German History Society
@germanhistsoc.bsky.social
For all those interested in German history!
The GHS is a registered charity. Follow for updates on GHS related grants, events & prizes!
Further details available on our website https://www.germanhistorysociety.org/
The GHS is a registered charity. Follow for updates on GHS related grants, events & prizes!
Further details available on our website https://www.germanhistorysociety.org/
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Call for Papers: Crossing Borders – Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents
University of Southampton, 14 April 2026
Submit by 31 Dec 2025
Keynote: Prof. Éva Kovács (Vienna Wiesenthal Institute).
More: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
University of Southampton, 14 April 2026
Submit by 31 Dec 2025
Keynote: Prof. Éva Kovács (Vienna Wiesenthal Institute).
More: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Call for Papers: Crossing Borders – Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents
University of Southampton, 14 April 2026
Submit by 31 Dec 2025
Keynote: Prof. Éva Kovács (Vienna Wiesenthal Institute).
More: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
University of Southampton, 14 April 2026
Submit by 31 Dec 2025
Keynote: Prof. Éva Kovács (Vienna Wiesenthal Institute).
More: www.lbilondon.ac.uk/news/2025/10...
Check out Episode 6 of 'Glimpses of German History' now LIVE on our YouTube channel
In the episode, Deborah Jaffe shows us a Samovar that has been in her family for generations. It is an object that tells an emotive story about forced Jewish migration across Europe.
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In the episode, Deborah Jaffe shows us a Samovar that has been in her family for generations. It is an object that tells an emotive story about forced Jewish migration across Europe.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Check out Episode 6 of 'Glimpses of German History' now LIVE on our YouTube channel
In the episode, Deborah Jaffe shows us a Samovar that has been in her family for generations. It is an object that tells an emotive story about forced Jewish migration across Europe.
youtu.be/gY7MgBIu7vU
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In the episode, Deborah Jaffe shows us a Samovar that has been in her family for generations. It is an object that tells an emotive story about forced Jewish migration across Europe.
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In association with the @ghilondon.bsky.social - the GHS is pleased to invite papers for the 2026 'Medieval Germany Workshop'
Workshop date: 29 May 2026
Submissions due: 15 February 2026
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Workshop date: 29 May 2026
Submissions due: 15 February 2026
www.germanhistorysoc...
November 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
In association with the @ghilondon.bsky.social - the GHS is pleased to invite papers for the 2026 'Medieval Germany Workshop'
Workshop date: 29 May 2026
Submissions due: 15 February 2026
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Workshop date: 29 May 2026
Submissions due: 15 February 2026
www.germanhistorysoc...
In Episode 5 of 'Glimpses of German History' , Hans Hönes takes us inside the chapel of Blairs College in Aberdeen to gaze upon a spectacular set of stained glass windows.
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November 11, 2025 at 1:40 PM
In Episode 5 of 'Glimpses of German History' , Hans Hönes takes us inside the chapel of Blairs College in Aberdeen to gaze upon a spectacular set of stained glass windows.
youtu.be/n4NX7mXKxdA
youtu.be/n4NX7mXKxdA
Congratulations to Anja Segmüller and Emma Paterson, the winner and runner-up respectively of our Postgraduate Essay Prize 2025!
To find out more about their winning essays check out our website here: www.germanhistorysoc...
To find out more about their winning essays check out our website here: www.germanhistorysoc...
November 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Congratulations to Anja Segmüller and Emma Paterson, the winner and runner-up respectively of our Postgraduate Essay Prize 2025!
To find out more about their winning essays check out our website here: www.germanhistorysoc...
To find out more about their winning essays check out our website here: www.germanhistorysoc...
Episode 4 of 'Glimpses of German History' is now LIVE!
In this episode @profpanayi.bsky.social shows us a picture book depicting the work of German missionaries in nineteenth century India.
Check out the video on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/IPHH-uPr8KA
In this episode @profpanayi.bsky.social shows us a picture book depicting the work of German missionaries in nineteenth century India.
Check out the video on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/IPHH-uPr8KA
October 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Episode 4 of 'Glimpses of German History' is now LIVE!
In this episode @profpanayi.bsky.social shows us a picture book depicting the work of German missionaries in nineteenth century India.
Check out the video on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/IPHH-uPr8KA
In this episode @profpanayi.bsky.social shows us a picture book depicting the work of German missionaries in nineteenth century India.
Check out the video on our YouTube channel here: youtu.be/IPHH-uPr8KA
#Teachers make sure you check out GHS's annual Creative Research Contest - entries are open now!
For more information, head to our website at: www.germanhistorysoc...
For more information, head to our website at: www.germanhistorysoc...
October 27, 2025 at 4:39 PM
#Teachers make sure you check out GHS's annual Creative Research Contest - entries are open now!
For more information, head to our website at: www.germanhistorysoc...
For more information, head to our website at: www.germanhistorysoc...
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Arndt Emmerich (University of Hertfordshire) on being awarded the 2025 Rethinking German History Prize for his article in @csshjournal.bsky.social
Read our report and find out how to read Dr. Emmerich's winning article here: www.germanhistorysoc...
