Category: Events
Call for Papers: 11th Early Career Workshop of the German Association for British Studies (AGF)
11th Early Career Workshop of the German Association for British Studies (AGF) Location: Institute of History, University of Bonn Organizer: German Association for British Studies (AGF) Date: November 29, 2024 Application Deadline: August 31,...
Call for Papers: 10th Junior Workshop of the German Association for British Studies (AGF)
Date: 17-18 May 2023 Venue: Centre for British Studies, Mohrenstraße 60, 10117 Berlin Convenor: German Association for British Studies (AGF) CfP-Deadline: 17 March 2023 In times of fundamental geopolitical reorientation of the United Kingdom,...
Workshop report “New Perspectives on Anti-colonialism in the Metropolis”
On 17 – 18 June 2021, the workshop “New Perspectives on Anti-colonialism in the Metropolis” took place online, as part of the research project “The London Moment”. The workshop explored examples of anti-colonial activism...
Workshop “New Perspectives on Anti-Colonialism in the Metropolis”, 17./18.06.2021
Update: Due to unforeseen circumstances, today’s keynote has been cancelled. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. However, the workshop will take place as planned. The keynote by Prof. Marc Matera (University of California, Santa Cruz) on...
Report: Junior Workshop of the Association for British Studies (AGF), 5/6 May 2021
On the occasion of the 9th Junior Workshop of the German Association for British Studies, 12 graduate students and Post-Docs working on the history of the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth or the British Empire...
Programme: 9th Junior Workshop of the German Association for British Studies
The ninth Junior Workshop of the German Association for British Studies (AGF) will take place May 05 and 06, 2021. The workshop provides an opportunity for M.A.-students, graduate students and Post-Docs working on the...
CfP extension: New Perspectives on Anti-Colonialism in the Metropolis
Date: 17-18 June 2021 Venue: Online Extended CfP-Deadline: 25 April 2021 The transnational networks of colonialism and increased mobility led to a sharp rise in anti-colonial activism in European cities, especially in the twentieth...
CfP New Perspectives on Anti-Colonialism in the Metropolis
Date: 17-18 June 2021 Venue: Online CfP-Deadline: 28 March 2021 The transnational networks of colonialism and increased mobility led to a sharp rise in anti-colonial activism in London and other metropoles in the first...
Cancellation of events
Due to the recent spread of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the Humboldt University Berlin has taken immediate precautionary measures. All events, conferences and conventions are cancelled until July 20th 2020. Unfortunately, this also applies to...
“Hidden Figures” – A Workshop on the History of the United Nations War Crimes Commission
The United Nations War Crimes Commission (UNWCC) is receiving more and more scholarly attention. Established in 1943 by the Allied states in London, it prepared for the trial of war crimes committed by Axis...
Contemporary History of Law – an AK GRR Round Table on Valentine’s Day
Our legal history research seminar, AK GRR, co-organized by Benjamin Lahusen, Marcus Payk, Kim C. Priemel, and myself, has been running since 2014. In November 2019, the journal Zeithistorische Forschungen/ Contemporary Studies of History...
Call for Papers – 9th Junior Workshop of the German Association for British Studies (AGF)
Date: 14-15 May, 2020 Venue: Centre for British Studies, Mohrenstraße 60, 10117 Berlin Convenor: German Association for British Studies (AGF) CfP-Deadline: March 6 2020 In times of a fundamental geopolitical reorientation of the United...
CfP Law in Transnational Spaces: Cross-border Biographies in Legal History in the 19th and 20th Century
Writing transnational history comes with its own set of unique requirements. It is challenging to construct a coherent narrative out of the numerous factors involved. A biographical approach is one possibility to operationalize research...
“Gender and/in Science”: A Workshop Report
On 14 June 2019, the Centre for Historical Research Berlin of the Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) in Pankow, Berlin, welcomed a small group of interdisciplinary academics to discuss a topic that has not...