German Historical Institute London
@ghilondon.bsky.social
The GHI London is a research centre supporting and connecting history students and scholars from Britain and Germany. One of 11 independent research institutes of the @maxweberstiftung.de.
Currently closed due to renovation works.
https://www.ghil.ac.uk
Currently closed due to renovation works.
https://www.ghil.ac.uk
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We're excited to announce the line-up of speakers for our upcoming GHIL Autumn/Winter Lecture Series! 📣
We're kicking off our lecture programme on 21 October with a lecture by Benno Gammerl (European University Institute) on 'Queering German History: Still a Vital and Viable Endeavour?'! 📅
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We're kicking off our lecture programme on 21 October with a lecture by Benno Gammerl (European University Institute) on 'Queering German History: Still a Vital and Viable Endeavour?'! 📅
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Job opportunity! There's still time to apply for a Research Associate position on the project “Money, History, and Moral Economies: Communicative Functions of Monetary Information in the Institutional Historiography of the Later Middle Ages (1250–1530)” funded by the German Research Foundation!
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November 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Job opportunity! There's still time to apply for a Research Associate position on the project “Money, History, and Moral Economies: Communicative Functions of Monetary Information in the Institutional Historiography of the Later Middle Ages (1250–1530)” funded by the German Research Foundation!
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📢 Don’t miss Anja Laukötter (Universität Jena) on 25 November 2025 for the Gerda Henkel Foundation Visiting Professorship Lecture 2025 on 'Contested Past and Present: Colonial Imaginaries and their Long Temporalities in German History'!
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November 13, 2025 at 1:00 PM
📢 Don’t miss Anja Laukötter (Universität Jena) on 25 November 2025 for the Gerda Henkel Foundation Visiting Professorship Lecture 2025 on 'Contested Past and Present: Colonial Imaginaries and their Long Temporalities in German History'!
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Join us for the final lecture in our 2025 Lecture Series, Belonging and Exclusion.
Dr Julia Ng from Goldsmiths, University of London, will present A Politics of Inaction: Daoism in German-Jewish Thought on Thursday 27 November at 5.30pm.
Book now:
lbilondon.ac.uk/ng-25
Dr Julia Ng from Goldsmiths, University of London, will present A Politics of Inaction: Daoism in German-Jewish Thought on Thursday 27 November at 5.30pm.
Book now:
lbilondon.ac.uk/ng-25
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Join us for the final lecture in our 2025 Lecture Series, Belonging and Exclusion.
Dr Julia Ng from Goldsmiths, University of London, will present A Politics of Inaction: Daoism in German-Jewish Thought on Thursday 27 November at 5.30pm.
Book now:
lbilondon.ac.uk/ng-25
Dr Julia Ng from Goldsmiths, University of London, will present A Politics of Inaction: Daoism in German-Jewish Thought on Thursday 27 November at 5.30pm.
Book now:
lbilondon.ac.uk/ng-25
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Do you hold collections that relate to the Holocaust, whether that be its prehistory, its aftermath, or the role of antisemitism before, during and after WWII?
The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) are keen to hear from you... (1/3)
The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) are keen to hear from you... (1/3)
November 11, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Do you hold collections that relate to the Holocaust, whether that be its prehistory, its aftermath, or the role of antisemitism before, during and after WWII?
The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) are keen to hear from you... (1/3)
The European Holocaust Research Infrastructure (EHRI) are keen to hear from you... (1/3)
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#CfP Postgraduate Research Students Conference
📌#Conference in #London | 26-27/02/2026 | organised by @ghilondon.bsky.social | present your work and discuss your research with other students
📝Deadline: 25/11/2025
🔗www.maxweberstiftung...
📌#Conference in #London | 26-27/02/2026 | organised by @ghilondon.bsky.social | present your work and discuss your research with other students
📝Deadline: 25/11/2025
🔗www.maxweberstiftung...
November 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
#CfP Postgraduate Research Students Conference
📌#Conference in #London | 26-27/02/2026 | organised by @ghilondon.bsky.social | present your work and discuss your research with other students
📝Deadline: 25/11/2025
🔗www.maxweberstiftung...
📌#Conference in #London | 26-27/02/2026 | organised by @ghilondon.bsky.social | present your work and discuss your research with other students
📝Deadline: 25/11/2025
🔗www.maxweberstiftung...
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Great news! My wonderful colleague @susannequitmann.bsky.social is this year‘s recipient of the @ghilondon.bsky.social dissertation prize, well-deserved! Congratulations 🥳
Last Friday, we had the great pleasure of presenting the Prize of the German Historical Institute London, which is awarded annually for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis.
