The 75th anniversary of the founding of the East German film studio DEFA

Elizabeth Ward

On 17 May 1946, the Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA) was officially founded. Over the course of the following four decades, the studio produced nearly 700 feature films, as well as hundred of animation and documentary films. By the time it was finally privatised and sold following German reunification, DEFA was one of Europe’s largest film studios.

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Everything you need to know for #VirtualGSA2020

Access our new German Studies catalog here to view our latest titles!

We are pleased to invite you to visit our virtual stand at the German Studies Association annual meeting taking place online from 30 September to 4 October 2020. Please see below for information about special offers from Berghahn Books for titles purchased through our website.

For anyone who would have liked to discuss their manuscript with us at the conference, our editors are happy to arrange for a chat over email or virtually. Visit our GSA page for virtual booth hours or contact Chris Chappell to set up a meeting.

A wide range of German Studies titles

Visit Berghahn’s GSA page for featured books and journals, virtual booth hours, and more.

GSA Special Offer

Enjoy 30% off all German Studies titles (in both print and eBook formats) until 6 November, 2020! Read our newsletter for recommended titles and discount information.

Visit us at the conference

Catch us at the GSA exhibit hall and visit our virtual booth here.

Meet the Author: Stewart Anderson

Stewart Anderson is an Assistant Professor at Brigham Young University and holds a doctorate from SUNY Binghamton. He is the author of A Dramatic Reinvention: German Television and Moral Renewal after National Socialism, 1956–1970, new from Berghahn Books. In addition, he is the co-editor of Modernization, Nation-Building, and Television History (Routledge 2014).

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Berghahn Books at SCMS 2019 Conference!

We are delighted to inform you that we will be attending the 60th Society for Cinema & Media Studies Conference in Seattle, Washington on March 13th to 17th, 2019. Please stop by our stand to meet the editor, browse our latest selection of books at discounted prices and pick up free journal samples.

If you are unable to attend, we would like to provide you with a special discount offer. For the next 30 days, receive a 25% discount on all Film & Media Studies titles found on our website. At checkout, simply enter the discount code SCMS19.

Visit our website­ to browse our newly published interactive online Film & Media Studies 2019 Catalog or use the new enhanced subject searching features­ for a complete listing of all published and forthcoming titles. Also available is FULL ACCESS to our journal, Projections until 3/31. Access code and instructions are below.

Don’t forget about our expanding list of eBooks available for download directly via our site. Visit our Film Studies eBooks site.

 

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Berghahn will be at the German Studies Association 2018 Conference!

We are delighted to inform you that we will be attending the annual German Studies Association conference in Pittsburgh PA, on September 27th-30th, 2018. Please stop by our stand to browse our latest selection of books at discounted prices & pick up some free journal samples.

 

Berghahn Books is very pleased to invite you to a wine reception at the GSA co-hosted with the DEFA Film Library, University of Massachusetts Amherst. Please join us on Friday, September 28th from 5-6pm in the book exhibit area to celebrate the publication of SCREENED ENCOUNTERS: The Leipzig Documentary Film Festival, 1955-1990 by Caroline Moine, the first volume in our new Film and the Global Cold War series.

 

If you are unable to attend the conference, we would like to provide you with a special discount offer. In celebration of the New Academic Year, receive a 50% discount, until 30th September 2018  on all German Studies titles found on our website. At checkout, simply enter the discount code GSA18.

We are also offering FREE access to the journal, German Politics and Society until the end of the year! Please use code GSA18 and redeem here.

 

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Visit Berghahn Booth at GSA 2016 conference

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We are delighted to inform you that we will be attending fortieth annual German Studies Association conference in San Diego, CA on Sept. 29-Oct. 2, 2016. Please stop by our stand to browse our latest selection of books at discounted prices & pick up some free journal samples.

We are especially happy to invite you to join Berghahn on Friday September 30th at 5:30pm in the exhibit hall for a wine reception to be held at Berghahn booth to celebrate some of our newly published titles. We hope to see you there!

If you are unable to attend, we would like to provide you with a special discount offer. For the next 30 days, receive a 25% discount on all German Studies titles found on our website. At checkout, simply enter the discount code GSA16. Browse our new 2016-17 German Studies Catalog online or visit our website­ for a complete listing of all published and forthcoming titles.

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