Dec
New Publication: The Circle of Life Birth, Dying, and the Liminality of Life in Modern Times
In modern societies, secularisation, scientification, and rationalisation have had a major impact on systems of beliefs as well as everyday life. These…
Nov
Job offer: part-time employee for the secretariat
The German Historical Institute Warsaw, an institute of the Bonn-based Max Weber Foundation, is looking for a part-time employee (0.5 position) for its…
Nov
Home Movies. Niechciane archiwa
On 26 November, the project ‘Home Movies. Niechciane archiwa’ came to a close at the DSH in Warsaw. The GHI Warsaw was involved in the conception and…
Nov
New publication: Jewish or Common Heritage?: Appropriation of Synagogues in East-Central Europe since 1945
The orphaned synagogue in the urban space. How do we engage with it? At first glance, this is the question within the scope of the contemporary concept of Criti…
Nov
New publication: Jerzy Topolski: Geschichte schreiben und verstehen. Zu Theorie und Praxis erzählender Geschichtsdarstellung
‘Is the boundary between historiography and literature really illusory and indeterminable? [...] How should those who research and write about history behave in…
Nov
Exhibition: Architecture and Everyday Life under German Occupation
Since October 18, 2024, the exhibition Allmachtsphantasien. Architecture and Everyday Life under German Occupation at the Zamek Cultural Center in Poznań. It…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Oct
