As part of our 50th-anniversary series exploring the history and work of the GHIL, this post looks at what we do. 🖊 1/4

Join us in two weeks on 27 October at 5:30pm (GMT) for the second lecture in our Autumn/Winter Series given by Anna Echterhölter (@univie.ac.at) on 'Surveying People–Policing Plants: Recasting Livelihoods in German Samoa'! Sign up now to take part in person or online: www.ghil.ac.uk/event... 1/5

Join us at 11:30am on 28 October for a Roundtable Discussion on "The Relevance and Modernity of the Middle Ages"! Sign up now: www.ghil.ac.uk/event... 1/8

On 22 October, Alexander Walther will explore Jewish Holocaust memory and antifascism in the GDR, drawing on personal documents and the work of Arnold Zweig and Helmut Eschwege. Free lecture, in person and online: lbilondon.ac.uk/walther-26

Why did globalisation transform Bombay and Shanghai’s hinterlands so differently? Xinge Zhai finds an answer in an unlikely source: a giant 1870 railway shareholder register in London. ⬇️ ghil.hypotheses.org/... via @ghilondon.bsky.social #GlobalHistory #BritishLibrary

Rethinking Globalization and Regional Development behind Global Port Cities

Contrasting Regional Economic Geographies Between the 1840s and the 1930s, strikingly different economic geographies emerged behind two powerful gateway cities in Asia. By the mid nineteenth century, Bombay had established itself as a thriving colonial and imperial stronghold. Yet across its vast hinterland, equally significant transformations were unfolding. Ahmedabad, a renowned financial and commercial centre,…

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Our third anniversary post explores the history of the GHIL’s home at 17 Bloomsbury Square. 🏛️ Laid out in the mid-seventeenth century as one of London’s first formal garden squares, the corner house at No. 17 was remodelled by John Nash in 1777–78. 1/3

In the next part of our anniversary series, we will take a look at the GHIL'searly years (1976–1982), from the appointment of its first directors to the acquisition of its permanent home at 17 Bloomsbury Square in 1982. 1/2

'History and Archives in Practice' 2027: calls for panels now invited for our annual meeting of historians and archivists, with @ihr.bsky.social and TNA. Closing date: 16 October HAP27 focuses on connecting past and future with sessions on advocacy and applied history bit.ly/3RGHbWy #Skystorians

'History and Archives in Practice' (HAP), 2027. Call for participation now open - RHS

History and Archives in Practice (HAP) is an annual partnership event, co-hosted by the Royal Historical Society, The National Archives, and the Institute of Historical Research. Now in its fifth year...

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Today is #InternationalMusicDay, a celebration of the place of music in societies around the world. But how did people experience music in the past? 🎶 In the Middle Ages, sound was a fundamental part of religious and everyday life. 1/4

Join us on 20 October at 5.30pm for the first lecture in our Autumn/Winter Lecture Series 2026 given by Bernhard Rieger (Universiteit Leiden) on 'Blair, Schröder, and Work in Neoliberal Times'! 📅 1/5

Last chance to apply for our next round of scholarships! For more information: www.ghil.ac.uk/opportunitie... #scholarship #skystorians #studyhistory

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Call for Applications! 🎓 Each year, the GHIL offers research scholarships for postgraduate students, Habilitanden, and postdocs at German universities, providing an great opportunity to conduct research in the UK! 🇩🇪✈️🇬🇧 1/2

“The scenery was magnificent, and so was the hospitality everywhere.” In the 1930s, young Britons travelled through Nazi Germany believing that tourism could promote peace. But their enthusiasm also played into the regime’s propaganda.⬇️ ghil.hypotheses.org/... via @ghilondon.bsky.social

‘In the Service of Peace’: British–German Youth Hostelling during National Socialism and the Allied Occupation

Hiking in Germany was the title of a propaganda brochure published in 1934 by the Reichsbahnzentrale, an agency established by the German State Railway to advertise rail tourism. The pamphlet was written in English and specifically intended to encourage international tourists to visit youth hostels in the German Reich. The Nazis advertised the roughly 2,000…

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It's the beginning of a new term and we're excited to announce the line-up of speakers for our Autumn/Winter Lecture Series 2026! 🍂 1/3

#CfP Did The Empire Make Sense? Exploring the Potential and the Limits of Colonial Environmental Knowledge 📍#Conference at #GHILondon @ghilondon.bsky.social 📅 18–20 May 2027 | Apply by November 16, 2026 🔗 www.ghil.ac.uk/event...

