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The Chair of Modern History is dedicated to research and teaching on the late eighteenth to early twentieth centuries from a global historical perspective.
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.
October 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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.
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.
October 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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...
August 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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...
August 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
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-...
www.hist.uni-heidelberg.de/en/colonial-...
August 4, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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-...
www.hist.uni-heidelberg.de/en/colonial-...
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.
July 26, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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!
July 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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!
Alles andere als Leere gestern bei Achim Landwehrs brilliantem Vortrag über "Lücken, Löcher, leere Stellen" in der (Vor-) Moderne am Historischen Seminar in Heidelberg!
June 5, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Alles andere als Leere gestern bei Achim Landwehrs brilliantem Vortrag über "Lücken, Löcher, leere Stellen" in der (Vor-) Moderne am Historischen Seminar in Heidelberg!
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.
May 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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.
On Wednesday, April 30, our very own Stefanie Gänger will speak about her recent contribution to the volume Rethinking Global History on materiality and material culture history. Join the discussion at the Material Culture Forum at Cambridge University online: mcf.hist.cam.ac.uk/events/frami...
April 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
On Wednesday, April 30, our very own Stefanie Gänger will speak about her recent contribution to the volume Rethinking Global History on materiality and material culture history. Join the discussion at the Material Culture Forum at Cambridge University online: mcf.hist.cam.ac.uk/events/frami...
Apply now for the Master in Global History at Heidelberg University! Applications accepted until 31 March 2025
March 10, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Apply now for the Master in Global History at Heidelberg University! Applications accepted until 31 March 2025