{"id":5879,"date":"2022-07-11T16:07:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T16:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emoryhistorynews.wordpress.com\/?p=5879"},"modified":"2022-07-11T16:07:19","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T16:07:19","slug":"dr-claudia-kreklau-ph-d-18-publishes-article-on-bismark-and-gender-in-german-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scholarblogs.emory.edu\/emoryhistorynews\/2022\/07\/11\/dr-claudia-kreklau-ph-d-18-publishes-article-on-bismark-and-gender-in-german-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Claudia Kreklau (Ph.D., &#8217;18) Publishes Article on Bismarck and Gender in &#8216;German History&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Emory History alum <a href=\"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/history\/people\/ck230\">Dr. Claudia Kreklau<\/a> published an article in the April issue of the journal <em>German History<\/em>. Titled &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/gh\/article-abstract\/40\/2\/171\/6576230?redirectedFrom=fulltext\">The Gender Anxiety of Otto von Bismarck, 1866\u20131898<\/a>,&#8221; the piece is Kreklau&#8217;s fourth published article. Kreklau completed under Ph.D. in 2018 under the advisement of Dr. <a href=\"http:\/\/history.emory.edu\/home\/people\/faculty\/vick-brian.html\">Brian Vick<\/a>. She is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.st-andrews.ac.uk\/history\/people\/ck230\">Associate Lecturer<\/a> at the University of St. Andrews. Read the abstract of the article below along with the full piece <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/gh\/article-abstract\/40\/2\/171\/6576230?redirectedFrom=fulltext\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;Building on critical re-examinations of the \u2018Bismarck myth\u2019 and scholarship on the&nbsp;<em>fin de si\u00e8cle<\/em>&nbsp;crisis of identity in Europe, this article examines key vignettes in the political career of Otto von Bismarck during Prussia\u2019s era of expansion and consolidation, c.1866\u20131898, through the lens of gender. It finds the legendary \u2018Iron Chancellor\u2019 experienced extreme gender-anxiety to the point of social dysphoria until the 1870s. Assigned feminine roles and lacking political decision-making power, Bismarck resorted to tantrums, tears, threats of self-harm and suicide, suffered mental breakdowns and enacted the kinds of \u2018feminine\u2019 intrigue of which he accused Europe\u2019s royal women throughout his life. To stabilize their own identity in the early 1870s, he and his contemporaries weaponized misogyny to deflect accusations of femininity away from themselves and onto women at court. Bismarck claimed to have led negotiations in a masculine manner in the era of Europe\u2019s colonial cabinet diplomacy. After his death, contemporaries studied the shape and measurements of Bismarck\u2019s head to find an explanation for his alleged genius and marketed the statesman as an example of potent masculinity. Early hagiographic instrumentalizations of Bismarck should be read as part of a wider attempt to legitimize forms of white masculine rule and justify limited political participation in this period.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emory History alum Dr. Claudia Kreklau published an article in the April issue of the journal German History. Titled &#8220;The Gender Anxiety of Otto von Bismarck, 1866\u20131898,&#8221; the piece is Kreklau&#8217;s fourth published article. Kreklau completed under Ph.D. in 2018 under the advisement of Dr. Brian Vick. 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