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

 
 
 
 

Events

Spring Lectures

Speakers in the GHIL lecture series: Joanna Story, Achim Landwehr, Maren Röger and Isabelle Löhr. 

Special lectures: Roland Wenzlhuemer on the history of marine salvage, Lucy Noakes and Frank Trentmann on Britain and Germany after the Second World War, and a round table on interreligious communication and decision making.

Beginning 21st January


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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)

 

Events and Conferences

21 January 2025 (2.30pm)

GHIL Colloquium

Michèle Kraft
„Massaker“. Eine vergleichende Analyse von Wahrnehmung und Darstellung frühneuzeitlicher Gewaltereignisse unter besonderer Berücksichtigung außereuropäischer Beispiele

GHIL/Online

21 January 2025 (5.30pm)

Special Lecture

Roland Wenzlhuemer (LMU Munich)
Raise, Reuse, Recycle: Global History and Marine Salvage in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century

GHIL/Online

23 January 2025 (5.30pm)

Special Event

The Wandering Jew: A Travelling Exhibition
Discussion and Viewing Event

GHIL

 

Our Research

 
 

Research Area

British History

Research Area

European Perspectives

Research Area

Colonial and Global History

 
 
 

Lastest Blogposts

16 January 2025

Blogpost

Maya Kreiner

‘More a denial than a safeguard of rights’: Law, Politics and Constitutional Discussions in Mandatory Palestine

Category: Research, Scholarships


3 January 2025

Blogpost

Katharina Troll

European Integration Re-Woven: British and West German Textile Employers' Associations and European Integration, 1958-1980

Category: Research, Scholarships


GHIL Podcast

Interview

Julia Angster and Kim König

Globalization: a threat to democracy?
18 November 2024 , 0:20 h



Interview

Julia Angster and Kim König

Globalization: a threat to democracy?

GHIL Joint Lecture

Julia Angster

‘Post-Democracy’?
Globalization, Democracy, and the Nation State in Germany after 1990
18 November 2024 , 0:42 h



GHIL Joint Lecture

Julia Angster

‘Post-Democracy’?
Globalization, Democracy, and the Nation State in Germany after 1990

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

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