Welcome
Welcome to the International Association for the Study of German Politics (IASGP). The Association devotes itself to the academic study of the politics, economics, international relations and society of contemporary Germany, Austria and Switzerland and is the result of a merger between the UK-based Association for the Study of German Politics (ASGP) and the US-based German Politics Association. As such, we are one of the world's only transatlantic academic subject associations.
We organise regular conferences and workshops both in the UK and US, as well as running a regular trip to observe the German federal elections. But most of all, we publish the prestigious scholarly journal German Politics, which is the premier English-language outlet for high-quality academic social science research on Germany.
We are always delighted to receive new applications for membership, and hope that you will find our work of interest.
Professor Simon Green (Aston University) Chair, IASGPWhat's New ? - 
New Book
German Unification 1989-90
Patrick Salmon, Keith Hamilton and Stephen Robert Twigge (2009)
Book Summary
Forthcoming Conference:
The German Politics Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association will be holding its 2009 Annual Workshop on the topic: Germany 20 Years After the Fall of the Wall: Still in search for 'inner unity'?
9-10th November 2009, Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany
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IASGP co-founder retires
Professor Willie Paterson, Director of the Institute for German Studies at the University of Birmingham, has retired from his post. Professor Paterson was instrumental in establishing the Association in 1974 (with Geoff Roberts), and in co-founding the IASGP journal, German Politics.
In a speech marking the occasion, Professor Paterson paid tribute to his many academic collaborators and the IASGP network for furthering research on contemporary Germany. Read the full text of Professor Paterson's retirement speech.
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