MISSION

The German Historical Institute (GHI) was established in April 1987 as an independent non-profit foundation. Since 2002 it has been part of the Stiftung Deutsche Geisteswissenschaftliche Institute im Ausland (D.G.I.A.), which is governed under public law and supervised by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. D.G.I.A. also comprises the German Historical Institutes in Rome (est. in 1888), Paris (1958), London (1976), and Warsaw (1993) as well as the Institute for Oriental Studies in Beirut (1961) and the German Institute for Japanese Studies in Tokyo (1988). The GHI is funded by the government of the Federal Republic of Germany but also seeks grants and accepts support for individual projects from other German sources. The work of the GHI is supported by the Friends of the German Historical Institute (FGHI), an American non-profit organization.

The GHI is an independent institute dedicated to the promotion of historical research in the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany and to the dissemination of historical knowledge. We support and advise American and German historians and political scientists and encourage the cooperation between them. We also reach out to the general public.
Beyond a general interest in German and American history the Institute focuses on the following fields:

• political, social, economic, and cultural developments in both
  countries in their international contexts, especially in the 19th and 20th centuries
• transatlantic movements and exchange, transatlantic comparisons
• the roles of Germany and the United States in international relations
• environmental history

To further its goals the German Historical Institute in Washington

• organizes conferences and lecture series
• offers a number of awards and fellowships to junior and senior historians
• publishes a series of reference guides, two book series with Franz Steiner Verlag in Germany and Cambridge University Press in the U.S., Occasional Papers, and a semi-annual Bulletin
• maintains a research library on German and American history
  

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