German Historical Institute

12/12/2022

Dear Friends:

We would like to inform you that after December 31, 2022, we will no longer be maintaining the pages for German Historical Institute and GHI West and they will be archived. However, we are still present on Instagram () and Twitter (https://twitter.com/GHIWashington) and will continue to give you all the news about projects, events and insights into our work and the people keeping this institute running. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all the interest you have shown us over the years. From everyone here at the GHI we wish you and your loved ones Happy Holidays and a prosperous New Year.

11/17/2022

Today we welcomed the Coordinator for of the German Federal Government, Member of the Michael Link, to our institute. What an interesting exchange on current trends on both sides of the pond!

11/07/2022

We're incredibly excited to share that the relaunched edition of our website “German History in Documents and Images” (GHDI) is now available online! Read our announcement here: https://www.ghi-dc.org/news-show/the-ghi-launches-a-new-edition-of-its-award-winning-website-german-history-in-documents-and-images-ghdi

10/28/2022

This fall we’re celebrating “35+5”— two anniversaries in one! The GHI Washington was founded in 1987 and our GHI Pacific Office in Berkeley was established in 2017. We asked some of our colleagues and alumni to share their reflections on the GHI’s role as a center for advancing research, supporting scholars, and building networks— keep an eye out for more!

10/19/2022

Join us on Thursday for our symposium "'Keine Kamaraden': The Treatment of Soviet Prisoners of War in German POW Camps during the Second World War," presented in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Sign up at https://www.ghi-dc.org/events/event/date/keine-kameraden-the-treatment-of-soviet-prisoners-of-war-in-german-pow-camps-during-the-second-world-war

10/19/2022

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10/19/2022

Join us on Thursday, October 20 for our symposium "'Keine Kameraden': The Treatment of Soviet Prisoners of War in German POW Camps during the Second World War," presented in collaboration with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. Event signup information: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-treatment-of-soviet-prisoners-of-war-in-german-pow-camps-during-wwii-tickets-425698765467

10/11/2022

The German Historical Institute warmly invites students and other members of the Berkeley community interested in migration history to attend our 2022 Bucerius lecture, taking place on Wednesday, October 12th at 6 pm at the David Brower Center. This year’s speaker is Shalini Randeria, president of Central European University. Her talk, titled “Whose Knowledge? Knowledge about Migrants vs. Migrants’ Knowledge,” will focus on how migration has been framed in politics and scholarship as a social problem rather than within frameworks of (desirable) liberal mobility, creating justifications for exclusion and the continuation of existing asymmetries of power and privilege.

Our thanks to the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius for supporting our annual lecture series and our Bucerius Young Scholars Forum, also taking place this week, since 2017.

To sign up to attend the event in person or online, simply click on the Eventbrite link below.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whose-knowledge-knowledge-about-migrants-vs-migrants-knowledge-tickets-404099912717?fbclid=IwAR0nzif0bMGpjuQGalVBLkyQM2Vg-MMCMGjbMd7Xi27fXjYnfUZ9K7QDySw

Shalini Randeria, president and rector of the Central European University (Vienna) will deliver the fifth Annual Bucerius Lecture.

10/11/2022

The German Historical Institute warmly invites students and other members of the Berkeley community interested in migration history to attend our 2022 Bucerius lecture, taking place on Wednesday, October 12th at 6 pm at the David Brower Center. This year’s speaker is Shalini Randeria, president of Central European University. Her talk, titled “Whose Knowledge? Knowledge about Migrants vs. Migrants’ Knowledge,” will focus on how migration has been framed in politics and scholarship as a social problem rather than within frameworks of (desirable) liberal mobility, creating justifications for exclusion and the continuation of existing asymmetries of power and privilege.
Our thanks to the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius for supporting our annual lecture series and our Bucerius Young Scholars Forum, also taking place this week, since 2017.

To sign up to attend the event in person or online, simply click on the Eventbrite link below.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/whose-knowledge-knowledge-about-migrants-vs-migrants-knowledge-tickets-404099912717?fbclid=IwAR0nzif0bMGpjuQGalVBLkyQM2Vg-MMCMGjbMd7Xi27fXjYnfUZ9K7QDySw

Shalini Randeria, president and rector of the Central European University (Vienna) will deliver the fifth Annual Bucerius Lecture.

10/08/2022

Join us next Wednesday at the David Brower Center in Berkeley or on Zoom for our 5th Annual Bucerius Lecture with Shalini Randeria, president of Central European University. Her topic: "Whose Knowledge? Knowledge about Migrants vs. Migrants’ Knowledge". We are excited that consul general Oliver Schramm German Consulate General San Francisco and Manuel Hartung, CEO of the ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius will be among our special guests. ZEIT-Stiftung Ebelin und Gerd Bucerius has been supporting our annual lecture and the Bucerius Young Scholars Forum (https://ysf.hypotheses.org) since 2017.
Register here to attend: https://bit.ly/3Cf5znI

10/05/2022

Join us tomorrow, October 6, for our discussion “Germany's Transformation since 1989 and the Question of Wendegerechtigkeit.” This panel will consider how exactly Germany was transformed after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the unification of East and West Germany in 1989/90. How does German society remember and reflect on the transformations of the last thirty years – including the question how this transformation has adressed issues of fairness and justice? Is the process of German unification – not just as a political but also an economic and social process – complete? Has a national consensus about the meaning of democracy and freedom been reached? We have invited two prominent German figures to discuss these issues: the writer Ingo Schulze and Petra Köpping, Saxony’s Minister for Social Affairs (Ministerin für Soziales und gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt). For more information visit our Events page: https://www.ghi-dc.org/events/event/date/germanys-transformation-since-1989-and-the-question-of-wendegerechtigkeit-a-conversation-with-petra-koepping-and-ingo-schulze.

10/04/2022

: The GHIL and German Historical Institute in Washington are excited to announce the thirteenth Medieval History Seminar, to be held in London from 5 to 7 October 2023.

The seminar will bring together Ph.D. candidates and recent Ph.D. recipients (2022/2023) in medieval history from American, Canadian, British, Irish, and German universities for three days of scholarly discussion and collaboration. Participants will have the opportunity to present their work to their peers and distinguished scholars from both sides of the Atlantic.

The MHS invites from all areas and periods of and is not limited to working on history or German-speaking regions of Europe.

The seminar is bi-lingual and papers and discussions will be conducted both in German and English. Participants must have a good reading and listening comprehension of both languages. Travel and accommodation expenses of the participants will be covered.

Submit your proposal by 31 January 2023. For more information: https://www.ghil.ac.uk/events/conferences-and-workshops/medieval-history-seminar-2023.