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German Historical Institute Washington
Research in German, European & Jewish History
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As a center for advanced historical research, the
German Historical Institute Washington
(GHI) has an international reputation that extends far beyond the disciplinary boundaries of history. From its two locations in Washington, DC, and Berkeley, CA, the Institute fosters innovative scholarship and dialogue that connect scholars across continents, disciplines, and generations. As a cultural ambassador, the GHI builds bridges between academic research and the public in Germany, the United States, and beyond.
Spring Lecture Series
Soccer: The Beautiful Game
Video
Dorothee Wierling: "The German Blues: A Historian’s Perspective on the Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Eastern Germany"
Latest News
Call for Papers
The Violent 1950s: Towards a New History of the Global “Postwar” Decade
Deadline: June 12, 2026 | Workshop at GHI Washington | February 25-26, 2027
Read on
Opportunities
Intern at the German Historical Institute
Deadline: July 31, 2026 | The GHI Internship Program gives students of history, political science, public relations, and public administration at…
Read on
Alumni
Interview with GHI Visiting Fellow Daniele Valisena
Emma Clarke recently sat down with Daniele Valisena, one of our current Visiting Fellows, to talk about his academic career, his research, and his…
Read on
Alumni
Interview with GHI Visiting Fellow Laurelin Middelkoop
GHI editor Insa Kummer recently sat down with Laurelin Middelkoop, one of our current Visiting Fellows, to talk about her academic career, her…
Read on
all News
Events & Conferences
The GHI organizes international scholarly conferences, public programs and lectures on a wide variety of historical topics.
Apr 23, 2026
Rebuild or Retreat? Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Migration and Mobility in the Global North
Conference at GHI Washington | Conveners: Jana Dunz-Keck (GHI Washington) and Sarah Beringer (GHI Washington), Simon Richter (University of Pennsylvania), Andreas Hübner (Kiel University), Max Gruenig (POCACITO Network and Georgetown University, BMW Center for German and European Studies), and Brendan O’Donnell (POCACITO Network and Heinrich Böll Foundation)
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Apr 29, 2026
Research Seminar
Speaker: Alice Weinreb (Loyola University Chicago)
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May 06, 2026
Research Seminar
Marie Huber (National Air and Space Museum)
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May 13, 2026
The Beautiful Game – Globalizing Soccer
Fireside Chat at GHI Washington | Speakers: Dee Kundra (FC Bayern Americas) and Steven Goff (Yahoo Sports). Moderator: Samuel Jackisch (ARD German Radio and Television)
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May 21, 2026
Telling Stories: History, Narrative, and the German Peasants' War 1524-1526
17th Gerald D. Feldman Memorial Lecture at the German Historical Institute Washington | Speaker: Lyndal Roper (University of Oxford)
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May 22, 2026
34th Annual Symposium of the Friends of the GHI
Award of the 2026 Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize at the GHI | Prize Winner: Lane B. Baker (Ghent University)
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May 28, 2026
Imperial Legacies? (Dis)continuities and Comparisons between Colonialism and Nazi Rule
International Conference at the German Historical Institute Washington | Conveners: Ulrike von Hirschhausen (GHI Washington) and Robert Gerwarth (University College Dublin)
Read on
Jun 04, 2026
The Beautiful Game – Paying for Soccer
Lecture at the GHI Washington | Speaker: Stefan Szymanski (University of Michigan). Moderator: Arpad von Klimó (The Catholic University of America)
Read on
Jun 10, 2026
Research Seminar
Zoom | Ofer Ashkenazi (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Read on
Jun 15, 2026
AI through History, History through AI
Eighth Conference on Digital Humanities and Digital History hosted by the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) at the University of Luxembourg | Co-Conveners: German Historical Institute Washington (GHI), Chair for Digital History at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe.
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Jun 16, 2026
31st Transatlantic Doctoral Seminar: German History from the 18th Century to the Present
Seminar at UC Berkeley | Conveners: Anna von der Goltz (Georgetown University) and Richard Wetzell (GHI Washington)
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Sep 17, 2026
The Moralization of Science
Conference at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna (Austria) | Conveners: Daniel Brewing, Moritz Fischer, Elke Seefried (RWTH Aachen), Alexander Bogner (Austrian Academy of Sciences), Axel Jansen (GHI Washington)
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Oct 08, 2026
Flight, Exile and Emigration in Germany’s Age of Extremes: Biographical Perspectives
International workshop at Georgetown University | Conveners: Frank Biess (UC San Diego), Anna von der Goltz (Georgetown University), Simone Lässig (TU Braunschweig) and Richard Wetzell (GHI Washington)
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Nov 16, 2026
Environments and Societies at the Crossroads: Socio-Environmental Justice in Europe and the Americas in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Workshop at UC Berkeley | Convener: Simone M. Müller (University of Augsburg), Isabel Richter (German Historical Institute Washington, Pacific Office)
Read on
Feb 25, 2027
The Violent 1950s: Towards a New History of the Global “Postwar” Decade
Conference at GHI Washington | Conveners: Andreas Greiner (GHI Washington) and Robert Kramm (University of Tübingen)
Read on
all events
Latest Publications
Julia Lange
Identity Trouble: Deutschamerikanische Identitätspolitiken und die Erinnerung an den Holocaust
Transatlantische Historische Studien. Band 66. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2026.
