Exile Governments, Academics, and Activists in the Capital of Free Europe, 1940–1945
Examining financial and economic experts during the London Moment, as I intend to do in my dissertation project , is a challenging endeavor. During the time in exile, numerous working groups, committees, and panels...
Printing several tonnes of paper money in British exile, storing it there temporarily and shipping it back home after the end of the war – this may seem very bizarre at first. On closer...
I am a PhD student at the Institute for Franconian Regional History at the Universities of Bamberg and Bayreuth and a member of the research project “The London Moment”. After completing my Bachelor’s degree...
I am a Global History M.A. student at the University of Bayreuth and affiliated with the research project “The London Moment”. I earned a B.A. with honours in History at the National Autonomous University...
As part of my doctorate on pan-African activism in London during World War II, I was fortunate enough to undertake an archival trip to West Africa in March 2020. In the following, I will...
I am a M.A. History student at Humboldt University and affiliated with the research project “The London Moment”. Before moving to Berlin, I completed my B.A. in History and German Linguistics and Literature at...
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...
I have always had a thing for small archives. Big national archives have many advantages, they host a vast range of collections, they have mostly long opening hours and very quick turnaround. They seem...
Karel Čapek (1890-1938) belongs to the modern canon of literature as one of rather few Czech authors. He wrote his major plays and novels (R.U.R, War with the Newts, The White Disease or Krakatit)...
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...
Migration to the United Kingdom – much as to the European Union overall, has become a very politicised topic. Amidst heated debate about current affairs, an informative website sets out to shine light on...
In the northern hemisphere, autumn is heralding itself – and with it the start of the academic year. When the Michaelmas term (autumn trimester) began in 1925 London, a new group set out to...
At the southern side of Hyde Park, just a couple of steps from the golden Albert Memorial, lies a Polish island in the centre of London. Situated in Princes Garden next to various embassies,...
The Members of the Commission of the League of Nations, Paris, France, 1919. Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons. In the last decades, legal historians – in particular those of international law – have broadened their...
I am a PhD student at the Department of History of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and member of the research project “The London Moment”. After completing my B.A. in History (major) and Science of Religion...
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"Capital of Europe" is a blog following the Freigeist research project "The London Moment. Transnational Collaboration of Governments-in-exile during the Second World War and its Impact on European History". The project, coordinated by Dr. Julia Eichenberg, the Principle Investigator, is based at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin and funded by the Volkswagen-Stiftung.
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