German Historical Institute London

17 Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2NJ
United Kingdom

Phone: Tel. +44-(0)20-7309 2050

URI: www.ghil.ac.uk

 

German Historical Institute London

 
 
 
 

Prizes

Prize of the German Historical Institute London 2024

We are delighted to announce that the joint winners are:

Dr. phil. Agnes Piekacz (Bielefeld University)
and
Dr Rory Hanna (University of Sheffield)

9-10 January 2025

Student Workshops

Postgraduate Research Students Conference 2025

Intended for postgraduate research scholars working on German history from the Middle Ages to the present at a UK or Irish university.

Closing date for applications: 15 November 2024 

Autumn/Winter

Library

Library opening times

Longer opening times have returned: the library is now open Monday-Friday, 9.30am-8pm

New readers welcome

 

Events and Conferences

12 November 2024 (2.30pm)

GHIL Colloquium

Bodo Mrozek
Der Duft der Anderen. Eine Geruchsgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts

GHIL/Online

12 November 2024 (5:30pm)

Panel

Nora Berend (University of Cambridge), Klaus Oschema (GHI Paris) and Jörg Peltzer (Heidelberg University/University of East Anglia)
Panel discussion: A Weak Reich? European Perspectives on Medieval Germany in Conversation

GHIL/Online

20 November 2024 (5:30pm)

GHIL Joint Lecture

Stefanie Gänger (Heidelberg University)
‘The Most Common and Fatal of All Diseases’: Histories of Fever, 1770-1830

GHIL/Online

 

Our Research

 
 

Research Area

British History

Research Area

European Perspectives

Research Area

Colonial and Global History

 

Library

 
 

Lastest Blogposts

31 October 2024

Blogpost

Olivia Mayer

‘Alionor Cobhame conspyryd the kynges deth’: The Magic Trial of Eleanor Cobham, 1441

Category: Research, Scholarships


10 October 2024

Blogpost

Catharina Hänsel

‘The problem is organising time, not work.’ : Exploring Working Time Regulations and the Determination of ‘Scientific Wages’ in Ahmedabad through the Archives of the Wellcome Collection, London

Category: Research, Scholarships


GHIL Podcast

Thyssen Lecture

Frederick Cooper

Understanding Power Relations in a Colonial Context: Top-Down, Bottom-Up, In-Between
21 October 2024 , 0:49 h



Thyssen Lecture

Frederick Cooper

Understanding Power Relations in a Colonial Context: Top-Down, Bottom-Up, In-Between

GHIL Lecture

Matthias Pohlig

Religious Decision-Making in the Reformation
16 September 2024 , 0:58 h



GHIL Lecture

Matthias Pohlig

Religious Decision-Making in the Reformation

Interview

Matthias Pohlig, Michael Schaich and Kim König

Catholic or Protestant in the Reformation
A simple choice?
16 September 2024 , 0:21 h



Interview

Matthias Pohlig, Michael Schaich and Kim König

Catholic or Protestant in the Reformation
A simple choice?

New Publications

GHIL

German Historical Institute London Bulletin, Vol. XLVI, No. 2 (November 2024)

Frederick Cooper

Understanding Power Relations in a Colonial Context: Top-Down, Bottom-Up, In-Between

Ole Münch

Rag Fair: A Different Migration History of London’s East End, 1780-1850