📖 The latest issue of our Bulletin is now available! The complete contents are available in #OpenAccess on our website: www.ghi-dc.org/publication/...

Interested in interning with us in Washington? We offer research internships focused on history as well as public administration & scholarly communication internships. We recommend students interested in 2027 internships apply by July 31: www.ghi-dc.org/programs/res...

Join us in March 2027 for our 9th West Coast Germanists’ Workshop, taking place at our Pacific Office at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social! The 2027 workshop will have the theme “Borders and Belonging”; further details on the application process are here: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...

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All three lectures in our lecture series “Soccer: The Beautiful Game” are now available to watch online! Our most recent lecture, “Paying for Soccer,” featuring @soccernomicspod.bsky.social, can be found here: vimeo.com/1204340772

Paying for Soccer - The Financial Hole in the Beautiful Game

Jun 04, 2026 | 6pm ET Lecture at the GHI Washington | Speaker: Stefan Szymanski (University of Michigan). Moderator: Arpad von Klimó (The Catholic University of America) Soccer is the world's domina...

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💼☕ In unserer Reihe #MWSInterns stellen wir Praktikant*innen und ihre Arbeitsbereiche vor. Heute nimmt uns Luis mit zu seinem Praktikum am @ghiwashington.bsky.social 📚 Was waren seine Aufgaben? 🔗 Hier geht’s zum Interview: gab.hypotheses.org/2... #Praktikum #DHIWashington #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

We are looking for a Network Coordinator and Post-Doctoral Research Fellow! Full details: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

Why is the uprising of 17 June 1953 not remembered more? www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesel...

Wer erinnert sich noch an den 17. Juni?

72 Jahre nach dem Arbeiteraufstand in der DDR gerät der 17. Juni 1953 langsam in Vergessenheit. Zeitzeugen berichten von mäßigem Interesse - nicht nur bei der jungen Generation. Von Andre Kartschall.

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Our 2026 #DigitalHistory & #DigitalHumanities conference, “AI through History, History through AI” takes place next week starting Monday, June 15! Organized in collaboration with @c2dh.uni.lu, online participation is possible; check out the program to learn more: www.uni.lu/c2dh-en/even...

AI through History, History through AI

Eighth Conference on Digital Humanities and Digital History hosted at the University of Luxembourg.

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In unserem neuen #readme-Interview beschreibt Yuliya von Saal, wie Kinder im besetzten Belarus den Zweiten Weltkrieg und die Nachkriegszeit erlebten und dabei schon früh Verantwortung übernahmen, Überlebensstrategien entwickelten oder Angehörige versorgten. 🔗 Zum Interview: gab.hypotheses.org/2...

Wie verbreitete sich das deutsche Turnen in Texas? Wie die Turner-Bewegung durch Migration nach San Antonio kam – zwischen lokaler Anpassung, Indian Clubs und nationaler Vernetzung ⬇️ migrantknowledge.hyp... @ghiwashington.bsky.social #Migrationsgeschichte #Wissensgeschichte #Zeitgeschichte

Gymnastics in Motion – Migrant Knowledge and the Circulation of Turnen in Texas

Explores the "Turner" school of physical culture among German migrants to the United States

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It's #PrideMonth! 🏳️‍🌈 Listen to our latest podcast episode featuring Benno Gammerl (European University Institute) in which we talk about "queering" German history! 👇 www.ghil.ac.uk/publications... #queerhistory #skystorians

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New GHIL Podcast episode! 🎧 Host Kim König speaks with Benno Gammerl (European University Institute) about the research underlying his lecture on “Queering German history: Still a vital and viable endeavor?”. 🏳️‍🌈 1/5

Now available online: Lyndal Roper presenting the 2026 Gerald D. Feldman Memorial Lecture, “Telling Stories: History, Narrative, and the German Peasants' War, 1524–1526” vimeo.com/1198490269

Telling Stories: History, Narrative, and the German Peasants' War 1524-1526

May 21, 2026 | 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm ET 17th Gerald D. Feldman Memorial Lecture at the German Historical Institute Washington | Speaker: Lyndal Roper (University of Oxford) The Gerald D. Feldman Memoria...

