Exile Governments, Academics, and Activists in the Capital of Free Europe, 1940–1945
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,...
We are back with another review of a series related to our research project. Like The London Moment, the series is about a very specific group of refugees – not heads of state, politicians,...
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...
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...
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 21st and 22nd of June, a workshop titled «Ruptures and Resumptions» took place at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. It looked at the handling of crises in diplomatic practice in history and engages...
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...
In March 2018, a sudden deterioration of British-Russian diplomatic relations following the Skripal case produced headline after headline. The British government expelled 23 Russian diplomats. Russia followed suit by expelling 23 British diplomats and...
Since I first went online to research the history of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD) a few years ago, the party has given its website a thorough makeover. Much cleaner and containing a...
Tobias Becker (GHIL London) on our co-organized workshop (together with Daniel Steinbach, Exter) “Competitors and Companions: Britons and Germans in the World” http://www.hsozkult.de/conferencereport/id/tagungsberichte-7325?language=en
65 years after his death, the magazine „Der Spiegel“ headlines „Wie starb General Sikorski?“ – How did General Sikorski die? The answer seems to be easy: on the 4th July 1943, a liberator of...
Next week, the Centre for British Studies at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin will host the ADEF Workshop “Competitors & Companions: Britons and Germans in the World”, organized by Daniel Steinbach (Exeter), Tobias Becker (GHI...
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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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