Publications

The GHI’s publishing program aims to provide an international platform for the work of German researchers and a vehicle for transatlantic scholarly exchange.


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The GHI’s print and digital publishing program serves the goals of advancing research, supporting scholars, and building networks.

 

The German Historical Institute publishes a twice-yearly journal, the Bulletin of the German Historical Institute, along with three book series: Publications of the German Historical Institute, Transatlantische Historische Studien, and Studies in German History. In addition, the Institute also publishes three blogs: History of Knowledge, Migrant Knowledge, and href.

 

The Bulletin of the German Historical Institute spotlights GHI-supported research and reports on the GHI’s scholarly activities. The Bulletin also provides information on upcoming events and fellowship opportunities.

 

The GHI publishes three book series, each with its own focus and profile: Publications of the German Historical Institute (in collaboration with Cambridge University Press), Transatlantische Historische Studien(in collaboration with Franz Steiner Verlag); Studies in German History (in collaboration with Berghahn Books). All three series include works based on GHI-supported research or GHI-organized conferences. Reflecting its commitment to support the work of historians in the early stages of their careers, the GHI also publishes first books and Habilitationsschriften in its core research fields and thematic concentrations by scholars without prior GHI affiliation.

 

The GHI’s digital publications – the blogs History of Knowledge, href, and Migrant Knowledge – provide  venues for scholarly exchange and are the cornerstones of rapidly expanding international research networks. History of Knowledge was established in 2016 in connection with the GHI’s thematic concentration in the history of knowledge. Href, launched in 2018, is dedicated to the use of digitized primary source materials in studying, teaching, and researching German and global history. Migrant Knowledge, created in 2019, is a platform for the interdisciplinary “Migrant Knowledge” research initiative spearheaded by the GHI’s Pacific Regional Office.

Latest Publications


Bulletin 74 (Fall 2024)

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

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Michelle Lynn Kahn

Foreign in Two Homelands: Racism, Return Migration, and Turkish-German History

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

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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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Bulletin of the GHI


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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Bulletin 72 (Fall 2023)

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

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Publications of the German Historical Institute

Cambridge University Press


Michelle Lynn Kahn

Foreign in Two Homelands: Racism, Return Migration, and Turkish-German History

Publications of the German Historical Institute. Cambridge University Press, 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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Adam Bisno

Big Business and the Crisis of German Democracy: Liberalism and the Grand Hotels of Berlin, 1875–1933

Publications of the German Historical Institute. Cambridge University Press, 2023.

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Moritz Föllmer and Pamela E. Swett, eds.

Reshaping Capitalism in Weimar and Nazi Germany

Publications of the German Historical Institute. Cambridge University Press, 2022.

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Transatlantische Historische Studien

Franz Steiner Verlag


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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Anna Corsten

Unbequeme Erinnerer: Emigrierte Historiker in der westdeutschen und US-amerikanischen NS- und Holocaust-Forschung, 1945–1998

Transatlantische Historische Studien. Band 62. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2022.

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Patrick Gaul

Ideale und Interessen: Die mitteleuropäische Wirtschaft im Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieg

Transatlantische Historische Studien. Band 61. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2021.

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Elisabeth Piller

Selling Weimar: German Public Diplomacy and the United States, 1918–1933

Transatlantische Historische Studien. Band 60. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2021.

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Studies in German History

Berghahn Books


Michael Weaver

Political Friendship: Liberal Notables, Networks, and the Pursuit of the German Nation State, 1848-1866

Studies in German History. Vol. 29. New York: Berghahn Books, 2024.

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Timon de Groot

Citizens into Dishonored Felons: Felony Disenfranchisement, Honor, and Rehabilitation in Germany, 1806-1933

Studies in German History. Vol. 28. New York: Berghahn Books, 2023.

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Ilko-Sascha Kowalczuk

End Game: The 1989 Revolution in East Germany

Studies in German History. Vol. 26. New York: Berghahn Books, 2022.