Read our report and find out how to read Dr. Emmerich's winning article here: www.germanhistorysoc...
October 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
CONGRATULATIONS to Dr. Arndt Emmerich (University of Hertfordshire) on being awarded the 2025 Rethinking German History Prize for his article in @csshjournal.bsky.social
Read our report and find out how to read Dr. Emmerich's winning article here: www.germanhistorysoc...
Read our report and find out how to read Dr. Emmerich's winning article here: www.germanhistorysoc...
The following CFP may be of interest to our followers!
CFP - Crossing Borders: Transnational Perspectives on Life-Writing and Ego-Documents - 14 April 2026
We're pleased to invite proposals for this upcoming one-day conference at the University of Southampton!
Please share!!
We're pleased to invite proposals for this upcoming one-day conference at the University of Southampton!
Please share!!
October 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The following CFP may be of interest to our followers!
Episode 3 is OUT NOW!
In this episode Johanna Dale (UCL) explores how the head of a seventh century English king became so important to people living in twelfth century Germany.
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In this episode Johanna Dale (UCL) explores how the head of a seventh century English king became so important to people living in twelfth century Germany.
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October 23, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Episode 3 is OUT NOW!
In this episode Johanna Dale (UCL) explores how the head of a seventh century English king became so important to people living in twelfth century Germany.
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In this episode Johanna Dale (UCL) explores how the head of a seventh century English king became so important to people living in twelfth century Germany.
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The next episode of Series 2 of 'Glimpses of German History' is OUT NOW!
In this episode, Anne Buckley (Leeds) takes us to a field in Skipton, North Yorkshire which housed a German prisoner of war camp during the First World War.
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In this episode, Anne Buckley (Leeds) takes us to a field in Skipton, North Yorkshire which housed a German prisoner of war camp during the First World War.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
The next episode of Series 2 of 'Glimpses of German History' is OUT NOW!
In this episode, Anne Buckley (Leeds) takes us to a field in Skipton, North Yorkshire which housed a German prisoner of war camp during the First World War.
youtu.be/WDqGQw7TY5w
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In this episode, Anne Buckley (Leeds) takes us to a field in Skipton, North Yorkshire which housed a German prisoner of war camp during the First World War.
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The next round of GHS Small Grant funding is now open!
We support conferences and workshops such as the fantastic colloquium recently held at the University of Oxford with @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social and Thomas Meyer. Read more about it on the GHS Blog here:
www.germanhistorysoc...
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We support conferences and workshops such as the fantastic colloquium recently held at the University of Oxford with @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social and Thomas Meyer. Read more about it on the GHS Blog here:
www.germanhistorysoc...
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October 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
The next round of GHS Small Grant funding is now open!
We support conferences and workshops such as the fantastic colloquium recently held at the University of Oxford with @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social and Thomas Meyer. Read more about it on the GHS Blog here:
www.germanhistorysoc...
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We support conferences and workshops such as the fantastic colloquium recently held at the University of Oxford with @lyndseystonebri.bsky.social and Thomas Meyer. Read more about it on the GHS Blog here:
www.germanhistorysoc...
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Episode 1 of Series 2 of our documentary series 'Glimpses of German History' is now available on YouTube!
In this episode @sandralipner.bsky.social shows us how denazification questionnaires help us explore the shift from dictatorship to democracy in post-war Germany.
In this episode @sandralipner.bsky.social shows us how denazification questionnaires help us explore the shift from dictatorship to democracy in post-war Germany.
Glimpses of German History S2E1: Denazification Questionnaire
In the first episode of Glimpses of German History Season 2, Sandra Lipner shows us how denazification questionnaires help us explore the shift from dictatorship to democracy in postwar Germany. The questionnaire was intended by the occupying Allies to categorise people in terms of their previous in
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October 8, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Episode 1 of Series 2 of our documentary series 'Glimpses of German History' is now available on YouTube!
In this episode @sandralipner.bsky.social shows us how denazification questionnaires help us explore the shift from dictatorship to democracy in post-war Germany.
In this episode @sandralipner.bsky.social shows us how denazification questionnaires help us explore the shift from dictatorship to democracy in post-war Germany.
Check out our latest blog post from Leah Lawford (Exeter) reflecting on her trip to Sydney, funded by the German History Society!
"The trip provided valuable insight into the Jewish and Holocaust survivor community in Sydney"
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"The trip provided valuable insight into the Jewish and Holocaust survivor community in Sydney"
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October 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Check out our latest blog post from Leah Lawford (Exeter) reflecting on her trip to Sydney, funded by the German History Society!
"The trip provided valuable insight into the Jewish and Holocaust survivor community in Sydney"
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"The trip provided valuable insight into the Jewish and Holocaust survivor community in Sydney"
www.germanhistorysoc...
The GHS is proud to support a range of different projects through our 'Small Grants' funding
Check out our latest blog from @caileedavis.bsky.social reflecting on the Holocaust studies networking event at the Imperial War Museum London
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Check out our latest blog from @caileedavis.bsky.social reflecting on the Holocaust studies networking event at the Imperial War Museum London
www.germanhistorysoc...
