Dr Markus Mößlang

Senior Fellow

+44 020 7309 2030 m.moesslang@ghil.ac.uk ORCID-ID

Markus Mösslang is Senior Fellow and Head of Publications and Public Relations. He specializes in nineteenth-century British–German history.

FO 68/172: Strachey to Salisbury, Dresden, 19 October 1888

As editor of the multi-volume British Envoys series, I am following nineteenth-century British–German history through the eyes of British diplomats.

I am particularly fascinated by the broad range of observations and the way often unrelated diplomatic dispatches were filed side by side. This allows not only to reimagine historical processes in their temporal context, but also to complement the state-centred focus of international history and indeed the teleology of British–German relations before the First World War.

Apart from six volumes of edited reports from the various British missions to Germany, my fascination with the lesser-known aspects of the diplomats’ world have resulted in a co-edited volume on the cultural history of diplomacy as well as a number of articles on British–German perceptions and relations.

At the moment I am especially interested in the global and international dimensions of both British and German societies in the mid- and late-Victorian period.

Research Project and Source Edition

British Envoys to Germany and British Envoys to the Kaiserreich
1816–1897

Engraving of a portrait of Sir Edward Malet in his study at the British embassy, Berlin, 1893

The editorial series consists of official dispatches written for the Foreign Office by British envoys to the German States in the 19th century, covering the period from the Vienna Congress in 1815 to the dissolution of the German Confederation (Deutscher Bund) in 1866, the North German Confederation from 1867 to 1870, and from the foundation of the German Kaiserreich in 1871 to 1897.

The selection presents the main attitudes to the political, economic, military, cultural, and social situation in the German States as described and assessed by British diplomats.

As a concluding instalment, I am currently preparing a supplement volume covering the years 1867 to 1870.

Senior Fellow and Research Fellow in Modern History
Head of Publications and Public Relations
Editor of British Envoys to Germany
Managing editor of Veröffentlichungen des Deutschen Historischen Instituts London
Editor, German Historical Institute London Bulletin
Digital Humanities Co-ordinator
GHIL staff council and MWS Hauptpersonalrat
Anti-Corruption Officer

Research Interests

19th and 20th-century British-German relations
Cultural history of diplomacy
History of the press and informal politcs
International dimension of Victorian and Edwardian society
Migration, naturalization and identity
The World of/in Vanity Fair Cartoons (1869–1914)

Education and Academic Background

2007	Zertifizierter Stiftungsmanager (DSA)
since 1999	Research fellow at the GHIL
1999	Ph.D., Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
1997–1998	Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Department of History, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
1996	Curator of 'Windows to the West: Die Amerika Häuser in Bayern' (touring exhibition)
1989–1995	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München: Modern History, Social and Economic History, American Studies (MA)

Memberships and Affiliations

German Association for British Studies / Arbeitskreis Großbritannien-Forschung (AGF)
Verband der Historiker und Historikerinnen Deutschlands

Publications

Monographs and Edited Volumes

(ed.), British Envoys to the Kaiserreich, 1871–1897, Vol. 2: 1884–1897, Camden Fifth Series 56 (Cambridge, 2019)

with H. Whatmore (eds.), British Envoys to the Kaiserreich, 1871–1897, Vol. 1: 1871–1883, Camden Fifth Series 51 (Cambridge, 2016)

with Chris Manias and Torsten Riotte (eds.), British Envoys to Germany, 1816–1866, Vol. 4: 1851–1866, Camden Fifth Series 37 (Cambridge, 2010)

with T. Riotte (eds.), The Diplomats’ World: A Cultural History of Diplomacy, 1815–1914, Studies of the German Historical Institute. (Oxford, 2008)

with T. Riotte and H. Schulze (eds.), British Envoys to Germany, 1816–1866, Vol. 3: 1848–1850, Camden Fitfh Series 28 (Cambridge, 2006)

with S. Freitag and P. Wende (eds.), British Envoys to Germany, 1816–1866, Vol. 2: 1830–1847, Camden Fifth Series 21 (Cambridge, 2002)

Flüchtlingslehrer und Flüchtlingshochschullehrer. Eine Studie zur Integration der Flüchtlinge und Vertriebenen im bayerischen Bildungswesen 1945–1961 (Munich, 2002)

Articles and Chapters

‘“The scene on that Mountain”: Britische Pressereaktionen und diplomatische Beobachtungen zum Wartburgfest’, in J.Bauer, S. Gerber, and C. Spehr (eds.), Das Wartburgfest von 1817 als europäisches Ereignis, Quellen und Beiträge zur Geschichte der Universität Jena 15 (Stuttgart, 2020), 85–103

‘Introduction’, in M. Mösslang (ed.), British Envoys to the Kaiserreich, 1871–1897, Vol. 2: 1884–1897, Camden Fifth Series 21 (Cambridge, 2019), 1–27

with H. Whatmore, ‘Introduction’, in M. Mösslang and H. Whatmore (eds.), British Envoys to the Kaiserreich, 1871–1897, Vol. 1: 1871–1883, Camden Fifth Series 51 (Cambridge, 2016), 1–23

