Fairytales and Fascism: Evidence from a New German Village Level Database
Robert Braun, Professor
Sociology
Applications for Spring 2025 are closed for this project.
This paper explores the heavily contested relationship between German folklore and the rise of the radical right during the interwar period (1914-1945). One the one hand, people have emphasized that tales can induce democratic values. On the other hand, scholars stressed how fairytales inculcate radical nationalist feelings. We explore this relationship with a new dataset of 40,000 German villages which provides information on radical right mobilization, local storytelling and other folklore.
Role: Help build and expand the dataset outlined above. Specifically: geo-reference historical maps, data processing and exploratory analysis of data.
Qualifications: -Data management in R or STATA.
-Experience with GIS
-A willingness to explore automated coding using AI.
Hours: to be negotiated
Off-Campus Research Site: We can meet on campus or via zoom.
Related website: braunrobert.wordpress.com
Social Sciences