Vom Historikertag zum Tag der Geschichtswissenschaft – Mit Antje Flüchter, Marie von Lüneburg, Friedrich Kießling und Romedio Schmitz-Esser blicken wir auf den Bonner Historikertag zurück und voraus auf den ersten Tag der Geschichtswissenschaft. lisa.gerda-henkel-stiftung.de/zugastbeilis...

Vom Historikertag zum Tag der Geschichts­wissen­schaft | L.I.S.A. Wissenschaftsportal Gerda Henkel Stiftung

„Dynamiken der Macht“ war das Motto des 55. Historikertags, der vom 16. bis 19. September 2025 in Bonn stattfand. Am Rande des Kongresses traf die Mitglieder­versamm­lung des ausrich­ten­den Verbandes...

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What a privilege and pleasure to attend yet another Balzan-FRIAS Masterclass in Global History, this time with the utterly brilliant Prof Patricia Calvin, who came over to Freiburg to talk about "Human Security and the History of Capitalism".

Hinweise zu Sektionseinreichungen für den Tag der Geschichtswissenschaft 2027 Der Ausschuss des @vhdonline.bsky.social hat in seiner Sommersitzung beschlossen, die Auswahlkriterien für die Sektionseinreichungen zu veröffentlichen. Alle Infos unter: www.historikerverband.de/aktuelles/me...

Hinweise zu Sektionseinreichungen für den Tag der Geschichtswissenschaft 2027 – VHD

Der Ausschuss hat in seiner Sommersitzung beschlossen, die Auswahlkriterien für die Sektionseinreichungen zu veröffentlichen. Grundlage der Bewertung sind folgende Gesichtspunkte […]

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The Balzan–FRIAS Project in Global History invites applications from early-career researchers for a two-day masterclass and lecture on the history of capitalism from a global perspective featuring Professor Patricia Clavin (University of Oxford), to be held on 16–17 July 2026.

Join us for an engaging discussion with Sue Peabody, who will share insights from her recent book and reflect on the writing process, exploring questions such as: Which narrative style is most effective - #biography, #microhistory, or #fiction? @feverprojecthd.bsky.social

We are excited to announce the second FEVER lecture series for the summer term 2026, with different talks relating to the history of fevers, medicine, and science. Feel free to join us in person at the Lecture Hall of Heidelberg's history faculty (Grabengasse 3-5)!

On 23 March, Stefanie Gänger will give the distinguished lecture "Come a Long Way. The Global Historian's Craft, Twenty Years On" celebrating 20 years of the Journal of Global History. More information about the event below: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/distinguis...

Distinguished Lecture and ECR Workshop: Celebrating 20 Years of the Journal

Celebrating 20 years of the Journal of Global History with an editorial workshop and special lecture featuring Professor Stefanie Gänger.

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🗺️Jürgen Osterhammel (FRIAS Distinguished Fellow) ordnet im Nachrichtenmagazin DER SPIEGEL die US-amerikanische Außenpolitik von US-Präsident Donald Trump aus der Perspektive seiner globalhistorischen Forschung ein. 🔗 Zum Interview: www.spiegel.de/geschichte/n... #Zeitgeschichte #PolitikAnalyse #USA

Just wrapped up another Balzan-FRIAS masterclass, this time with the wonderful Ulinka Rublack, on fashion, material culture and the global in the early modern period.

On 22 January, Dr. Mack Zalin gives a talk on From Heidelberg to Baltimore: What Johns Hopkins University Owes the Oldest German University. You can register for the talk following the link: form.jotform.com/253506072131...

In diesem Semester werfen auch unsere Kolleg*innen aus der Soziologie wieder einen Blick auf soziale Prozesse - in der Vergangenheit! Das Institutskolloquium findet jeweils mittwochs von 14:14-15:45 Uhr im Campus Bergheim 00.024 statt.

The Balzan-FRIAS Project in Global History is hosting a masterclass for (post-) doctoral researchers with Ulinka Rublack (Cambridge) on global cultural history, set to take place 22-23 Jan 2026. Spread the word! www.hsozkult.de/searching/id...

It's time for the 19th Biennial Conference of the German Association for Australian Studies | Gesellschaft für Australienstudien (GASt) ›It's time‹ at the Ruprecht-Karls-University Heidelberg (Germany)! 9-12 Oct | Find the programme and other info here

GASt Konferenz, 9 – 12 Okt 2025 – Gesellschaft für Australienstudien

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Stefanie Gänger ist gerade (sehr gerne) Referentin beim studentischen Workshop "Geschichte - Nur wie?" über alte und neue Herausforderungen in der Geschichtswissenschaft am (sehr schönen) Münchner Käte Hamburger Kolleg Global Dis:Connect.

