Conferences and Workshops
Academic conferences and workshops are organised in Britain or in Germany. They are intended to facilitate contact between British, German, and international historians working in the same field, and to promote an exchange of information about new methodological approaches and recent research. Some events require advance registration. Please see individual listings for details.
Forthcoming Conferences and Workshops
7–8 December 2023
Workshop
History as a Political Category
Conveners: Indra Sengupta (GHIL), Shail Mayaram, and Ravikant (CSDS, New Delhi)
Workshop to be held at ICAS:MP, New Delhi
For registered participants only.
ICAS:MP, New Delhi
11–12 January 2024
Postgraduate Students Conference
Postgraduate Research Students Conference
tbc
12 April 2024
Workshop
Medieval Germany Workshop
Organizers: German Historical Institute London, German Historical Institute Washington and German History Society
This one-day workshop on the history of medieval Germany (broadly defined) will provide an opportunity for researchers in the field from the UK, continental Europe, and the USA to meet in a relaxed and friendly setting and to learn more about each other’s work.
GHIL
25-26 April 2024
Conference
Crossings:
Non-Privileged Migration and Mobility Control in the Age of Global Empires (c. 1850-1914)
Convenors: Felix Brahm (University of Münster), Christina von Hodenberg (GHIL), Eve Rosenhaft (University of Liverpool)
AHRC-DFG-Project “Romani Migration Between Germany and Britain (1880s-1914): Spaces of Informal Business, Media Spectacle, and Racial Policing”
This conference brings together research on non-privileged migration from the 1850s to the First World War.
GHIL
Previous Conferences and Workshops
2023
3 March 2023
Workshop
Translating the Book of Acre from Middle High German into English
Organizers: Christoph Pretzer (University of Bern), Marcus Meer (GHIL)
Conference participants: Sarah Bowden (KCL), Stephen Mossman (Manchester), Henrike Lähnemann (Oxford), Howard Jones (Oxford), Seb Coxon (UCL), Josephine Spelsberg (KCL), Mark Chinca (Cambridge), Lea Braun (HU Berlin/KCL), Johanna Dale (UCL), Anna Wilmore (Oxford), Simone Kuegler-Race (Cambridge), Doriane Zerka (Cambridge), Aysha Strachan (KCL), Bjoern Weiler (Aberystwyth)
The EU-funded MSCA project CITYFALL at the Institute for Classical Philology at the University of Bern is working on a critical translation of the Book of Acre into English to make this important and unique Middle High German source accessible to non-German language audiences. The translation will be published in the Routledge series ‘Crusade Texts in Translation’.
The workshop at the German Historical Institute London on 3 March 2023 will bring together researchers from universities across the UK specialising in medieval German literature, language, and history to consider the challenges of this translation project and to discuss the translation of medieval sources in general terms. The workshop will help achieve the goal of producing a translation that will serve audiences with diverse interests, ranging from philological to historical.
GHIL
23–25 March 2023
Conference
Trans-regnal Kingship in the Thirteenth Century
University of East Anglia, Universität Heidelberg, German Historical Institute, British Academy Global Professorship
Organizers: Jörg, Peltzer (UH/UEA), Nicholas Vincent (UEA) and Adrian Jobson (UEA)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
In thirteenth-century Europe, there were several trans-regnal kingdoms. A single monarch ruled over each of these realms, which comprised a complex mix of differing cultures, peoples, customs and languages. Some encompassed vast territories, like the Empire and the Plantagenet dominions, while others such as the Crusading principalities in the eastern Mediterranean were far smaller in scale. A few were long-established, but the majority were of more recent creation. As these kingdoms were not static entities, their borders expanded and contracted throughout the century in response to political and military pressures.
This international conference will explore the nature of trans-regnal kingship in thirteenth-century Europe.
GHIL/Online
27–31 March 2023
Conference
Beyond the Progressive Story
Reframing Resistance to European Integration
Organizers: Antonio Carbone (DHI Rome), Olga Gontarska (DHI Warsaw), Alexander Hobe (HIS Hamburg), Beata Jurkowicz (DHI Warschau), William King (GHI London), David Lawton (GHI London), Andrea Carlo Martinez (DHI Rome), Philipp Müller (HIS Hamburg), Katharina Troll (HIS Hamburg)
Institutions involved: Hamburg Institute for Social Research (HIS Hamburg), German Historical Institute in London (GHI London), German Historical Institute in Rome (DHI Rome), German Historical Institute in Warsaw (DHI Warsaw)
Organized by the participants of the research project “(De)Constructing Europe”, a cooperation between the Max Weber Foundation and the Hamburg Institute for Social Research, funded by the German Ministry for Education and Research (BMBF)
German Historical Institute in Rome
5–7 October 2023
Workshop
Medieval History Seminar
Organizers: German Historical Institute London and German Historical Institute Washington
Conveners: Fiona Griffiths (Stanford University), Michael Grünbart (Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster), Jamie Kreiner (University of Georgia), Simon MacLean (University of St Andrews), Len Scales (Durham University), and Dorothea Weltecke (Humboldt-Universität Berlin)
German Historical Institute London
4–6 December 2023
Conference
Other Histories, Other Pasts
Conveners: Indra Sengupta (GHIL) and Neeladri Bhattacharya (Ashoka University)
Conference to be held at ICAS:MP, New Delhi
For further information please contact Dr Indra Sengupta at i.sengupta@ghil.ac.uk
ICAS:MP, New Delhi
7–8 December 2023
Workshop
History as a Political Category
Conveners: Indra Sengupta (GHIL), Shail Mayaram, and Ravikant (CSDS, New Delhi)
Workshop to be held at ICAS:MP, New Delhi
For registered participants only.
