The Literary Programme Offering of the Reichssender [Reich Broadcasting] Hamburg
The project concerns the literary programme offerings of the Reichssender [Reich Broadcasting] Hamburg between 1933 and 1939/40 with the aim of comprehensively analysing these in the context of the literary field of Hamburg or respectively the northern German broadcasting area.
The project is based on research conducted by the “Research Centre for History of Broadcasting in Northern Germany” (J. Fuge, C. Hilgert) at the end of 2007 for the Historical Commission of the ARD, which investigated in all just over 5,000 “literary programmes” of the Reichssender Hamburg, announced in the programme guide “Die Norag” or, respectively “Funk-Wacht”, which in a broad sense touched on the frame of reference of literature.
The investigation promises an insight primarily into two areas:
- the development of the literary field in the media metropolis of Hamburg and
- possible continuities and discontinuities from the 1920’s into the 1940’s.
Publications
Wagner, H.-U.; Stegemann, W. (in print): “Hansadeutsch, niedersächsisch, überhaupt niederdeutsch”. Die literarischen Programmangebote des Reichssenders Hamburg – eine Projektskizze [Hansa German, Lower Saxon, Low German above all – Literary Programming from the Reich Radio Hamburg]. In: H. Segeberg, I. Scheidgen (eds.), Medien und Medienforschung in Hamburg [Media and Media Research in Hamburg]. Hamburg (Hamburger Hefte zur Medienkultur).
Lectures
“The Promotion of 'Volk', 'Heimat', and 'Nation' in the Literary Programme Offers by the Norag and the Reichssender Hamburg in the 1930s”, presentation at the symposium “Broadcasting in the 1930s: Radio, Television and the Depression” as Part of “On, Archives! A Conference on Media, Theater and History” at the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research in Madison/Wisconsin on 9 July 2010.
“’Das Gebiet unserer Sendegemeinschaft ist Niederdeutschland’ – Der Rundfunk und seine niederdeutsche Programmarbeit in den 1920er und 1930er Jahren” [‘The Area of Our Broadcasting Community is Lower Germany’ – Broadcasting and Its Lower German Programme in the 1920s and 1930s], lecture by H.-U. Wagner at the 123rd annual conference for Lower German linguistics in Hamburg on 25 May 2010.
"Between 'Landschaftsarbeit' and 'Bildung einer Volksgemeinschaft'. Space-related Identities in the Literary Programme of the 'Reichssender Hamburg'", lecture by H.-U. Wagner at the conference "Space, Identity and National Socialism" at the Loughborough University, Department of Politics, History and International Relations on 12 May 2010.
"Hansadeutsch, niedersächsisch, überhaupt niederdeutsch" – Literarische Programmangebote des Reichssenders Hamburg“ [Hansa German, Lower Saxon, Low German above all. The Literary Programme Offering of the Reich Broadcaster Hamburg], presentation at the workshop of the DFG-project „Medialität und Modernität im NS-Kino“ [Mediality and Modernity in NS-cinema] at the Warburg-Haus in Hamburg on 18 March 2008
Contact person
Research Centre for the History of Broadcasting in Northern Germany
Universität Hamburg
Department Sprache Literatur Medien
Von-Melle-Park 6
D - 20146 Hamburg
Tel. +49 (0)40 428 38 - 27 24
Fax +49 (0)40 428 38 - 35 53