The third blog entry is on the participation of the University of Heidelberg at the World Fair in St. Louis in 1904. If you want to know why it almost came to a clash with the foreign policy at the time, check it out: www.hist.uni-heidelberg.de/en/between-s...

If you want to know how an elephant from the Zoological Garden in Cologne ended up as a skeleton in the zoological collection of the University of Heidelberg check out the second blog entry on the history of the collections of the university of Heidelberg: www.hist.uni-heidelberg.de/en/from-capt...

During the semester we delved into the history of the university's collections with our undergraduate students. The result are some exciting blog posts. You can check out the first one here: www.hist.uni-heidelberg.de/en/colonial-...

Our team member @teresagoeltl.bsky.social recently spoke about her academic journey. Recorded by #Africana, a platform hosted by the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, dedicated to showcasing research on Africa and its global connections: africanaens.com/portraits-de... 🎤 youtu.be/s33HUEE4C4E?...

[#9 PORTRAITS DE CHERCHEUR.SE.S] - Teresa GÖLTL

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Just brought to a close another Balzan-FRIAS masterclass in global history @friasunifreiburg.bsky.social featuring Sebastian Conrad and a group of PhD students working on a range of exciting topics -- from global deforestation to ship ballast.

Just wrapped up the semester with a brilliant talk by Andrés Bustamante (University of Oxford) on archaeology, the mexican state and sovereignty over the subsoil in the 20th century. A wonderful close to this summer's modern history colloquium!

1/5 Our latest monthly highlight! Stefanie Gänger (@uniheidelberg.bsky.social) reflects on the various questions grappled with in her work since her "Towards a History of Knowledge for Spanish America", a review article of Nicola Miller's "Republics of Knowledge". Here is what she had to say:

On Wednesday, July 16, 2025, H. Glenn Penny (UCLA) will give a lecture at the lecture hall of the Department of History in Heidelberg, titled “Quotidian Interconnections: The Implications of Globalizing German-Chilean Microhistories, 1920s–1940s.” The talk will take place from 4:15 to 5:45 PM.

Our FEVER Workshop wrapped up on Friday — what a pleasure and privilege it was! Huge thanks to all who joined us, and especially to our wonderful speakers, including Kevin Siena, @wraggem.bsky.social, Chris Hamlin, Margaret DeLacy, and Ricardo Cabral de Freitas.

Ahead of our FEVER-workshop on 10-11 July, we'll be hosting Kevin Siena's talk "The Foetus is made by Contagion: Pathology and the Enlightenment Debate on Human Variety", next Wednesday (July 9) at 16:15CET at the lecture hall of Heidelberg's History Faculty or online via zoom (e-mail us for link!).

Wherever you are in the world, if you want to hear the latest about the ‘Age of Fevers’, 1760-1830, join us online tomorrow, June 27, 14:00 (CET), when Stefanie Gänger will be speaking in the TRANSPACIFIC lecture series, hosted by a fellow ERC project. crossroads-research.net/projects/erc...

Transpacific Lecture Series - Crossroads Research

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We are thrilled to inaugurate our FEVER blog with a post by Stefanie Gänger, Lea-Marie Trigilia, and Ricardo Castellón on the prevalence of fever-diagnoses in Guatemala's San Juan Hospital in the 18th century: www.hist.uni-heidelberg.de/en/research/...

Alles andere als Leere gestern bei Achim Landwehrs brilliantem Vortrag über "Lücken, Löcher, leere Stellen" in der (Vor-) Moderne am Historischen Seminar in Heidelberg!

Morgen, am 04. Juni, wird Achim Landwehr @achland.bsky.social zu "Lücken, Löcher, leere Stellen. Zur historischen Bedeutung des Weltmangels" vortragen. Die Veranstaltung beginnt um 16:15 Uhr im Hörsaal des Historischen Seminars. Join us!

JOB: We are looking for a new colleague for our working group on early modern global history at @unituebingen.bsky.social - PhD position, 3+1 years. Please spread the word (also beyond Germany!) and do not hesitate to get in touch! Deadline: 20 June. @duerrbortolotti.bsky.social

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Job: 0,65 Wiss. Mitarb. (m/w/d) „Globalgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit (1400–1800)“ (Univ. Tübingen) https://www.hsozkult.de/job/id/job-155042 Tübingen, , Universität Tübingen, Bewerbungsschluss: 20.06.2025

We are looking forward to the book launch of Rethinking Global History (open access) with speakers such as Jeremy Adelman, Jürgen Osterhammel and John-Paul A. Ghobrial, on May 14, 2025, 4:15-5:45pm (CET). Email modern.history@zegk.uni-heidelberg.de to request link.