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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.

Goshen College Soccer player kicking ball Spring Lecture Series

Soccer: The Beautiful Game

Photos of Sven Beckert (right) and Diana Kim (left) Event

Rethinking the History of Capitalism: A Conversation Between Sven Beckert and Diana Kim (April 9)

Latest News

Call for Papers

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

Deadline: June 12, 2026 | Workshop at GHI Washington | February 25-26, 2027

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Opportunities

Intern at the German Historical Institute

Deadline: July 31, 2026 | The GHI Internship Program gives students of history, political science, public relations, and public administration at…

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Alumni

Interview with GHI Visiting Fellow Daniele Valisena

Emma Clarke recently sat down with Daniele Valisena, one of our current Visiting Fellows, to talk about his academic career, his research, and his…

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Alumni

Interview with GHI Visiting Fellow Laurelin Middelkoop

GHI editor Insa Kummer recently sat down with Laurelin Middelkoop, one of our current Visiting Fellows, to talk about her academic career, her…

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Events & Conferences

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

Apr 19, 2026

Reading and Conversation with Tamar Shapiro

Reading at The United Church (1920 G Street NW, Washington, DC) | Speaker: Tamar Shapiro

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Apr 23, 2026

Rebuild or Retreat? Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Migration and Mobility in the Global North

Conference at GHI Washington | Conveners: Jana Dunz-Keck (GHI Washington) and Sarah Beringer (GHI Washington), Simon Richter (University of Pennsylvania), Andreas Hübner (Kiel University), Max Gruenig (POCACITO Network and Georgetown University, BMW Center for German and European Studies), and Brendan O’Donnell (POCACITO Network and Heinrich Böll Foundation)

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Apr 29, 2026

Research Seminar

Speaker: Alice Weinreb (Loyola University Chicago)

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May 06, 2026

Research Seminar

Marie Huber (National Air and Space Museum)

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May 13, 2026

The Beautiful Game – Globalizing Soccer

Fireside Chat at GHI Washington | Speakers: Dee Kundra (FC Bayern Americas) and Steven Goff (Yahoo Sports). Moderator: Samuel Jackisch (ARD German Radio and Television)

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May 21, 2026

Telling Stories: History, Narrative and the German Peasants' War 1524-1526

17th Gerald D. Feldman Memorial Lecture at the German Historical Institute Washington | Speaker: Lyndal Roper (University of Oxford)

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May 28, 2026

Imperial Legacies? (Dis)continuities and Comparisons between Colonialism and Nazi Rule

International Conference at the German Historical Institute Washington | Conveners: Ulrike von Hirschhausen (GHI Washington) and Robert Gerwarth (University College Dublin)

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Jun 04, 2026

The Beautiful Game – Paying for Soccer

Lecture at the GHI Washington | Speaker: Stefan Szymanski (University of Michigan). Moderator: Arpad von Klimó (The Catholic University of America)

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Jun 10, 2026

Research Seminar

Zoom | Ofer Ashkenazi (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

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Jun 15, 2026

AI through History, History through AI

Eighth Conference on Digital Humanities and Digital History hosted by the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) at the University of Luxembourg | Co-Conveners: German Historical Institute Washington (GHI), Chair for Digital History at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe.

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Jun 16, 2026

31st Transatlantic Doctoral Seminar: German History from the 18th Century to the Present

Seminar at UC Berkeley | Conveners: Anna von der Goltz (Georgetown University) and Richard Wetzell (GHI Washington)

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Sep 17, 2026

The Moralization of Science

Conference at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna (Austria) | Conveners: Daniel Brewing, Moritz Fischer, Elke Seefried (RWTH Aachen), Alexander Bogner (Austrian Academy of Sciences), Axel Jansen (GHI Washington)

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Oct 08, 2026

Flight, Exile and Emigration in Germany’s Age of Extremes: Biographical Perspectives

International workshop at Georgetown University | Conveners: Frank Biess (UC San Diego), Anna von der Goltz (Georgetown University), Simone Lässig (TU Braunschweig) and Richard Wetzell (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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Latest Publications

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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Stephan H. Lindner

A History of the I.G. Farben Trial: Armament, Exploitation, Auschwitz

Studies in German History. Vol. 31. New York: Berghahn Books, 2025.

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Latest Blogposts

Feb 04, 2026

Nicolas Blumenthal

Nicolas Blumenthal

Nicolas Blumenthal University of Fribourg, Switzerland Research Focus: WebsiteEmail Related Blog Posts…

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Feb 05, 2026

Helena Friedrich Schwinghammer

Hätte ich das mal eher gewusst …mit Helena Friedrich Schwinghammer

Kannst Du in drei Sätzen Dein Projekt vorstellen und sagen, was speziell der digitale Anteil daran war? Das Vogtland war bis zur Deindustrialisierung eine Region, die lange von weiblicher Arbeit in d…

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Feb 04, 2026

Nicolas Blumenthal

Challenging “Racelessness:” Debates and Restrictions on Immigration in Postwar Switzerland 

Discusses deportation practices in Switzerland since World War II…

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Feb 03, 2026

Andreas Markus Schnurr

Andreas Markus Schurr

Andreas Markus Schurr University Institute Florence, Italy Research Focus: WebsiteEmail Related Blog Posts…

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Jan 28, 2026

Jana Dunz-Keck

Hätte ich das mal eher gewusst …mit Jana Dunz-Keck

Kannst Du in drei Sätzen Dein Projekt vorstellen und sagen, was speziell der digitale Anteil daran war? Im 19. Jahrhundert schrieben Zeitungen in großem Umfang voneinander ab; Texte wurden kopiert, …

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Jan 26, 2026

Jana Dunz-Keck

Hätte ich das mal eher gewusst …with Jana Dunz-Keck

Can you describe your project in three sentences and explain the digital component of your work? In the 19th century, newspapers copied each other extensively: Texts were reprinted, adapted, and circu…

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Dec 02, 2025

Amelie Harbisch

Amelie Harbisch

Amelie Harbisch University of Erfurt, Germany Research Focus: WebsiteEmail Related Blog Posts…

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Nov 06, 2025

katharina hering

The Citizen Archive Platform: Interview with Wolfram Dornik

Interview with the head of the Graz City Archives, Dr. Wolfram Dornik, about the Citizen Archive Platform (https://citizenarchive.eu/en/), a collaborative personal digital archiving platform spearhead…

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Sep 12, 2025

Anna Derksen

Inside “Vipeholmsanstalten”: Podcasting about Institutionalization and Memory in Sweden’s Welfare State

Analyzes the effects of podcasting both on the (his)storytelling and in redressing old abuses, here specifically about Vipeholmsanstalten, a Swedish institution that housed and treated people with int…

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Aug 18, 2025

Caroline Mezger

Rumors of the Holocaust: Expressing an Unspeakable Knowledge

A contribution exploring the role of rumor in the development and articulation of knowledge on the Holocaust as it was unfolding. …

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Jun 16, 2025

Editors

Knowledge Notes

Occasional notes on calls, events, publications, and more that caught our attention. Please email us your own items. Job Opening Lund University: Associate Senior Lecturer in Global History of Know…

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Apr 10, 2025

Barnabas Balint

Knowledge and Organization of Guard Dogs in the Nazi Concentration Camps: The Hundestaffeln

In March 1943, six Russian prisoners of war escaped from a factory in Neustadt where they had been forced to work. To recapture them, the German authorities dispatched SS-Untersturmführer Koermann …

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