The GHI London is a research centre supporting and connecting history students and scholars from Britain and Germany. One of 11 independent research institutes of the @maxweberstiftung.de‬. Currently closed due to renovation works. https://www.ghil.ac.ukhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3mkknbnyfud2lWe're excited to announce our Summer Lecture Series 2026: "Environments of Knowledge: Climate, Risk, and Governance from the Middle Ages to the Anthropocene" The series examines how societies have understood, managed, and monetized environmental change. 1/628 Apr 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkknbnyfud2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3mk6bp62a442mOut now in print and #OpenAccess! 🔓 Textrecycling: Nachdrucke und Debattentransfer in England (1640–1660) by Marianne Taatz-Jacobi (Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg) 📕 1/323 Apr 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk6bp62a442mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3mjzcfggwvo2lNew on the GHIL blog by former scholarship holder Michelle Watzig (Universität Heidelberg): ‘“Industrious” Chinese and British “Scoundrels”: Stereotypes of Asian and British Seamen in the 1908 Issues of The Seaman’ explores how racist stereotypes made the declining status and precariousness 1/421 Apr 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjzcfggwvo2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3mjomyc7c572lOn Tuesday, we had the pleasure of welcoming David Nirenberg (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) for an evening of reflection and discussion marking 30 years since the publication of his seminal study "Communities of Violence: Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages". 1/317 Apr 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjomyc7c572lhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3mjenzq2xos2xHappening tomorrow! Join us for a special panel discussion and conversation with Professor David Nirenberg at the Art Workers' Guild in Bloomsbury. Please sign up here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/in-conversation-with-david-nirenberg-30-years-communities-of-violence-tickets-1984615961766?keep_tld=true #medievalmonday #skystorians #medievalhistory [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Apr 2026 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjenzq2xos2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3mj334pi5t32rNew on the GHIL #blog! 📇 Former GHIL #scholarship holder Gabriele Bellinzona (Universität Hamburg) examines the Lutheran–Pietist mission in Tranquebar and its relationship to Roman Catholic and other Christian communities in southern India in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. 1/309 Apr 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj334pi5t32rhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3mivtj5mh2423Join us on 14 April at 5:30pm at the Art Workers’ Guild for a special panel discussion! We will be in conversation with Professor David Nirenberg (IAS, Princeton) to mark the 30th anniversary of his seminal publication "Communities of Violence: Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages". 1/307 Apr 2026 13:00 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivtj5mh2423https://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3miitr7tobg2sWe are hiring! 📯 The German Historical Institute London is seeking a temporary full-time Receptionist to start as soon as possible. This fixed-term role runs until April 2027 and is based in London. The position is on-site, and occasional weekend or evening work may be required. 1/302 Apr 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3miitr7tobg2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3migq5axues2oHappening tomorrow! For our final lecture this spring series, we have invited Nicole Kramer (@unicologne.bsky.social) who will speak about 'The Hidden History of Long-Term Care for Older People'. Sign up here to join us in person or online: https://www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectures#c2058 #skystorians [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3migq5axues2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3miekdgbb3d2zNow on the GHIL #podcast! Listen to our lecture in cooperation with @royalhistsoc.org given by Vinita Damodaran (@sussex.ac.uk) on 'Decolonising the Natural History Collections of Empire'. 🌏 1/531 Mar 2026 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3miekdgbb3d2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3mhsx3agn2x2xHave housemaids staged a comeback? Join us next Thursday for the final lecture in our Spring Series! 📅 Nicole Kramer (Universität zu Köln) will give a talk on 'The Return of the Maidservant? The Hidden History of Long-Term Care for Older People' at Pushkin House (with Zoom option). 1/424 Mar 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsx3agn2x2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3mi2lh4mwcc2wOnly a few days left to apply for our PhD and Postdoc Scholarships at the GHIL! Applications close 31 March! Find out more: https://www.ghil.ac.uk/opportunities/scholarships#c367 #skystorians #scholarship #phd #postdoc27 Mar 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2lh4mwcc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3mi2lh4mwcc2wOnly a few days left to apply for our PhD and Postdoc Scholarships at the GHIL! Applications close 31 March! Find out more: https://www.ghil.ac.uk/opportunities/scholarships#c367 #skystorians #scholarship #phd #postdoc27 Mar 2026 16:54 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2lh4mwcc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3mhxsa7qjq32qHow did a US-designed assault rifle, tested and deployed in South-East Asian counterinsurgency, reshape British imperial soldiering? 1/326 Mar 2026 14:17 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxsa7qjq32qhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3mhsx3agn2x2xHave housemaids staged a comeback? Join us next Thursday for the final lecture in our Spring Series! 📅 Nicole Kramer (Universität zu Köln) will give a talk on 'The Return of the Maidservant? The Hidden History of Long-Term Care for Older People' at Pushkin House (with Zoom option). 1/424 Mar 2026 16:01 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsx3agn2x2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3mhsjpg3e6227Happening today! There is still time to sign up for Alison Beach's lecture tonight. Join us in person at Pushkin House or online via Zoom: https://www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectures #skystorians #medievalhistory [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Mar 2026 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsjpg3e6227https://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3mhbh57pzls2cJoin us on Tuesday, 24 March, at 5:30pm for the next lecture in our GHIL Spring Series! Alison Beach (University of St Andrews) will speak about 'The Religious Women of Medieval Westphalia: From Manuscript to Microscope'. The lecture will take place at Pushkin House (with Zoom option).17 Mar 2026 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbh57pzls2chttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3mgucs6khhm2iJoin us on 14 April for a special panel discussion! 📅 We will be in conversation with Professor David Nirenberg (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton) to mark the 30th anniversary of his seminal publication "Communities of Violence: Persecution of Minorities in the Middle Ages". 1/612 Mar 2026 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgucs6khhm2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3mgmy4ezrrs2mHappening tomorrow! There is still time to sign up and join us in person or online for Karin Friedrich's lecture: https://www.ghil.ac.uk/events/lectures #historyofdiplomacy #diplomacy #prussia #skystorians [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Mar 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmy4ezrrs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ghilondon.bsky.social/post/3mgd2tt2ep22wJoin us on 10 March at 5:30pm for a GHIL Lecture by Karin Friedrich (University of Aberdeen) on 'Between Republic and Dynasty: Transnational Governors and Noble Agents between Poland-Lithuania and the Duchy of Prussia' taking place at the Warburg Institute (online participation possible)! 📅 1/405 Mar 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:y3ntue55m7m6s3qaarsct2ey/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgd2tt2ep22w