Now available in Open Access 🔓 Poverty in Modern Europe: Spaces, Localities, Institutions edited by Andreas Gestrich, Elisabeth Grüner, and Susanne Hahn Poverty in Modern Europe explores the spatial dimensions of poverty in nineteenth and twentieth-century Europe. 1/3

Last week, we hosted our 23rd Summer School at the GHIL! Organised in cooperation with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (@lmu.de), this year’s theme was “City and Empire: Colonial and Postcolonial London”. 1/4

Now available in Open Access! 🔓 A special issue of "Geschichte und Gesellschaft" (@ggjournal.bsky.social) on "Gender Regimes", edited by Christina von Hodenberg (GHIL) and Sylvia Walby (Royal Holloway, UoL), which brings together historians, sociologists, & political scientists. 1/3

Only 1 week to go! Looking forward to seeing you soon! #skystorians

German Historical Institute London@ghilondon.bsky.social · 3w ago

The long wait is almost over… We’re reopening on 3 August! 📆 Our renovated public areas are taking shape — shelves up, final touches underway. 📚 1/3

CfP: "Media of Memory and the Pre-Modern Economy" at the @ghilondon.bsky.social, 5-7 May 2027, www.ghil.ac.uk/events/confe... Interested in how pre-modern communities used the past to address present challenges and future aspirations in economic terms? Please do get in touch by 15/12/2026!

🌍„Die Freude an der Forschung im Team […] und das intensive Interesse an der Geschichte Großbritanniens, des Empire und der transimperialen Verflechtungen.“ – Benedikt Stuchtey über seine Zeit am @ghilondon.bsky.social und seine aktuelle Forschung. 🔗shorturl.at/RvpNo #WeltweitVorOrt #MWS

There are only 10 days left to apply for the Prize of the German Historical Institute London! 📆 The prize is awarded annually for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis on ▪️German history (submitted to a British or Irish university), 1/3

Looking forward to welcoming readers back to the library!

German Historical Institute London@ghilondon.bsky.social · 3w ago

The long wait is almost over… We’re reopening on 3 August! 📆 Our renovated public areas are taking shape — shelves up, final touches underway. 📚 1/3

The long wait is almost over… We’re reopening on 3 August! 📆 Our renovated public areas are taking shape — shelves up, final touches underway. 📚 1/3

How did the colour printing revolution intersect with butterfly collecting? In this new GHIL blog post, former scholarship holder Silas Edwards (@jlugiessen.bsky.social) explores how colour-printed illustrations transformed moths and butterflies into collectible objects, linking visual history 1/3

It's almost time for #IMC2026! 🏰 The GHIL, @dhi-paris.fr, @dhiroma.bsky.social and German History Society armly invite members of the wider medievalist community to join us for a friendly get-together on Wednesday 7 July at 7:45 pm in the Great Woodhouse Room at University House. 1/2

Rare find at the National Archives UK: earlier this year, the volunteer Michael Scurr at TNA discovered one of the earliest prints of the US Declaration of Independence in the Royal Navy Captains’ letters collection and can be linked to our collection as it travelled on the American privateer Dalton

Finding a new copy of the US Declaration of Independence

In May 2026, a volunteer working on a cataloguing project at The National Archives made an astonishing discovery.

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250 Jahre USA: Was ist geblieben von den Idealen der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitserklärung? Das diskutierten Christina Morina, Philipp Gassert, Ute Frevert von der Max Weber Stiftung und Ulrike von Hirschhausen vom @ghiwashington.bsky.social ⬇️ echoesof1776.hypothe... #1776

GiD-Veranstaltung: 1776 – 2026: Ursprung, Anspruch und Wirklichkeit in den USA – Nachbericht und Aufzeichnung

Wie aktuell sind die Ideale der amerikanischen Unabhängigkeitserklärung 250 Jahre nach ihrer Verabschiedung? Welche Widersprüche prägten die Gründung der Vereinigten Staaten – und wie wirken sie bis heute nach? Diese und weitere Fragen standen im Mittelpunkt der Veranstaltung „1776 – 2026: Ursprung, Anspruch und Wirklichkeit in den USA”.

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It's almost time for #IMC2026! 🏰 The GHIL, @dhi-paris.fr, @dhiroma.bsky.social and German History Society armly invite members of the wider medievalist community to join us for a friendly get-together on Wednesday 7 July at 7:45 pm in the Great Woodhouse Room at University House. 1/2

A new look for the GHIL ✨ While renovation work continues in our building, we’ve also been refreshing how the Institute presents itself across our website, social media and beyond.