‘“Side by Side with Sound Commercial Principles”: Deutscher Zollverein und deutsche Nation in der Wahrnehmung britischer Diplomaten’, in H. W. Hahn and M. Kreutzmann (eds.), Der deutsche Zollverein: Ökonomie und Nation im 19. Jahrhundert (Cologne, 2012), 229–54

with T. Riotte, ‘Introduction’, in Markus Mösslang, Chris Manias, and Torsten Riotte (eds.), British Envoys to Germany, 1816–1866, Vol. 4: 1851–1866, Camden Fifth Series 37 (Cambridge, 2010), 1–24

‘Gestaltungsraum und lokale Lebenswelt: Britische Diplomaten an ihren deutschen Standorten, 1815–1914’, in Hillard von Thiessen and Christian Windler (eds.), Akteure der Außenbeziehungen: Netzwerke und Interkulturalität im historischen Wandel, Externa: Geschichte der Außenbeziehungen in neuen Perspektiven, 1 (Cologne, 2010), 199–215

with T. Riotte, ‘Introduction’, in Markus Mösslang and Torsten Riotte (eds.), The Diplomats’ World: A Cultural History of Diplomacy, 1815–1914 (Oxford, 2008), 1–20

with T. Riotte, ‘Introduction’, in Markus Mösslang, T. Riotte, and H. Schulze (eds.), British Envoys to Germany, 1816–1866, Vol. 3: 1848–1850, Camden Fifth Series 28 (Cambridge, 2006), 1–16

‘The Cultural History of Diplomacy, 1815–1914: International conference held at the GHIL’, German Historical London Institute Bulletin, 28/1 (2006), 120–6. Deutsche Fassung in H-Soz-u-Kult, 23 Nov. 2005 [http://hsozkult.geschichte.hu-berlin.de/tagungsberichte/id=940] sowie AHF-Infomationen (2005)

‘Auf der Suche nach der “akademischen Heimat”: Flüchtlingsprofessoren in Westdeutschland’, Jahrbuch für Universitätsgeschichte 8 (2005), 143–56

‘Britische Gesandtschaftsberichte aus den Staaten des Deutschen Bundes (1816–1866)’, Jahrbuch der historischen Forschung in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Berichtsjahr 2002 (Munich, 2003), 28–33

with S. Freitag, ‘Introduction’, in Markus Mösslang, S. Freitag, and P. Wende (eds.), British Envoys to Germany, 1816–1866, Vol. 2: 1830–1847, Camden Fifth Series 21 (Cambridge, 2002), ix-xxi

with W. Müller and I. Schröder, ‘“Vor uns liegt ein Bildungszeitalter”: Umbau und Expansion – das bayerische Bildungswesen 1950 bis 1975’, in H. Woller and T. Schlemmer (eds.), Die Erschließung des Landes: Bayern 1950–1975, Bayern im Bund 1 (Munich, 2001), 273–355

‘Elitenintegration im Bildungssektor: Das Beispiel der ‘Flüchtlingsprofessoren’ 1945-1961’, in D. Hoffmann, M. Krauss, and M. Schwarz (eds.), Vertriebene in Deutschland: Interdisziplinäre Ergebnisse und Forschungsperspektiven, Schriftenreihe der Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte (Munich, 2000), 371–93

Miscellaneous Publications

British Envoys – Digital Index: Volumes I–IV, 1816–1866 / Vols. I–II, 1871–1897 (2006–2019) (Read here)

‘British Envoys to the Kaiserreich, 1871–1897. Volume II: 1884–1897’, gab_log] - Geisteswissenschaften als Beruf/readme.txt, 3 September 2019 (Read here)

'New Camden Volume: British Envoys to the Kaiserreich, vol. 2: 1884–1897’, Historical Transactions: The Blog of the Royal Historical Society, 10 May 2019 (Read here)

The Cultural History of Diplomacy, 1815–1914, [Conference Report], German Historical Institute London Bulletin, 28/1 (2006), 120–26

‘Neuling in der diplomatischen Hackordnung: Die britische Weltkarte kannte kein “Königreich Bayern”’, in K. Dütsch and A. Sing (eds.), Eine Krone für Bayern: 200 Jahre Königreich (Waldkirchen, 2005), 18–22

‘Editing Documents in the Age of Technology: Principles and Problems’, German Historical Institute London Bulletin, 32/2 (2002), 106–16

‘Varieties of Conservatism: Benjamin Disraeli und Margaret Thatcher. A book presentation at the Institut für Zeitgeschichte’, in German Historical Institute Bulletin, 32/2 (2002), 128–30
Deutsche Fassung in: H-Soz-u-Kult, 26 September 2002 (Read here) und in AHF_Informationen (2002)

50 Jahre Amerika Haus München: Eine kurze Chronologie des Amerika Hauses München, erstellt von Markus Mösslang in Zusammenarbeit mit der Bertelsmann Buch AG. (Munich, 1996)

‘“Windows to the West”: Die Amerika Häuser in Bayern’, Die Buch Woche, March 1996, 12–14

U.S. Informationszentren in Bayern: Die Gründungsgeschichte der Amerika-Häuser im Kontext der amerikanischen Umerziehungs- und auswärtigen Kulturpolitik (MA disseration, LMU Munich, 1995)

Reviews in Historische Zeitschrift, H-Net, H-Soz-Kult, German Historical Institute London Bulletin

German Historical Institute London