ICAS:MP, New Delhi
2022
20–22 January 2022
Conference
The History of Medialization and Empowerment: The Intersection of Women’s Rights Activism and the Media
Final Meeting of the International Standing Working Group on Medialization and Empowerment
Convenors: Christina von Hodenberg and Jane Freeland (German Historical Institute London)
The International Standing Working Group on Medialization and Empowerment is part of the international research project “Knowledge Unbound: Internationalisation, Networking, Innovation in and by the Max Weber Stiftung”
GHIL
3-4 March 2022
Workshop
From local Night Watchmen towards a global Security Market?
Inter- and Transnational Perspectives on the History of the Private Security Industry since the 19th century in Europe and beyond
Workshop organized by University College London and the German Historical Institute London
Conveners: Marcus Böick (UCL/GHIL), David Churchill (Leeds), Pieter Leloup (Ghent)
For registered attendees only
Online
28-29 April 2022
Workshop
Economic Narratives in Historical Perspective
Conveners: Jeremy Adelman (Princeton University), Laetitia Lenel (Humboldt-Universität Berlin), and Alexander Nützenadel (Humboldt-Universität Berlin/GHIL)
GHIL
6 May 2022
Workshop
Medieval Germany Workshop
History of Medieval Germany
Organised by the German Historical Institute London in co-operation with the German Historical Institute Washington and the German History Society
GHIL
2–4 June 2022
Conference
From Cambridge to Bielefeld – and back?
British and Continental Approaches to Intellectual History
German Association for British Studies Annual Conference
Organized by Sina Steglich (GHIL) and Emily Steinhauer (GHIL)
Venue: Humboldt University Berlin
Humboldt University Berlin
9–11 June 2022
Conference
Education and Urban Transformations
Marginalities and Intersections
Convenors: Indra Sengupta (GHIL), Nandini Manjrekar (TISS Mumbai), Geetha B. Nambissan (JNU Delhi, retd.), Shivali Tukdeo (NIAS Bengaluru), Sebastian Schwecke (MWFSAS Delhi)
Keynote speaker: Professor William Pink, Professor Emeritus, Marquette University, USA
GHIL
7–9 July 2022
Workshop
(De)Constructing Europe
London Workshop
This workshop is organised by the ‘(De)Constructing Europe – EU-Scepticism in European Integration History’ project (led by the GHI London, the GHI Rome, the GHI Warsaw and the Hamburg Institute for Social Research). The workshop is limited to invited attendees.
Workshop programme (PDF file)
GHIL
14–16 July 2022
Workshop
Violence against Women
Historical and Comparative Perspectives
Joint Workshop of the Humboldt Foundation Anneliese Maier Award and the German Historical Institute London
Convenors: Christina von Hodenberg and Jane Freeland (German Historical Institute London), Sylvia Walby (Violence & Society Centre, City University of London), Karen Shire (Essen College for Gender Research, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
GHIL
1–2 September 2022
Conference
The Politics of Iconoclasm in the Middle Ages
Convenors: Marcus Meer (GHIL), Len Scales (University of Durham), and Sarah Griffin (The Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London)
Keynote speaker: Leslie Brubaker (University of Birmingham)
GHIL/Warburg Institute
8–10 September 2022
Conference
Things on the Move
Materiality of Objects in Global and Imperial Trajectories, 1700–1900
An International Conference organized by the German Historical Institute London in Collaboration with the Prize Papers Project
Organizers: Indra Sengupta (GHIL), Felix Brahm (University of Hamburg), Dagmar Freist, Lucas Haasis (Prize Papers Project/University of Oldenburg)
GHIL
22–23 September 2022
Conference
Democratization, Re-Masculinization, or what?
Masculinity in the 20th century and beyond
Convenor: Prof Martina Kessel (University of Bielefeld)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
GHIL
17–18 October 2022
Conference
Leo Baeck Institute London Conference
A New Look at German-Jewish History through Photography
The event is organised by the Leo Baeck Institute London in collaboration with the German Historical Institute London and the Koebner-Minerva Center for German History (Israel).
For more information, please see the website of the Leo Baeck Institute London:
You can register to attend this event by contacting volunteer@leobaeck.co.uk by 13th October 2022. Please note that places available for the public will be limited and allocated on a first come first served basis.