This year’s prize went to Susanne Quitmann (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) for her innovative dissertation,
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This year’s prize went to Susanne Quitmann (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) for her innovative dissertation,
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November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Great news! My wonderful colleague @susannequitmann.bsky.social is this year‘s recipient of the @ghilondon.bsky.social dissertation prize, well-deserved! Congratulations 🥳
Last Friday, we had the great pleasure of presenting the Prize of the German Historical Institute London, which is awarded annually for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis.
This year’s prize went to Susanne Quitmann (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) for her innovative dissertation,
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This year’s prize went to Susanne Quitmann (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) for her innovative dissertation,
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November 10, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Last Friday, we had the great pleasure of presenting the Prize of the German Historical Institute London, which is awarded annually for an outstanding Ph.D. thesis.
This year’s prize went to Susanne Quitmann (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) for her innovative dissertation,
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This year’s prize went to Susanne Quitmann (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) for her innovative dissertation,
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Happening tomorrow!
Join us in person at Pushkin House or online via Zoom for a double lecture by Martin Baumeister (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) und Hanno Hochmuth (@zzfpotsdam.bsky.social) on 'Rome, Berlin and the Power of Urban Images'!
Sign up: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu....
#urbanhistory
Join us in person at Pushkin House or online via Zoom for a double lecture by Martin Baumeister (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) und Hanno Hochmuth (@zzfpotsdam.bsky.social) on 'Rome, Berlin and the Power of Urban Images'!
Sign up: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu....
#urbanhistory
November 10, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Happening tomorrow!
Join us in person at Pushkin House or online via Zoom for a double lecture by Martin Baumeister (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) und Hanno Hochmuth (@zzfpotsdam.bsky.social) on 'Rome, Berlin and the Power of Urban Images'!
Sign up: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu....
#urbanhistory
Join us in person at Pushkin House or online via Zoom for a double lecture by Martin Baumeister (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) und Hanno Hochmuth (@zzfpotsdam.bsky.social) on 'Rome, Berlin and the Power of Urban Images'!
Sign up: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu....
#urbanhistory
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In case you missed it:
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
November 7, 2025 at 2:58 PM
In case you missed it:
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
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Join us for the Annual Lecture of the German Historical Institute London on 7 November at 5:30pm at the Deutsches Haus on 34 Belgrave Square, London! 📅
This year’s lecture will be held by Professor Andreas Fahrmeir (@goetheuni.bsky.social), one of Germany’s leading modern historians.
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This year’s lecture will be held by Professor Andreas Fahrmeir (@goetheuni.bsky.social), one of Germany’s leading modern historians.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Join us for the Annual Lecture of the German Historical Institute London on 7 November at 5:30pm at the Deutsches Haus on 34 Belgrave Square, London! 📅
This year’s lecture will be held by Professor Andreas Fahrmeir (@goetheuni.bsky.social), one of Germany’s leading modern historians.
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This year’s lecture will be held by Professor Andreas Fahrmeir (@goetheuni.bsky.social), one of Germany’s leading modern historians.
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Today we were happy to welcome Ambassador Jens Hanefeld – a former Stipendiat at @ghilondon.bsky.social – to our office for a lively discussion about history and diplomacy. Alles gute for your time in Washington, Ambassador!
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Today we were happy to welcome Ambassador Jens Hanefeld – a former Stipendiat at @ghilondon.bsky.social – to our office for a lively discussion about history and diplomacy. Alles gute for your time in Washington, Ambassador!
The new issue of our GHIL Bulletin is out now! 📘
The two articles in the November issue illustrate just how far cultural, social, and intellectual history have left behind the framework of the nation state...
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The two articles in the November issue illustrate just how far cultural, social, and intellectual history have left behind the framework of the nation state...
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November 6, 2025 at 4:15 PM
The new issue of our GHIL Bulletin is out now! 📘
The two articles in the November issue illustrate just how far cultural, social, and intellectual history have left behind the framework of the nation state...
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The two articles in the November issue illustrate just how far cultural, social, and intellectual history have left behind the framework of the nation state...
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Happening tomorrow:
Join us for our Annual Lecture given by Andreas Fahrmeir (@goetheuni.bsky.socia) on 'Wine, Organs and Chant. Britain's Gothic Revival and a Rhenish Village'! 🍷🎼
Sign up here: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu...
Join us for our Annual Lecture given by Andreas Fahrmeir (@goetheuni.bsky.socia) on 'Wine, Organs and Chant. Britain's Gothic Revival and a Rhenish Village'! 🍷🎼
Sign up here: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu...
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Happening tomorrow:
Join us for our Annual Lecture given by Andreas Fahrmeir (@goetheuni.bsky.socia) on 'Wine, Organs and Chant. Britain's Gothic Revival and a Rhenish Village'! 🍷🎼
Sign up here: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu...
