Hermann in the Imagination: Are Germanic Tribes a Model Example of Resistors to Imperialism

Location

CSU 201

Start Date

12-4-2022 2:12 PM

End Date

12-4-2022 3:30 PM

Student's Major

World Languages and Cultures

Student's College

Arts and Humanities

Mentor's Name

Nadja Kramer

Mentor's Department

World Languages and Cultures

Mentor's College

Arts and Humanities

Description

The Varusschlacht was a battle in 9 C.E. that took place in Germanic regions of present-day northern Europe between three hardened Roman legions against oft feuding Germanic tribes. The outcome of the battle was an overwhelming slaughter of the Roman Legions. The victory from the Varusschlacht would turn the Cherusci leader Arminius, into a founding folk hero for all persons of Germanic descent. In the late 1800s, Monuments of the now named Hermann were constructed in both Detmold, Germany where the battle was believed to have taken place, and also in New Ulm, Minnesota. How do changing narratives affect the history being shared in differing time and place? How are Public Spaces employed in narrative? Can the statue of Arminius/Hermann in New Ulm be read as the establishment of maintaining German allegiance?

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Hermann in the Imagination: Are Germanic Tribes a Model Example of Resistors to Imperialism

CSU 201

The Varusschlacht was a battle in 9 C.E. that took place in Germanic regions of present-day northern Europe between three hardened Roman legions against oft feuding Germanic tribes. The outcome of the battle was an overwhelming slaughter of the Roman Legions. The victory from the Varusschlacht would turn the Cherusci leader Arminius, into a founding folk hero for all persons of Germanic descent. In the late 1800s, Monuments of the now named Hermann were constructed in both Detmold, Germany where the battle was believed to have taken place, and also in New Ulm, Minnesota. How do changing narratives affect the history being shared in differing time and place? How are Public Spaces employed in narrative? Can the statue of Arminius/Hermann in New Ulm be read as the establishment of maintaining German allegiance?

Recommended Citation

Burns, Dominic. "Hermann in the Imagination: Are Germanic Tribes a Model Example of Resistors to Imperialism." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 12, 2022.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2022/oral-session-05/3