GHIL
2021
29–30 January
Conference
The Classics in the Pulpit
Ancient Literature and Preaching in the Middle Ages
Convener: Bernhard Hollick (GHIL)
Online Event
7 May 2021
Workshop
Fifteenth Workshop on Early Modern German History
Organized by the German Historical Institute London in co-operation with the German Historical Institute Washington and the German History Society, to be held online (Zoom).
Conveners: Bridget Heal (University of St. Andrews), Katherine Hill (Birkbeck, University of London), David Lederer (NUI Maynooth), Alison Rowlands (University of Essex) and Hannes Ziegler (GHI London)
Online event
7–8 May 2021
Conference
The Politics of Old Age
Old People and Ageing in British and European History (Middle Ages to the Present)
Jahrestagung des Arbeitskreises Großbritannienforschung
Conveners: Frédérique Lachaud, Sorbonne Université Lettres; Wencke Meteling, Universität Marburg/German Association for British Studies; Jenny Pleinen, German Historical Institute London
Please register via Eventbrite:
For 7 May 2021
For 8 May 2021
Online event
30 June–03 July
Conference
Migration and Migration Policies in Europe since 1945
Convener: Prof. Ulrich Herbert (Freiburg), assisted by: Jakob Schönhagen (Freiburg)
To register for the conference please write to Kim König (k.koenig@ghil.ac.uk). Deadline: 28.06.21. There is no charge for attendance.
Online Event
30 September–02 October 2021
Conference
Medieval History Seminar
Conveners: Paul Freedman (Yale University), Bernhard Jussen (Goethe University Frankfurt), Simon MacLean (University of St Andrews), Fiona Griffiths (Stanford University), Len Scales (Durham University), and Dorothea Weltecke (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Organized by The German Historical Institutes in London and Washington, D.C.
Online
28–29 October 2021
Workshop
Contemporary historians and the re-use of social science-generated data sets
An international dialogue on the challenges presented by ‘social data’
Organized by the DFG-Projekt ‘Sozialdaten als Quellen der Zeitgeschichte. Erstellung eines Rahmenkonzeptes für eine Forschungsdateninfrastruktur in der zeithistorischen Forschung’
Conveners: Lutz Raphael (University of Trier), Sabine Reh (Research Library for the History of Education, BBF-DIPF Berlin), Pascal Siegers (GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences), Kerstin Brückweh (University of Erfurt) and Christina von Hodenberg (GHI London)
German Historical Institute London
2–4 December 2021
Conference
Family and Disability
Comparing British and German Histories of Care for the Disabled
Organizers: Christina von Hodenberg (GHIL), Prof. Gabriele Lingelbach (Kiel)
For invited attendees only.
Online
9–10 December 2021
Workshop
Hidden Economies of Slavery
Convenors: Felix Brahm (GHI London) and Melina Teubner (University of Bern)
German Historical Institute London/Online
2020
16–18 January
Conference
Global Royal Families: Concepts, Cultures, and Networks of International Monarchy, 1800–2020
Conveners: Falko Schnicke (German Historical Institute London), Robert Aldrich (University of Sydney), and Cindy McCreery (University of Sydney)
German Historical Institute London
16–21 February
ConferenceIndia Research Programme Event
Global History: Challenges and Opportunities
A winter school on global history for Ph.D. and early-career scholars in Germany and India
Organized jointly by the Heidelberg Centre for Transcultural Studies, the India Branch Office of the Max Weber Foundation, and the German Historical Institute London
Conveners: Debarati Bagchi, Felix Brahm, Pablo Holwitt, Monica Juneja, and Indra Sengupta
New Delhi
30 October
ConferenceWorkshop
Law and Consent in Medieval Britain
Workshop organized by the German Historical Institute London in co-operation with the History of Parliament Trust
Conveners: Hannes Kleineke (History of Parliament Trust) and Stephan Bruhn (GHI London)
Online Event
10–12 December
Conference
Archiving, Recording and Representing Feminism: The Global History of Women’s Emancipation in the 20th Century
Second Meeting of the International Standing Working Group on Medialization and Empowerment
Convenors: Christina von Hodenberg and Jane Freeland (German Historical Institute London)
Partners: Max Weber Foundation India Branch Office, German Historical Institute Washington, German Historical Institute Rome, Orient Institute Beirut
Online event
Postponed to December 2021
Workshop
Hidden Economies of Slavery
International Workshop co-organized by Melina Teubner (University of Bern) and Felix Brahm (German Historical Institute London)
Please note: This workshop has been postponed to December 9-10, 2021
GHIL
2019
14–16 March
Conference
An Era of Value Change: The Seventies in Europe
Conveners: Fiammetta Balestracci (Queen Mary University of London), Christina von Hodenberg (German Historical Institute London), and Martin Baumeister (German Historical Institute Rome).
