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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · 30m

Created by the GHS, the series' are designed for students, educators, and interested parties to learn more about Germany's vibrant and interesting history through discussing everyday objects from its past.

🖥️ You can view all the episodes on our website here: www.germanhistorysoc...
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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · 30m

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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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · 3d

To find out more about our funding opportunities check out our website here: www.germanhistorysoc...
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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · 3d

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:

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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · 7d

Created by the GHS, the series' are designed for students, educators, and interested parties to learn more about Germany's vibrant and interesting history through discussing everyday objects from its past.

🖥️ You can view all the episodes from Series 1 on our website here: www.germanhistorysoc...

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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · 7d

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.

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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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · 7d

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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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · 15d

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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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · 26d

📽️ Season 2 of 'Glimpses of German History', coming soon...

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Glimpses of German History Season 2: Trailer

YouTube video by German History Society

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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · 27d

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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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · Sep 8

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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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · Sep 6

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

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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · Sep 5

We're very pleased to welcome Prof. Paul Nolte to #GermanHistSoc2025 in the second keynote in half an hour!

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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · Sep 4

The GHS is proud to welcome Prof. Lyndal Roper in the first keynote of #GermanHistSoc2025

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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · Sep 3

#GermanHistSoc2025 starts TOMORROW!

We can't wait to see everyone in Loughborough!

You can check out the full programme here: www.germanhistorysoc...

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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · Sep 2

Are you ready for #GermanHistSoc2025 ??

Maps, directions, and the full programme are all available on the GHS website here:
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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · Aug 26

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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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · Aug 18

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...

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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · Aug 18

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...

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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · Aug 15

Registration closes NEXT WEEK for this year's annual conference #GermanHistSoc2025 !

Visit our website to: register, book your accommodation, signup for our conference dinner and more...

www.germanhistorysoc...

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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · Aug 5

There's just over two weeks left to register for #GermanHistSoc2025 !!
On our website you'll also find accommodation and dinner registration links so check it out soon!

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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · Jul 7

🚨 GHS CONFERENCE REGISTRATION OPEN!🚨

Head to our website to register and to book your accommodation. You can also find our packed programme and further details on the conference.

We're looking forward to meeting everyone in Loughborough!
#GermanHistSoc2025

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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · Jul 4

The deadline for the German History Society's Undergraduate Essay Prize is NEXT WEEK!

Do you have an outstanding dissertation to submit?

Check out our website for more details!

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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · Jun 26

There's been a range of positions advertised recently which may be of interest to our membership!
You can find them listed on our website here: www.germanhistorysoc...

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German History Society @germanhistsoc.bsky.social · Jun 16

Applications are open for the 'Rethinking German History Prize' for interventions in debates on gender, minorities, migration, ethnicity and equality, and transnational and comparative history in regards to German History.

Head to our website for more: www.germanhistorysociety.org/rethinking-g...

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