Read on
Claudia Kreklau
The Making of Modern Eating: How the German Middle Class Forged the Way We Eat, 1780-1910
Studies in German History. Vol. 32. New York: Berghahn Books, 2026.
Read on
Stephan H. Lindner
A History of the I.G. Farben Trial: Armament, Exploitation, Auschwitz
Studies in German History. Vol. 31. New York: Berghahn Books, 2025.
Read on
Bulletin 76 (Fall 2025)
Read on
all publications
Latest Blogposts
Feb 04, 2026
Nicolas Blumenthal
Nicolas Blumenthal
Nicolas Blumenthal University of Fribourg, Switzerland Research Focus: WebsiteEmail Related Blog Posts…
Read on
Feb 05, 2026
Helena Friedrich Schwinghammer
Hätte ich das mal eher gewusst …mit Helena Friedrich Schwinghammer
Kannst Du in drei Sätzen Dein Projekt vorstellen und sagen, was speziell der digitale Anteil daran war? Das Vogtland war bis zur Deindustrialisierung eine Region, die lange von weiblicher Arbeit in d…
Read on
Feb 04, 2026
Nicolas Blumenthal
Challenging “Racelessness:” Debates and Restrictions on Immigration in Postwar Switzerland
Discusses deportation practices in Switzerland since World War II…
Read on
Feb 03, 2026
Andreas Markus Schnurr
Andreas Markus Schurr
Andreas Markus Schurr University Institute Florence, Italy Research Focus: WebsiteEmail Related Blog Posts…
Read on
Jan 28, 2026
Jana Dunz-Keck
Hätte ich das mal eher gewusst …mit Jana Dunz-Keck
Kannst Du in drei Sätzen Dein Projekt vorstellen und sagen, was speziell der digitale Anteil daran war? Im 19. Jahrhundert schrieben Zeitungen in großem Umfang voneinander ab; Texte wurden kopiert, …
Read on
Jan 26, 2026
Jana Dunz-Keck
Hätte ich das mal eher gewusst …with Jana Dunz-Keck
Can you describe your project in three sentences and explain the digital component of your work? In the 19th century, newspapers copied each other extensively: Texts were reprinted, adapted, and circu…
Read on
Dec 02, 2025
Amelie Harbisch
Amelie Harbisch
Amelie Harbisch University of Erfurt, Germany Research Focus: WebsiteEmail Related Blog Posts…
Read on
Nov 06, 2025
katharina hering
The Citizen Archive Platform: Interview with Wolfram Dornik
Interview with the head of the Graz City Archives, Dr. Wolfram Dornik, about the Citizen Archive Platform (https://citizenarchive.eu/en/), a collaborative personal digital archiving platform spearhead…
Read on
Sep 12, 2025
Anna Derksen
Inside “Vipeholmsanstalten”: Podcasting about Institutionalization and Memory in Sweden’s Welfare State
Analyzes the effects of podcasting both on the (his)storytelling and in redressing old abuses, here specifically about Vipeholmsanstalten, a Swedish institution that housed and treated people with int…
Read on
Aug 18, 2025
Caroline Mezger
Rumors of the Holocaust: Expressing an Unspeakable Knowledge
A contribution exploring the role of rumor in the development and articulation of knowledge on the Holocaust as it was unfolding.
…
Read on
Jun 16, 2025
Editors
Knowledge Notes
Occasional notes on calls, events, publications, and more that caught our attention. Please email us your own items. Job Opening Lund University: Associate Senior Lecturer in Global History of Know…
Read on
Apr 10, 2025
Barnabas Balint
Knowledge and Organization of Guard Dogs in the Nazi Concentration Camps: The Hundestaffeln
In March 1943, six Russian prisoners of war escaped from a factory in Neustadt where they had been forced to work. To recapture them, the German authorities dispatched SS-Untersturmführer Koermann …
Read on
Enter your search term...