Venue: German Historical Institute London
11–13 April
Conference
Security and Humanity in the First World War: The Treatment of Civilian ‘Enemy Aliens’
Venue: German Historical Institute London
2–3 May
Workshop
GINT TRANSLAB: German-English Translation Workshop and Panel
Organizers: Frankfurt Book Fair, Geisteswissenschaften International Frankfurt, German Historical Institute London, Goethe-Institut London, New Books in German
Moderator: Dr Ruth Martin
Venue: German Historical Institute London
17 May
Workshop
Workshop on Medieval Germany
Organized by the German Historical Institute London in co-operation with the German Historical Institute Washington and the German History Society.
Conveners: Len Scales (Durham University) and Cornelia Linde (GHIL)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
20–22 May
Conference
In Global Transit: Forced Migration of Jews and Other Refugees (1940s–1960s)
Second Conference in the Series 'In Global Transit' organized by the German Historical Institutes in Washington and London in cooperation with the Max Weber Stiftung Branch Offices in Delhi and Beijing, and The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, University of California, Berkeley
Conveners: Wolf Gruner (USC Shoah Foundation Center for Advanced Genocide Research, Los Angeles), Simone Lässig (German Historical Institute Washington), Francesco Spagnolo (The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, Berkeley), Swen Steinberg (Queen's University, Kingston)
Venue: The Magnes Collection, 2121 Allston Way, Berkeley, USA
The Magnes Collection, Berkeley
30–31 May
Workshop
Advertising and Marketing in the Early Modern World (1400–1800)
Workshop jointly organized by the German Historical Institute London, the Institute of Advanced Studies at University College London, and the University of Tübingen
Conveners: Christina Brauner (Tübingen) in cooperation with Michael Schaich (GHIL)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
11–12 July
Conference
From the Ruins of Preservation: A Symposium on Rethinking Heritage Through Counter-Archives
Co-organized by Rodney Harrison (AHRC Heritage Priority Area Leadership Fellow/Professor of Heritage Studies at the UCL Institute of Archaeology) and Mirjam Brusius (Research Fellow in Colonial and Global History, German Historical Institute of London).
Venue: German Historical Institute London
13 September
Workshop
Arms Control across the Empires
International academic workshop, co-organized by the German Historical Institute London (GHIL) and the Jena Center 20th Century History
Conveners: Felix Brahm (GHIL), Daniel Stahl (University of Jena)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
Conference
Medieval History Seminar
10–12 October
Organized by the German Historical Institute London and the German Historical Institute Washington
Conveners: Paul Freedman (Yale), Bernhard Jussen (Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main), Simon MacLean (St Andrews), Ruth Mazo Karras (Trinity College Dublin), Len Scales (Durham University), and Dorothea Weltecke (Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main).
Venue: German Historical Institute London
21–23 November
Conference
Feminism in the Media / Feminism and the Media in the 20th Century
First Meeting of the International Standing Working Group on Medialization and Empowerment
Convenors: Christina von Hodenberg (GHI London) and Jane Freeland (GHI London)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
9–13 December
Workshop
100 Histories of 100 Worlds in One Object
Concept and Convenor: Mirjam Brusius, GHIL
Organizer: Forum Transregional Studies with the Max Weber Foundation in co-operation with the GHI London, UCL (Alice Stevenson, Subhadra Das), and the University of the West Indies, Mona (James Robertson)
Funding by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Germany
University of the West Indies - Mona, Kingston (Jamaica)
12–14 December 2019
Conference
Translating, Travelling, Transferring Ideologies
Conference organised by the German Historical Institute London in conjunction with the London School of Economics and the Gerda Henkel Foundation
Conveners: Johanna Gehmacher and Elizabeth Harvey
Venue: German Historical Institute London
2018
11–12 January
Postgraduate Students Conference
Postgraduate Students Conference 2018
26–27 January
Conference
Heritage, Decolonization, and the Field
Supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the German Historical Institute London/Max Weber Foundation, and the UCL Institute of Archaeology
William Goodenough College, Mecklenburgh Square, London, WC1N 2AB
14–16 February
Conference
In Global Transit: Jewish Migrants from Hitler’s Europe in Asia, Africa, and Beyond
Conveners: Andreas Gestrich (GHI London), Simone Lässig (GHI Washington), Anne Schenderlein (GHI Washington), and Indra Sengupta (GHI London)
Kolkata, India
14–16 March
ICAS EventWorkshop
Populism and the Shifting Co-ordinates of the Political
Second ICAS: MP conference, IIC Delhi
Conference programme (PDF file)
17 March
ConferenceICAS Event
Selling History: Tourist Guides, Bazaar Histories, and the Politics of the Past
ICAS:MP TM1 Workshop
Conveners: Neeladri Bhattacharya (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi), Indra Sengupta (GHI London)
Workshop programme (PDF file)
India International Center, New Delhi
22–24 March
Conference
Settlement and Unsettlement: The Ends of World War I and their Legacies
2018 Annual Conference of the Max Weber Foundation
Conveners: Max Weber Foundation, German Historical Institute (GHI) Washington DC, American Historical Association (AHA) with the National History Center (NCH), German Historical Association (Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands, VHD)
German Historical Institute Washington
23–24 March
Conference
European Democracies: Origins, Evolutions, Challenges – A Workshop in Memory of Peter Blickle
Venue: German Historical Institute London
Convened by Beat Kümin, Department of History, University of Warwick
19–20 April
Conference
Understanding Brexit: Britain and Europe in the Twentieth Century
Conveners: Andreas Wirsching, Martina Steber (both IfZ), Andreas Gestrich and Michael Schaich (both GHI London)
Institut für Zeitgeschichte, Munich
26–28 April
Conference
Contested Borders? Practising Empire, Nation and Region in the 19th and 20th Centuries
International Conference
Venue: German Historical Institute London
Conveners: Levke Harders (Universität Bielefeld) and Falko Schnicke (GHI London)
4–5 May
Conference
Splendid Isolation? Insularity in British History
Arbeitskreis Großbritannien-Forschung / German Association for British Studies in cooperation with the German Historical Institute London
Conveners: Convenors: Wencke Meteling (Philipps-Universität Marburg), Andrea Wiegeshoff (Philipps-Universität Marburg), Christiane Eisenberg (HU Berlin) and Hannes Ziegler (GHI London)
Centre for British Studies (Großbritannienzentrum), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
11 May
Workshop
Fourteenth Workshop on Early Modern German History
Organised by the German Historical Institute London in co-operation with the German Historical Institute Washington and the German History Society.