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Andrew Kloiber

Brewing Socialism: Coffee, East Germans, and Twentieth-Century Globalization

Studies in German History. Vol. 27. New York: Berghahn Books, 2022.

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GHI Blogs


The GHI publishes several blogs to provide a different forum for new academic research fields to connect with new audiences. The blogs take advantage of the GHI’s professional editing capacity to help disseminate “work-in-progress.” 

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Jan 03, 2025

Erika Rosado Valencia

Importing “Civilization”: Ecuadorian Elites’ National Representation Strategies and Immigration Promotion at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition

Discusses the way Ecuadorian elites presented themselves at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition to the world, focusing on strategies to attract European and American migrants and minimize the percep…

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Dec 16, 2024

Kim Carlotta von Schönfeld

Third Cultures—The (Cursed) Gold of Migrants?

Describes the subgroup of migrants called “third culture kids,” the adjustments they go through, and some knowledge-based implications. The post Third Cultures—The (Cursed) Gold of Migrants? fir…

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Dec 16, 2024

Alice Weinreb

Anorexia Nervosa: Hilde Bruch and the Construction of Eating Disorders

Explores the construction of the psychiatric category of eating disorders in the 1970s through an analysis of the archive of psychiatrist Hilde Bruch.…

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Nov 20, 2024

Laura-Elena Keck

Stowaway Mosquitoes and Twentieth-century Quarantine Knowledge 

Argues that following the traces of mosquitoes can provide valuable insights into the history of quarantine in the twentieth century, the relationship between medical knowledge and public health, and …

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Nov 12, 2024

katharina hering

Call for Contributions: Lehrbuch Historische Propädeutik im Digitalen Zeitalter

Abgabetermin für die Einreichung der Beitragsvorschläge: 15. Januar 2025Abgabetermin für die Beiträge: 30. September 2025 Beschreibung des Publikationsprojektes: Im Rahmen des NFDI-Konsortiums 4Me…

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Nov 08, 2024

Ecem Nazlı Üçok

Navigating the Personal in Migration Research

Reflects on the author's own experience as a researcher and theories such as “situated knowledge,” and “relational accountability,” emotional labor feminist standpoint theory to elucidate how …

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Nov 01, 2024

hansgeorgripken

Hätte ich das mal eher gewusst … mit Hans-Georg Ripken

Kannst Du kurz Dein Projekt vorstellen und sagen, was speziell der digitale Anteil daran war? Nach dem Mauerfall, der deutschen Wiedervereinigung und dem Ende des Kalten Krieges, verkündet mit der Ch…

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Oct 28, 2024

Editors

Knowledge Notes

Occasional notes on calls, events, publications, and more that caught our attention. …

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Oct 26, 2024

Maret Nieländer

The Great Outdoors Web, Seen in Braunschweig, Part Two

More href markers from Braunschweig, shared by Maret Nieländer, continuing our series on the Great Outdoors Web…All photographs by Maret Nieländer.   Photo credit: Maret Nieländer…

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Oct 12, 2024

Maret Nieländer

The Great Outdoors Web, Seen in Braunschweig, Part One

True, the digital space is vast and diverse, populated with code and tags, including href tags, which inspired the name of our blog. But there is also the great analog space, populated with its own co…

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Oct 07, 2024

Viola Alianov-Rautenberg, Swen Steinberg

A Journey Worth Knowing About? Interview with Swen Steinberg about the Past Five Years of the Blog Migrant Knowledge

Interview with Swen Steinberg outlining key achievements of the blog and network Migrant Knowledge since its inception in 2019. The post A Journey Worth Knowing About? Interview with Swen Steinberg ab…

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Sep 27, 2024

Felix Krämer

Living on Credit: Student Debt in the U.S. History of Knowledge

Presents insights on student debt from the author’s book, Leben auf Kredit, which examines various forms of precarious debt in the US from the end of slavery to the present.…

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