Martin Lücke and Irmgard Zündorf: Einführung in die Public History

Book Re iew Ma in Lücke and I mga d Zündo .2018.Ein üh ung in die Public His o y. Gö ingen: Vandenhoeck & Rup ech . 208 pages. ISBN 978-3-8252-4909-0. Re iewed by Co d A endes, Heidelbe g Uni e si y, Heidelbe g, Ge many, E-mail: [email p o ec ed].de h ps://doi.o g/10.1515/iph-2022-2033 In he las 10 yea s o so, he signi icance o public his o y has g own angibly wo ldwide. In Ge many, i has suc- cess ully es ablished i sel as a new ield, bo h wi hin he discipline o his o y p ope and in hose a eas whe e his- o y in e sec s wi h neighbo ing disciplines in he a s and humani ies. No hing be e highligh s public his o y’s success in ecen yea s han he c ea ion o new p o- esso ships and mas e ’s p og ams. The p ecise de ini ion o he ield and o i s objec s o in es iga ion, how i should be in eg a ed in o he uni e si y sys em, and e e yday (wo king) me hods con inue o di e signi ican ly among he a ious na ional highe educa ion sys ems, despi e a numbe o simila i ies. This pa h dependence o public his o y bo h a ec s he con en s o (mas e ’s) cou ses and p og ams and is e lec ed in he way ha basic ex books, s udy books, and handbooks a e concei ed. I is he e o e no su p ising ha he book we a e conce ned wi h he e, Ein üh ung in die Public His o y [In oduc ion o Public His o y] by Ma in Lücke und I mga d Zündo has a i le ha is no only e y gene al, bu also, in he Ge man con ex in which i was w i en, bo h adi ional and unmis akable. The ex comp ises six chap e s. As he in oduc ion explains (10–11), he au ho ship o he a ious chap e s was di ided up: Ma in Lückewas esponsible o hesecond and ou h chap e s, I mga d Zündo o he fi h and six h. The fi s and hi d chap e s we e a collabo a ion be ween bo h au ho s. The di ision o labo is wo h men ioning because i e eals animpo an aspec o hede elopmen o PublicHis o y in Eu ope’s Ge man-speaking coun ies: Ge man Public His o y, in addi ion o ha ing been e iden ly influenced by i s Ame ican coun e pa , is oo ed equally in his o ical science and he Geschich sdidak ik [his o ical didac ics] ing ained in he Ge man uni e si y sys em. Ma in Lücke, a p oponen o didac ic his o y eaching, is one o he h ee di ec o s o he mas e ’s p og am in public his o y a he F ee Uni e si y o Be lin, whose cou se coo dina o is he his o ian I mga d Zündo . The au ho ial eam hus embodies he specific Ge man posi ioning o public his- o y be ween his o ical science and his o ical didac ics. The book co e s he mos c ucial aspec s o public his- o y eaching, esea ch, and p ac ice. The fi s chap e p o- ides a b ie o e iew o he his o y o he ins i u ionaliza ion o public his o y in he Uni ed S a es and in Ge many. In his con ex , Lücke und Zündo gi e p og amma ic and con- cep ual defini ions o his o y o he public and in he public sphe e. The second chap e conside s public his o y in e ms o i s close ela ionship wi h his o ical didac ics. I d aws connec ions be ween undamen al p inciples o his o y eaching (such as na a i i y and mul i-pe spec i i y) and he a ious ways in which his o ical knowledge can be ac- qui ed in he public sphe e. The social ole o his o y in he public sphe e is also unde gi ded he e, as illus a ed wi h e e ences o di e si y and inclusi i y. The hi d chap e discusses a numbe o me hodological app oaches o public his o y. These a e d awn om bo h his o y in he na ow sense as well as he a s and humani ies mo e gene ally, and include ma e ial cul u e, isual, sound, o al, and li ing his o y. Lücke und Zündo hus ocus on a ange o pa a- digma ic app oaches o public his o y ha ha e also been he subjec o much in e na ional discussion. The many connec ions hey d aw be ween esea ch and eaching, in addi ion o his o ical p ac ice and public- acing ac i i ies, make abundan ly clea he in e disciplina i y inhe en o he wo k o public his o ians. The ole o a ious ex ual and audio- isual (digi al) media in he cons uc ion o his o ical au hen ici y is he subjec o he ou h chap e . He e Lücke again u ns explici ly o he con as ing oles public his o- ians (can) play: as ecipien s, as p oduce s, and/o as analys s. In he wo inal chap e s, he e is a g ea e ocus on public his o y’s p ac ical aspec s: he i h chap e dis- cusses museums and monumen s as key ocal poin s o s a egies o he cul u e o his o y and memo y. Finally, chap e six u ns o he eaching o public his o y in uni- e si ies. He e, Lücke and Zündo s ess he linkage o heo y and p ac ice cons i u i e o public his o y –no leas in he con ex o mas e ’s heses, which (should) include bo h his o ical analyses and p ojec -based p ac ical com- ponen s. The po en ial p o essional fields a ailable o public his o ians and he e hical aspec s o his o ical wo k (bo h gene ally and as pa o commissioned his o y), as discussed h ough an in e na ional lens by An oon de Bae s, 1 a e also b iefly men ioned he e. Wha is no clea , 1An oon de Bae s, Responsible His o y (New Yo k: Be ghahn Books, 2009); An oon de Bae s, C imes agains His o y (New Yo k: Rou ledge, 2019). In e na ional Public His o y. 2022; 5(1): 57–58 Open Access. © 2022 Co d A endes, published by De G uy e . This wo k is licensed unde he C ea i e Commons A ibu ion 4.0 In e na ional License. howe e , is whe he he ca ee oppo uni ies ske ched ou apply o all his o ians and, consequen ly, wha qualifica- ions public his o ians in Ge many ypically ha e in com- pa ison o specialis s om o he a eas o he his o ical sciences. O e all, he a ious chap e s p o ide a good in o- duc ion o he subs ance, me hods, and s uc u es o Ge man Public His o y. In e ms o i s beginning p o es- sionaliza ion, hey also lis key ac o s, ins i u ions, places o s udy, and deg ee cou ses as well as jou nals and pub- lica ion se ies. Lücke und Zündo ha e hank ully s uc- u ed hei in oduc ion so as o p o ide no only s uden s o public his o y wi h a good o e iew o he field, bu also p ac i ione s and expe s in o he a eas o he a s and humani ies. These esul s om he book’s well- hough - ou didac ic s uc u e: each indi idual chap e ’s concise and in o ma i e subsec ion also includes lis s o ele an li e a u e. Ma in Lücke and I mga d Zündo should be cong a ula ed o p oducing he fi s single- olume in o- duc ion o Public His o y in he Ge man language. They ha e succeeded in aking a la ge s ep owa ds achie ing a concep ual and subs an i e consensus and a ounda ional cu iculum based on an iden ifiable me hodology. Thei collec ion and ( e) o mula ion o co e p inciples o public his o y is also a con ibu ion o he necessa y p o ession- aliza ion o he discipline in Ge many. Two a eas ha should p o e pa icula ly accessible o an in e na ional eade ship a e hose ha conce n p ac ical wo k ela ing o museums and monumen s, which a e conside ed co e conce ns o public his o y a ound he wo ld. Accoun ing Lücke and Zündo ’s wo k in ela ion o English-language equi alen s published in ecen yea s, 2 howe e , demons a es ha Ge many’s pe sonal and ins i- u ional se ings, as well as Ge many’s in o mal didac ic museological and memo ial lea ning con ex s, di e significan ly om ha o o he coun ies. The book also shows ha “pa icipa ion”and “sha ed au ho i y”(s ill) ha e less significance o Ge man public his o y, whose cen al elemen s Lücke and Zündo iden i y wi h good eason as “his o y in he public sphe e and o he public”(9) and no explici ly his o y by o wi h he public. The easons o his may also be pa ially ound in he his o y and s uc u e o Ge man his o ical schola ship: while, in he English-speaking wo ld, hose aspec s o public his o y ha a e closes o he people o en ake he o m o communi y his o y p ojec s, in Ge many, egional and s a e his o y p ojec s associa ed wi h uni e si ies a e mo e common. Ye , i is p ecisely his kind o pa h-dependence ha leads us o eflec again on ou own unde s anding o public his o y. 2Faye Saye , Public His o y. A P ac ical Guide (London: Bloomsbu y, 2015); Thomas Cau in, Public His o y. A Tex book o P ac ice (New Yo k: Rou ledge, 2016); Che s in M. Lyon, Elisabe h M. Nix, and Rebecca K. Sh um, In oduc ion o Public His o y. In e p e ing he Pas , Engaging Audiences (La ham: Rowan & Li lefield, 2017). 58 Book Re iew