News


01
Nov

Remembrance

Candlelight, flowers and decorated #graves - the beginning of #November is a time of remembrance for catholic Poles. Traditionally, most people go to the…

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29
Oct

Wie beeinflussen Diplomaten die deutsch-polnischen Beziehungen?

Welchen Einfluss haben Diplomaten auf die deutsch-polnischen Beziehungen? Wer waren die deutschen Diplomaten in Polen in den 1920er- und 1930er-Jahren? Das…

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15
Oct

Europe. Our story: best handbook on the textbook market

The long odyssey of the German-Polish textbook ‘Europa. Our History/Europa. Nasza historia’ seems to have come to a happy end. Sixteen years have now passed…

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08
Oct

Job Ad Vilnius Branch of the German Historical Institute Warsaw

The German Historical Institute Warsaw, a research institute of the German public-law Max Weber Foundation, operates a branch office in Vilnius/Lithuania is…

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07
Oct

The annual meeting of the Academic Advisory Board of the GHI Warsaw

The annual meeting of the Academic Advisory Board of the GHI Warsaw took place on 24 September 2024. The nine-member committee meet with the President of the…

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07
Oct

‘Report from the besieged city of Chernigov’ exhibition in Schwerin.

The impressive photos in the exhibition ‘Report from the besieged city of Chernihiv’ touch people and bring them closer to the war in Ukraine, without the…

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30
Sep

1944/1945: The Ends of War in East-Central Europe

The Second World War ended around 80 years ago. To mark the occasion, the GHI Warsaw is organizing a series of public lectures in cooperation with the Museum of…

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26
Sep

How do you investigate the effects of forced resettlement and border changes?

Julia Buyskykh is a historian and anthropologist. She is writing her second PhD at the University College in Cork, Ireland. She has been a scholarship holder at…

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11
Sep

New publication: Changing the Point of View (PDF)

Changing the Point of View: From the Experiences of the German Historical Institute Warsaw 

This anniversary volume offers personal accounts from 12 scholars…

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09
Sep

New scholarships

Applications for research scholarships can be submitted until September 30, 2024. The German Historical Institute Warsaw offers scholarships to support research…

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05
Sep

CfP: Echoes of Conflict. Health Consequences of War and Violence Across Generations

We are pleased to announce the international conference Echoes of Conflict: Health Consequences of War and Violence Across Generations. This conference aims to…

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04
Sep

Out now: Urban Communities and Memories, ed. by Aleksander Łupienko

Volume 3 of our series "Poland: Transnational Histories" is now available! The edited volume studies how various social bonds of communities functioned in…

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04
Sep

CfP: Infrastructural Turn. How Materiality Shapes Exhibitions about Difficult Pasts

In recent decades, memory and museum studies have vastly researched the social, political, and aesthetic concepts of exhibition narratives about difficult…

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01
Aug

80 Jahre danach – Der Warschauer Aufstand

Our (former) employees take part in the public discussion about the Warsaw Uprising.

Warsaw August 1, 2024, 5:00 p.m. - A city commemorates the Warsaw Uprising…

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30
Jul

Reprographic Services

Starting July 29th, the German Historical Institute library is introducing a free scanning service. Interested users can make copies of materials themselves for…

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18
Oct
Exhibition
Exhibition „Architecture and Everyday Life under German Occupation”
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