#Chance | PhD Prize of the German Historical Institute London. German & British history | London | Details: www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachricht... @ghilondon.bsky.social #jewishstudies #jewsky #GermanHistory Deadline: July 31, 2026

Podcast episode! Mousumi Mukherjee is in conversation with Geetha B. Nambissan, Nandini Manjrekar, and Shivali Tukdeo on Shifting Landscapes: Education and Urban Transformations in India, published in the ICAS:MP – CUP book series. @ghilondon.bsky.social 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/1AKH...

Why do medieval chronicles contain so many precise references to money—prices, taxes, debts, exchange rates? 📜 1/4

📢 Bewerbungsstart für die Gerald D. Feldman-Reisebeihilfen der Max Weber Stiftung Für Promovierende und Forschende in den Geistes- & Sozialwissenschaften. Forschungsaufenthalte in 2–3 Gastländern und Vernetzung weltweit. 📅 Frist: 4.10.2026 🔗www.maxweberstiftung... #PhDLife #ResearchFunding

All 'bout the 💰! New blog post on our project "Money, History, and Moral Economies: Communicative Functions of Monetary Information in the Institutional Historiography of the Later Middle Ages" is out now! Kindly published by @ghilondon.bsky.social.

Marcus Meer@marcusmeer.bsky.social · last mo.

Delighted to see the @ghilondon.bsky.social published a blog post by @gabpassabi.bsky.social and me on our @dfg.de project 'Money, History, and Moral Economies: Communicative Functions of Monetary Information in the Institutional Historiography of the Later Middle Ages’! ghil.hypotheses.org/8934

Delighted to see the @ghilondon.bsky.social published a blog post by @gabpassabi.bsky.social and me on our @dfg.de project 'Money, History, and Moral Economies: Communicative Functions of Monetary Information in the Institutional Historiography of the Later Middle Ages’! ghil.hypotheses.org/8934

Measures of Success and Failure: Remembering Money in Medieval History Writing

At the beginning of February, Marcus Meer’s project ‘Money, History, and Moral Economies: Communicative Functions of Monetary Information in the Institutional Historiography of the Later Middle Ages (...

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New on the GHIL Podcast! 🎧 In this episode, host Kim König and GHIL Fellow Thomas Kaal sit down with Ulrike Lindner, Professor of Modern History at the University of Cologne, to talk about the research behind her lecture on epistemic inequalities in the Global South and 1/4

Join us next Tuesday, 23 June, for a lecture in cooperation with the Modern German History Seminar (Institute of Historical Research, @ihrgermanhistory.bsky.social)! 📅 1/6

Join us next Tuesday, 23 June, for a lecture in cooperation with the Modern German History Seminar (Institute of Historical Research, @ihrgermanhistory.bsky.social)! 📅 1/6

Unfortunately, tonight's lecture has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances. We apologise for any inconvenience caused!

German Historical Institute London@ghilondon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Join us online on 16 June for the last lecture in our summer series on environmental history! Debjani Bhattacharyya (Universität Zürich) will give a talk on 'Valuing Indian Ocean Monsoon Risk and the Making of Climate Science'. 1/7

Medieval history can get you to... Singapore? For the last month, I had the pleasure of being a Visiting Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, National University of Singapore, thanks to a Mobility Fellowship from the Global Indo-Pacific programme.

Happening tomorrow! There's still time to sign up 👇 www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu... #climatescience #environmentalhistory #skystorians

German Historical Institute London@ghilondon.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Join us online on 16 June for the last lecture in our summer series on environmental history! Debjani Bhattacharyya (Universität Zürich) will give a talk on 'Valuing Indian Ocean Monsoon Risk and the Making of Climate Science'. 1/7

It's almost kick-off time! The 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup begins today! ⚽ The GHIL Library has put together a selection of books on football, exploring its history, politics, and cultural significance. 🥅 1/2

Join us online on 16 June for the last lecture in our summer series on environmental history! Debjani Bhattacharyya (Universität Zürich) will give a talk on 'Valuing Indian Ocean Monsoon Risk and the Making of Climate Science'. 1/7

There are some great books in this thread. There are also some football chapters in Berlin Sports #sporthistory #skystorians www.uapress.com/product/berl...

Berlin Sports

Spectacle, Recreation, and Media in Germany’s Metropolis Edited by Heather L. Dichter and Molly Wilkinson Johnson 246 pages, 6 × 9 978-1-68226-256-6 (paper) October 2024

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