Conveners: Bridget Heal (University of St Andrews), Katherine Hill (Birkbeck, University of London), David Lederer (NUI Maynooth), Alison Rowlands (University of Essex) and Hannes Ziegler (GHI London)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
Workshop programme (PDF file)
1 June
Workshop
The Measurement of Economic Inequality
Venue: German Historical Institute London
GHI London in cooperation with the Faculty of History, University of Cambridge
Workshop programme (PDF file)
14–16 June
Conference
German Protestant Expatriate Congregations in the 20th Century. Between National Protestantism and Ecumenism
Venue: German Historical Institute London
Organised by the ‘Evangelische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Kirchliche Zeitgeschichte’ (Evangelical Working Group on Contemporary Church History) and the German Historical Institute London.
19–21 July
Conference
Movable Goods and Immovable Property. Gender, Law and Material Culture in Early Modern Europe (1450‒1850)
9th Conference of the European network ‘Gender Differences in the History of European Legal Cultures’
Venue: German Historical Institute London
Conveners: Annette Cremer (Gießen), Hannes Ziegler (London)
3–5 September
Conference
Anglo-German Doctoral Seminar in Early Modern Religious History
The Verein für Reformationsgeschichte (Society for Reformation History) and the German Historical Institute London (GHIL) are pleased to announce the first Anglo-German Doctoral Seminar in Early Modern Religious History.
Venue: German Historical Institute London
Organizers: Bridget Heal (St Andrews), Thomas Kaufmann (Göttingen), Matthias Pohlig (Münster), and Michael Schaich (GHIL). With participation from Anselm Schubert (Erlangen), Alexandra Walsham (Cambridge), Jonathan Willis (Birmingham), and Markus Wriedt (Frankfurt).
18–20 October
Conference
Living the German Revolution: Expectations, Experiences, Responses
Venue: German Historical Institute London
Conveners: Christopher Dillon (King’s College London), Christina von Hodenberg (GHIL), Steven Schouten (University of Amsterdam), Kim Wünschmann (LMU München)
12–14 November
India Research Programme EventWorkshop
Interrogating Marginality: Education and the Urban
India Centre: Transnational Research Group: Education and the Urban
Concept note (PDF file)
Workshop programme (PDF file)
National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore
15–17 November
Conference
The Global Knowledge of Economic Inequality
German Historical Institute London
Convened by Dr Felix Römer, GHIL
14 December
Workshop
Scribal News and News Cultures in Late Stuart and Early Georgian Britain
Venues:
- History of Parliament Trust, 18 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2NS (morning)
- German Historical Institute London, 17 Bloomsbury Square, London WC1A 2NJ (afternoon)
Coorganized by Robin Eagles (History of Parliament Trust), Charles Littleton (History of Parliament Trust) and Michael Schaich (German Historical Institue London)
2017
10–12 February
Conference
Weber in London: Opera and Cosmopolitanism
Conference in association with the Royal College of Music, the Internationale Carl Maria von Weber Gesellschaft and King’s College London
More information is available on the Royal College of Music website.
Royal College of Music
14 February
Workshop
The Mythification of Charlemagne
Joint workshop with the Department of German and Dutch at the University of Cambridge
Organisers: Marc Chinca (Cambridge), Thomas Foerster (Cambridge), Michael Schaich (GHIL) and Christopher Young (Cambridge)
Venue: German Historical Institute London, Seminar Room
5 May
Workshop
Workshop on Medieval Germany
Organised by the German Historical Institute London in co-operation with the German Historical Institute Washington and the German History Society.
