GHI Blogs

Mar 25, 2023

Karina Kriegesmann

Doing Area Studies: Present and Future Perspectives on the History of Latin American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin

From Interest in Latin America to Contested Latin American Studies Research on Latin America has long been a tradition in Germany and especially in Berlin, with interest dating back to Alexander von H…

Mar 20, 2023

Maria Adamopoulou

For Their Ears Only: Migrant Knowledge in the Greek Radio Programs for Gastarbeiter in West Germany

Examines knowledge that radio programs made for Greek guest workers in West Germany conveyed and their role in creating an emotional community. The post For Their Ears Only: Migrant Knowledge in the G…

Mar 16, 2023

Nino Vallen

Seventh Bucerius Young Scholars Forum—Indigenous Migration

Here we share a call for applications for the Bucerius Young Scholars Forum at UC Berkeley, GHI Pacific Office, September 2023, as it relates closely to our blog's topic. The post Seventh Bucerius You…

Feb 24, 2023

Nino Vallen, Casey Sutcliffe

GHI Lecture Series—Moving Out of Harm’s Way: Historical Perspectives on Climate-related Mobilities

Presents the motivation for GHI's spring lecture series on climate mobilities with abstracts of the lectures. The post GHI Lecture Series—Moving Out of Harm’s Way: Historical Perspectives on Clima…

Feb 17, 2023

#MigKnow Notes 16

A roundup of recent network news, upcoming events, calls for papers and applications with upcoming deadlines, conference reports, and relevant publications. The post #MigKnow Notes 16 first appeared i…

Feb 16, 2023

historyofknowledgeblogeditor

Knowledge Notes

Relevant Publications and Newsletters For German readers, the Themenportal “Europäische Geschichte” (18.-21. Jh.) has devoted its January newsletter to the topic of history of knowledge, with an …

Jan 10, 2023

katharina hering

The World Wide Web of Internationalism: Evaluating Total Digital Access for the League of Nations Archive (LONTAD) and Its Potential for Historical Research

By Valentin Loos Editorial Note: Having gained his bachelor‘s degree in 2020, Valentin Loos is now a master‘s student of history and English and American studies at Osnabrück University. His inte…

Jan 04, 2023

Editors

History of Knowledge at the Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association in Philadelphia #AHA23

The History of Knowledge will be featured in several panels at the 136th Annual Meeting of the American Historical Association in Philadelphia from January 5-8, 2023. If you’ll be attending, please …

Jan 01, 2023

katharina hering

Aufbau (Reconstruction) Nachrichtenblatt des German-Jewish Club Inc., New York – Ein digitaler Zugang zu Wissen und Exil

By Charlotte Lenger Editorial note: Charlotte Lenger completed her bachelor´s degree at the Technische Universität Dortmund where she studies German, Educational and Rehabilitation Science. Currentl…

Dec 30, 2022

katharina hering

Visiting PACSCL – Part 2: How to Organize a Consortium

By Tim Feind In part one of my series on PACSCL I visited the Joseph P. Horner Memorial Library in Philadelphia and talked to Bettina Hess from the German Society of Pennsylvania about challenges and …

Dec 20, 2022

Editors

Knowledge Notes

If you are going to the American Historical Association Annual Meeting in Philadelphia from January 5-8, 2023, please look for Section 128, “Infrastructure, Knowledge, and US Imperialism in the Amer…

Oct 27, 2022

katharina hering

Online access to historical German TV programs: Reflections on the research potential of unique audiovisual sources

By Christoph Eisele Editorial note: Christoph Eisele is in the final phase of completing his master’s degree in history (focusing on modern history) at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, w…