The Research Triangle Seminar in the History of the Military, War, and Society

The presentation concentrates on two autobiographical documents, the diaries of Klara Staiger, prioress of the Augustinian cloister Mariastein near Eichstaett, and the recordings of Anna Maria Junius, nun of the Dominican cloister Heiligengrab in Bamberg. By looking at personal accounts of the war, we turn the focus on the individual, and, with the two religious women, on a couple of very select persons. However, their diaries and chronicles regularly direct their attention beyond the personal and thus reflect a wider circle of contemporaries. A critical reading of these two testimonies in the broader context of other contemporary voices reveals both the commonalty and the uniqueness of their experience, and sheds light on how people managed to survive the war. Klara Staiger led her convent through flights, the destruction and rebuilding of their cloister, poverty, and other frightful experiences of the war, while Anna Maria Junius was part of a group of nuns that held out in their convent as the war raged on around them. Though their situations were quite different, the two women showed great pragmatism in navigating the war and a willingness to exploit all options - orthodox and unorthodox - to ensure their survival.

Sigrun Haude is Associate Professor of History at the University of Cincinnati. Her main fields of research are the history of reformation, Early Modern European History, and the history of Christianity, European History, in particular the history of Anabaptism and the Radical Reformation, and the history of the Thirty Years' War. Her publications include: In the Shadow of "Savage Wolves": Anabaptist Munster and the German Reformation during the 1530s (Boston, 2000).

The seminar starts at 4:15 pm. Refreshments will be served before the seminar.

A pre-circulated paper is available a week in advance at dirk.bonker@duke.edu.

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Research Triangle Seminar Series "History of the Military, War, and Society"
http://www.unc.edu/mhss/

This standing seminar on the "HISTORY OF THE MILITARY, WAR, AND SOCIETY," started in January 2006. The PRIMARY PURPOSE of the seminar is to provide a forum for historians working on issues relating to war, peace and society and in the field of a most broadly defined history of the military. Far from
engaging in any policing of boundaries, the seminar recognizes the rich and ever-growing diversity of approaches and methods that have come to characterize
the study of the military, war and society. The seminar is open to approaches from political, diplomatic and institutional history as well as economic,
social, cultural and gender history. Studies of violent conflicts, peace building and peace keeping will also be included. The goal is to create a
stimulating conversation across and on different theoretical approaches and methodologies. Furthermore, we would like to extend the geographical and

temporal scope of our discussion beyond the Americas and Europe. We aim for a global history of the military, war, and society that explores and relates the
developments in different regions and time periods.

This inter-university seminar is meant to bring together all interested SCHOLARS FROM THE TRIANGLE AREA AND BEYOND. Our meetings provide an opportunity to present and discuss the findings of on-going research by historians in and outside the triangle area. Speakers showcase their work and offer insight into the scholarly directions and developments in the field. Open to faculty and students, the seminar also makes a major contribution to graduate training by offering advanced Ph.D. candidates an opportunity to present their work in progress.

The seminar meets three times a semester on Friday afternoon from 4 - 6 pm in the Carr Building at Duke University's East Campus. We rely primarily, but not exclusively, on pre-circulated papers, with the speakers introducing their work for no more than 10 minutes, to ensure the most substantive discussions.
Refreshments will be served.

The ORGANIZERS of the "History of the Military, War and Society Seminar" are:

- Dirk Bönker (Duke University)
- Karen Hagemann (UNC at Chapel Hill) in cooperation with
- Michael Allan (NC State University)
- Michael Allsep (UNC at Chapel Hill)
- Joseph Glatthaar (UNC at Chapel Hill)
- Richard Kohn (UNC at Chapel Hill)
- Wayne Lee (UNC at Chapel Hill)

- Heather Marshall (Duke University