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Date	Title	Link
30.01.2013	Public Panel Debate: The Nazi Seizure of Power in 1933 and its Significance, 80 Years on. Speakers: Professor Mary Fulbrook, Neil Gregor, Anthony McElligott, Maiken Umbach; Moderators: Chris Szejnmann, Benjamin Ziemann. (55 min, 22.7 MB)
09.11.2012	Jane Caplan: ‘Jetzt judenfrei.’ Writing Tourism in Nazi-Occupied Poland. (Annual Lecture 2012, 52 min, 21.3 MB)
07.11.2012	Andreas Rödder: From Kaiser Wilhelm to Chancellor Merkel. The German Question on the European Stage. Gerda Henkel Visiting Professorship Lecture. The lecture follows the twisted story of Germany in Europe since the late 19th century. In particular it analyses the connection between German reunification and the decision to introduce the Euro in order to highlight the current "German question" from a historical perspective. (91 min, 41.7 MB)
26.10.2011	Ute Daniel: Goebbels, War and Propaganda. The Media Logic of the "Third Reich". Gerda Henkel Visiting Professorship Lecture. The notorious speech of the German Minister for Propaganda, Joseph Goebbels, February 1943 in the Sportpalast has been studied by historians a good many times. In this lecture it is analyzed in a slightly different way: as an example which illustrates problems Goebbels had with the media logic of the "Third Reich". (57 min, 24.3 MB)
13.10.2011	Round Table Discussion: The Insiders’ views of the Fischer Controversy. This round table discussion was a special event accompanying the international conference "The Fischer Controversy 50 Years On" which took place 13-15 October 2011 at the German Historical Institute London. The panelists discuss the insiders view on Fritz Fischer’s seminal work "Griff nach der Weltmacht" (Bid for World Power) which was published 50 years ago. (90 min, 41.6 MB)
08.09.2011	Christoph Cornelißen: Disgust with the 45ers? Post-war German Historiography in a Generational Perspective. Keynote opening lecture given on 8 September 2011 as part of the German History Society Annual General Meeting 2011 (8-10 September 2011) (91 min, 41.7 MB)
15.04.2011	Plenary Forum on Empires and Colonies: Three outstanding scholars in the field - Frederick Cooper, John Darwin and Regina Grafe - discuss various, possibly contradicting approaches to imperial and colonial history, chaired by Peer Vries (51 min, 24.4 MB)
31.03.2011	Peter Hayes: The German Foreign Office and Nazism: Image and Reality after 1945 (Lecture at the German Embassy London, 74 min, 58 MB)
08.06.2010	GHIL-Debates Public History: Franziska Augstein, Kathleen Burk, Justin Champion, Peter Mandler and Benedikt Stuchtey discuss the contested field of Public History, its strengths, shortcomings, and developments, and the place of history in public life in general. (2:22 min, 97.8 MB)
25.03.2010	Sir Ian Kershaw: Volksgemeinschaft: Potential and Limitations of the Concept (Keynote Lecture at the international conference "German Society in the Nazi Era. 'Volksgemeinschaft' between Ideological Projection and Social Practice", co-organized by the German Historical Institute London and the Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin, 25 to 27 March 2010, 50 min, 45.6 MB)
11.03.2010	Richard J. Evans: British and Germans: Perceptions and Misperceptions since the Second World War (Lecture at the German Embassy London, 74 min, 67.7 MB)
13.11.2009	Hartmut Kaelble: The 1970s in Europe: A Period of Promise or Disillusionment? (Annual Lecture 2009, 59 min, 54.1 MB)

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