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Jana Keck @janakeck.bsky.social · 6d

I really enjoyed our panel. Didi's and my paper both explored the characteristics and "usefulness" of fictional and fabricated sources and emphasized that Jewish history is also part of German-American history. Many thanks to @drjanaweiss.bsky.social for providing the comment! #migrationhistory

German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 5d

The relaunch of “German History in Documents and Images,” our bilingual, primary source collection, is almost complete! Its website can be found here: germanhistorydocs.org

germanhistorydocs.bsky.social @germanhistorydocs.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you to everyone who attended our roundtable on GHDI 2.0 at #theGSA2025 and a special thank you to our participants: @deanhummac.bsky.social, Jonathan Wiesen, Jim Retallack, and Simone Lässig! If you are teaching with our site, we'd love to hear from you!

Roundtable participants shown from left to right: Jim Retallack, Pamela Swett, Jonathan Wiesen, Simone Lässig, and moderator Insa Kummer.

German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 6d

Yesterday, we were thrilled to welcome Ulrike von Hirschhausen as she begins her term as director of the German Historical Institute Washington!

Sign up for our newsletter to learn more about our work as we start a new chapter in the institute's history: ghidc.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/g...

Prof. Dr. Ulrike von Hirschhausen, director of the German Historical Institute Washington since October 2025, delivers welcoming remarks to the institute's staff.

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germanhistorydocs.bsky.social @germanhistorydocs.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you to everyone who attended our roundtable on GHDI 2.0 at #theGSA2025 and a special thank you to our participants: @deanhummac.bsky.social, Jonathan Wiesen, Jim Retallack, and Simone Lässig! If you are teaching with our site, we'd love to hear from you!

Pacific Office Tandem Fellowship – GHI Washington

German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 7d

Finally, applications for our binational Tandem Program, which provides a two-year research fellowship based at our Pacific Office in Berkeley @ucberkeleyies.bsky.social, are due on October 15: www.ghi-dc.org/programs/pac...

Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants

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German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 7d

Applications for the @maxweberstiftung.de Gerald D. Feldman Travel Grants are due on October 5: www.maxweberstiftung.de/en/careers/f...

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Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research Fellowships – GHI Washington

German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 7d

Applications for the fall cycle of our short-term doctoral and postdoctoral research fellowships are due October 1. Learn more about the criteria here: www.ghi-dc.org/programs/doc...

Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research Fellowships – GHI Washington

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German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 7d

📣 One last set of reminders about our upcoming fellowship deadlines is on the way!

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Dr. Michelle Lynn Kahn @michellelkahn.bsky.social · 9d

My book was a Finalist for two awards at this year’s German Studies Association conference: the David Barclay Book Prize, and the DAAD/GSA Prize for Best Book in History and Social Sciences.

Link to download the open access PDF below 👇

@universitypress.cambridge.org @ghiwashington.bsky.social

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Max Weber Stiftung @maxweberstiftung.de · 9d

In unserer Reihe #MWSInterns stellen wir Praktikant*innen und ihre Arbeitsbereiche vor.

Heute nimmt uns Clemens Wagner mit zu seinem #Praktikum am @ghiwashington.bsky.social 💼☕📚 Was waren seine Aufgaben? Was hat ihm besonders gefallen?

🔗 Hier geht's zum Interview: gab.hypotheses.org/1...

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German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 12d

Come visit our table at #thegsa2025 to learn more about our book series, fellowship programs, upcoming workshops and more!

German Historical Institute table at the German Studies Association conference, featuring a display of institute publications

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Swen Steinberg @swensteinberg.bsky.social · 13d

Looking forward to this roundtable #thegsa2025 I have organized with Rebekka Grossmann @rmgrossmann.bsky.social

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German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 13d

Deadline reminder: Applications for our next round of doctoral and postdoctoral research fellowships are due October 1 www.ghi-dc.org/programs/doc...

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German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 13d

Plus, on Sunday at 8:00am, there will be a roundtable on "Foreign in Two Homelands: Racism, Return Migration, and Turkish-German History" by @michellelkahn.bsky.social, published in our "Publications of the German Historical Institute" book series (Arlington Salon 4) #thegsa2025

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German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 13d

Our colleague @gothamscholar.bsky.social will take part in the "Current Digital Research in German Studies" roundtable on Friday at 1:45pm (Grand Salon K) #thegsa2025

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German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 13d

Our colleague @janakeck.bsky.social and visiting fellow Didi Tal will be part of the panel "Topics in German-American Studies," happening on Friday at 1:45pm (Mount Vernon room) #thegsa2025

2025 GSA Conference Program | German Studies Association

German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 13d

Our GHDI project @germanhistorydocs.bsky.social will be the focus of "German History in Documents and Images 2.0: Editing a Primary Source Collection for the Digital Age," with Simone Lässig & Insa Kummer, on Friday at 1:45pm (Arlington Salon 1) #thegsa2025

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German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 13d

Simone Lässig, Anna-Carolin Augustin, and @swensteinberg.bsky.social will be part of the session "Beyond Refuge: Legacies of Forced Migration and Transit in Post-1945 German-Jewish History," taking place on Friday at 10:10am (Arlington Salon 1) #thegsa2025

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German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 13d

Excited to be taking part in #theGSA2025 this week in Arlington! Come find us in the exhibitors' gallery! In addition, several of our colleagues will be taking part in sessions during the conference... thegsa.org/blog/2025-gs...

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Congressional Briefings - AHA

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American Historical Association @historians.org · 16d

The AHA's Congressional Briefings program offers historical expertise to congressional offices around many important issues. You can find resources & recordings on our website on topics including tariffs, deportation & immigration, AI, gerrymandering, housing policy, higher ed policy, & more. 🗃

Providing Historical Perspectives to Policymakers About the Briefings The AHA's Congressional Briefings series seeks to provide Congressional staff members, journalists, and other members of the polic...

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German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 19d

Call for Applications: “8th West Coast Germanists’ Workshop: German History at the Crossroads? New Narratives, Perspectives and Approaches,” hosted at @colorado.edu and taking place March 2026. Further info here: www.ghi-dc.org/events/event...

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VolkswagenStiftung @volkswagenstiftung.de · 20d

Können Universitäten die #Demokratie retten? Das diskutierten Expert:innen am 10.9. Ein Fazit: Unis sind nicht per se „Rettungsanker“ der Demokratie – aber ohne sie fehlen zentrale Orte für kritisches Denken und offene Debatten. Video+Bericht gibt es hier 👇
www.volkswagenstiftung.de/de/veranstal...

Können Universitäten die Demokratie retten? | VolkswagenStiftung

Warum autoritäre Regime Bildungseinrichtungen angreifen, was dies über ihren Wert für offene Gesellschaften aussagt und wie Universitäten zu ihrem Kernauftrag zurückkehren können, diskutierten am 10. ...

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Maximilian Klose @klosem.bsky.social · 21d

Beim @historikertag.bsky.social und auf der Suche nach Lesestoff? Bei Franz Steiner gibt es packendes zum US-Humanitarismus in Nachkriegsdeutschland. Nicht in Bonn? Kein Problem. Hier gibt's den Open-Access-Download: www.steiner-verlag.de/Why-They-Gav...
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German Historical Institute Washington @ghiwashington.bsky.social · 22d

🗓️ Reminder: The next deadline for our short-term research fellowships is coming up on October 1! Learn more about our focus areas and how to apply from our website www.ghi-dc.org/programs/doc...

Doctoral and Postdoctoral Research Fellowships – GHI Washington