Conveners: Len Scales (Durham University) and Cornelia Linde (GHIL)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
8–10 May
Conference
The Long End of the First World War: Ruptures, Continuities, and Memories
Herrenhausen Symposium Organisers: Leibniz University of Hanover; Zentrum Moderner Orient (ZMO); Volkswagen Foundation; German Historical Institute London
Venue: Herrenhausen Palace, Herrenhäuser Straße 4A, 30419 Hannover, Germany
The summary report, written by Tessa Lobbes, is available as a download from the Volkswagen Stiftung website. You can also watch and listen to selected talks via "L.I.S.A. - The science portal of the Gerda Henkel Foundation".
Herrenhausen Palace, Hannover, Germany
19–20 May
Conference
Competitors & Companions: Britons and Germans in the World (19th & 20th Century)
ADEF Annual Conference 2017
Convenors: Julia Eichenberg (Humboldt University Berlin), Daniel Steinbach (University of Exeter), Tobias Becker (DHI London)
Venue: Centre for British Studies (Großbritannienzentrum), Humboldt Universität, Berlin
Call for Papers (PDF file)
Conference Programme (PDF file)
Conference report (PDF file), published in: GHIL Bulletin 39 (2017), Vol 2
1–2 June
Conference
The Divided Nation: German–German History 1945–1990
Workshop organized by the London School of Economics and Political Science, the German Historical Institute London, and the Gerda Henkel Foundation
Conveners: Dominik Geppert (GHIL/University of Bonn), Stefan Creuzberger (University of Rostock), and Dierk Hoffmann (Institute of Contemporary History, Munich–Berlin).
Venue: German Historical Institute London
Conference report (PDF file), published in: GHIL Bulletin 39 (2017), Vol 2
22–24 June
Conference
Moralising Commerce in a Globalising World: Multidisciplinary Approaches to a History of Economic Conscience, 1600–1900
Convenors: Felix Brahm (GHIL) and Eve Rosenhaft (University of Liverpool)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
10–21 July
Conference
Global Humanitarianism Research Academy
Academy Leaders: Fabian Klose (Leibniz Institute of European History Mainz), Johannes Paulmann (Leibniz Institute of European History Mainz), Andrew Thompson (University of Exeter), in co-operation with the International Committee of the Red Cross (Geneva) and with support by the German Historical Institute London
Venues: Leibniz Institute of European History Mainz & Archives of the International Committee of the Red Cross, Geneva Dates: 10–21 July 2017
4–8 September
Summer School
15th Summer School in British History
Understanding the Nation: Transformations of the British Nation State in the Twentieth Century
Conveners/Organisers: Historisches Seminar der Ludwig-Maxiliams-Universität München; German Historical Institute London
Venue: German Historical Institute London
14–16 September
Conference
Cultures of Conservatism in the United States and Western Europe between the 1970s and 1990s
Conveners: Martina Steber (Institut für Zeitgeschichte München-Berlin), Anna von der Goltz (Georgetown University, Washington, DC) and Tobias Becker (German Historical Institute London).
The conference is supported by the Thyssen Foundation.
Venue: German Historical Institute London
27–29 September
ConferenceTRG Event
Poverty and Education from the 19th Century to the Present: India and Comparative Perspectives
Max Weber Foundation Transnational Research Group - India “Poverty Reduction and Policy for the Poor between the State and Private Actors: Education Policy in India since the Nineteenth Century”
Venue: German Historical Institute London
Programme (PDF file)
Conference
Medieval History Seminar
12–14 October
Organised by the German Historical Institute London and the German Historical Institute Washington, D.C.Conveners: Stuart Airlie (University of Glasgow), Paul Freedman (Yale), Bernhard Jussen (Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main), Ruth Mazo Karras (University of Minnesota), Len Scales (Durham University), and Dorothea Weltecke (Universität Konstanz)Venue: German Historical Institute London
8–10 November
Conference
Shaping the Officer: Communities and Practices of Accountability in Premodern Europe
Conveners: María Ángeles Martín Romera (LMU Munich), Hannes Ziegler (GHI London)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
2016
21–22 January
Conference
Cultural Encounters during Global War, 1914–1918
Convenors: Dr Santanu Das, King’s College London; Prof Andreas Gestrich, German Historical Institute; Dr Daniel Steinbach, King’s College London
Venues: King’s College, Strand, London WC2R 2LS (21. Jan.) and German Historical Institute London (22. Jan.)
12–14 February
Conference
German Song Onstage 1770–1914
Conference Committee: Natasha Loges, Royal College of Music; Laura Tunbridge, Oxford University; Andreas Gestrich, German Historical Institute London
Royal College of Music and Wigmore Hall
6 May
Workshop
Thirteenth Workshop on Early Modern German History
Organised by the German Historical Institute London in co-operation with the German Historical Institute Washington and the German History Society, to be held at the GHIL.
