Bernd Weisbrod, The Gerda Henkel Visiting Professor at the Department of German Studies, will be teaching two courses in spring quarter.  The first, "Performance Politics: Political Violence and the Challenge of Fascism in Europe" (GERGEN 256), analyzes the violent political culture of much of interwar Europe as a political code for fascism in power - and more generally for modern fundamentalism.  His second course, "Experience and Memory: Generation Building in German Post-war and Post-dictatorial Transitions" (GERGEN 258) looks at 20th century Germany as a succession of political generations built by the experience of war and political upheaval and the role that these different forms of generation building appear to play on memory culture and biographical accounts. For further information about the visit by Professor Weissbrod, and the above courses in German Studies, please contact: Charo Robinson at: mrobins@stanford.edu