Theodor Tantzen, ESSHA and Leiden

Moving backward in time from 1893 was an enormous challenge but VERY fruitful. It did mean reading extensively in Oldenburg history. This has been extremely worthwhile.

[On a side technical note, I discovered that I could use the camera function of my i-Phone to scan text into a GoogleDoc that I could then clean up. Reading through the document a third time, I could create already typed notes, which I then printed. Reading through 4 times really fastened the material in my mind!]

Rethinking my work on Theodor Tantzen and north German rural politics within the context of the Vormärz and the needs of the conference panel helped me the appreciate the social and economic locus of progressism in Oldenburg. Going forward, I will want to see how this worked out in the Prussian districts of Aurich and Stade.

The ESSHA conference as always was incredibly exciting. Our session commentator, Niels Grüne made a set of inclusive and useful coments that I will address on this site at Projects/Theodor Tantzen, along with PDFs of my original and revised abstracts, the complete paper, and the3 read version. Our panel organizer, Joanna Innis, was very interested in drawing connection between the Landvolkbewegung in Schleswig-Holstein and Oldenburg. Upon reflection it sees to e that I should be able draw some interesting comparisons. Let’s see if I’m given enough time!

Leiden was a most amazing place. I will not be attending the 2027 conference in Lyon, but look forward to their venue for 2029.