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The German Historical Institute Washington (GHI) is an internationally recognized center for advanced study with offices in Washington, DC, and Berkeley, California. 🌐: https://www.ghi-dc.org
New interview posted! We spoke with Visiting Fellow Laurelin Middelkoop about her project on early modern political theory and some of the challenges and rewards of research www.ghi-dc.org/news-show/in...
Information about Dorothee Wierling’s lecture at UC San Diego on March 12th can be found here: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...
Poster for the Gerda Henkel Stiftung 2026 lecture tour by Dorothee Wierling (Hamburg University), presenting "The German Blues: A Historian's Perspective on the Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Eastern Germany," listing upcoming dates: March 4, Max Kade Institute for Austrian-German-Swiss Studies (USC); March 6, University of Colorado, Boulder; March 10, UC Berkeley; March 12, UC San Diego.
Our Henkel Stiftung lecture tour continues this week when Prof. Dorothee Wierling visits @ucberkeleyies.bsky.social tomorrow, March 10, and UC San Diego on March 12. March 10th event information here: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...
⏰ There's still time! ⏰
Applications for individual papers, panels, and roundtables to the 2026 annual conference in Phoenix, AZ, are still being accepted through Wednesday, March 18, at 11:59 PM (PDT).
👉 Apply via the OpenWater application portal at:
thegsa.secure-platform.com/50/
Professor Thomas Pegelow Kaplan opening the 8th West Coast Germanists Workshop at University of Colorado Boulder on March 6, 2026
Our 8th West Coast Germanists’ Workshop is underway at @colorado.edu! Scholars from more than 20 colleges and universities are gathering for two days of discussions about current research and where the field is heading. Read more about the workshop program here: wcgw.hypotheses.org#schedule
From policy advocacy to AI, innovative teaching, and preparing for the semiquincentennial, #AHA26 sparked a weekend of dynamic conversation. With 500+ sessions in Chicago, discussions were wide-ranging and forward-looking. Read the full recap in #AHAPerspectives.
Please also note that we've extended the deadline to apply for our short-term fellowships at the Horner Library of the German Society of Pennsylvania to March 15. For more information on this program, please visit: www.ghi-dc.org/programs/fel...
The next deadline to apply for our short-term research fellowships is April 1! Learn more about this program for doctoral and postdoctoral scholars here: www.ghi-dc.org/programs/doc...
As the World Cup comes to North America this summer, our Spring Lecture Series looks back at the history of "Soccer: The Beautiful Game." We look forward to our 1st event on March 26 on "Popularizing Soccer" with @brianbunk.bsky.social — register to attend here: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...
LA folks: join us Wednesday at 4 PM at USC's Max Kade Institute for Dorothee Wierling on the Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Eastern Germany
Das Plakat für den Call for Papers.
#CfP Experiencing the Borders: The Long 1940s and Their Legacies in (Eastern) Europe
📌 #Conference in #Lviv | 16-18 September 2026 | organised by @rcu-mws-ukraine.bsky.social, #CenterForUrbanHistoryLviv, @crh.ehess.fr and more
📅 Deadline: 20 April 2026
🔗 www.maxweberstiftung...
Excellent Finding Aids online for preparing an application for a GHI Research Fellowship or just checking their holdings.
www.germansociety.org/horner-library
Poster for the Gerda Henkel Stiftung 2026 lecture tour by Dorothee Wierling (Hamburg University), presenting "The German Blues: A Historian's Perspective on the Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Eastern Germany," listing upcoming dates: March 4, Max Kade Institute for Austrian-German-Swiss Studies (USC); March 6, University of Colorado, Boulder; March 10, UC Berkeley; March 12, UC San Diego.
Next week our 2026 Gerda Henkel Lecture Tour begins! We look forward to welcoming Dorothee Wierling to present "The German Blues: A Historian’s Perspective on the Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Eastern Germany." Further information here: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...
Die Bibliothek des DHI Warschau mit Regalen voller Bücher.
