Sebastian Gehrig

Modern German History The Modern German History seminar focuses on the history of the German-speaking lands since the nineteenth century

Join us for this week's seminar! Prof Jerry Palmer (London) discusses "Hitler's Autobiographies: The Personal is the Political".

The seminar will be held in-person at Senate House, John S Cohen room (N203), 29 October 2025 at 5:30pm.
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In the beginning was the Word: “Urning” to "Homosexual" 1866-1913”

Check out our sibling IHR seminar, the Modern German History seminar @ihrgermanhistory.bsky.social, on 26 Nov at 5:30pm to hear @history-doug.bsky.social Douglas Pretsell's talk:

'In the beginning was the Word: “Urning” to "Homosexual" 1866-1913”'

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We very much look forward to this year's seminar papers! Please join us @ihr.bsky.social for the Modern German History research seminar 2025-26.

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For this year's programme, please see below

UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010

This!

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#GermanHistSoc2025 starts TOMORROW!

We can't wait to see everyone in Loughborough!

You can check out the full programme here: www.germanhistorysoc...

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In #Erfurt finden #andiesemTag 1975, heute vor 50 Jahren, die ersten pogromartigen Ausschreitungen in Deutschland seit Kriegsende statt: Aufgeheizt von erfundenen Gerüchten über Vertragsarbeiter machen bis zu 300 Deutsche Jagd auf Algerier. Erst nach drei Tagen kann die Lage beruhigt werden. 1/

Das IGdJ auf dem @historikertag.bsky.social 2025 mit rechtsgeschichtlicher Fachsektion unserer Direktorin Kim Wünschmann mit @dinalog.bsky.social @sebastiangehrig.bsky.social u.a.auf Basis neuer #OpenAccess Studie zu "Enemy Alien"-Tribunalen im Zweiten Weltkrieg: doi.org/10.1080/0261... t1p.de/bk09u

There's just over two weeks left to register for #GermanHistSoc2025 !!
On our website you'll also find accommodation and dinner registration links so check it out soon!

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AI thrives where education has been devalued | The Observer A culture that views knowledge as a means to an end invites the misuse of new technology

'It is less that AI is the cause of degradation in reading and thinking, and more that the creation of a culture that views knowledge primarily in an instrumental manner has made it easier to misuse AI.'

The model of doctoral research that those of us who studied in the 1980s and 1990s experienced is essentially finished.

Pierre Bourdieu: 'Imperialisms: The International Circulation of Ideas and the Struggle for the Universal' (Polity Press, June 2025). bit.ly/3I0Dnud #sociology #soctheory #theorysky

Page proofs!

Six year position at Vienna!

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Join us for IHR@Sheffield, 1 May, 4:15!

Frank Trentmann (Birkbeck) speaks on "Complicity, Conscience and Compassion: History and Morality in Germany since the Second World War"

There is an online option to join, please contact the convenors if you're interested!

Lecturer in Central and Eastern European History (including Russia/Soviet), Post-1800 at UCL Apply for the Lecturer in Central and Eastern European History (including Russia/Soviet), Post-1800 role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and a...

Job available! This is a permanent position listed as "Lecturer in Central and East European History (including Russia/Soviet), Post-1800." It is in a fantastic department in London (UCL History). Applications are due May 9th. Please share and apply! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMT327/l...

!!! CHANGE OF DATE !!!

The IHR@Sheffield lecture will now take place on 1 May, 4:15pm

Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads Anecdotal evidence suggests a rise in requests to take books off shelves, particularly LGBTQ+ titles Requests to remove books from library shelves are on the rise in the UK, as the influence of pressure groups behind book bans in the US crosses the Atlantic, according to those working in the sector. Although “the situation here is nowhere [near] as bad, censorship does happen and there are some deeply worrying examples of library professionals losing their jobs and being trolled online for standing up for intellectual freedom on behalf of their users”, said Louis Coiffait-Gunn, CEO of the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (Cilip). Continue reading...

Librarians in UK increasingly asked to remove books, as influence of US pressure groups spreads

Join us for IHR@Sheffield!

Frank Trentmann (Birkbeck) speaks on "Complicity, Conscience and Compassion: History and Morality in Germany since the Second World War"

The lecture will take place at the University of Sheffield on Wednesday, 30 April, at 4:15pm.

Save the date, more details to follow

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Universität Yale: Historiker und Faschismusforscher verlassen die USA Timothy Snyder und zwei weitere renommierte Wissenschaftler verlassen die USA und forschen künftig in Kanada. Grund sei, dass die Trump-Regierung die Freiheit bedrohe.

Weltweit renommierte Faschismus-Forscher verlassen die USA mit den Worten "Meine Vorfahren sind auch 1939 aus Deutschland geflohen" und hier wird noch über das F-Wort diskutiert.

We have two events coming up next week!

Isabella Löhr's lecture "The Birth of the Refugee Figure in the 1970s" (25 Mar, GHI London, 5:30pm)

and
Tim Grady's talk on "Travelling as a Culture of Reconciliation: Britain, Germany and the Enemy War Dead" (26 Mar, IHR London, 5:30pm)

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Hitlers Lieblingskünstler Einige Künstler waren für die NS-Propaganda so zentral, dass Hitler sie vom Fronteinsatz freistellte. In der Nachkriegszeit setzten viele von ihnen ihre Karrieren fort – etwa bei der »documenta«, die Westdeutschland eine neue kulturelle Identität geben sollte.

Einige Künstler waren für die NS-Propaganda so zentral, dass Hitler sie vom Fronteinsatz freistellte. In der Nachkriegszeit setzten viele von ihnen ihre Karrieren fort – etwa bei der »documenta«, die Westdeutschland eine neue kulturelle Identität geben sollte.

🚨GERDA HENKEL VISITNG PROFESSORSHIP 2026/27 🚨

The @ghilondon.bsky.social and LSE are recruiting for the Visiting Professorship in the field of 19th and 20th century German history in a European, colonial and/or global perspective.

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On April 1, we will be holding a roundtable on our new book: Socialism and International Law at the Austrian Academy of Sciences in Vienna. www.oeaw.ac.at/ihb/detail/e...

Israel and the delusions of Germany’s ‘memory culture’ Germany embraced Israel to atone for its wartime guilt. But was this in part a way to avoid truly confronting its past? By Pankaj Mishra

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Modern German History The Modern German History seminar draws scholars from all around the UK, Europe, and the wider world.

PhD candidates! We still welcome applications for our PhD showcase until 13 Dec.

Come and present your project to the wider German history crowd at a seminar on 29 Jan 2025

More details here:
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