Conveners: Bridget Heal (University of St. Andrews), David Lederer (NUI Maynooth), Michael Schaich (German Historical Institute London), Jenny Spinks (University of Manchester)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
19–21 May
Conference
Spaces and Places of Leisure, Recreation, and Sociability in Early Modernity (c.1500–1800)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
Convener: Angela Schattner
1–3 June
TRG EventWorkshop
Sixth TRG ‘Poverty and Education in India’ Workshop: Ph.D. and Postdoctoral Presentations
Venue: Akademie Waldschlösschen und Göttingen University
Workshop programme (PDF file)
9–11 June
Conference
Cultures of Intelligence
Venue: German Historical Institute London
Co-organized by: University of Potsdam, University of Leeds, University of Mannheim and the German Historical Institute London.
16–18 June
Conference
The Contemporary History of Historiography: International Perspectives on the Making of Professional History
Conference co-organised by the Leibniz Research Group on Historiography, University of Trier and the German Historical Institute London
Venue: German Historical Institute London
18–22 July
ConferenceSummer School
14th Summer School in British History
The Scientific Revolution
Conveners/Organisers: Historisches Seminar der Ludwig-Maxiliams-Universität München; German Historical Institute London
Historisches Seminar der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
8–10 September
Conference
Max Weber’s Hinduism and Buddhism: Reflections on a Sociological Classic 100 Years On
Organisers: Peter Flügel (SOAS) and Sam Whimster (Max Weber Studies) in cooperation with the German Historical Institute London, Nehru Centre London, Max Weber Kolleg Erfurt, and the British Sociological Association
SOAS, Russell Square: College Buildings
Conference
The Protestant Reformation and Its Radical Critiques
15–17 September
Joint Conference by the Volkswagen Foundation, the University of St Andrews and the German Historical Institute, LondonVenue: German Historical Institute London
29–30 September
Conference
The Allied Occupation of Germany Revisited: New Research on the Western Zones of Occupation, 1945-1949
Conveners: Dr Christopher Knowles (King’s College London), Dr Camilo Erlichman (Edinburgh/Cologne) German Historical Institute, London
Venue: German Historical Institute London
10–11 November
Conference
Pop Nostalgia: The Uses of the Past in Popular Culture
Joint Workshop with the BSSH South Sport and Leisure History Network
Venue: German Historical Institute London
1–3 December
Conference
The Best Ideas? Natures, Nations, and Collective Memory
Conveners: Andreas Gestrich (German Historical Institute London), Frank Uekötter (University of Birmingham) Venue: German Historical Institute London
12–13 December
Conference
The De-Industrialising City: Urban, Architectural, and Socio-Cultural Perspectives
Joint Workshop with the Society for the Promotion of Urban Discussion (SPUD)Venue: German Historical Institute London
15–17 December
ConferenceICAS Event
The City as a Site of the Political: Themes in Urban History, Infrastructure, and Culture
More information is available on the hypotheses.org website.
Centre for the Studies in Social Sciences Calcutta, Kolkata
2015
5–7 February
Conference
Dreams of Germany – Music and (Trans)national Imaginaries in the Modern Era
Keynote Speakers: Celia Applegate (Vanderbilt); Berthold Hoeckner (Chicago)
Convenors: Andreas Gestrich (GHIL); Neil Gregor (Southampton); Tom Irvine (Southampton)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
24–25 March
Workshop
Ignorance and Non-knowledge in Early Modern Expansion
Convenor: Susanne Friedrich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich)
16–18 April
Conference
Friedrich Max Müller and the Role of Philology in Victorian Thought
Collaborating institutions: Centre for Anglo-German Cultural Relations, Queen Mary University of London; English Goethe Society; German Historical Institute, London
Convenors: John R. Davis (Kingston University); Angus Nicholls (Queen Mary University of London)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
8 May
Workshop
Twelfth Workshop on Early Modern German History
Organised by the German Historical Institute London in co-operation with the German Historical Institute Washington and the German History Society
Conveners: Bridget Heal (University of St Andrews), David Lederer (NUI Maynooth), Angela Schattner (GHIL), Jenny Spinks (University of Manchester)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
16 July
Workshop
Languages of the Global: Women and International Political Thought
Organized in co-operation with Birkbeck and SOAS and co-funded by the CHASE Consortium of the Humanities and the Arts in South East England
Venue: German Historical Institute London
20–24 July
Summer School
13th Summer School in British History
Natural History, Politics and Religion in the Victorian Age
Conveners/Organisers: Historisches Seminar der Ludwig-Maxiliams-Universität München; German Historical Institute London
Venue: German Historical Institute London
17–18 September
Workshop
Interdisciplinary Inroads into the Social History of Post-War Europe
In cooperation with University College London and Queen Mary University London
Convenors: Christina von Hodenberg (QMUL) – Bernhard Rieger (UCL) – Felix Römer (GHIL)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
1–3 October
Conference
Nostalgia: Historicizing the Longing for the Past
Conveners: Tobias Becker (GHIL)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
15–17 October
Conference
Medieval History Seminar
Conveners: Paul Freedman (Yale), Ruth Mazo Karras (University of Minnesota), Stuart Airlie (University of Glasgow), Miri Rubin (Queen Mary University of London), Bernhard Jussen (Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main) and Frank Rexroth (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen).
Venue: German Historical Institute Washington, 1607 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington DC 20009 - U.S.A.
