationing of Troops in a Transnational Perspective’
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33098 Paderborn
- Profile
Historian and exhibition curator
Current project
Lead of the DFG-funded project "British Forces in Germany. The Occupation and the Stationing of Troops in a Transnational Perspective".
Initiation of international cooperation: "Occupied spaces: A comparative historical analysis of transnational encounters in private spaces in occupied Japan and (West) Germany, 1945-1955"; collaborative project together with Dr. Christine de Matos, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney, Australia and Dr. Kazuto Oshio, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan; funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.
Research focus:
- Occupations and Stationing of Troops
- Police History
- Gender History
- Public History
- History and Museums
Memberships:
- The Occupation Studies Research Network
- European Labour History Network - Working Group Military Labour
- Arbeitskreis Militärgeschichte e.V.
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Polizeigeschichte e.V.
- Arbeitskreis Historische Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung e.V.
- Deutscher Museumsbund e.V., Fachgruppe Geschichtsmuseen
- Teaching
- Quellen und Methoden der Geschichtswissenschaft am Beispiel des Themas "Geschlecht und Politik"
- Erzählte Geschichte: Projektseminar Oral History
- Vermittlung von Kunst & Geschichte – von der Idee zum Projekt
- Quellen und Methoden der Geschichtswissenschaft am Beispiel des Themas „Religiöse Sozialisation“
- Geschichte im Radio: „Ordnung und Sicherheit“ in einer neuen Gesellschaft – der Neuaufbau der Polizei in der SBZ 1945-1949
- Zum Dienst verpflichtet. Frauenarbeitseinsatz 1939-50- Zum Dienst verpflichtet. Frauenarbeitseinsatz 1939-50
Miscellaneous |
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| Since 01.03.2020 |
Paderborn University Research fellow: Lead of the DFG-funded project "British Forces in Germany. The Occupation and the Stationing of Troops in a Transnational Perspective". Initiation of international cooperation: "Occupied spaces: A comparative historical analysis of transnational encounters in private spaces in occupied Japan and (West) Germany, 1945-1955"; collaborative project together with Dr. Christine de Matos, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney, Australia and Dr. Kazuto Oshio, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan; funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. |
| 01.08.2019 - 29.02.2020 |
Zentrum für Erinnerungskultur (centre for memorial culture) Duisburg Research fellow |
| 01.11.2018 - 31.07.2019 |
State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf Curator of the exhibition 'The British in North Rhine-Westphalia''4 May - 16 June 2019) |
| 01.04.2018 - 31.07.2019 |
Paderborn University Lecturer in contemporary history |
| 01.09.2015 - 28.02.2018 |
Stadt Paderborn, culture department Scientific direction of the exhibition and research project 'Briten in Westfalen / The British in Westphalia', curator of the exhibition (20 October 2017 - 28 February 2018, Paderborn city museum) |
| 01.04.2015 - 31.08.2015 |
Münster University (WWU Münster) Lecturer in the didactics of history |
| 01.09.2012 - 31.03.2015 |
Geschichtsort Villa ten Hompel Münster Curator of the exhibition 'Geschichte – Gewalt – Gewissen' (permanent exhibition, opening: March 2015) |
| 01.10.2001 - 31.08.2012 |
Geschichtsort Villa ten Hompel Münster Independently organised projects on women police officers, police history, and women in National Socialist Germany, as well as pedagogical activities |
| 2005 - 2011 |
Doctor of Philosphy (History) Awarded May 2011 (magna cum laude). Münster University (WWU Münster). Thesis title: 'Polizistinnen im geteilten Deutschland. Geschlechterdifferenz im staatlichen Gewaltmonopol vom Kriegsende bis in die siebziger Jahre’. |
| 1997 - 2011 |
Self-employed activities in the cultural sector 06/1998 - 09/2015: Geschichtswerkstatt ZeitenLauf e.V.: Research, organisation of city walks and special events on the history of women in Münster 11/1998 - 12/2012: Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund: Museum education 06/1998 - 11/2008: asb Münster: Lead of workshops for families 09/1997 - 02/1998: Fachhochschule Münster, exhibition 'Okulissanga': Museum education |
