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German Historical Institute London

Information

For over four decades, the German Historical Institute London has been an integral part of the German–British academic landscape and a popular contact point for researchers from all over the world. The Institute promotes historical research in the United Kingdom and Germany in the fields of the comparative history of Britain and Germany, the colonial and global history of the British Empire and the Commonwealth, and the history of British–German relations. The India Research Programme of the GHI London promotes and maintains close contacts with humanities scholars from South Asia. The Institute has a joint visiting professorship with the London School of Economics funded by the Gerda Henkel Foundation.

Founded

1976

People

30

Areas of research

British and Irish history from the early Middle Ages to recent contemporary history; history of British–German relations and comparative European history; history of the British Empire and Commonwealth; colonial and global history; Indian history (India Research Programme); intellectual history; history of medialization; history of gender and society

Services

The library of the DHI London contains approximately 95,000 volumes on German history and the history of German–British relations.

Fellowships and Prizes

 

Research fellowships for doctoral and postdoctoral students; Visiting Postdoctoral Research Fellowship with the Institute of Advanced Studies at University College London; annual postgraduate conference for British doctoral students researching German or British–German history; Medieval History Seminar in co-operation with the German Historical Institute Washington DC; summer school for students at German universities; prize for outstanding dissertations in the field of German, British, and British–German history

Events

 

Lectures and seminars, conferences and workshops, annual lecture, scholarship holders’ colloquia, exhibitions, lecture collaborations with the Institute of Historical Research, the History Faculty of the University of Oxford, the German History Society, the Leo Baeck Institute London and the London School of Economics (Gerda Henkel Visiting Professorship Lecture).

Podcasts

 

German Historical Institute London Podcast (episodes on selected events and research projects)