Workshop of Inheritance Practices in the 20th Century
The German Historical Institute is holding a workshop entitled, Inheritance Practices in the 20th Century, which will tentatively take place September 14–16, 2017, at the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C. Provided below is a description of the event:
By examining inheritance practices, the workshop aims to provide new insights into the structure and meaning of personal networks (like family and kinship relations) in the twentieth century. The workshop’s focus on inherited property is also intended to shed new light on continuities and discontinuities in social inequality in families and in societies. Finally, the workshop will explore the interdependence between public, social, and economic welfare structures, on the one hand, and private family and kinship networks, on the other hand, in the modern age.