| 1995 - 1997 |
Development Aid Policy Practicums and Work Experience 08/1997 – 09/1997: Internship at the Honduran embassy, Bonn 09/1996 – 04/1997: Project work at the Biblioteca Alemana-Nicaragüense, Managua, Nicaragua 01/1996 – 03/1996: Projektwerkstatt Umwelt und Entwicklung, Hannover: Development aid policy practicum 08/1995 – 09/1995: Service Civil International: Lead of an international workshop for women |
| 1990 - 1995 |
Magistra Artium History, German Philology, Musicology. Münster University (WWU Münster). Thesis title: ‘Durch Selbstreform zur Gesellschaftsreform? Die Obstbausiedlung Eden/Oranienburg und die Vegetarierkolonie Monte Verita/Ascona zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit’. |
| Since 01.03.2020 |
Paderborn University Research fellow: Lead of the DFG-funded project "British Forces in Germany. The Occupation and the Stationing of Troops in a Transnational Perspective". Initiation of international cooperation: "Occupied spaces: A comparative historical analysis of transnational encounters in private spaces in occupied Japan and (West) Germany, 1945-1955"; collaborative project together with Dr. Christine de Matos, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Sydney, Australia and Dr. Kazuto Oshio, Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan; funded by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. |
| 01.08.2019 - 29.02.2020 |
Zentrum für Erinnerungskultur (centre for memorial culture) Duisburg Research fellow |
| 01.11.2018 - 31.07.2019 |
State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf Curator of the exhibition 'The British in North Rhine-Westphalia''4 May - 16 June 2019) |
| 01.04.2018 - 31.07.2019 |
Paderborn University Lecturer in contemporary history |
| 01.09.2015 - 28.02.2018 |
Stadt Paderborn, culture department Scientific direction of the exhibition and research project 'Briten in Westfalen / The British in Westphalia', curator of the exhibition (20 October 2017 - 28 February 2018, Paderborn city museum) |
| 01.04.2015 - 31.08.2015 |
Münster University (WWU Münster) Lecturer in the didactics of history |
| 01.09.2012 - 31.03.2015 |
Geschichtsort Villa ten Hompel Münster Curator of the exhibition 'Geschichte – Gewalt – Gewissen' (permanent exhibition, opening: March 2015) |
| 01.10.2001 - 31.08.2012 |
Geschichtsort Villa ten Hompel Münster Independently organised projects on women police officers, police history, and women in National Socialist Germany, as well as pedagogical activities |
| 2005 - 2011 |
Doctor of Philosphy (History) Awarded May 2011 (magna cum laude). Münster University (WWU Münster). Thesis title: 'Polizistinnen im geteilten Deutschland. Geschlechterdifferenz im staatlichen Gewaltmonopol vom Kriegsende bis in die siebziger Jahre’. |
| 1997 - 2011 |
Self-employed activities in the cultural sector 06/1998 - 09/2015: Geschichtswerkstatt ZeitenLauf e.V.: Research, organisation of city walks and special events on the history of women in Münster 11/1998 - 12/2012: Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund: Museum education 06/1998 - 11/2008: asb Münster: Lead of workshops for families 09/1997 - 02/1998: Fachhochschule Münster, exhibition 'Okulissanga': Museum education |
| 1995 - 1997 |
Development Aid Policy Practicums and Work Experience 08/1997 – 09/1997: Internship at the Honduran embassy, Bonn 09/1996 – 04/1997: Project work at the Biblioteca Alemana-Nicaragüense, Managua, Nicaragua 01/1996 – 03/1996: Projektwerkstatt Umwelt und Entwicklung, Hannover: Development aid policy practicum 08/1995 – 09/1995: Service Civil International: Lead of an international workshop for women |
| 1990 - 1995 |
Magistra Artium History, German Philology, Musicology. Münster University (WWU Münster). Thesis title: ‘Durch Selbstreform zur Gesellschaftsreform? Die Obstbausiedlung Eden/Oranienburg und die Vegetarierkolonie Monte Verita/Ascona zwischen Anspruch und Wirklichkeit’. |
- Book chapters and Journal articles (Selection)
- Policing with the enemy. British military police, public safety and German police in post-war Germany 1945-1949, in: McDaniel, John L.M. / Stonard, Karlie E. / Cox, David J. (Hg.): The Development of Transnational Policing. Past, Present and Future, London/New York 2019, S. 32-48.
