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History of the Americas & Transatlantic History

The GHI approaches the history of the Americas from a broad and increasingly global perspective. Building on its long-standing engagement with North American history and the history of transatlantic relations, research at the institute explores the societies of the Americas, their entanglements with the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific Worlds, and the interconnectedness of the Western Hemisphere.

Photo Credit: Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, 1995. © Nam June Paik Estate, SAAM. 

Team

Projects

Politicizing Science: The Stem Cell Debates

Axel Jansen

Libertarian Welfare: The Concept of an Unconditional Basic Income in U.S. Public Debate and Policy, 1945-75

Axel Jansen

When Climate Hits Home: Internal Migration and Mobility in the U.S. during the Age of the Great Acceleration

Jana Keck

Exile in Focus: Transnational Networks of Photographers from the Cold War Southern Cone

Amy Kerner

Land of Dollars: Money in the Minds of American Immigrants, 1870-1935

Atiba Pertilla

Connecting the Americas: Pan-Americanism, Mobility, and Knowledge

Mario Peters

Hazing: Violence and Elitism at US Colleges, 1850s-1930s

Raphael Rössel

Events & Conferences

Mar 11, 2026

Research Seminar

Speaker: George Derek Musgrove (University Of Maryland, Baltimore County)

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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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May 06, 2026

Research Seminar

Marie Huber (National Air and Space Museum)

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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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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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Publications

Bulletin 75 (Spring 2025)

Forum: Concrete Dreams: The Built Environment and Human Behavior in Europe’s Twentieth Century

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Christina Brauner, Renate Dürr, Philip Hahn, Anne Sophie Overkamp, Simon Siemianowski, eds.

Encountering the Global in Early Modern Germany: Microhistories of Mobility, Materiality, and Belonging

Studies in German History. Vol. 30. New York: Berghahn Books, 2025.

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Bulletin 74 (Fall 2024)

Forum: European and Global Perspectives on Social Democracy and State Violence

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Bulletin 73 (Spring 2024)

Forum: Antisemitism and Sexualities

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Maximilian Klose

Why They Gave: CARE and American Aid for Germany after 1945

Transatlantische Historische Studien. Band 63. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2024.

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Jan C. Jansen & Kirsten McKenzie, eds.

Mobility and Coercion in an Age of Wars and Revolutions

Publications of the German Historical Institute. Cambridge University Press, 2024.

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Bulletin 72 (Fall 2023)

Forum: The German Treatment of Soviet Prisoners of War During The Second World War

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Latest News

Prize

Franz Steiner Prize 2027

Deadline: September 15, 2026 | The Franz Steiner Verlag and the German Historical Institute Washington (GHI) award the Franz Steiner Prize in…

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Event Report

Universities and the Public Good: Research, Education, and Democracy since 1945

Conference report by Jonathan Holst (University of Gießen)

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Alumni

Interview with Postdoctoral Visiting Fellow Douwe Schipper

GHI editor Insa Kummer recently sat down with Douwe Schipper, one of our current Visiting Fellows, to talk about his academic career, his research,…

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Fellowship

Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research Fellowships

Deadline: April 1, 2025 | The GHI awards short-term fellowships to European and North American doctoral students as well as postdoctoral scholars to…

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Alumni

Interview with Doctoral Visiting Fellow Max Gaida

We recently sat down with Max Gaida, a doctoral student in American history at the University of Cologne, to learn more about his work and his…

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