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GHI Fellowships at the Horner Library

Deadline: March 1, 2026 | Together with the German Society of Pennsylvania, the GHI sponsors two to four fellowships of up to four weeks for research…

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West Coast Germanists' Workshop

German History at the Crossroads? New Narratives, Perspectives and Approaches

Deadline: November 14, 2025 | Eighth West Coast Germanists’ Workshop at University of Colorado Boulder | March 6 – 7, 2026

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Press Release

Dorothee Brantz to Deliver 11th Gerda Henkel Lecture Tour

The Pacific Office of the German Historical Institute Washington is pleased to announce the 11th Gerda Henkel Lecture Tour, organized in partnership…

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Press Release

Ulrike von Hirschhausen named next Director of GHI Washington

On October 1, 2025, historian Ulrike von Hirschhausen will become director of the German Historical Institute Washington, succeeding Simone Lässig.…

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Interview with Casey Sutcliffe Christ

We recently sat down with Casey Sutcliffe Christ, one of the GHI’s longtime editors, for a special interview. After almost twenty years at the…

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New Publication

Spring 2025 Bulletin (75) issue published and available for download

The latest issue of the Bulletin is now available online for download as well as in print.

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Press Release

German Historical Institute Receives Volkswagen Stiftung Grant for AI-Based Research

The German Historical Institute Washington has received a generous grant from the Volkswagen Stiftung’s “Open Up – New Research Spaces for the…

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GHI in the Media

GHI Panel on "Resilience and Resistance in Fragile Democracies" featured in essay published in RAAM

Mykola Riabchuk discusses the recent GHI panel discussion "Resilience and Resistance in Fragile Democracies" amidst the rising threat of dictatorship.

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