German Historical Institute Washington
22–24 October
Conference
The Global Public: Its Power and its Limits
Conveners: Valeska Huber (GHIL) and Jürgen Osterhammel (Leibnizpreis-Forschungsstelle Globale Prozesse, Universität Konstanz)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
19–20 November
Workshop
Emotional Journeys: Itinerant Theatres, Audiences, and Adaptation in the Long 19th Century
Conveners/Organisers: Max Planck Institute for Human Development; German Historical Institute London
Venue: German Historical Institute London
25–28 November
TRG EventWorkshop
Fifth TRG ‘Poverty and Education in India’ Workshop: PhD and Postdoctoral Presentations
Workshop programme (PDF file)
India International Centre, New Delhi
2014
6–8 February
Conference
Intelligence in World History, c. 1500–1918
Organised by Christopher Andrew (Cambridge), Andreas Gestrich (London), Tobias Graf (Heidelberg), Daniel Larsen (Cambridge), Sönke Neitzel (London)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
22 February
TRG EventWorkshop
Oral History Workshop
Review workshop organised by the Centre for Historical Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University Delhi
Venue: Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) / Centre for Historical Studies (CHS), Delhi
6–8 March
Conference
Making and Breaking the Rules: Discussion, Implementation and Consequences of Dominican Legislation
Venue: German Historical Institute London
Convener: Cornelia Linde (GHIL)
20–21 March
Conference
The Culture of the Upper Rhine Valley in the Late Middle Ages and Early Renaissance
Organised by: Cornelia Linde (German Historical Institute), Nigel Palmer (Oxford), Stephen Mossman (Liverpool) and Peter Mack (Warburg Institute)
Venues: (Thursday) German Historical Institute London; (Friday) Warburg Institute, Woburn Square, London WC1H 0AB
5–7 June
Workshop
War and Childhood in the Age of the World Wars
Conveners: Mischa Honeck (GHI Washington), James Marten (Marquette University), Andreas Gestrich (GHI London), Arndt Weinrich (GHI Paris)
Venue: German Historical Institute Washington
19–20 June
Workshop
Remembering (Post)Colonial Violence: Silence, Suffering & Reconciliation
Conveners: Eva Bischoff (University of Trier/ Martin Buber Society of Friends, Hebrew University), Elizabeth Buettner (Universiteit van Amsterdam)
Venue: German Historical Institute London
14–18 July
Summer School
12th Summer School in British History
1066 – The Norman Conquest
Conveners/Organisers: Historisches Seminar der Ludwig-Maxiliams-Universität München; German Historical Institute London
Historisches Seminar der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
4 September
Workshop
Philosophy’s Problem with Religion: The Interplay of Faith and Reason from Scholasticism to Enlightenment
Venue: German Historical Institute London
Convenor: Cornelia Linde (German Historical Institute London)
27–28 September
Conference
The Meaning of 1914
Venue: Nissan Lecture Theatre, St. Antony’s College, Oxford
Conveners: Simon Head, The New York Review of Books Foundation; Margaret MacMillan, St Antony's College
St. Antony’s College, Oxford
29 September–1 October
Conference
Dynamics of Social Change and Perceptions of Threat
Organised in collaboration with SFB Tübingen, Bedrohte Ordnungen / Threatened Orders
Venue: German Historical Institute London
6–8 October
Conference
All At Sea: The Prize Papers as a Source for a Global Microhistory
This conference is organized by the National Archives, Kew, in cooperation with the German Historical Institute London, the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg and the Huygens Institute, The Hague.
The National Archives, Kew
10 October
Workshop
‘Only doing my Duty’: Defining Perpetrators in Relation to State Sanctioned Violence
This workshop is organized by the “Reverberations of the Second World War in Germany and Europe” research group at University College London (directed by Professor Mary Fulbrook and Dr Stephanie Bird) in co-operation with the German Historical Institute London.
Venue: German Historical Institute London
(please note: the film viewing on 9th October will take place at University College London, Garwood Theatre, UCL South Wing, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT)
23–25 October
Conference
Inside World War One? Ego Documents and the Experience of War
Venue: German Historical Institute London
Conveners: Richard Bessel (University of York) Heather Jones/Sönke Neitzel (London School of Economics) and Dorothee Wierling (German Historical Institute London)
10–11 November
Conference
Germany and Great Britain since 1914: Promises and Pitfalls of Comparisons and Transnational Analyses
Workshop for Postgraduate Students Organised by the German Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in cooperation with the German Historical Institute London
Venue: German Historical Institute London
What are the promises and pitfalls of doing cross-national comparative and transnational research? Which research questions drive our agendas, and in how far are they rooted in specific academic traditions? The workshop aims to foster the exchange between young researchers from Great Britain and Germany.
Call for papers (PDF file)
13–14 November
Conference
Society, Rule, and Their Representation in Medieval Britain
Organised by Julia Crispin and Cornelia Linde
Venue: German Historical Institute London
Attendance is free; there is no need to register.
Conference programme (PDF file)