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As a center for advanced historical research, the German Historical Institute Washington (GHI) has an international reputation that extends far beyond the disciplinary boundaries of history. From its two locations in Washington, DC, and Berkeley, CA, the Institute fosters innovative scholarship and dialogue that connect scholars across continents, disciplines, and generations. As a cultural ambassador, the GHI builds bridges between academic research and the public in Germany, the United States, and beyond.

Stefan Szymanski (University of Michigan) and Arpad von Klimó (The Catholic University of America) answering questions Video

Watch Stefan Szymanski's lecture on the surprising economics of soccer from our 2026 Spring Lecture Series

Samuel Jackisch (ARD German Radio and Television), Chukwuka Onwumechili (Howard University), and Steven Goff (Yahoo Sports) Video

Watch our fireside chat on global soccer with Steven Goff, Chukwuka Onwumechili, and Samuel Jackisch

Latest News

New Publication

Fall 2026 Bulletin (78) issue published and available for download

The latest issue of the Bulletin is now available online for download.

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Fellowship

Visiting Fellowships at the GHI

Deadline: December 10, 2026 | The GHI is now accepting applications for its 2027-2028 visiting fellow program for European and North American scholars…

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Call for Papers

Fair Share? Intergenerational Justice in Transnational Perspective

Deadline: January 22, 2027 | International Conference at the German Historical Institute, Pacific Office at UC Berkeley, November 15-16, 2027

 

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Prize

Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize

Deadline: March 1, 2027 | The Friends of the German Historical Institute are now accepting nominations for the annual Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize.…

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Events & Conferences

The GHI organizes international scholarly conferences, public programs and lectures on a wide variety of historical topics.

Nov 04, 2026

Research Seminar

Seminar at GHI Washington | Speaker: Danielle Wiggins (Georgetown University)

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Nov 12, 2026

The Transatlantic Enlightenment and the American Revolution

Roundtable at the Library of Congress (Mumford Room, James Madison Building, Library of Congress, 101 Independence Avenue SE) & Online | Panelists: Jürgen Overhoff (University of Münster); Sarah Pearsall (Johns Hopkins University); Eric Slauter (University of Chicago); Moderators: Kevin Butterfield (Kluge Center, Library of Congress) and Axel Jansen (GHI Washington)

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Nov 16, 2026

Environments and Societies at the Crossroads: Socio-Environmental Justice in Europe and the Americas in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Workshop at UC Berkeley | Convener: Simone M. Müller (University of Augsburg), Isabel Richter (German Historical Institute Washington, Pacific Office)

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Feb 25, 2027

The Violent 1950s: Towards a New History of the Global “Postwar” Decade

Conference at GHI Washington | Conveners: Andreas Greiner (GHI Washington) and Robert Kramm (University of Tübingen)

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Mar 12, 2027

Ninth West Coast Germanists’ Workshop: Borders and Belonging

Workshop at the University of California, Berkeley | Conveners: Sheer Ganor (University of Minnesota), Stefan-Ludwig Hoffmann (University of California, Berkeley), Stefan Laffin (University of California, Berkeley), and Isabel Richter (German Historical Institute Washington | Pacific Office Berkeley), in conjunction with the Townsend Working Group in German History and Culture

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Mar 18, 2027

Between Big Data and Obsolescence: Born-Digital Sources, Contemporary History, and the Politics of Access

Ninth Conference on Digital History and Digital Humanities at GHI Washington | Co-convened with the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH), the Chair for Digital History at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the Leibniz Institute of European History (IEG) in Mainz, the Chair for Contemporary History at the University of Mannheim, and NFDI4Memory

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Jun 11, 2027

Bloodbath Nation? Political and Social Violence in U.S. History

Annual Conference of the Historians of the German Association for American Studies (GAAS) at the Akademie für Politische Bildung, Tutzing | Conveners: Raphael Rössel (GHI Washington) and Jana Dunz-Keck (GHI Washington)

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Nov 15, 2027

Fair Share? Intergenerational Justice in Transnational Perspective

International Conference at the German Historical Institute, Pacific Office at UC Berkeley | Conveners: Barbara Holthus (German Institute for Japanese Studies Tokyo), Axel Jansen (German Historical Institute Washington), Isabel Richter (German Historical Institute Washington, Pacific Office Berkeley)

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Latest Publications

Bulletin 78 (Fall 2026)

Forum: The Campus and Beyond: Higher Education and Social Inequalities in Europe and the United States Since the 1870s

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Julia Lange

Identity Trouble: Deutschamerikanische Identitätspolitiken und die Erinnerung an den Holocaust

Transatlantische Historische Studien. Band 66. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2026.

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Claudia Kreklau

The Making of Modern Eating: How the German Middle Class Forged the Way We Eat, 1780-1910

Studies in German History. Vol. 32. New York: Berghahn Books, 2026.

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