Im September jährt sich das Ende des 2. Weltkriegs für die USA zum 80. Mal. Aus diesem Anlass haben mein Kollege Axel Jansen und ich die Podiumsdiskussion „The Legacy of World War II in American Society and Politics“ organisiert, die am 4. Sept. am @ghiwashington.bsky.social und auf Zoom stattfindet

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Join us Thursday, Sep. 4, for “The Legacy of World War II in American Society and Politics,” a panel discussion on the war’s lasting impacts with Katherine Benton-Cohen, Thomas A. Guglielmo, & Jeremi Suri. Register to attend in person or online: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event... #TheEndsofWar #WWII80

Check out our newly relaunched web site! You’ll find information about our fellowship opportunities and upcoming events, research projects, book series, and more… ghi-dc.org

GHI Washington

Advancing Research | Supporting Scholars | Building Networks

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Exciting news to share! On October 1st, Ulrike von Hirschhausen, currently chair for European and Modern History at the University of Rostock, will become the 6th director of the GHI Washington: www.maxweberstiftung.de/presse/aktue...

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Opinion | We are witnessing the suicide of a superpower

The president’s assault on science dangerously undermines America’s superpower status.

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Listening to a great panel of historians analyzing civil societies’ resilience and resistente in fragile democracies @ghiwashington.bsky.social

Listening to Helmut Walser Smith giving the 16th Gerald D. Feldman Lecture on „The Hour of the Archivists: Creating Southwest Germany‘s Memory Culture, c. 1960“ @ghiwashington.bsky.social on this May 8, 2025, marking 80 years of the end of World War II in Germany.

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Grönland: Grönland ist gar nicht so "massive"

Donald Trump will Grönland – auch, weil es so riesig ist. Gut möglich, dass der US-Präsident die Insel für größer hält, als sie ist. Weil er die Karte falsch gelesen hat.

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Dupont Circle mood this morning

#CfA Reminder: The deadline for the BAA-Fellowship Program 2025 is less than two weeks away! 🎓 Until mid-February, (post-)doctoral researchers at Bavarian universities can submit their applications for a BAA-Postgraduate Research Fellowship at the Library of Congress, Harvard, Yale, or Duke U. 📑✍

Christoph Straub@cstraub.bsky.social · 2y ago

#CfA: We are excited to announce our Fellowship Program 2025! (Post-)doctoral researchers at Bavarian universities working within a discipline represented in the BAA are invited to apply! 📅 Deadline: February 15, 2025 👉 Details: www.amerikahaus.de/bayerische-a... 📢Please Share widely!

The AHA & the @oah.org have released a joint statement on the presidential executive order “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling.” “We reject the premise that it is ‘anti-American’ or ‘subversive’ to learn the full history of the United States.” 🗃️

AHA–OAH Statement on Executive Order “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling”

The American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians (OAH) have released a joint statement on the presidential executive order “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooli...

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The CfP for the joint Bavarian America Academy and @ghiwashington.bsky.social 2025 summer school o "North American Narratives of Crisis and Repair, Past and Present" is out. Please join us in Berkeley from July 16-23!

Christoph Straub@cstraub.bsky.social · 2y ago

📅 July 16-23, 2025: BAA Summer Academy on "North American Narratives of Crisis and Repair, Past and Present" in Berkeley, CA | organized in cooperation with @ghiwashington.bsky.social and its Pacific Office at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social. ➡️ www.amerikahaus.de/bayerische-a...