GHIL Library
The library of the GHIL is an important and well-regarded institution for British historians of German history, students at London universities, and the general public. Its holdings on German history, British-German relations from the Middle Ages to the present day, and wider European history are comprehensive, up to date, free to use, and form a unique collection in Britain.
New Covid-19 safety measures from 1 November
External visitors and scholars are requested to demonstrate their COVID-19 status at our reception by providing proof of the following:
- Full vaccination (first and second dose), with the second dose administered at least 14 days before your visit, OR
- A negative lateral flow test taken no more than 48 hours before your visit.
You must not visit the institute if you are experiencing symptoms of Covid-19 or have tested positive for Covid-19 within the past 10 days.
Wherever possible, a minimum distance of 1m should be maintained between people. In addition to this, masks covering the mouth and nose must be worn in all areas of the Institute outside of offices and designated meeting rooms. Library readers may remove their masks once seated at their desks.
Visiting and joining the Library
Our current opening hours are: Monday to Friday (9.30am-5pm).
New readers should book an appointment (email: library@ghil.ac.uk) for a virtual induction (offered via Zoom, Mondays 12pm and Wednesdays 4pm, or by arrangement) before their first visit, and register in person at reception on their first visit.
Library staff are available for general enquiries at library@ghil.ac.uk. If appropriate, we may offer you advice via a video call to our Virtual Enquiry Desk.
To ensure staff and visitor safety we will keep some hygiene measures in place. Please see our amended regulations for details. Readers still need to wear a face covering when entering and moving around the building (unless exempt - please advise before arrival).
Sybille Gerstengarbe, Jens Thiel, Rüdiger vom Bruch ; unter Mitarbeit von Simon Renkert und Sophia Nenninger
Die Leopoldina : die Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher zwischen Kaiserreich und früher DDR
Berlin: be.bra Wissenschaft Verlag, 2016
Gi/Halle 100
Alexander Wragge-Morley
Aesthetic science: representing nature in the Royal Society of London, 1650-1720
Chicago ; London: University of Chicago Press, 2020
eBook ProQuest
Marc Banditt
Gelehrte - Republik - Gelehrtenrepublik : Der Strukturwandel der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Danzig 1743 bis 1820 und die Danziger Aufklärung
Veröffentlichungen des Nordost-Instituts. Band 24
Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2018
eBook ProQuest
Miriam Müller
Der sammelnde Professor. Wissensdinge an Universitäten des Alten Reichs im 18. Jahrhundert
Wissenschaftskulturen. Bd. 1
Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2020
eBook Steiner
Dominik Collet
Die Welt in der Stube. Begegnungen mit Außereuropa in Kunstkammern der Frühen Neuzeit
Veröffentlichungen des Max-Planck-Instituts für Geschichte. Bd 232
Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2007
Gx/4710
Susanne Köstering
Natur zum Anschauen. Das Naturkundemuseum des deutschen Kaiserreichs 1871-1914
Köln, Weimar, Wien: Böhlau, 2003
Sf.11/680
Jeffrey K. Wilson
The German forest. Nature, Identity, and the Contestation of a National Symbol, 1871-1914
Toronto, Buffalo, London: Univ. of Toronto Press, 2012
Sf.8/4825
Johannes Zechner
Der deutsche Wald. eine Ideengeschichte zwischen Poesie und Ideologie 1800-1945
Darmstadt: Philipp von Zabern, 2016
Sa.4/5026
Nicolai Hannig
Kalkulierte Gefahren. Naturkatastrophen und Vorsorge seit 1800
Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2019
Dl/3023/1
Matthias Georgi
Heuschrecken, Erdbeben und Kometen. Naturkatastrophen und Naturwissenschaft in der englischen Öffentlichkeit des 18. Jahrhunderts
Edition septem artes
München: Dreesbach, 2009
Uf.11/2430
Wolfgang Behringer ; translated by Pamela Selwyn
Tambora and the year without a summer: how a volcano plunged the world into crisis
Cambridge: Polity, 2019
eBook Ciando
Sandra Chaney
Nature of the Miracle Years. Conservation in West Germany, 1945-1975
Studies in German History. 8
New York, N.Y., Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2008
Sk.9/7305
Scott Moranda
The People's Own Landscape. Nature, Tourism, and Dictatorship in East Germany
Social History, Popular Culture, and Politics in Germany
Ann Arbor, Mich.: Univ. of Michigan Press, 2014
So.8/2730
Friedemann Schmoll
Erinnerung an die Natur. Die Geschichte des Naturschutzes im deutschen Kaiserreich
(Geschichte des Natur- und Umweltschutzes. Bd 2
Frankfurt/M. ; New York, N.Y.: Campus Verlag, 2004
Sf.8/4810
Contact and opening hours
Contact
German Historical Institute Library
17 Bloomsbury Square
London WC1A 2NJ
Tel. +44-(0)20-7309 2050
Email: library@ghil.ac.uk
Opening hours
Monday–Friday: 9.30am–5pm