The representation of difficult pasts, violence, and human rights violations has predominantly been examined through singular case studies, often deeply rooted in specific national contexts. However,…

From the mid-19th century onward, women’s associations of all nationalities began forming in the Habsburg, Prussian and Russian Empires. Polish women’s activism was particularly divided by the three…

The German Historical Institute Warsaw is participating in the International Thomas Mann Festival, which will take place from July 11 to 18, 2026. Further information can be found here .

During the summer school, we aim to explore new methodological perspectives, combining local and transnational history, based on various re-interpreted sources or previously unknown materials, with…

This lecture focuses on how historians can study domestic violence in societies where this phenomenon lacked a specific designation, legal category, or clear place in archival records. Drawing on…

The Prague Branch of the German Historical Institute Warsaw (Part of the Max Weber Foundation), in cooperation with the Faculty of Humanities at Charles University in Prague, the Institute of…

Racism against East Europeans constitutes a major gap in racism research and anti-racism debates. Yet there is a long tradition of treating the region and its inhabitants as inferior, with devastating…

At the beginning of the 20th century, Ukrainian historian Mykhailo Hrushevsky referred to Galicia as the Ukrainian Piedmont. He was alluding to the Italian nation building that began in Piedmont and…

We cordially invite you to attend the public Tuesday lecture at Warsaw University (Uniwersitet Warszawski, Sala Kolumnowa, Wydział Historii) Partner: Wydział Historii Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Germany’s cooperation with dictatorships has been widely criticized over the past decade. Close ties to non-democratic states such as Russia, China, and Qatar have led to calls for tougher sanctions.…

Max Weber Foundation Conference “Border Matters: Embodiment, Environment, and Infrastructure of Border Spaces” GHI Warsaw, Poland 4-6 May 2026

Als sich die Kommunistische Partei der Tschechoslowakei (KSČ) im Februar 1948 die Alleinherrschaft in der Tschechoslowakei sicherte, kündigte sie an, Prostitution überflüssig zu machen. In ihrem Buch…