#CfP Asynchronous Histories Summer School
📌 #SummerSchool from 31 August - 4 September 2026 | in #Warsaw | for #PhDStudents, #MasterStudents and #Postdocs in #Humanities and #SocialSciences | organised by #GHIWarsaw, #UniversityOfWarsaw & more
📅 Deadline: May 31 2026
🔗www.maxweberstiftung...
The recording of Dr. Emily Sneff's talk "German Americans and the Founding of the United States" is now available online! The lecture looks back at how supporters like Mary Ludwig Hays—better remembered as Molly Pitcher—shaped the unfolding of the American Revolution: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_jO_...
Apply now for our Horner Library fellowships, which fund research at the German Society of Pennsylvania's unparalleled collections on German-American culture and history. Deadline: March 15; more information at www.ghi-dc.org/programs/fel...
📣 CEH is now on LinkedIn!
Head on over and give us a follow for the journal's latest updates and long-form posts!
👉 www.linkedin.com/company/cont...
Auf einem Tisch liegt ein Notizbuch und ein Kugelschreiber.
#CfP AI through History, History through AI
📌#Conference on #DigitalHumanities and #DigitalHistory | 15-16 June 2026 | at University of #Luxembourg @uni.lu | focus on #AI and #HistoryOfSimulation | Co-Conveners @ghiwashington.bsky.social & more
📅Deadline: 1 March 2026
🔗 www.maxweberstiftung...
Photograph of GHI Washington Director Ulrike von Hirschhausen
Tomorrow (Feb. 19) at @ucberkeleyies.bsky.social GHI Director Ulrike von Hirschhausen will give a public lecture titled "Spaces of Contested Statehood: A Legacy of Empire.” To register to attend, please visit: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...
Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research Fellowships @ghiwashington.bsky.social! Information here: www.ghi-dc.org/programs/doc...
Now available in paperback: “Citizens into Dishonored Felons” by Timon de Groot, part of our @berghahnbooks.bsky.social Studies in German History book series!
Copies arrived: special issue on "Violence and Social Inequalities" in "Zeitschrift für Geschichtswissenschaft" I've edited with Raphael Rössel @ghiwashington.bsky.social - with articles by Sophia Dafinger, Darius Muschiol and @christopherewing.bsky.social
metropol-verlag.de/produkt/zeit...
📣There's still time! Only one week left until the application deadline for participating in seminars at the GSA conference this year.
⏰Applications due on February 18 at 11:59 pm (PT) ⏰
See our website for the list of seminars and apply via the Open Water portal:
👉 thegsa.org/blog/cfa-gsa...
The GHI Washington is saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Zohar Shavit of Tel Aviv University, who partnered with us in our project "Innovation through Tradition," and send our condolences to her family, friends, and colleagues. Learn more about the project here: jewishtrad.hypotheses.org
Happening tonight! Online talk by Dr. Emily Sneff on “German Americans and the Founding of the United States”… register here to attend: uwmadison.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
New on our Migrant Knowledge blog @ghiwashington.bsky.social: Nicolas Blumenthal @unifr.bsky.social wrote about "Challenging 'Racelessness:' Debates and Restrictions on Immigration in Postwar Switzerland"
migrantknowledge.hypotheses.org/33179
Happy Love Data Week! Check out our talk with Helena Friedrich Schwinghammer about using a dataset from the 1980s to answer new questions about deindustrialization in Germany, part of our @vhdonline.bsky.social "Hätte ich das mal eher gewusst…” interview series href.hypotheses.org/5722 #LoveData26
The Migrant Knowledge blog has a new location! You can now find it at migrantknowledge.hypotheses.org, complete with an archive of all of the site's past blogposts.
Are you an emerging scholar seeking to share your research with a wider audience? @conteurohistory.bsky.social has a new blog called "New Voices" that highlights research by advanced grad students + early career on European history 1914-present. Submit your work! tinyurl.com/2s45996j
Portrait of GHI Washington Director Ulrike von Hirschhausen
GHI Director Ulrike von Hirschhausen will be giving a public lecture on "Spaces of Contested Statehood: A Legacy of Empire" at @ucberkeleyies.bsky.social on Thursday, February 19th. Registration details are available here: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...
