The German Historical Institute London (GHIL) is one of the nine independent academic research institutes of the German Historical Institute (German: Deutsche Historische Institute) that are part of the Max Weber Foundation.
Foundation
editThe creation of the institute was the idea of the German archivist Carl Haase in 1968. A German-British Historical Association was founded in 1969 and, after gaining funding by the German government in 1975, the GHIL officially opened on 4 November 1976.[1]
Activities
editThe Institute promotes research on "medieval and modern history, in particular on the comparative history of Britain and Germany, on the British Empire and the Commonwealth, and on Anglo-German relations."[2]
It is located at 17 Bloomsbury Square[3] and includes a public library specialising in German history.
Directors
editThe directors of the Institute have been:
- Paul Kluke August 1975 - July 1977
- Wolfgang Mommsen August 1977 - July 1985
- Adolf M. Birke August 1985 - August 1994
- Peter Wende September 1994 - August 2000
- Hagen Schulze September 2000 - August 2006
- Andreas Gestrich - September 2006 to August 2018
- Christina von Hodenberg - September 2018 to date
See also
edit- Germany–United Kingdom relations
- German Association for British Studies. Archived 15 November 2017 at the Wayback Machine.
- German History Society
References
edit- ^ German Historical Institute: 40 year anniversary. German Historical Institute, London, 2016. p. 4.
- ^ Welcome. German Historical Institute London. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- ^ 17 Bloomsbury Square - A House with a History. Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine German Historical Institute London. Retrieved 12 November 2016.
External links
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