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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
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Yesterday & today we've been holding our annual Fellows’ Symposium, one of the rare moments when our whole research community gathers together, featuring dynamic presentations and conversations across global, European, & American history and showcasing the breadth of research the GHI supports.
December 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
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We spoke with current Visting Fellow Max Gaida about his project “From Red Light to Rainbow: The Politics of Sex and Space in Philadelphia’s Urban Crises. Read our interview here: www.ghi-dc.org/news-show/in...
Screenshot from the “Queer Philly Mapping Project” by Max Gaida
December 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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Congratulations to former Visiting Fellow Prakash Kumar (history & Asian Studies, Penn State) on the publication of his monograph "A History of India's Green Revolution: Reign of Technocracy" (@universitypress.cambridge.org, 2025)! www.cambridge.org/core/books/h...
Cover of the book "A History of India's Green Revolution: Reign of Technocracy," by Prakash Kumar (Pennsylvania State University)
December 2, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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“The Challenge of German Histories: An American Retrospective” is taken from Konrad H. Jarausch's 2024 Feldman Memorial Lecture and presents his reflections on the field of German history, drawing on his decades of research & teaching on both sides of the Atlantic. PDF: www.ghi-dc.org/filea...
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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“The Power of Photobooks: Crafting (Jewish) History from Below” by Steven Weiss Samols, winner of the GHI's 2024 Stern Dissertation Prize, examines how Jewish photographers, writers, & publishers used the photobook to celebrate difference and contest antisemitism. PDF: www.ghi-dc.org/filea...
Cover image: Photograph of Sigmund Freud behind his desk, photo by Edmund Engelman from "Berggasse 19: Sigmund Freud’s Home and Offices" (New York: Basic Books, 1976).
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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"On the Logic of Autocracy and the Plasticity of History: The Case of Frederick William I, King of Prussia," by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger, draws on her biography in preparation & examines how a monarch seen as a classic tyrant was transformed into a heroic figure. PDF: www.ghi-dc.org/filea...
Caption: Film still from "Der alte und der junge König," directed by Hans Steinhoff, 1935. The scene shows Emil Jannings as Frederick William I and Werner Hinz as Crown Prince Frederick.
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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"After Life: The Legacy of Discontinued International Organizations in the Twentieth Century" presents Kiran Klaus Patel's 2024 annual lecture at the GHI, which examined the question “What happens when international organizations die?” Available in PDF format here: www.ghi-dc.org/filea...
Photograph of four men in business attire smiling as their picture is taken. Caption: The “Four Wise Men” [Randolph Burgess, Sir Paul Gore-Booth, Bernard Clappier, and Xenophon Zolotas] visiting the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation, March 1960. © OECD
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Our Fall 2025 Bulletin (issue #76) is now online! The full issue is available in #OpenAccess here: www.ghi-dc.org/publi.... Some highlights of this issue include:
Cover of the GHI Fall 2025 bulletin, featuring a photograph of Sigmund Freud behind his desk, photo by Edmund Engelman from "Berggasse 19: Sigmund Freud’s Home and Offices" (New York: Basic Books, 1976).
December 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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The newest issue of our Bulletin has just been published! The contents cover the full range of our research interests, from early modern German history to interwar Jewish history to 20th-century international history. Find the complete issue online: ghi-dc.org/publication/...
Cover image: Photograph of Sigmund Freud behind his desk, photo by Edmund Engelman from "Berggasse 19: Sigmund Freud’s Home and Offices" (New York: Basic Books, 1976).
November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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Looking forward to tomorrow's online talk by Emily Sneff, "The German Audience for the U.S. Declaration of Independence," co-sponsored with the German Society of Pennsylvania & the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies. Registration info here: germansociety.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/ne...
Poster advertising the event "The German Audience for the U.S. Declaration of Independence," a talk by Dr. Emily Sneff, hosted by the Horner Library of the German Society of Pennsylvania and taking place online on Thursday, November 20th at 7 PM Eastern Time.
