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CHRISTMAS CLOSURE The German Historical Institute London (including the library) will close for Christmas from 24th December to 3rd January, re-opening on 4th January. Subscribe to our Newsletter Events and Conferences See All 2–4 December 2021 CONFERENCE Family and Disability Comparing British and German Histories of Care for the Disabled GHIL 7 December 2021 (5.30pm) GHIL LECTURE Hannah Ahlheim (Giessen) and Elizabeth Hunter (QMUL) Sleeping Through the Ages: Two Lectures on the History of Sleep in the Seventeenth and Twentieth Centuries Online/GHIL Read more 9–10 December 2021 WORKSHOP Hidden Economies of Slavery German Historical Institute London/Online Read more 23 November 2021 - 23 November 2022 EXHIBITION Forms, Voices, Networks Feminism and the Media The exhibition Forms, Voices, Networks explores the intersections between the growth of mass media and women’s rights movements in a transnational context during the 20th century. Centred on the histories of feminisms and the media in Britain, Germany and India, it draws attention to little-known or unheard voices and stories and draws connections between activists and the media across time and space. Developed by the International Standing Working Group on Medialization and Empowerment, curated by Maya Caspari (GHIL) and coordinated by Jane Freeland (GHIL) Image from See Red Women’s Workshop: ‘Protest’. 1974 (screenprint) THE EXHIBITION IS NOW LIVE, VISIT IT HERE: WWW.FEMINISMANDTHEMEDIA.CO.UK Online Read more « December 2021 » Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 1 2 Call for Papers Read more CALL FOR PAPERS Democratization, Re-Masculinization, or what? Masculinity in the 20th century and beyond 22–24 September 2022 Conference convened by Prof Martina Kessel (University of Bielefeld) German Historical Institute London Deadline: 17 December 2021 Read more CALL FOR PAPERS Medieval Germany Workshop 2022 6 May 2022 Organised by the German Historical Institute London in co-operation with the German Historical Institute Washington and the German History Society German Historical Institute London Deadline: 17 January 2022 Read more CALL FOR PAPERS The Politics of Iconoclasm in the Middle Ages 1–2 September 2022 Convenors: Marcus Meer (GHIL), Len Scales (Durham University), and Sarah Griffin (The Warburg Institute, School of Advanced Study, University of London) German Historical Institute London Deadline: 31 January 2022 Read more Opportunities See all STUDENT WORKSHOP Postgraduate Research Students Conference 2022 13–14 January 2022 Open to all postgraduate students enrolled at a British or Irish university. Gives postgraduate research students in the UK and Ireland working on German history an opportunity to present their work in progress and to discuss it with other students working in the same field. All 2nd and 3rd year students are encouraged to present a paper on their PhD project. German Historical Institute London/Online Closing date for applications: 30 November 2021 Read more GHIL Bulletin Read new issue VOLUME 43 (2021), NO. 2 November Issue Read online FEATURED ARTICLE Martina Kessel An Empire of Shaming: Laughter as Identity Politics in Nazi Germany German Historical Institute London Bulletin, vol. 43 (2021), no. 2, 3–29 Read online FEATURED ARTICLE Franziska Neumann The Realm of Cloacina? Excrement in London’s Eighteenth Century Waste Regime German Historical Institute London Bulletin, vol. 43 (2021), no. 2, 30-56 Read Online New Publications See all MARÍA ÁNGELES MARTÍN ROMERA AND HANNES ZIEGLER (EDS.) The Officer and the People Accountability and Authority in Pre-Modern Europe Studies of the German Historical Institute London Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021 Read more JULIAN KATZ Kriegslegitimation in der Frühen Neuzeit Intervention und Sicherheit während des anglo-spanischen Krieges (1585-1604) Veröffentlichungen des Deutschen Historischen Instituts London. Bd. 86 Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2021 ask librarian Read more CRISTINA SASSE Die Stadt lesen Englische “Directories” als Wissens- und Orientierungsmedien, 1760–1830 Veröffentlichungen des Deutschen Historischen Instituts London. Bd. 85 Berlin: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2021 ask librarian Read more Featured Research Our Research CROSS-CUTTING RESEARCH THEME Histories of Kinship and Gender The categories of kinship and gender are powerful indicators of social place, but also social binding agents. How are individuals and groups assigned a social place? How are social hierarchies and differences, or support networks, created by the production of kinship and gender identities? Attention will be paid to the role of experts and knowledge, to practices ‘from below’, and the negotiation and strengthening of norms by situative performances. This will involve a dialogue with new methods and theories from other disciplines such as ethnography and gender studies. Both gender and kinship are here understood as multi-relational, in the sense of intersectionality. Related Projects GHIL Podcast See all Episodes GHIL LECTURE Tanika Sarkar The Past in the Present Historical Pedagogy of Hindu Nationalism in India Summer Lecture Series 29 June 2021 , 0:59 h More GHIL LECTURE Barbara Manthe Writing a History of Right-Wing Terrorism in Post-WWII Germany Chances, Challenges, and the Need for New Narratives Summer Lecture Series 15 June 2021 , 0:35 h More GHIL LECTURE Amy S. Kaufman Medievalism, Extremism, and “White History” Summer Lecture Series 25 May 2021 , 0:37 h More JOINT LECTURE Round Table Confronting Histories of Violence and Populism What can be learnt from “the Germans”? What have "the Germans" yet to learn? Summer Lecture Series 4 May 2021 , 1:11 h More Latest Blogposts GHIL Blog 18 November 2021 BLOGPOST Jane Freeland The Politics of Photography: An Interview with Mary-Ann Kennedy In the run-up to the launch of the GHIL’s online exhibition ‘Forms, Voices, Networks: Feminism and the Media‘ on 23 November, 2021 at 1pm GMT, we chatted with artist and activist Mary Ann Kennedy. Kennedy is a founding member of the Photography Workshop (Edinburgh)/Portfolio Gallery and the WildFires network for women who work in and with photography in Scotland. She is currently the Programme Leader for the BA(Hons) Photography degree at Edinburgh Napier University... Category: Events, Research, ISWG Read on 11 November 2021 BLOGPOST Marcus Meer Conference Report: The Twelfth Medieval History Seminar, 30 September–2 October 2021 Now in its twelfth iteration, the biennial Medieval History Seminar (MHS) has become an established platform for postgraduate students to present and discuss ongoing research projects on the Middle Ages with distinguished medievalists as well as their peers. It has also become a cherished tradition of the German Historical Institute London... Category: Events Read on Contact and Enquiries German Historical Institute London 17 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2NJ Tel. +44-(0)20 7309 2050 Data Protection and Legal Notice Follow the GHIL Blog Subscribe to the GHIL Newsletter Browse the Library Catalogue