Join us for our Annual Lecture given by Andreas Fahrmeir (@goetheuni.bsky.socia) on 'Wine, Organs and Chant. Britain's Gothic Revival and a Rhenish Village'! 🍷🎼
Sign up here: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu...
Join us tonight for a lecture by Ulrike Lindner (@unicologne.bsky.social)!
Taking the ILO as an example, she'll talk about the significance of epistemic inequalities in the Global South and why these are often prerequisites for the persistence of social inequalities: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu...
Taking the ILO as an example, she'll talk about the significance of epistemic inequalities in the Global South and why these are often prerequisites for the persistence of social inequalities: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu...
Join us on Wednesday, 5 November, at 5.30pm at Pushkin House or online via Zoom for a GHIL Joint Lecture by Ulrike Lindner (Universität zu Köln) organised in co-operation with the Modern History Research Seminar, @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social. 📅
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November 5, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Join us tonight for a lecture by Ulrike Lindner (@unicologne.bsky.social)!
Taking the ILO as an example, she'll talk about the significance of epistemic inequalities in the Global South and why these are often prerequisites for the persistence of social inequalities: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu...
Taking the ILO as an example, she'll talk about the significance of epistemic inequalities in the Global South and why these are often prerequisites for the persistence of social inequalities: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu...
Join us on 11 November at 5:30pm at Pushkin House or via Zoom for a double lecture by Martin Baumeister (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) und Hanno Hochmuth (@zzfpotsdam.bsky.social) on 'A Tale of Two Cities: Rome, Berlin and the Power of Urban Images'!
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November 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Join us on 11 November at 5:30pm at Pushkin House or via Zoom for a double lecture by Martin Baumeister (@lmumuenchen.bsky.social) und Hanno Hochmuth (@zzfpotsdam.bsky.social) on 'A Tale of Two Cities: Rome, Berlin and the Power of Urban Images'!
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What turns a violent event into a “massacre”?
A new post on the GHIL Blog by former scholarship holder Michèle Kraft (Herder-Institut) examines how early modern and colonial acts of violence were represented and transmitted through pamphlets, engravings and reports. 📜🗞
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A new post on the GHIL Blog by former scholarship holder Michèle Kraft (Herder-Institut) examines how early modern and colonial acts of violence were represented and transmitted through pamphlets, engravings and reports. 📜🗞
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October 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
What turns a violent event into a “massacre”?
A new post on the GHIL Blog by former scholarship holder Michèle Kraft (Herder-Institut) examines how early modern and colonial acts of violence were represented and transmitted through pamphlets, engravings and reports. 📜🗞
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A new post on the GHIL Blog by former scholarship holder Michèle Kraft (Herder-Institut) examines how early modern and colonial acts of violence were represented and transmitted through pamphlets, engravings and reports. 📜🗞
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Join us on Wednesday, 5 November, at 5.30pm at Pushkin House or online via Zoom for a GHIL Joint Lecture by Ulrike Lindner (Universität zu Köln) organised in co-operation with the Modern History Research Seminar, @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social. 📅
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October 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Join us on Wednesday, 5 November, at 5.30pm at Pushkin House or online via Zoom for a GHIL Joint Lecture by Ulrike Lindner (Universität zu Köln) organised in co-operation with the Modern History Research Seminar, @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social. 📅
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Join us for the Annual Lecture of the German Historical Institute London on 7 November at 5:30pm at the Deutsches Haus on 34 Belgrave Square, London! 📅
This year’s lecture will be held by Professor Andreas Fahrmeir (@goetheuni.bsky.social), one of Germany’s leading modern historians.
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This year’s lecture will be held by Professor Andreas Fahrmeir (@goetheuni.bsky.social), one of Germany’s leading modern historians.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Join us for the Annual Lecture of the German Historical Institute London on 7 November at 5:30pm at the Deutsches Haus on 34 Belgrave Square, London! 📅
This year’s lecture will be held by Professor Andreas Fahrmeir (@goetheuni.bsky.social), one of Germany’s leading modern historians.
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This year’s lecture will be held by Professor Andreas Fahrmeir (@goetheuni.bsky.social), one of Germany’s leading modern historians.
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Join us on Wednesday, 5 November, at 5.30pm at Pushkin House or online via Zoom for a GHIL Joint Lecture by Ulrike Lindner (Universität zu Köln) organised in co-operation with the Modern History Research Seminar, @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social. 📅
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October 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Join us on Wednesday, 5 November, at 5.30pm at Pushkin House or online via Zoom for a GHIL Joint Lecture by Ulrike Lindner (Universität zu Köln) organised in co-operation with the Modern History Research Seminar, @oxhistoryfaculty.bsky.social. 📅
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Join us tomorrow evening at Swedenborg House or online via Zoom for the second lecture in our autumn series given by Henrike Lähnemann (@hlaehnemann.bsky.social)!
