David Kuchenbuch's guest appearances

David Kuchenbuch

German Historical Institute London Podcast

OwlTail

Many scholars have argued that historical concepts of the global are under-researched. In my talk, I will argue that filling this gap will mean taking a closer look at media representing global connections and differences. I will do this by presenting my research on American designer R. Buckminster Fuller and (West) German historian Arno Peters, both of whom rose to prominence as mediators of the global after the Second World War.

David Kuchenbuch: Mediating Globalism in the Twentieth Century:

Pascale Siegrist

Kim König

How did people in the past understand globalism? GHIL Research Fellow for Modern History Pascale Siegrist and PR Officer Kim König speak with David Kuchenbuch about his research on American designer R. Buckminster Fuller and the (West) German historian Arno Peters. David Kuchenbuch argues that their work as ‘Welt-Bildner’ (makers of worlds) points us to important shifts in twentieth-century political cultures as well as the way in which people understood their place in an interconnected world.