On 4 November the GHIL is turning 50! In the weeks leading up to our big anniversary, we will be sharing some of the milestones in the institute’s history, starting with the idea and foundation years (1968–1976). #GHIL50 #GermanHistory #AngloGermanHistory #HistoricalResearch #LondonHistory

Our journal #geschichteundgesellschaft is now also on LinkedIn. Check out our first post: lnkd.in/p/eKRCXB5Q

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We would like to highlight our current GG issue "Gender Regimes in History" and thank you for this successful collaboration! #gg #geschichteundgesellschaft #genderregimes

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"Screwed by the Cabinet": Britain’s debate over the European Monetary System in the early 1990s raised a fundamental question – and foreshadowed #Brexit: How can governments preserve political agency in an internationally interdependent economy? ghil.hypotheses.org/... via @ghilondon.bsky.social

The Political Dimension of Currency: Britain, Europe, and the Struggle for Sovereignty

To mark the launch of her new book Geprägte Freiheit: Großbritannien und das Europäische Währungssystem 1979–1992, now available from De Gruyter Brill in the series 'Publications of the German Historical Institute London', Juliane Clegg shares an insight into her research with the GHIL Blog. ‘Now we’ve all been screwed by the Cabinet’. This was the…

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To mark the launch of her new book Geprägte Freiheit: Großbritannien und das Europäische Währungssystem 1979–1992, now available from De Gruyter Brill in our series ‘Publications of the German Historical Institute London’, Juliane Clegg shares an insight into her research on the GHIL Blog. 📕 1/3

If you missed our workshop, here's a brief recap: thehistorywoman.com/2026/09/14/t... With thanks to Mark Hutchinson, Felix Waldmann, Peter Schroeder, @giovlista.bsky.social @ebuchetmann.bsky.social and Katalin Straner for their contributions, and to the @ghilondon.bsky.social for hosting us.

Translating political ideas

How can the study of translations help us to understand the movement of political ideas across Europe? What constitutes a faithful translation? And why should we care?

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From #Ayyubid East to #Almohad #Maghreb: #manuscripts reveal how #Saladin's conquest of #Jerusalem evolved across the #medieval #Mediterranean. With Javier Albarrán Iruela & Paul Cobb 📅 24 Sept. 2026, 5:00-6:00 PM CET (Zoom) Register here: t1p.de/entanglement... #medievalsky #medievalmediterranean

Now on the GHIL Podcast 🎧 Sigrid Schultz, the Chicago Tribune, and the Third Reich – David Milne (UEA) 1/5

Call for Applications! 🎓 Each year, the GHIL offers research scholarships for postgraduate students, Habilitanden, and postdocs at German universities, providing an great opportunity to conduct research in the UK! 🇩🇪✈️🇬🇧 1/2

Call for Applications! 🎓 Each year, the GHIL offers research scholarships for postgraduate students, Habilitanden, and postdocs at German universities, providing an great opportunity to conduct research in the UK! 🇩🇪✈️🇬🇧 1/2

Wir stellen das Podium unserer nächsten Veranstaltung der Reihe „Geisteswissenschaft im Dialog“ vor. Den Anfang macht Historikerin Ute Frevert: Sie erforscht, wie Gefühle politisch wirksam werden. 📅 Jetzt anmelden und am 28.9. in Hamburg dabei sein! Alle Infos 👉 www.maxweberstiftung...

How did imperial debates about South Africa contribute to a growing public alienation between Britain and Germany between 1894 and 1907? 1/7

📚 We're back with our regular Featured Books from the GHIL Library! For our first book display since the reopening of the GHIL, we thought we would go back to basics in the best way, showcasing a topic at the core of our institutional mission: British–German Relations 🇬🇧🇩🇪 1/6

🎧 Neue Folge von Wissen entgrenzen! Janine Funke spricht mit Historikerin Eleonora Marchioni vom @dhi-paris.fr über Wohnen, Stadtplanung und soziale Randgebiete in Lyon. Jetzt reinhören! soundcloud.com/maxwe... open.spotify.com/epi... #Podcast #Lyon #Gentrifizierung

Alte Frauen treten als politische Akteure nur selten ins historische Rampenlicht. Christina von Hodenberg @ghilondon.bsky.social zeigt, welche Rollen sie in der dt. Geschichte spielten – von der Frauenrechtsbewegung bis zu den Müttern des Grundgesetzes. lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/alte_frauen_...

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Alte Frauen: als politischer Akteur tritt diese soziale Gruppe scheinbar selten in das historische Rampenlicht. In diesem Vortrag geht Prof. Dr. Christina von Hodenberg (DHI London) den alten Frauen i...

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Wishing everyone in the UK a relaxing summer bank holiday weekend! 🌞 The GHIL and our library will be closed on Monday, 31 August (Summer Bank Holiday) and will reopen on Tuesday, 1 September. 📅 Normal opening hours resume next week – see you then! #GHIL #SummerBankHoliday #LondonLibrary

New on the GHIL Podcast! 🎧 The twentieth century is normally considered the century of the refugee, beginning with the mass flight and expulsion of civilian populations in the First World War, and reaching its sad climax with millions of displaced people in the Second World War and 1/4