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A Discipline at War: British German Studies, 1914–1945

A Discipline at War: British German Studies, 1914–1945 Thematic Focus/Themenschwerpunkt: British German Studies and the World Wars Guest Editors: Sophia Buck, Andreas Schmid Sophia Buck, Andreas Schmid A Discipline at War British German Studies, 1914–1945 In 1918, at the end of the First World War, the Cambridge-educated historian and Civil Service Commissioner Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1861–1938) published a now famous report which called for the integration of History into the Modern Languages curriculum. His aim was to coin ‘Modern Studies’ as an analogy to ‘Classical Studies’, combining philological skills with cultural knowledge. This became a particularly pressing matter in the aftermath of the First World War, especially for the teaching of German: After the war the importance of German must correspond with the importance of Germany. If Germany after the war is still enterprising, industrious, highly organised, formidable no less in trade than in arms, we cannot afford to neglect her or ignore her for a moment; we cannot leave any of her activities unstudied. The knowledge of Germany by specialists will not suffice; it must be widespread throughout the people. A democracy cannot afford to be ignorant. Politically motivated ‘German Studies’ rather than ‘German Philology’ was Leathes’ proposal for how British academia should respond to the http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Angermion de Gruyter

A Discipline at War: British German Studies, 1914–1945

Buck, Sophia; Schmid, Andreas
Angermion , Volume 15 (1): 26 – Nov 21, 2022
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Thematic Focus/Themenschwerpunkt: British German Studies and the World Wars Guest Editors: Sophia Buck, Andreas Schmid Sophia Buck, Andreas Schmid A Discipline at War British German Studies, 1914–1945 In 1918, at the end of the First World War, the Cambridge-educated historian and Civil Service Commissioner Stanley Mordaunt Leathes (1861–1938) published a now famous report which called for the integration of History into the Modern Languages curriculum. His aim was to coin ‘Modern Studies’ as an analogy to ‘Classical Studies’, combining philological skills with cultural knowledge. This became a particularly pressing matter in the aftermath of the First World War, especially for the teaching of German: After the war the importance of German must correspond with the importance of Germany. If Germany after the war is still enterprising, industrious, highly organised, formidable no less in trade than in arms, we cannot afford to neglect her or ignore her for a moment; we cannot leave any of her activities unstudied. The knowledge of Germany by specialists will not suffice; it must be widespread throughout the people. A democracy cannot afford to be ignorant. Politically motivated ‘German Studies’ rather than ‘German Philology’ was Leathes’ proposal for how British academia should respond to the

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Published: Nov 21, 2022

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