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As the world prepares for the 2026 FIFA World Cup to begin, check out this poster in the Library's collections from the very first World Cup, hosted by Uruguay in 1930! Learn about the history of the World Cup with this new Library Research Guide: https://guides.loc.gov/world-cup?loclr=blsky

Now online: Dr. Lane Baker presents “The Lords of Little Egypt: Romani Immigrants in the Holy Roman Empire, 1417–1498,” his Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize lecture. Visit: vimeo.com/1198553821

The Lords of Little Egypt: Romani Immigrants in the Holy Roman Empire, 1417-1498

May 22, 2026 | 10:00am - 12:00pm Award of the 2026 Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize at the GHI | Prize Winner: Lane B. Baker (Ghent University) The Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize is kindly sponsored b...

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Here’s a short preview of our final “Soccer: The Beautiful Game” talk, on the economics of soccer, with our colleagues Bryan and Sarah! vimeo.com/1196749113

Soccer: The Beautiful Game

Soccer, the world’s most popular sport, unites people across continents, cultures, and languages. For over a century, the game and its institutions have been inherently global in nature, with clubs, l...

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1776 – 2026: Ursprung, Anspruch und Wirklichkeit in den USA #Podiumsdiskussion anlässlich 250 Jahre US-amerikanische Unabhängigkeitserklärung gemeinsam mit Akademienunion und @bbaw.bsky.social. 📅 23.06.2026 🕕18 Uhr 📍 Berlin, Leibniz Saal der BBAW Anmeldung: www.akademienunion.d...

On Friday, Dr. Lane Baker (Ph.D., Stanford), winner of this year’s Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize, presented “The Lords of Little Egypt: Romani Immigrants in the Holy Roman Empire, 1417–1498,” an illuminating talk on the experiences of Romani men and women in late medieval central Europe.

📢Registration is open for the 50th Annual German Studies Association Conference #theGSA2026 in Phoenix, AZ! Visit our website to register and find more information: 👉 thegsa.org/member-servi... We are looking forward to seeing you there! 🚄🛬🌵

Jetzt bis zum 15.6. bewerben! Vom 9.-11. September findet die diesjährige #NFDI4Memory Summer School in München an der Bayerischen Staatsbibliothek statt. Die Summer School richtet sich an historisch Forschende, den #GLAM -Bereich u.a. 🖱️ 4memory.de/aktivitaeten... @vhdonline.bsky.social @nfdi.de

⚽ "Paying for Soccer," the final event in our "Soccer: The Beautiful Game" series, takes place Thursday, June 4! We look forward to hosting Stefan Szymanski of @soccernomicspod.bsky.social to talk about the economics of professional soccer... sign up to attend here: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...

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The GHI Washington, in partnership with @dhiroma.bsky.social and the German Center for Art History (Paris), will launch a new @maxweberstiftung.de Transnational Research Group in Santiago, Chile, in 2027 on the topic of “Imperial Legacies.” Learn more here: www.ghi-dc.org/news-show/ne...

Join us next week on 28 May at 5:30pm for the English Goethe Society's Ida Herz Lecture given by Susan Bernofsky (Columbia University) entitled 'On Magicking a Mountain: World-Making in Literary Translation'. 📅 1/5

What is the value of an introductory college course in history? What are the most effective ways to train students in core elements of historical thinking? Find out with the AHA’s new “Designing Introductory History Courses for Student Success” booklet.

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The AHA leads or participates in several initiatives to provide resources and support for history educators facing intensifying controversies about the teaching of the American past. Learn more about our Teaching History with Integrity initiatives:

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AHA initiatives providing resources and support for history educators facing intensifying controversies about the teaching of the American past.

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🎤 In our latest interview, we spoke with Visiting Fellow Sara Halpern about researching the history of statelessness, migration, and refugee policy in the context of Jewish history during and after the Holocaust. Read on: www.ghi-dc.org/news-show/in...

📑New publication, available now: Research Fellow Andreas Greiner's article "Claiming the Skies: The Politics and Practices of Diplomacy in Early Global Aviation," forthcoming in @conteurohistory.bsky.social

Our congratulations as well to Adam Bisno, whose book "Big Business and the Crisis of German Democracy: Liberalism and the Grand Hotels of Berlin, 1875–1933," also published in our @universitypress.cambridge.org series, was a finalist for the Waterloo Centre Book Prize! uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-g...

Congratulations to @michellelkahn.bsky.social on receiving the Waterloo Centre for German Studies Book Prize for her 2024 book "Foreign in Two Homelands: Racism, Return Migration, and Turkish-German History," published in our @universitypress.cambridge.org book series! uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-g...