Please sign up here: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu....
#skystorians #historysky
Please sign up here: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu....
#skystorians #historysky
October 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Join us tomorrow evening at Swedenborg House or online via Zoom for the second lecture in our autumn series given by Henrike Lähnemann (@hlaehnemann.bsky.social)!
Please sign up here: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu....
#skystorians #historysky
Please sign up here: www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectu....
#skystorians #historysky
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The Franco-German Brigade: Political reconciliation, transnational military culture & model for a European army? The view from England reveals an ambivalent attitude towards the ‘NATO competition’:
Benjamin Pfannes on his travel grant at the
@ghilondon.bsky.social :
Benjamin Pfannes on his travel grant at the
@ghilondon.bsky.social :
The View from the Island: Britain’s Perception of the Franco-German Brigade
Formed in 1989, the Franco-German Brigade was the first operational military unit established in peacetime Europe whose soldiers were recruited permanently from two nations and whose units were constantly under binational command. It became an important part of multinational military cooperation in Europe, with the political ambition of Germany and France being the driving force … Continue reading The View from the Island: Britain’s Perception of the Franco-German Brigade
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October 22, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The Franco-German Brigade: Political reconciliation, transnational military culture & model for a European army? The view from England reveals an ambivalent attitude towards the ‘NATO competition’:
Benjamin Pfannes on his travel grant at the
@ghilondon.bsky.social :
Benjamin Pfannes on his travel grant at the
@ghilondon.bsky.social :
Come and find us at #HistDay25 in two weeks! 👇
Two weeks to go until History Day 2025! Take a look at some of the amazing organisations participating this year 🤩
Explore the different organisations and online collections on the History Day website: exhibitions.london.ac.uk/s/history-da...
#HistDay25 @senatehouselib.bsky.social
Explore the different organisations and online collections on the History Day website: exhibitions.london.ac.uk/s/history-da...
#HistDay25 @senatehouselib.bsky.social
History Day 2025 · History Day · University of London
exhibitions.london.ac.uk
October 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Come and find us at #HistDay25 in two weeks! 👇
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'History and Archives in Practice, 2026': call for participation bit.ly/4pITZrs
HAP26 takes place in Sheffield on the theme of 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives & Historical Research'. With @ihr.bsky.social & @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy Closing date 31 October.
HAP26 takes place in Sheffield on the theme of 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives & Historical Research'. With @ihr.bsky.social & @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy Closing date 31 October.
History and Archives in Practice, 2026: Call for participation now open - RHS
The call is now open for participants to 'History and Archives in Practice, 2026' (HAP26), the annual gathering of historians and archivists, jointly hosted by the Royal Historical Society, Institute ...
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October 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
'History and Archives in Practice, 2026': call for participation bit.ly/4pITZrs
HAP26 takes place in Sheffield on the theme of 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives & Historical Research'. With @ihr.bsky.social & @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy Closing date 31 October.
HAP26 takes place in Sheffield on the theme of 'Shaping Societies, Improving Lives: The Impact of Archives & Historical Research'. With @ihr.bsky.social & @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy Closing date 31 October.
Happening next Tuesday!
Henrike Lähnemann (@hlaehnemann.bsky.social) will discuss how Latin and German texts written 500 years ago influenced the linguistic and historical development of early modern and modern Germany, looking at examples from nuns’ letters, Reformation pamphlets, and songs. 👇
Henrike Lähnemann (@hlaehnemann.bsky.social) will discuss how Latin and German texts written 500 years ago influenced the linguistic and historical development of early modern and modern Germany, looking at examples from nuns’ letters, Reformation pamphlets, and songs. 👇
Join us on 28 October at 5:30pm (GMT) for a lecture by Henrike Lähnemann (@hlaehnemann.bsky.social) entitled '1525 and All That: How Nuns’ Letters and Reformation Pamphlets Shaped German History'! 📅
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October 22, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Happening next Tuesday!
Henrike Lähnemann (@hlaehnemann.bsky.social) will discuss how Latin and German texts written 500 years ago influenced the linguistic and historical development of early modern and modern Germany, looking at examples from nuns’ letters, Reformation pamphlets, and songs. 👇
Henrike Lähnemann (@hlaehnemann.bsky.social) will discuss how Latin and German texts written 500 years ago influenced the linguistic and historical development of early modern and modern Germany, looking at examples from nuns’ letters, Reformation pamphlets, and songs. 👇
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In case you missed it:
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
October 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
In case you missed it:
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify
Erin Hochman’s recent lecture, ‘Rethinking German Nationalism in the Interwar Period’, is now available to stream.
Tune in now on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and the LBI London YouTube channel.
lbilondon.ac.uk/hochman-25
lbilondon.ac.uk/spotify