- ‚My home, your castle’: British Requisitioning of German Homes in Westphalia, in: Erlichman, Camilo / Knowles, Christopher (Hg.): Transforming Occupation in the Western Zones of Germay. Politics, Everyday Life and Social Interactions, 1945-1955, London 2018, S. 115-132.
- Die Ausstellung „Briten in Westfalen – The British in Westphalia 1945-2017“, in: Gilhaus, Ulrike / Neuwöhner, Andreas (Hg.): Briten in Westfalen. Beziehungen und Begegnungen 1945 - 2017, Paderborn 2017, S. 11-23.
- »Flintenweiber« und »Emma Peels«. Polizistinnen und Waffen in Deutschland, in: Werkstatt Geschichte Nr. 64 (2014), S. 55-76.
- „Frauliche Sonderaufgaben zum Nutzen des Volksganzen“? Weibliche (Kriminal-)Polizei 1927 bis 1952, in: Beiträge zur Geschichte der nationalsozialistischen Verfolgung in Norddeutschland, Heft 15, Bremen 2013.
- Weibliche Polizei – soziale Polizei? Weibliche (Jugend)Polizei zwischen Demokratie und Diktatur 1927-1952, in: Schulte, Wolfgang (Hg.): Die Polizei im NS-Staat. Beiträge eines internationalen Symposiums an der Deutschen Hochschule der Polizei in Münster, Frankfurt 2009, S. 511-537.
- Mütter, Helferinnen, Blitzmädchen. Frauenbilder und Frauenarbeitseinsatz 1939-1950; Didaktische Bausteine des Geschichtsorts Villa ten Hompel Münster 6, Münster 2008.
- „Einen weiblichen Soldaten gibt es nicht.“ Helferinnen der Wehrmacht zwischen männlichem Einsatz und ‚fraulicher Eigenart’; in: Ariadne. Forum für Frauen- und Geschlechtergeschichte 47 (Mai 2005), S. 46-51.
- Book
Polizistinnen im geteilten Deutschland. Geschlechterdifferenz im staatlichen Gewaltmonopol vom Kriegsende bis in die siebziger Jahre, Essen 2012
- Exhibitions (Scientific direction)
- "The British in North Rhine-Westphalia", special exhibition at the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, Düsseldorf, 4th May - 16th June 2019
- „The British in Westphalia“, special exhibition, Paderborn, 20th October 2017 – 28th February 2018
Review: www.hsozkult.de/exhibitionreview/id/rezausstellungen-300
- „Geschichte – Gewalt – Gewissen“, permanent exhibition, Geschichtsort Villa ten Hompel Münster, opening: March 2015
- Conference Papers (Selection)
European Social Science History Conference, Göteborg (12.-15.4.2023). Paper: Policing Transnational Urban Spaces. Royal Military Police and German Civil Police in German Garrison Towns, 1955-1990
University College Cork (UCC), Ireland: History Research Seminar. Online Paper (8.12.2022): From Military Rule to Defence Diplomacy: Relations between British Forces and Local Communities in Germany, 1945–2019
Zentrum für Militärgeschichte und Sozialwissenschaften der Bundeswehr Militär, Potsdam. Conference "Militär. Geschichte. Geschlecht" (16.-18. 11.2022). Paper: Military wives at war.