September 30, 2025 at 9:26 AM
The GHS is proud to support a range of different projects through our 'Small Grants' funding
Check out our latest blog from @caileedavis.bsky.social reflecting on the Holocaust studies networking event at the Imperial War Museum London
www.germanhistorysoc...
Check out our latest blog from @caileedavis.bsky.social reflecting on the Holocaust studies networking event at the Imperial War Museum London
www.germanhistorysoc...
Glimpses of German History Season 2: Trailer
YouTube video by German History Society
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September 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The following event at the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social Holocaust Library on internment in the two world wars may be of interest to our members. All are welcome but tickets must be booked - there is limited capacity so book soon!
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September 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
The following event at the @wienerlibrary.bsky.social Holocaust Library on internment in the two world wars may be of interest to our members. All are welcome but tickets must be booked - there is limited capacity so book soon!
wienerholocaustlibra...
wienerholocaustlibra...
The GHS is saddened by the recent passing of Professor Emeritus James van Horn Melton (Emory)
Prof. Melton served on the advisory board of 'German History' and was an eminent scholar of early modern German and Habsburg Europe, the Enlightenment, and the Atlantic World.
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Prof. Melton served on the advisory board of 'German History' and was an eminent scholar of early modern German and Habsburg Europe, the Enlightenment, and the Atlantic World.
scholarblogs.emory.e...
September 8, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The GHS is saddened by the recent passing of Professor Emeritus James van Horn Melton (Emory)
Prof. Melton served on the advisory board of 'German History' and was an eminent scholar of early modern German and Habsburg Europe, the Enlightenment, and the Atlantic World.
scholarblogs.emory.e...
Prof. Melton served on the advisory board of 'German History' and was an eminent scholar of early modern German and Habsburg Europe, the Enlightenment, and the Atlantic World.
scholarblogs.emory.e...
For the final keynote we're pleased to host Prof. James Brophy for the lecture "Populism avant la lettre? Popular Protest in Nineteenth-Century Germany"
#GermanHistSoc2025
#GermanHistSoc2025
September 6, 2025 at 10:10 AM
For the final keynote we're pleased to host Prof. James Brophy for the lecture "Populism avant la lettre? Popular Protest in Nineteenth-Century Germany"
#GermanHistSoc2025
#GermanHistSoc2025
We're very pleased to welcome Prof. Paul Nolte to #GermanHistSoc2025 in the second keynote in half an hour!
September 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We're very pleased to welcome Prof. Paul Nolte to #GermanHistSoc2025 in the second keynote in half an hour!
September 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#GermanHistSoc2025 starts TOMORROW!
We can't wait to see everyone in Loughborough!
You can check out the full programme here: www.germanhistorysoc...
We can't wait to see everyone in Loughborough!
You can check out the full programme here: www.germanhistorysoc...
September 3, 2025 at 8:15 AM
#GermanHistSoc2025 starts TOMORROW!
We can't wait to see everyone in Loughborough!
You can check out the full programme here: www.germanhistorysoc...
We can't wait to see everyone in Loughborough!
You can check out the full programme here: www.germanhistorysoc...
Are you ready for #GermanHistSoc2025 ??
Maps, directions, and the full programme are all available on the GHS website here:
www.germanhistorysoc...
Maps, directions, and the full programme are all available on the GHS website here:
www.germanhistorysoc...
September 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Are you ready for #GermanHistSoc2025 ??
Maps, directions, and the full programme are all available on the GHS website here:
www.germanhistorysoc...
Maps, directions, and the full programme are all available on the GHS website here:
www.germanhistorysoc...
The latest issue of 'German History' is available online!
The special issue: 'Anglo-German Empire between Nationalist Antagonism and Transimperial Cooperation, 1895-1925' has been guest edited by Matthew Fitzpatrick (Flinders University)
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The special issue: 'Anglo-German Empire between Nationalist Antagonism and Transimperial Cooperation, 1895-1925' has been guest edited by Matthew Fitzpatrick (Flinders University)
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August 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The latest issue of 'German History' is available online!
The special issue: 'Anglo-German Empire between Nationalist Antagonism and Transimperial Cooperation, 1895-1925' has been guest edited by Matthew Fitzpatrick (Flinders University)
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The special issue: 'Anglo-German Empire between Nationalist Antagonism and Transimperial Cooperation, 1895-1925' has been guest edited by Matthew Fitzpatrick (Flinders University)
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There's only TWO DAYS LEFT to register for #GermanHistSoc2025 taking place this year in Loughborough!
Head to our website where you can register, book accommodation, and sign up for the conference dinner and breakfasts.
www.germanhistorysoc...
Head to our website where you can register, book accommodation, and sign up for the conference dinner and breakfasts.
www.germanhistorysoc...
August 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
There's only TWO DAYS LEFT to register for #GermanHistSoc2025 taking place this year in Loughborough!
Head to our website where you can register, book accommodation, and sign up for the conference dinner and breakfasts.
www.germanhistorysoc...
Head to our website where you can register, book accommodation, and sign up for the conference dinner and breakfasts.
www.germanhistorysoc...