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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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A Dark Portrait: John Britton’s Denunciation of John Soane

Publication Date
2023-November-06
Authors
Lukacher, Brian
Department or Program
Art Department
Document Type
Article
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

This article presents hitherto overlooked documents at Vassar College in the United States relating to the character and reputation of the architect John Soane (1753–1837). The antiquarian and topographic author John Britton (1771–1857), a lifelong friend and associate of Soane...

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Duelling and the Fantasmatic Spectre of Male Honour in Imperial Germany: The Kaiser’s Will and Theodor Fontane’s Effi Briest

Publication Date
2022-May-15
Authors
Schneider, Jeffrey
Department or Program
German Studies Department
Global Nineteenth-Century Studies Program
Women, Feminist and Queer Studies Program
Document Type
Article
Access Level
Open
Abstract

Underneath the historiographical disagreements about military honor and dueling in Imperial Germany there lurks a consensus that most duelists simply internalized the dictates of honor. This article troubles that presumption by attending to the Prussian-German military honor code’s mixed messages...

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The Captain of Köpenick and the Uniform Fantasies of German Militarism

Publication Date
2022-June-15
Authors
Schneider, Jeffrey
Department or Program
German Studies Department
Global Nineteenth-Century Studies Program
Women, Feminist and Queer Studies Program
Document Type
Article
Access Level
Open
Abstract

This article examines a famous 1906 event that occurred when a con man dressed in a captain's uniform commandeered two small contingents of soldiers in Berlin and took them to nearby Köpenick, where he proceeded to arrest the city’s mayor...

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The Emperor’s New Uniforms: The Uniform Fantasies of Wilhelm II and His Critics

Publication Date
2024-February-15
Authors
Schneider, Jeffrey
Department or Program
German Studies Department
Global Nineteenth-Century Studies Program
Women, Feminist and Queer Studies Program
Document Type
Article
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

In light of Wilhelm II’s well-known predilection for military uniforms and displays, many of his contemporaries regarded him as a real-life version of the titular figure in Hans Christian Andersen’s fable “The Emperor’s New Clothes.” This essay uses the concept...

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