November 19, 2025 at 8:41 PM
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Today we were happy to welcome Ambassador Jens Hanefeld – a former Stipendiat at @ghilondon.bsky.social – to our office for a lively discussion about history and diplomacy. Alles gute for your time in Washington, Ambassador!
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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In honor of World Digital Preservation Day, please enjoy our short interview with Wolfram Dornik, head of the Graz (Austria) city archives, about the innovative Citizen Archive Platform they've developed: href.hypotheses.org/... #WDPD2025
Screenshot of the German-language landing page of the Citizen Archive Platform (CAP), https://citizenarchive.eu/de/
November 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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As part of our “Hätte ich das mal eher gewusst …” series we spoke with Lauren Rever, recently our @rrchnm.bsky.social Henkel Digital History Fellow, about her research into the history of Washington, DC school field trips: href.hypotheses.org/5298
Story Map slide from Lauren Rever’s project on Washington, DC school field trips, depicting two photographs (from the early and late 20th century) of school children in front of the U.S. Capitol Building, with the heading “Is Washington, DC America’s Biggest Classroom?” and the subheading “Each year hundreds of thousands of U.S. students visit the capital as part of a class trip.”
November 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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Our 2025 annual lecture, "Frozen Conflicts between War and Peace," takes place this Thursday evening, September 30, in Washington. To attend in person, please visit our registration page: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...
Poster for the GHI Washington annual lecture "Frozen Conflicts between War and Peace," to be given by Ulrike von Hirschhausen (GHI Washington) on October 30, 2025, at 6 pm, with comment by Aviel Roshwald (Georgetown University). Background image has the caption "Smoke rising can be seen from the beach at Saky after explosions near the Russian military base at Novofedorivka in occupied Crimea, August 9, 2022. UGC via AP."
October 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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To learn more about #OpenAccess titles in our @berghahnbooks.bsky.social "Studies in German History" series, please visit www.berghahnbooks.com/series/studi... (⬅️link added)
Cover of "Germany on Their Minds: German Jewish Refugees in the United States and Their Relationships with Germany, 1938–1988," by Anne C. Schenderlein Cover of "Encountering the Global in Early Modern Germany: Microhistories of Mobility, Materiality, and Belonging," edited by Christina Brauner, Renate Dürr, Philip Hahn, Anne Sophie Overkamp, Simon Siemianowski
October 24, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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GHI Washington Director Ulrike von Hirschhausen will give our 2025 annual lecture next week on Thursday, October 30, titled “Frozen Conflicts between War and Peace,” with the comment provided by @avielroshwald.bsky.social. Join us in person or online: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...
Poster for the GHI Washington annual lecture "Frozen Conflicts between War and Peace," to be given by Ulrike von Hirschhausen (GHI Washington) on October 30, 2025, at 6 pm, with comment by Aviel Roshwald (Georgetown University). Background image has the caption "Smoke rising can be seen from the beach at Saky after explosions near the Russian military base at Novofedorivka in occupied Crimea, August 9, 2022. UGC via AP." Photograph of Ulrike von Hirschhausen, GHI Washington Director Photograph of Aviel Roshwald, Professor of History, Georgetown University
October 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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And #OpenAccess titles from our "Studies in German History" book series (@berghahnbooks.bsky.social) include "Encountering the Global in Early Modern Germany" (ed. Brauner et al., 2025) and "Germany on Their Minds" (Schenderlein, 2019)
Cover of "Encountering the Global in Early Modern Germany: Microhistories of Mobility, Materiality, and Belonging," edited by Christina Brauner, Renate Dürr, Philip Hahn, Anne Sophie Overkamp, Simon Siemianowski Cover of "Germany on Their Minds: German Jewish Refugees in the United States and Their Relationships with Germany, 1938–1988," by Anne C. Schenderlein
October 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Titles available in #OpenAccess from our "Transatlantische historische Studien" series (Steiner Verlag) include "Unbequeme Erinnerer" (Corsten, 2023) and "Encountering Empire" (Engel, 2015) biblioscout.net/series/THS
Cover of "Unbequeme Erinnerer: Emigrierte Historiker in der westdeutschen und US-amerikanischen NS- und Holocaust-Forschung, 1945–1998," by Anna Corsten Cover of "Encountering Empire: African American Missionaries in Colonial Africa, 1900–1939," by Elisabeth Engel
October 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Available #OpenAccess titles from our "Publications of the German Historical Institute" series (@universitypress.cambridge.org) include "Foreign in Two Homelands" (Kahn, 2025) & "Mobility and Coercion in an Age of Wars and Revolutions" (ed. Jansen & McKenzie, 2024) www.cambridge.org/core/series/...
