The London Moment: Workshop Summary
Last October, the London Moment Project held a workshop in Bayreuth at the Alexander von Humboldt Haus. Researchers from around Europe met together over two days to discuss different aspects of how the European...
Last October, the London Moment Project held a workshop in Bayreuth at the Alexander von Humboldt Haus. Researchers from around Europe met together over two days to discuss different aspects of how the European...
Thursday, 17th October, 10a.m.-1p.m. Thursday 17 October 2024, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. CET Digital History of Wartime London Chair and Discussion: Cassandra Mark-Thiesen / Mirco Schönfeld Julia Eichenberg &Lea Levenhagen: Visualising Cooperation in Exile. Launch...
Venues of cooperation in exile of governments-in-exile, experts, and activists explained in a StoryMaps built on our ArcGIS Map – Zoom in to find our more! For a better resolution, you might want to...
As I delved into my doctoral project, I found myself frequently reflecting on the influence of London and its exilic infrastructure on shaping my research pursuits. While my conclusions continue to evolve, I have...
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,...
In March 2023, I had the fantastic opportunity to spend a month conducting archival research in London with a scholarship from the German Historical Institute. As a follow-up to this research stay, I wrote...
With “mon cher ami” Paul van Zeeland, Belgian foreign politician, began a letter to the Polish political advisor Józef Retinger in 1946, in which he proposed an initial meeting to establish an association for...
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,...
by Finlay McCracken One of our goals of the London Moment project is to observe the interactions between various governments groups (governments-in-exile, academics, activists, and others) cooperating in London during the Second World War. ...
During the “London Moment”, the central banks of the occupied countries were essential[1]: on one hand, they helped the national governments-in-exile to achieve financial security, on the other, they facilitated the exchange of knowledge...
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...
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...
Through migration from colonial territories to Britain, London was a hub for migrant flows from all over the globe from the Victorian era onwards. As such, the city became a “junction box”[1] for Black...
For the last couple of months, we have been using the blue “Keep Calm and Wash Your Hands” poster (left) for our blog series on the links between war historiography and understanding how we...
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...
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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.