Funding

 

Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants

Apply now by 4 October 2026

Annual Theme

 

Echoes of 1776

Global perspectives on the 250th anniversary of the US Declaration of Independence

Weltweit vor Ort 01|2026

 

»Jenseits der Archive«

Das Forschungsmagazin der
Max Weber Stiftung

The Max Weber Foundation's Podcast

»Knowledge Unbound«

An acoustic research trip around the world in ten episodes

Verena Blechinger-Talcott is becoming the new Director of the DIJ in Tokyo

 

 

Ute Frevert appointed for a second term as President

 

 

New Transnational Research Group in Santiago de Chile

 

 

The MWS network

Zeynep Tezer

Humanities 
Institutes Abroad

 

 

 

 

 

 

About us

Max Weber Foundation is a legal entity closely linked to the German Federal Government located in Bonn. It comprises eleven humanities research institutes. The Foundation’s goal is to promote research with a focus on history, culture, economic and social sciences in selected countries and to promote a mutual understanding between Germany and those countries. The Max Weber Foundation is the only German research institute which is academically active abroad exclusively due to its programme of work.

To the Foundation

MWN Osteuropa

DHI London

DHI Rom

DHI Paris

DFK Paris

DHI Warschau

OI Istanbul

OI Beirut

MWF Delhi

DIJ Tokyo

DHI Washington

Geschäftsstelle

Hier finden Sie eine Auswahl von Veranstaltungen in Deutschland sowie Online- und Hybrid-Veranstaltungen der Auslandsinstitute. Bitte besuchen Sie die Veranstaltungskalender der Institute, um sich umfassend über die Aktivitäten vor Ort zu informieren.

Events

Zwischen Vorbild und Herausforderung: Die US-amerikanische Demokratie seit 1776
18.11.2026 | Stiftungskonferenz | Allianz Forum, Berlin

Themenportal

The researchers at MWS work on a wide range of research topics at our various locations. In the Themenportal, they give the foundation a face and introduce themselves and their current research focuses.

Themenportal

The researchers at MWS work on a wide range of research topics at our various locations. In the Themenportal, they give the foundation a face and introduce themselves and their current research focuses.

Unser Netzwerk

Dr. Sujeet George
Geschichtswissenschaften, Indologie
Christoph Streb
Geschichtswissenschaften, Sozialwissenschaften
Dr Andrew Tompkins
Geschichtswissenschaften
Dr. Kordula Wolf
Geschichtswissenschaften
Dr. Nicole Marion Mueller
Japanologie
Dr. Esther Meier
Geschichtswissenschaften
Dr. Carolin Fleischer-Heininger
Japanologie
Dr. Esther Voswinckel Filiz
Anthropologie, Orient- und Islamwissenschaften
Prof. Dr. Klaus Oschema
Geschichtswissenschaften
PD Dr. Axel Jansen
Geschichtswissenschaften, Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie
Dr. Bilge Karbi
Orient- und Islamwissenschaften
Dr. David M. Malitz
Asienwissenschaften, Japanologie

Recent articles

Calls & Vacancies

Online since: 20.07.2026, Bewerbungsschluss: 22.11.2026

Call for Applications: Ninth West Coast Germanists’ Workshop: Borders and Belonging (DHI Washington)

Online since: 20.07.2026, Bewerbungsschluss: 20.09.2026

Call for Papers: Women in Surrealism – Archives, Networks and Political Engagements (1920–1980) (DFK Paris)

Online since: 29.06.2026, Bewerbungsschluss: 20.12.2026

Media of Memory and the Pre-Modern Economy (DHI London)

Online since: 15.06.2026, Bewerbungsschluss: 31. Oktober 2026

Bloodbath Nation? Political and Social Violence in U.S. History (DHI Washington)

Online since: 14.08.2026, Apply by: 05.09.2026

Academic Coordinator (Research Centre Ukraine)

Online since: 12.08.2026, Apply by: 07.09.2026

Three Full-Time Postdoctoral Positions (Research Centre Ukraine)

Online since: 11.08.2026, Apply by: 01.09.2026

Outreach and Communications Officer (Research Centre Ukraine)

Online since: 07.08.2026, Apply by: 30.09.2026

Doctoral and Postdoctoral Scholarships (GHI London)