Cover of "Foreign in Two Homelands: Racism, Return Migration, and Turkish-Germany History," by Michelle Lynn Kahn Cover of "Mobility and Coercion in an Age of Wars and Revolutions: A Global History, c. 1750–1830," edited by Jan C. Jansen and Kirsten McKenzie
October 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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On November 20, we are pleased to co-sponsor with the German Society of Pennsylvania and the Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies a virtual talk by Dr. Emily Sneff on "The German Audience for the Declaration of Independence." Register here: germansociety.app.neoncrm.com/nx/portal/ne...
Poster for the talk "The German Audience for the Declaration of Independence" by Dr. Emily Sneff, taking place on November 20 at 7pm Eastern time, sponsored by the Horner Library and co-sponsored by the German Historical Institute Washington and the Max Kade Institute for German American Studies (Madison, Wisconsin).
October 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Environmental historian Dorothee Brantz begins the 2025 Gerda Henkel Lecture Tour at UBC Vancouver today (Oct. 21) at 12:30pm PDT. Her talk explores how climate & the seasons have shaped urban life from the late 19th century to today. To watch over Zoom visit: history.ubc.ca/events/event...
Postcard for the 2025 Gerda Henkel Lecture Tour, "Urban Seasonalities: Time, Culture, and the Environment in Summer Resorts and Winter Cities around 1900 and Today," by Professor Dorothee Brantz (TU Berlin)
October 21, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Join us Oct. 30 for "Frozen Conflicts between War and Peace," our 2025 annual lecture, to be given by GHI director Ulrike von Hirschhausen www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...
Poster for the GHI Washington annual lecture "Frozen Conflicts between War and Peace," to be given by Ulrike von Hirschhausen (GHI Washington) on October 30, 2025, at 6 pm, with comment by Aviel Roshwald (Georgetown University). Background image has the caption "Smoke rising can be seen from the beach at Saky after explosions near the Russian military base at Novofedorivka in occupied Crimea, August 9, 2022. UGC via AP."
October 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Thanks to our colleagues for participating in last week's excellent conference "The Campus and Beyond: Higher Education and Social Inequalities in Europe and North America, 1890s-2000s"! ghiworkshops.hypothe...
Group photo of participants in the workshop "The Campus and Beyond: Higher Education and Social Inequalities in Europe and North America, 1890s-2000s"
October 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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❄️☀️ Urban life through the seasons!
Our 11th Gerda Henkel Lecture Tour features Dorothee Brantz (TU Berlin) on how climate & the seasons shape cities—from winter hubs to summer resorts.
📍 First stop: UBC Vancouver, Monday
🔗 history.ubc.ca/event...
#UrbanHistory #EnvironmentalHistory
October 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Next week we look forward to hosting Prof. Dorothee Brantz (TU Berlin) for the 2025 Gerda Henkel Lecture Tour. She will be giving her talk "Urban Seasonalities: Time, Culture, and the Environment in Summer Resorts and Winter Cities around 1900 and Today" at 4 universities in Canada
October 14, 2025 at 9:14 PM