German Historical Institute Washington
Advancing Research, Supporting Scholars, Building Networks
German Historical Institute Washington
Research in German, European & Jewish History
Learn more
German Historical Institute Washington
Research in the History of the Americas & Transatlantic History
Learn more
German Historical Institute Washington
Research on Migration & Mobility
Learn more
German Historical Institute Washington
Research on Empires & their Legacies
Learn more
As a center for advanced historical research, the
German Historical Institute Washington
(GHI) has an international reputation that extends far beyond the disciplinary boundaries of history. From its two locations in Washington, DC, and Berkeley, CA, the Institute fosters innovative scholarship and dialogue that connect scholars across continents, disciplines, and generations. As a cultural ambassador, the GHI builds bridges between academic research and the public in Germany, the United States, and beyond.
Spring Lecture Series
Soccer: The Beautiful Game
Video
Dorothee Wierling: "The German Blues: A Historian’s Perspective on the Rise of Right-Wing Populism in Eastern Germany"
Latest News
Call for Papers
The Violent 1950s: Towards a New History of the Global “Postwar” Decade
Deadline: June 12, 2026 | Workshop at GHI Washington | February 25-26, 2027
Read on
Opportunities
Intern at the German Historical Institute
Deadline: July 31, 2026 | The GHI Internship Program gives students of history, political science, public relations, and public administration at…
Read on
Alumni
Interview with GHI Visiting Fellow Daniele Valisena
Emma Clarke recently sat down with Daniele Valisena, one of our current Visiting Fellows, to talk about his academic career, his research, and his…
Read on
Alumni
Interview with GHI Visiting Fellow Laurelin Middelkoop
GHI editor Insa Kummer recently sat down with Laurelin Middelkoop, one of our current Visiting Fellows, to talk about her academic career, her…
Read on
all News
Events & Conferences
The GHI organizes international scholarly conferences, public programs and lectures on a wide variety of historical topics.
Apr 23, 2026
Rebuild or Retreat? Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Climate Migration and Mobility in the Global North
Conference at GHI Washington | Conveners: Jana Dunz-Keck (GHI Washington) and Sarah Beringer (GHI Washington), Simon Richter (University of Pennsylvania), Andreas Hübner (Kiel University), Max Gruenig (POCACITO Network and Georgetown University, BMW Center for German and European Studies), and Brendan O’Donnell (POCACITO Network and Heinrich Böll Foundation)
Read on
Apr 29, 2026
Research Seminar
Speaker: Alice Weinreb (Loyola University Chicago)
Read on
May 06, 2026
Research Seminar
Marie Huber (National Air and Space Museum)
Read on
May 13, 2026
The Beautiful Game – Globalizing Soccer
Fireside Chat at GHI Washington | Speakers: Dee Kundra (FC Bayern Americas) and Steven Goff (Yahoo Sports). Moderator: Samuel Jackisch (ARD German Radio and Television)
Read on
May 21, 2026
Telling Stories: History, Narrative, and the German Peasants' War 1524-1526
17th Gerald D. Feldman Memorial Lecture at the German Historical Institute Washington | Speaker: Lyndal Roper (University of Oxford)
Read on
May 22, 2026
34th Annual Symposium of the Friends of the GHI
Award of the 2026 Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize at the GHI | Prize Winner: Lane B. Baker (Ghent University)
Read on
May 28, 2026
Imperial Legacies? (Dis)continuities and Comparisons between Colonialism and Nazi Rule
International Conference at the German Historical Institute Washington | Conveners: Ulrike von Hirschhausen (GHI Washington) and Robert Gerwarth (University College Dublin)
Read on
Jun 04, 2026
The Beautiful Game – Paying for Soccer
Lecture at the GHI Washington | Speaker: Stefan Szymanski (University of Michigan). Moderator: Arpad von Klimó (The Catholic University of America)
Read on
Jun 10, 2026
Research Seminar
Zoom | Ofer Ashkenazi (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Read on
Jun 15, 2026
AI through History, History through AI
Eighth Conference on Digital Humanities and Digital History hosted by the Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH) at the University of Luxembourg | Co-Conveners: German Historical Institute Washington (GHI), Chair for Digital History at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and Herder Institute for Historical Research on East Central Europe.
