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70<br />

AREAS OF ACTIVITY<br />

reunions organised by the depart<strong>men</strong>t throughout<br />

Germany. Of particular help for FES scholars is a<br />

parallel seminar programme on important sociopolitical<br />

themes that challenges the students in<br />

terms of their subjects while also fostering their<br />

social and political involve<strong>men</strong>t.<br />

The Centre for Historical Research<br />

The FES Centre for Historical Research comprises<br />

the Depart<strong>men</strong>t of Social and Contemporary History,<br />

the Karl Marx House in Trier and the library<br />

and the Archives of Social Democracy (AdsD). It is<br />

here that FES preserves, maintains, presents and<br />

analyses the historical legacy of the entire socialdemocratic<br />

move<strong>men</strong>t (SPD, trade unions, workers<br />

cultural move<strong>men</strong>t). The Centre for Historical Research<br />

informs and enlightens an interested public<br />

through numerous publications, exhibitions, specialist<br />

lectures, symposiums and seminars, for<br />

example, on wo<strong>men</strong> who paved the way for social<br />

democracy or the introduction of voting rights. In<br />

many diverse ways <strong>gen<strong>der</strong></strong> aspects form an integral<br />

part of the work of the Centre. Here Gisela Notz’s<br />

brochure, “Her mit dem Frauenwahlrecht” (“Hand<br />

over the <strong>Wo<strong>men</strong></strong>’s Vote”), needs to be <strong>men</strong>tioned.<br />

The Karl Marx House in Trier draws attention to<br />

the role of wo<strong>men</strong> in the life of Karl Marx through<br />

various events organized by them.<br />

The Archives of Social Democracy (AdsD) houses<br />

approximately 45 kilometers of fi les. Apart from<br />

this, there is also a collection of photographs, posters,<br />

leafl ets, fi lms and audio-material. There is<br />

abundant material available on politically active<br />

wo<strong>men</strong> in the past and present and on wo<strong>men</strong>’s<br />

history. For detailed information see page 77ff.<br />

With over 800,000 volumes, the library of the<br />

<strong>Friedrich</strong>-<strong>Ebert</strong>-<strong>Stiftung</strong>, is consi<strong>der</strong>ed the largest<br />

specialist library on the history of the workers’<br />

move<strong>men</strong>t in Germany and the world. A large<br />

specialist collection on the proletarian wo<strong>men</strong>’s<br />

move<strong>men</strong>t is also available for purposes of research<br />

into wo<strong>men</strong>’s as well as <strong>gen<strong>der</strong></strong> issues, in addition<br />

to diverse literature of and about the middle-class<br />

wo<strong>men</strong>’s move<strong>men</strong>t, as well as all the publications<br />

of parties and trade unions in Germany and Europe<br />

on the politics of family, wo<strong>men</strong> and <strong>gen<strong>der</strong></strong>. The<br />

catalogue can be accessed online at http://library.<br />

fes.de. New FES publications are available in full<br />

text from the digital library http://library.fes.de/<br />

fr-digbib.html.<br />

FRIEDRICH-EBERT-STIFTUNG

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