Britische Militärfamilien an der ›Heimatfront‹ in Deutschland (1950‑2019)30th Colloquium on Police History, Marburg: Polizei und Sicherheit in urbanen Räumen vom 18. bis 21. Jahrhundert (9.-11.9.2021). Paper: Polizei in transnationalen Räumen. Royal Military Police und deutsche Polizei in nordwest-deutschen Garnisonsstädten 1955-2019
WORCK / European Labour History Network Conference, Vienna (30.8. - 3.9.2021): Paper: The Military as an international labour market? German civilians working for the British Forces in Germany, 1945 – 2019
European Social Science History Conference (Online, 24th - 27th March 2021). Paper: Policing with the Enemy. British military Police, Public Safety and German Police in Post-war Germany 1945-55
Sophia University, Tokyo, Japan: Online-Symposium "Occupied Spaces: A Comparative Historical Analysis of Transnational Encounters in Private Spaces in Occupied Japan and (West) Germany, 1945-1955" (20th November 2020). Paper: Experiences of Occupation: Anglo-German Encounters in Requisitioned Spaces in Germany, 1945-1955
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster: Online-Conference "Exclude to Include: Global Perspectives on Boarding Schools, their Participants and Processes during the 19th and 20th Centuries" (5.-6.11.2020), Paper: Questions of Belonging. (Boarding) Schools for British Service Children in Germany, 1947-2019
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, FRIAS: Workshop „Gender Relations between Occupiers and Occupied during the Allied Military Occupation in Germany after 1945” (6th - 7th June 2019): Paper: „Mothers fight for their home“. Gendered Approaches to the Requisitioning of Houses in Westphalia.
Fachgruppentag Geschichtsmuseen und Arbeitskreis Bildung und Vermittlung im Deutschen Museumsbund zum Thema „Allheilmittel oder Selbstaufgabe? Ein Zwischenstand zu Erfahrungen, Chancen und Grenzen der Partizipation in Museen“ (Frankfurt, 8th - 10th November 2018). Paper: Sich berühren lassen – Partizipation als Chance. Zentrale Aspekte aus dem Ausstellungsprojekt „Briten in Westfalen 1945-2017“ in Paderborn.
AlliiertenMuseum Berlin, Series of public events on the occasion of the special exhibition „Little America. Leben in der Militär-Community in Deutschland“. Paper: „Klein London“. Wechselseitige Blicke deutsch-britischer Nachbarn (19th April 2018).
DHI London: Conference “The Allied Occupation of Germany Revisited: New Research on the Western Zones of Occupation, 1945-1949” (29th - 30th September 2016). Paper: ‘My Home, your Castle’. The Requisitioning of Houses and Urban Quarters by the British Military Government in Westphalia 1945-1955 - Interactions between the Occupiers and the Occupied .
European Social Science History Conference (Valencia, 30th March - 2nd April 2016): Organisation of the panel: A Violent Force? Police and Weapons. Paper: Arming the Force. Police Officers and Guns in West Germany 1945 – 1980.
European Social Science History Conference (Wien, 23rd - 26th April 2014): Organisation of the panel: Police History meets the Public. Exhibitions on Police History. Paper: Learning from history? Exhibitions on German Police History of the “Third Reich” and the Postwar Era.
24. Kolloquium zur Polizeigeschichte (Nienburg, 4th - 6th July 2013): Paper: Historisches Lernen für Polizisten. Die Bedeutung von Biografien als zentrale Zugangsmöglichkeit zur Vermittlung geschichtsstruktureller Zusammenhänge.
Concentration Camp Memorial Neuengamme: Workshop „Polizei, Verfolgung und Gesellschaft im Nationalsozialismus“ (Hamburg, 9th - 11th February 2012): Vortrag: „Frauliche Sonderaufgaben zum Nutzen des Volksganzen“? Weibliche (Kriminal-)Polizei 1927-1952.
European Social Science History Conference (Glasgow, 11th - 14th April 2012): Paper: A Question of Reputation: Women Police in West Germany 1945 – 1970.
European Social Science History Conference (Gent, 13th - 16th April 2010): Paper: Rulers of the traffic. (Women) traffic police in East Germany 1945-1970