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History of Migration & Mobilities

Migrant Knowledge Blog moved to Hypotheses

The Migrant Knowledge blog has a new location!

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Call for Papers

AI through History, History through AI

Deadline: March 1, 2026 | Eighth Conference on Digital Humanities and Digital History at the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History…

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Call for Papers

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

Deadline: March 1, 2026 | Workshop at Georgetown University | October 7-8, 2026

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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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Alumni

Alumni News Roundup

Our alumni have shared several recent career updates and publications that grew out of their time at the GHI. From new academic appointments to…

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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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