Read on
Jun 16, 2026
31st Transatlantic Doctoral Seminar: German History from the 18th Century to the Present
Seminar at UC Berkeley | Conveners: Anna von der Goltz (Georgetown University) and Richard Wetzell (GHI Washington)
Read on
Sep 17, 2026
The Moralization of Science
Conference at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna (Austria) | Conveners: Daniel Brewing, Moritz Fischer, Elke Seefried (RWTH Aachen), Alexander Bogner (Austrian Academy of Sciences), Axel Jansen (GHI Washington)
Read on
Oct 08, 2026
Flight, Exile and Emigration in Germany’s Age of Extremes: Biographical Perspectives
International workshop at Georgetown University | Conveners: Frank Biess (UC San Diego), Anna von der Goltz (Georgetown University), Simone Lässig (TU Braunschweig) and Richard Wetzell (GHI Washington)
Read on
Nov 16, 2026
Environments and Societies at the Crossroads: Socio-Environmental Justice in Europe and the Americas in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Workshop at UC Berkeley | Convener: Simone M. Müller (University of Augsburg), Isabel Richter (German Historical Institute Washington, Pacific Office)
Read on
Feb 25, 2027
The Violent 1950s: Towards a New History of the Global “Postwar” Decade
Conference at GHI Washington | Conveners: Andreas Greiner (GHI Washington) and Robert Kramm (University of Tübingen)
Read on
all events
Latest Publications
Julia Lange
Identity Trouble: Deutschamerikanische Identitätspolitiken und die Erinnerung an den Holocaust
Transatlantische Historische Studien. Band 66. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2026.
Read on
Claudia Kreklau
The Making of Modern Eating: How the German Middle Class Forged the Way We Eat, 1780-1910
Studies in German History. Vol. 32. New York: Berghahn Books, 2026.
Read on
Stephan H. Lindner
A History of the I.G. Farben Trial: Armament, Exploitation, Auschwitz
Studies in German History. Vol. 31. New York: Berghahn Books, 2025.
Read on
Bulletin 76 (Fall 2025)
Read on
all publications
Latest Blogposts
Feb 04, 2026
Nicolas Blumenthal
Nicolas Blumenthal
Nicolas Blumenthal University of Fribourg, Switzerland Research Focus: WebsiteEmail Related Blog Posts…
Read on
Feb 05, 2026
Helena Friedrich Schwinghammer
Hätte ich das mal eher gewusst …mit Helena Friedrich Schwinghammer
Kannst Du in drei Sätzen Dein Projekt vorstellen und sagen, was speziell der digitale Anteil daran war? Das Vogtland war bis zur Deindustrialisierung eine Region, die lange von weiblicher Arbeit in d…
Read on
Feb 04, 2026
Nicolas Blumenthal
Challenging “Racelessness:” Debates and Restrictions on Immigration in Postwar Switzerland
Discusses deportation practices in Switzerland since World War II…
Read on
Feb 03, 2026
Andreas Markus Schnurr
Andreas Markus Schurr
Andreas Markus Schurr University Institute Florence, Italy Research Focus: WebsiteEmail Related Blog Posts…
Read on
Jan 28, 2026
Jana Dunz-Keck
Hätte ich das mal eher gewusst …mit Jana Dunz-Keck
Kannst Du in drei Sätzen Dein Projekt vorstellen und sagen, was speziell der digitale Anteil daran war? Im 19. Jahrhundert schrieben Zeitungen in großem Umfang voneinander ab; Texte wurden kopiert, …
Read on
Jan 26, 2026
Jana Dunz-Keck
Hätte ich das mal eher gewusst …with Jana Dunz-Keck
Can you describe your project in three sentences and explain the digital component of your work? In the 19th century, newspapers copied each other extensively: Texts were reprinted, adapted, and circu…
Read on
Dec 02, 2025
Amelie Harbisch
Amelie Harbisch
Amelie Harbisch University of Erfurt, Germany Research Focus: WebsiteEmail Related Blog Posts…
Read on
Nov 06, 2025
katharina hering
The Citizen Archive Platform: Interview with Wolfram Dornik
Interview with the head of the Graz City Archives, Dr. Wolfram Dornik, about the Citizen Archive Platform (https://citizenarchive.eu/en/), a collaborative personal digital archiving platform spearhead…
Read on
Sep 12, 2025
Anna Derksen
Inside “Vipeholmsanstalten”: Podcasting about Institutionalization and Memory in Sweden’s Welfare State
Analyzes the effects of podcasting both on the (his)storytelling and in redressing old abuses, here specifically about Vipeholmsanstalten, a Swedish institution that housed and treated people with int…
Read on
Aug 18, 2025
Caroline Mezger
Rumors of the Holocaust: Expressing an Unspeakable Knowledge
A contribution exploring the role of rumor in the development and articulation of knowledge on the Holocaust as it was unfolding.
…
Read on
Jun 16, 2025
Editors
Knowledge Notes
Occasional notes on calls, events, publications, and more that caught our attention. Please email us your own items. Job Opening Lund University: Associate Senior Lecturer in Global History of Know…
Read on
Apr 10, 2025
Barnabas Balint
Knowledge and Organization of Guard Dogs in the Nazi Concentration Camps: The Hundestaffeln
In March 1943, six Russian prisoners of war escaped from a factory in Neustadt where they had been forced to work. To recapture them, the German authorities dispatched SS-Untersturmführer Koermann …
Read on